Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics consisted of 25 events, 15 for men and 10 for women.
Medal table Medal Standings - Örnsköldsvik 1976 Paralympic Winter Games -Cross-Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Rank Nation Total 1 8 7 7 22 2 7 3 2 12 3 6 7 7 20 4 2 5 4 11 5 1 0 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 7 0 0 1 1 Total 25 22 22 69
Medal summary The competition events were:
5 km: men - women 10 km: men - women 15 km: men 3x5 km relay: men - women 3x10 km relay: men
Each event had separate standing, or visually impaired classifications:
I - standing, single-leg amputation above the knee II - standing, single-leg amputation below the knee III - standing, single-arm amputation IV B - standing, double-arm amputation A - visually impaired, no functional vision B - visually impaired, under 10% functional vision
Men's events
5 km - short distance I II III IV B 10 km - short distance A B 10 km - middle distance I II III IV B 15 km - middle distance A B 3×5 km relay I-II Otto Malkki Pertti Sankilampi Kalle Tiusanen Bertil Lundmark Kalevi Mattila Sven-Olof Tornvall Hermann Heckel Helmut Kaidisch Siegfried Loose 3×10 km relay A-B Terje Hansen Jarle Johnsen Morten Langeroed Martti Juntunen Manu Laakso Matti Ojanen Yngve Eriksson Ingemar Lundquist Sven-Ivar Martin III-IV B Raimo Hiiri Teuvo Sahi Arvo Stahl Walter Klenk Ludwig Wagner Edmund Zahner Wolfgang Pickl Josef Scheiber Eugen Wilhelm
Women's events
5 km - short distance A B I None None II None None III 10 km - middle distance A B I None None III 3×5 km relay A-B Karin Gustavsson Astrid Nilsson Birgitta Sund Aud Berntsen Aud Grundvik Reidun Laengen Ella Kinnunen Sirkka Sulisalo Matleena Talonen
See also Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
References
The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which do not present all information from earlier paralympic games (19601984), such as relay and team members. (Per Nov.20, 2010)
Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee