A Look to the Past...

A total of 550 gold medals are to be won across the 18 sports at the Paralympic Games Sydney 2000. Who will be the top players? We take a quick look at the medal table from the previous Games in Atlanta 1996, where the USA was at the top with 46 gold medals. Australia was next with 42 golds, followed by Germany with 40 golds.

A medal ceremony at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics

**Medal Table from the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games**
Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	USA	46	46	65	157
2	Australia	42	37	27	106
3	Germany	40	58	51	149
4	Great Britain	39	42	41	122
5	Spain	39	31	36	106
6	France	35	29	31	95
7	Canada	24	21	24	69
8	Netherlands	17	11	17	45
9	China	16	13	10	39
10	Japan	14	10	12	36
11	Poland	13	14	8	35
12	Korea	13	2	15	30
13	Sweden	12	14	10	36
14	Italy	11	20	15	46
15	South Africa	10	8	10	28
16	Russia	9	7	11	27
17	Norway	9	7	4	20
18	Switzerland	9	6	6	21
19	New Zealand	9	6	3	18
20	Iran	9	5	3	17
21	Eqypt	8	11	11	30
22	Belgium	8	10	7	25
23	Cuba	8	3	0	11
24	Denmark	7	17	17	41
25	Austria	6	6	10	22
26	Portugal	6	4	4	14
27	Hong Kong	5	5	5	15
28	Iceland	5	4	5	14
29	Hungary	5	2	3	10
30	Finland	4	5	4	13
31	Mexico	3	5	4	12
32	Estonia	3	4	2	9
33	Belarus	3	3	7	13
34	Lithuania	3	2	6	11
35	Nigeria	3	2	3	8
36	Czech Republic	2	7	1	10
37	Brazil	2	6	13	21
38	Argentina	2	5	2	9
39	Slovakia	2	4	5	11
40	Algeria	2	2	3	7
41	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	4
42	Cote D’Ivoire	2	0	0	2
	Panama	2	0	0	2
44	Ukraine	1	4	2	7
45	Ireland	1	3	6	10
46	Greece	1	1	3	5
47	Kuwait	1	1	1	3
48	Kenya	1	1	0	2
49	Chinese Taipei	1	0	2	3
50	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
	Peru	1	0	0	1
52	Israel	0	4	5	9
53	Slovenia	0	2	3	5
54	Tunisia	0	2	0	2
55	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
56	Jordan	0	1	0	1
57	Moldova	0	0	2	2
	Thailand	0	0	2	2
59	Jamaica	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
	Total	517	516	540	1,573