| Event: | Sailing |
| Games: | 1996 Summer |
| Venue: | Lake Lanier, Aqualand Marin |
| Competitors: | 59 |
| Nations: | 15 |
| Gold: | Great Britain |
| Goldnpc: | GBR |
| Silver: | Canada |
| Silvernpc: | CAN |
| Bronze: | United States |
| Bronzenpc: | USA |
| Prev: | N/A |
| Next: | 2000 |
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.
| Rank | Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Total | Net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Cassell, Kevin Curtis, Tony Downs, Ian Harrison | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 0.75 | 1 0.75 | (9) | 27.5 | 18.5 |
| 2 | Kirk Westergaard, John McRoberts, Kenneth Kelly, David Cook | 7 | 1 0.75 | (DNS) | 1 0.75 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 38.5 | 22.5 |
| 3 | Waldo Esparza, James Leatherman, Christopher Murphy, John Ross-Duggan | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | (9) | 4 | 36 | 27 |
| 4 | Asa Llinares, Stefan Giebner, Carl-Gustaf Fresk, Lars Bagge | (9) | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 0.75 | 34.75 | 25.75 |
| 5 | Philippe Moerch, Peter Murset, Georges Scherler | 2 | (10) | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 28 |
| 6 | Christopher Wornall, Derek Stewart, Cameron Scott, Andrew May | 1 0.75 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | (12) | 2 | 40.75 | 28.75 |
| 7 | Theodorus Bouwman, Udo Hessels, Pieter van Asten, Marijke Wolfswinkel | 39.75 | ||||||||
| 8 | Stasik Nazaryan, Armen Martirosyan, Garush Danielyan, Hayk Abgaryan | 40.00 | ||||||||
| 9 | Donal Buckley, Kevin Downing, Michael Hendra, John Sullivan | 46.00 | ||||||||
| 10 | Esko Miilukangas, Aarre Karjalainen, Jussi Hamalainen, Raimo Aromaa | 50.00 | ||||||||
| 11 | Dietmar Budwill, Detlef Howah, Manfred Siekmann, Hildegard Bock | 53.00 | ||||||||
| 12 | Juan San Emeterio, Guillermo Poyan, Jose Maria Lastra, Carlos Fernandez | 56.00 | ||||||||
| 13 | Kjell Karlsen, Rolf Lilleaas, Jostein Stordahl, Ernst Torp | 61.00 | ||||||||
| 14 | Yutaka Wada, Masakazu Suto, Joji Kaido, Masao Hasegawa | 65.00 | ||||||||
| 15 | Zbigniew Czarnecki, Boguslaw Grzelak, Jan Kaleta, Jacek Osada | 84.00 |