Wheelchair rugby at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of a mixed team event.

Six teams took part in the sport; Sweden and Australia were eliminated after the preliminary round.

William Renje Clifton Chunn Bradley Updegrove David Ceruti Joseph Soares David Gould Charles Crouch Kirby Kranabetter Raymond Lizotte Daryl Stubel David Tweed Brian McPhate Dany Belanger Allan Semeniuk Garett Hickling Paul Leefe Stephen Guthrie Geremy Tinker Robert Dickie Sholto Taylor Gary McMurray Curtis Palmer Grant Sharman Wheelchair rugby players were given a classification based on their upper body function.

During the game, the total score of all players on the court for a team cannot exceed 8 points.

The six teams participated in a single round robin tournament.