| Cycling at the X Paralympic Games | |
|---|---|
 Paralympic Cycling | |
| Competitors | 181 from 23 nations |
Cycling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 23 events in two disciplines, road cycling and track cycling.
| Cycling at the X Paralympic Games | |
|---|---|
| Paralympic Cycling | |
| Competitors | 181 from 23 nations |
Cycling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of 23 events in two disciplines, road cycling and track cycling.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia (AUS) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 |  France (FRA) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 |  Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 |  Canada (CAN) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 |  United States (USA) | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 |  Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 |  Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 10 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (16 entries) | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 | |
Afghanistan (2) Australia (14) Austria (7)
Belarus (2) Belgium (5)
Brazil (1)
Burkina Faso (2) Canada (7) Czech Republic (3) France (17) Germany (13)
Great Britain (8) Italy (12) Japan (2) Netherlands (7) Norway (4)
Pakistan (1)
Singapore (2) Slovakia (2) South Korea (3) Spain (26) Switzerland (6) United States (35)
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