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 Paralympic Sailing | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Lake Lanier, Aqualand Marin | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 59 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
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Sailing at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of one event, which was open to any gender and sailed in the Sonar keelboats. [1] This was the first time sailing has been included in the paralympics where the sport was a demonstration sport along with wheelchair rugby, and not an official part of the 14 core sports on the Paralympic program, but medals were awarded. Sailing in the 1996 Summer Olympics [2] was held in Savannah but Paralympic event did not use those facilities, instead holding the event on Lake Lanier based around the Aqualand Marina. [3] The distance between Savannah and Atlanta was probably the motivation for this as it was important to showcase the sport.
