Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Paralympics explained

Event:	Cross-country skiing
Games:	1984 Winter
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Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Paralympics consisted of 35 events, 23 for men and 12 for women.

Medal table

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width=50	Rank	width=200	Nation	width=50		width=50		width=50		width=50	Total
1		12	9	6	27
2		8	8	5	21
3		6	3	2	11
4		3	8	2	13
5		3	2	4	9
6		2	0	0	2
7		1	1	4	6
8		0	3	9	12
9		0	1	0	1
10		0	0	1	1
Total		35	35	33	103

Medal summary

The competition events were:

• 2.5 km: - women
• 5 km: men - women
• 10 km: men - women
• 20 km: men
• 3x2.5 km relay: men
• 3x5 km relay: - women
• 4x5 km relay: men - women
• 4x10 km relay: men

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

• LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee
• LW 3 - 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
• Gr I - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
• Gr II - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
• B1 - visually impaired: no functional vision
• B2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision

Men's events

5 km - short distance	Gr I
	Gr II
	LW2
	LW3
	LW4
	LW5/7
	LW9
10 km - short distance	B1
	B2
	LW6/8
10 km - middle distance	B1
	B2
	Gr I
	Gr II
	LW2
	LW3
	LW4
	LW5/7
	LW9
20 km - middle distance	LW6/8
3×2.5 km relay	Gr I-II	valign=top	Hermann Gaun Josef Siebenhofer Reinhold Wessely	valign=top	Hermann Gaun Josef Siebenhofer Reinhold Wessely	valign=top	Josef Dietziker Heinz Frei Peter Gilomen
4×5 km relay	LW2-9	valign=top	Samuli Kaemi Lauri Moilanen Pertti Sankilampi Erkki Seppaenen	valign=top	Samuli Kaemi Lauri Moilanen Pertti Sankilampi Erkki Seppaenen	valign=top	Allan Danielsson Kent Engstroem Rune Karlsson Bertil Lundmark
4×10 km relay	B1-2	valign=top	Hans Anton Aalien Gorm Borgersen Terje Loevaas Olai Myklebust	valign=top	Ismo Alanko Martti Juntunen Mauno Sulisalo Teuvo Talmia	valign=top	Yngve Eriksson Ove Karlsson Ake Pettersson George Witthof

Women's events

2.5 km - short distance	Gr II
5 km - short distance	B1
	B2
	LW4
	LW6/8
5 km - middle distance	Gr II
10 km - middle distance	B1
	B2
	LW4
	LW6/8
3×5 km relay	LW2-9	valign=top	Barbara Chmielecka Jolanta Kochanaowska Henryka Sadowska	valign=top	Heidi Aviolat Monika Waelti Yvonne Wyssen	None
4×5 km relay	B1-2	valign=top	Doris Campbell Margaret Heger Renata Hoenisch Marianne Kriegl	valign=top	Barbara Lewis Laura Oftedahl Jean Parker Billie Ruth Schlank	None

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics

References

• Web site: IPC Historical Results Database . International Paralympic Committee (IPC) . 2010 . 2010-11-18 .
  • The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960-1984), such as relay and team members.http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=multi&sport=28&gender=all (Per nov.18, 2010)
• Web site: Innsbruck 1984 . paralympia.de . 2010 . 2010-11-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719071911/http://www.paralympia.de/pg_de/winter/innsbruck1984/innsbruck1984.php . 2011-07-19 . dead .
• Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics
• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee

Notes and References

1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1984PWG&sport=31 Medal Standings - Innsbruck 1984 Paralympic Winter Games -Cross Country Skiing