Latletica leggera ai X Giochi paralimpici estivi di Atlanta si è svolta dal 16 al 25 agosto 1996 al Centennial Olympic Stadium. Hanno gareggiato 85 nazioni, con 908 partecipanti (711 uomini e 197 donne), per un totale di 210 eventi, di cui 155 maschili e 55 femminili.

Nazioni partecipanti

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Medagliere

Posizione Paese 1 22 24 32 78 2 21 15 13 49 3 19 12 12 43 4 12 14 16 42 5 10 24 18 52 6 10 16 13 39 7 9 3 6 18 8 8 7 2 17 9 8 3 0 11 10 7 6 9 22 11 7 4 4 15 12 7 4 1 12 13 6 6 2 14 14 6 3 4 13 15 5 7 8 20 16 5 5 2 12 17 4 4 5 13 18 4 4 2 10 19 4 1 3 8 20 3 4 4 11 21 3 3 7 13 22 3 2 5 10 23 2 3 1 6 24 2 2 3 7 25 2 1 0 3 26 2 0 2 4 27 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 29 1 5 3 9 30 1 3 1 5 31 1 2 3 6 32 1 2 2 5 33 1 2 0 3 34 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 36 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 38 1 0 5 6 39 1 0 2 3 1 0 2 3 41 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 43 1 0 0 1 44 0 5 6 11 45 0 3 0 3 46 0 2 0 2 47 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 49 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 51 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Totale 210 209 209 628

Podi Classificazioni Agli atleti è stata data una classificazione a seconda del tipo e della portata della loro disabilità. Il sistema di classificazione consente agli atleti di competere contro altri con un analogo livello di funzione.

Le classificazioni ai X Giochi paralimpici estivi sono le seguenti: 10-12: atleti ciechi e ipovedenti; MH: atleti con disabilità intellettivo-relazionali; 32-37: atleti con lesioni cerebrali (gareggiano in carrozzina oppure in piedi); 41: atleti che soffrono di nanismo; 42-46: atleti con amputazioni o differente lunghezza degli arti; 50-57: atleti con una disabilità del midollo spinale, gareggiano in carrozzina;

Le classi sono indicate con dei prefissi: "T" (che significa sulla pista), "F" (sul campo) e "P" (gli eventi di pentathlon).

Gare maschili Evento Cat. 100 m T10 Julio Requena José Manuel Rodríguez Ibáñez Andrew Curtis T11 Juan Antonio Prieto Miroslaw Pych Jorge Núñez Piris T12 Aldo Manganaro Enrique Cepeda Caballero Leroi Court T32 Lachlan Jones Joseph Radmore Paul Williams T33 Ross Davis Gunnar Krantz David Larson T34 Néstor Suarez Jaime Romaguera Paul Hughes T35 Du Chun Kim Fernando Gómez Doblas Freeman Register T36 Mohamed Allek Peter Haber Ahmed Hassan Mahmoud T37 Stephen Payton Lincoln Scott Douglas Amador T42 Lukas Christen Paul Gregori Todd Schaffhauser T43–44 Tony Volpentest Neil Fuller Bradley Thomas T45–46 Ajibola Adeoye Geir Sverrisson Klaus Felser T51 Paul Nitz André Beaudoin Dean Bergeron T52 John Lindsay Yasuhiro Une Matthew Parry T53 David Holding Håkan Eriksson Claude Issorat 200 m MH Nigel Bourne Tico Clawson Kenneth Colaine T10 Julio Requena Andrew Curtis Jorge Llerena T11 Omar Turro Moya Juan Antonio Prieto Holger Geffers T12 Robert Jiménez Aldo Manganaro Arthur Lewis T34–35 Freeman Register Fernando Gómez Doblas Du Chun Kim T36 Mohamed Allek Peter Haber Ahmed Hassan Mahmoud T37 Stephen Payton Douglas Amador Darren Thrupp T42 Lukas Christen Paul Gregori Lothar Overesch T43–44 Tony Volpentest Neil Fuller Patrick Stoll T45–46 Ajibola Adeoye Geir Sverrisson Daniel Louw T51 Dean Bergeron Shawn Meredith Bradley Ramage T52 Yasuhiro Une John Lindsay Wolfgang Petersen T53 Claude Issorat Håkan Eriksson David Holding 400 m T10 Domingos Ramião Gomes José Luis Tovar Carlos Conceição Lopes T11 Omar Turro Moya Sergio Sánchez Hernández Ingo Geffers T12 Ambrosio Zaldivar Youcef Boudjeltia Aldo Manganaro T32–33 David Larson Gunnar Krantz Ross Davis T34–35 Du Chun Kim Fernando Gómez Doblas Richard Collins T36 Ahmed Hassan Mahmoud Lamouri Rahmouni Yiu Cheung Cheung T37 Stephen Payton Malcolm Pringle José Manuel González T42–46 Oumar Basakoulba Kone Geir Sverrisson Patrice Gerges T50 Alvise De Vidi Tim Johansson Giuseppe Forni T51 Shawn Meredith Dean Bergeron André Beaudoin T52 Winfried Sigg Markus Pilz John Lindsay T53 Claude Issorat| Jeff Adams Jeferey Muralt 800 m T10 Domingos Ramião Gomes Paulo de Almeida Coelho Pedro Delgado Martín T11 José Antonio Sánchez Medina José Saura Ruben Delgado T34–36 Joseph Parker Andrzej Wrobel Faouzi Bellele T37 Malcolm Pringle John Nethercott Manfred Kooy T44–46 Oumar Basakoulba Kone David Evans Bachir Zergoune T50 Alvise De Vidi Fabian Blattman Bart Dodson T51 Shawn Meredith Dean Bergeron Per Vesterlund T52 Steve Orens Heinz Frei Marc Quessy T53 Jeff Adams Scot Hollonbeck Mustapha Badid 1500 m T10 Paulo de Almeida Coelho Robert Matthews Henry Willis T11 José Antonio Sánchez Medina Cesar Carlavilla Saulius Leonavicius T12 Said Gomez Stuart McGregor Christophe Carayon T34–37 Andrzej Wrobel Malcolm Pringle Faouzi Bellele T44–46 David Evans Yanjian Wu Emmanuel Lacroix T50 Fabian Blattman Alvise De Vidi Tim Johansson T51 Per Vesterlund Dean Bergeron Clayton Gerein T52–53 Heinz Frei Scot Hollonbeck Philippe Couprie 5000 m T10 Paulo de Almeida Coelho Alejandro Guerrero Henry Willis T11 Noel Thatcher Kestutis Bartkenas Waldemar Kikolski T12 Said Gomez Diosmani González Santana Ildar Pomykalov T34–37 Joseph Parker Faouzi Bellele Benny Govaerts T44–46 José Javier Conde Yanjian Wu Emmanuel Lacroix T51 Clayton Gerein Greg Smith Patrick Cottini T52–53 Saúl Mendoza Steve Orens Franz Nietlispach 10000 m T10 Alejandro Guerrero Henry Willis Carlos Amaral Ferreira T11 Noel Thatcher Waldemar Kikolski Kestutis Bartkenas T12 Diosmani González Santana Mark Farnell Nikolai Tchoumak T52–53 Heinz Frei Steve Orens Prasopchoke Klunngern Maratona T10 Harumi Yanagawa Carlo Durante Nicolas Ledezma T11 Waldemar Kikolski Tomasz Chmurzynski Francisco Javier Pérez Canduelas T12 Anton Sluka Mark Farnell J. Onofre da Costa T42–46 José Javier Conde Joseba Larrinaga Mark Brown T50 Heinrich Koeberle Bart Dodson Tim Johansson T51 Brent McMahon Clayton Gerein Patrick Cottini T52–53 Franz Nietlispach Kazuya Murozuka Heinz Frei Staffetta 4×100 mT10–12 Juan Antonio PrietoJorge Núñez PirisEnrique Sánchez-GuijoJulio Requena Gerd FranzkaJoerg Trippen-HilgersIngo GeffersHolger Geffers Winford HaynesAndre AsburyMarvin CampbellArthur LewisT34–37 Shing Chung ChanKwok Pang ChaoYiu Cheung CheungWa Wai So Lincoln ScottJason TerceyFreeman RegisterRyan Blankenship Stephen PaytonMark NewtonRichard CollinsGordon RobertsonT42–46 Tim MatthewsBradley ThomasNeil FullerDavid Evans Sven ReigerAndreas KramerManfred HartlKlaus Felser Matthew BulowThomas BourgeoisDennis OehlerDouglas CollierT52–53 Non assegnate Staffetta 4×400 mT10–12 Juan Antonio PrietoSergio Sánchez HernándezEnrique Sánchez-GuijoJosé Antonio Sánchez Medina Thomas ValidisHolger GeffersGerd FranzkaIngo Geffers Edward MunroKelvin HogansWinford HaynesCraig MallinckrodtT52–53 Claude IssoratPhilippe CouprieCharles TolleMustapha Badid Franz NietlispachHeinz FreiGuido MullerDaniel Bogli Jeff AdamsCarl MarquisMarc QuessyColin Mathieson Salto in alto F10–11 Oleg Chepel Alejo Velez Shigeo Yoshihara F42–44 Bin Hou Alan Earle Juergen Kern Salto in lungo F10 José Manuel Rodríguez Ibáñez Sergej Sevost'janov Sen Wang F11 Stéphane Bozzolo Moises Esmeralda Juan Viedma Castillo F12 Enrique Cepeda Caballero Ihar Fartunau Kurt van Raefelghem F34–37 Darren Thrupp Peter Haber Douglas Amador F42 Lukas Christen Gunther Belitz Andreas Siegl F44 Urs Kolly Patrick Stoll Bradley Thomas F45–46 Rubén Álvarez Serrano Adeoye Ajibola Georgios Toptsis MH Nigel Bourne Wissem Ben Bahri Wardell Gadson Salto triplo F10 José Manuel Rodríguez Ibáñez Sen Wang Victor Joukovski F11 Juan Viedma Castillo Wentao Huang Igor Gorbenko F12 Enrique Cepeda Caballero Ihar Fartunau Ulrich Striegel F45–46 Xuen Zhao Florian Bohl Rubén Álvarez Serrano Lancio della clava F50 Stephen Miller James Richardson Aaron Little Lancio del disco F10 Alfonso Fidalgo Siegmund Turteltaube N. Denissevitch F11 Sergej Chodakov Vasyl Lishchynskyi Gueorgui Sakelarov F12 Hai Tao Sun Russell Short Jason Delesalle F32–33 Andreas Mueller Antoine Delaune Stephen Eaton F34/37 James Shaw Denton Johnson Paul Williams F35 Hossein Agha-Barghchi Milan Kubala Willem Noorduin F36 Damien Burroughs Abdel Jabbar Dhifallah Anderson Santos F41 Ahmed Dahy Nachman Wolf Ahmed Abd Elgawad F42 Gino de Keersmaeker Horst Beyer John Eden F43–44 Shawn Brown Xiuqing Li Klaus Kulla F46 Jerzy Dabrowski Tomasz Rebisz Ayman Abou Elata F51 Ghader Modabber Horácio Bascioni Douglas Heir F52 Abdolreza Jokar Imad Gharbawi Gabriel Diaz de Leon F53 Leon Labuschagne Mokhtar Nourafshan Francisco Jesus Mendez F54 Jacques Martin Marc Fenn Sean O'Grady F55 Steyn Humphries Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar Kevan Baker F56 Larry Hughes Maurizio Nalin H. Abdel Latif F57 Mohamed Gawad Hany Elbehiry Stephanus Lombaard Lancio del giavellotto F10 Mineho Ozaki Vytautas Girnius Richard Ruffalo F11 Miroslaw Pych Siegmund Hegeholz Mark Whiteley F12 Hai Tao Sun France Gagne Thomas Validis F34/37 Brian Harvey Paul Williams James Shaw F35 Fahed Al–Mutairi Keith Gardner Yeon Choi F36 Kenneth Churchill Jacobus Jonker Jaco Janse van Vuuren F41 Christopher Moori Ahmed Dahy Ahmed Abd Elgawad F42 Guillermo Perez Jakob Mathiasen Roberto Simonazzi F43–44 Si Lao Ha Lutovico Halagahu Dirk Mimberg F46 Joerg Schiedek Patita Tuipoloto Tomasz Rebisz F51 Ghader Modabber David MacCalman Douglas Heir F52 Adrián Paz Velázquez Peter Martin Abdolreza Jokar F53 Mokhtar Nourafshan Rauno Saunavaara Bruce Wallrodt F54 Mikael Saleva Jacques Martin Janez Roskar F55 Stefan Danko Robert Balk Mashal Al–Otaibi F56 Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Rostislav Pohlmann Steyn Humphries F57 Stephanus Lombaard Aly Mohamed Mohamed Hassan Getto del peso F10 Alfonso Fidalgo N. Denissevitch Andrés Martínez Sánchez F11 Vasyl Lishchynskyi Karl Mayr Sergej Chodakov F12 Hai Tao Sun Russell Short Rolandas Urbonas F32–33 Hamish MacDonald Andreas Mueller Dan West F34/37 James Shaw Miroslav Janecek Roman Kolek F35 Willem Noorduin Alex Hermans Wolfgang Dubin F36 Gert van der Merwe Franjo Izlakar Kenneth Churchill F41 Ahmed Abd Elgawad Ashraf Elsafi Juan Lebrero F42 Thierry Daubresse Detlef Eckert Horst Beyer F43–44 Lutovico Halagahu Joerg Frischmann Asa Ison F46 Jerzy Dabrowski Tomasz Rebisz Hongru Liu F51 Ghader Modabber Douglas Heir Hal Merrill F52 Peter Martin Josias Lima Mauro Maximo F53 Bruce Wallrodt Mokhtar Nourafshan Jerry Deets F54 Arnold Astrada David Dudley Stefanos Anargyory F55 Dimitrios Kostantakas Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar Terry Giddy F56 Michael Louwrens Steyn Humphries Maurizio Nalin F57 Stephanus Lombaard Hany Elbehiry Shaaban El Khatib Pentathlon P10 Sergej Sevost'janov Rayk Haucke Victor Joukovski P11 Miroslaw Pych Stéphane Bozzolo Frantisek Godri P12 Jason Delesalle Kurt van Raefelghem Ihar Fartunau P42 Horst Beyer Kerrod McGregor Jakob Mathiasen P44 Urs Kolly Thomas Bourgeois Douglas Collier P53–57 Maurizio Nalin Robert Balk Jerry Deets

Gare femminili Evento Cat. 100 m T10 Purificación Santamarta Ádria Santos Raquel Díaz Caro T11 Beatriz Mendoza Claire Brunotte Maria José Alves T32–33 Noriko Arai Linda Mastandrea