Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics consisted of 39 events, 24 for men and 15 for women.

For the first and only time the classification Intellectual disability (ID) was included in cross-country skiing events at the Paralympic Games.IPC Historical Results Database - General Search, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

Medal table Medal Standings - Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Cross Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

Rank Nation Total 1 11 8 7 26 2 9 5 7 21 3 7 5 5 17 4 3 10 5 18 5 3 1 3 7 5 3 1 3 7 7 1 2 1 4 8 1 1 3 5 9 1 0 0 1 10 0 2 0 2 10 0 2 0 2 12 0 1 1 2 13 0 1 0 1 14 0 0 2 2 14 0 0 2 2 16 0 0 1 1 Total 39 39 40 118

Medal summary The competition events were: 2.5 km: - women 5 km: men - women 10 km: men - women 15 km: men 20 km: men 3x2.5 km relay: men - women 4x5 km relay: men

Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:

LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee LW3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment LW4 - standing: single leg amputation below the knee LW5/7 - standing: double arm amputation LW6/8 - standing: single arm amputation LW9 - standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg LW 10 - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance LW 11 - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance LW 12 - sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance B1 - visually impaired: no functional vision B2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision B3 - visually impaired: under 10% functional vision ID - intellectual disability

Men's events

5 km classical technique B1 B2 B3 ID LW3/4/9 LW5/7,6/8 5 km sitski LW10 LW11 LW12 10 km sitski LW10 LW11 LW12 15 km free technique B1 B2 B3 ID LW2/3/4/9 LW5/7,6/8 15 km sitski LW10-12 20 km classical technique B1-3 ID LW2-9 3×2.5 km relay LW10-12 Klaus Kleiser Michael Weymann Bruno Zimmermann Franco Belletti Ruedi Weber Walter Widmer Omar Bouyoucef Alexander Brunet Didier Riedlinger 4×5 km relay standing/blind Valeri Kouptchinski Irek Mannanov Oleh Munts Alexandre Nassarouline Wilhelm Brem Frank Hoefle Wolfgang Mahler Thomas Oelsner Kjartan Haugen Sten Oluf Horn Andreas Hustveit Magne Lunde

Women's events

2.5 km sitski LW10-12 5 km classical technique B1 B2-3 ID LW2-9 5 km free technique B1 B2-3 ID LW2-9 5 km sitski LW10-12 10 km sitski LW10-12 15 km classical technique B1-3 ID LW2-9 3×2.5 km relay open Anne Helene Barlund Tone Gravvold Ragnhild Myklebust Gabriele Berghofer Renata Hoenisch Elisabeth Maxwald Verena Bentele Susanne Ischinger Susanne Wohlmacher

See also Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

References

Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee Historical Results - Results by Event - PWG Nagano 1998 - Long Distance, Official site of SaltLake2002 Historical Results - Results by Event - PWG Nagano 1998 - Short Distance, Official site of SaltLake2002