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Wheelchair racing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Wheelchair racing at the 1996 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the athletics programme on 1 August 1996. There were two events, an 800 m race for women and a 1500 m race for men.

Men's 1500 m wheelchair

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Claude Issorat  France 3:15.18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Scot Hollonbeck  United States 3:15.30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Franz Nietlispach  Switzerland 3:16.41
4 Philippe Couprie  France 3:16.45
5 Saúl Mendoza  Mexico 3:16.58
6 Jorge Luna  Mexico 3:16.78
7 Paul Wiggins  Australia 3:16.86
8 Jacob Heilveil  United States 3:16.90

Women's 800 m wheelchair

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Louise Sauvage  Australia 1:54.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jean Driscoll  United States 1:55.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cheri Becerra  United States 1:55.49
4 Tanni Grey  Great Britain 1:55.55
5 Chantal Petitclerc  Canada 1:55.61
6 Leann Shannon  United States 1:55.82
7 Monica Wetterström  Sweden 1:56.83
8 Lily Anggreny  Germany 2:05.33

See also

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References

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