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1,500 metres Wheelchair, Men

Date 1 August 1996
StatusOlympic (non-medal)
LocationCentennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants8 from 4 countries

Wheelchair racing was held as a demonstration event on the athletics program at the Olympics from 1984-2004. The men raced 1,500 metres on the track with eight competitors. Claude Issorat of France had won this event in 1992, and repeated in 1996, winning a very narrow victory over American Scot Hollonbeck. Issorat would also finish second at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The runner-up in 1992, Switzerland’s Franz Nietlispach, placed third in Atlanta. Between 1992 and 2004 Issorat won seven gold medals and 13 medals at the Paralympics. Hollonbeck competed at the Paralympics from 1992-2004, winning two gold and three silver medals. Nietlispach won 22 medals and 14 gold medals at the Paralympics from 1976-2008, and also won the Boston Marathon five times.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCTime
1Claude IssoratFRA3:15.18
2Scot HollonbeckUSA3:15.30
3Franz NietlispachSUI3:16.41
4Philippe CouprieFRA3:16.45
5Saúl MendozaMEX3:16.58
6Jorge LunaMEX3:16.78
7Paul WigginsUSA3:16.86
8Jacob HeilveilUSA3:16.90