The 2000 Sydney Paralympics featured athletes from 121 nations competing in 551 medal events. The United States claimed 109 medals: 36 gold, 39 silver and 34 bronze.
Gold medal winners at the Sydney Paralympic Games
Men’s track and field
- Arnold Astrada (shotput)
- Shawn Brown (discus)
- Ross Davis (100 meters)
- Larry Hughes (discus)
- David Larson (400 meters)
- Shawn Meredith (400 meters and 800 meters)
- Paul Nitz (100 meters)
- Joseph Parker (800 meters and 5,000 meters)
- Freeman Register (200 meters)
- Tony Volpentest (100 meters and 200 meters)
Women’s track and field
- Jennifer Barrett (discus)
- Jean Driscoll (10,000-kilometers and marathon)
- Ellen Hyman (discus)
- Linda Mastandrea (200 meters)
- Marla Runyan (pentathlon)
- Leann Shannon (100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters)
Cycling
- Daniel Nicholson won gold in mixed 20-kilometer bicycle
- Dory Selinger won gold in mixed omnium
Equestrian
- Vicki Sweigart won gold in mixed dressage and mixed kur trot
Men’s powerlifting
- Kim Brownfield won gold in over-100 kilogram
Men’s swimming
- Luis Alicea (100-meter freestyle)
- Daniel Butler (50-meter butterfly)
- Daniel Kelly (100-meter backstroke and 200-meter individual medley)
- James Thompson (50-meter breaststroke)
- Jason Wenning (400-meter freestyle)
- the 4×50-meter freestyle relay team of Gregory Burns, Butler, Martin Parker, Aaron Paulson and Thompson
- the 4×50-meter medley relay team of Burns, Butler, Parker and Paulson
Women’s swimming
- Joyce Luncher (100-meter butterfly, 100-meter freestyle and 50-meter freestyle)
- Elizabeth Scott (100-meter butterfly)
- Camille Waddell (100-meter breaststroke)
- Trischa Zorn (100-meter backstroke and 200-meter individual medley)
- the 4×100 medley relay team of Karen Norris, Diane Straub, Luncher and Allison Pittman
Table tennis
- Jennifer Johnson won gold in women’s singles
- Tahl Lebovitz won gold in men’s singles
Wheelchair rugby
- the wheelchair rugby team won gold in mixed competition
Wheelchair tennis
- the men’s doubles team of Vance Parmelly and Stephen Welch
