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Wheelchair basketball – Men at the X Paralympic Games
Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
Venue	Forbes Arena and Omni Coliseum
Dates	16 to 25 August 1996
Competitors	144 from 12 nations
Medalists
Australia (AUS)  Great Britain (GBR)  United States (USA)
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Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Tournament	men	women
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The men's tournament was won by the team representing  Australia.

Preliminary round

Group A

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	PF:PA	Pts		ESP	AUS	GBR	CAN	MEX	ARG
1	Spain	5	4	1	315:269	9		x	69:56	54:47	53:62	76:60	63:44
2	Australia	5	4	1	306:250	9		56:69	x	63:55	52:42	65:47	70:37
3	Great Britain	5	3	2	303:250	8		47:54	55:63	x	56:51	52:46	93:36
4	Canada	5	3	2	279:229	8		62:53	42:52	51:56	x	52:44	72:24
5	Mexico	5	1	4	244:287	6		60:76	47:65	46:52	44:52	x	47:42
6	Argentina	5	0	5	183:345	5		44:63	37:70	36:93	24:72	42:47	x

Group B

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	PF:PA	Pts		USA	FRA	NED	JPN	SWE	IRQ
1	United States	4	4	0	297:166	8		x	72:43	53:42	80:32	92:49	DNS
2	France	4	3	1	207:211	7		43:72	x	46:41	61:47	57:51	DNS
3	Netherlands	4	2	2	213:185	6		42:53	41:46	x	72:42	58:44	DNS
4	Japan	4	1	3	173:260	5		32:80	47:61	42:72	x	52:47	DNS
5	Sweden	4	0	4	191:259	4		49:92	51:57	44:58	47:52	x	DNS
6	Iraq	0	0	0	0:0	0		DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	x

  Qualified for quarterfinals

  Eliminated

  Did not start

Source: Paralympic.org

Medal round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	Spain	61
	Japan	48
					Spain	44
					Great Britain	50
	France	50
	Great Britain	53
									Great Britain	63
									Australia	78
	United States	61
	Canada	49
					United States	57			Third place
					Australia	63
	Australia	46							Spain	60
	Netherlands	44							United States	66

Source: Paralympic.org

Classification 5-8

	Classification round				Fifth place
	Japan	50
	France	61
					France	68
					Canada	69
	Canada	52
	Netherlands	44
					Third place
					Japan	49
					Netherlands	73

Source: Paralympic.org

Classification 9-12

	Classification round				Ninth place
	Mexico
	Iraq	DNS
					Mexico	49
					Sweden	64
	Sweden	52
	Argentina	45
					Third place
					Iraq	DNS
					Argentina

Source: Paralympic.org

Ranking

Place	Team
	Australia
	Great Britain
	United States
4.	Spain
5.	Canada
6.	France
7.	Netherlands
8.	Japan
9.	Sweden
10.	Mexico
11.	Argentina
12.	Iraq

References

1. "Wheelchair basketball: Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
2. ^ "1996 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 1996. Retrieved 2012-11-07.

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