Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics explained

Event:	Cross-country skiing
Games:	1988 Winter
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics consisted of 38 events, 23 for men and 15 for women.

Medal table

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width=50	Rank	width=200	Nation	width=50		width=50		width=50		width=50	Total
1		14	11	4	29
2		8	7	7	22
3		4	0	1	5
4		3	2	3	8
5		2	6	4	12
6		2	1	1	4
7		1	3	4	8
8		1	3	2	6
9		1	1	3	5
10		1	0	2	3
11		1	0	1	2
12		0	2	0	2
13		0	0	2	2
Total		38	36	34	108

Medal summary

The competition events were:

• 2.5 km: - women
• 5 km: men - women
• 10 km: men - women
• 15 km: men
• 20 km: men
• 30 km: men
• 3x2.5 km relay: men
• 3x5 km relay: - women
• 4x5 km relay: men
• 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	Grade I
	Grade II
	LW2
	LW3/9
	LW4
	LW5/7
10 km - short distance	LW6/8
10 km - long distance	Grade I
	Grade II
	LW2
	LW3/9
15 km - short distance	B1
	B2
	B3
15 km - long distance	LW4
	LW5/7
20 km - long distance	LW6/8
30 km - long distance	B1
	B2
	B3
3x2.5 km relay	Grade I-II	valign=top	Terje Johansen Knut Lundstroem Erik Sandbraaten	valign=top	Walter Baertschi Heinz Frei Walter Widmer	valign=top	Guenther Lercher Adolf Stuber Michael Weymann
4x5 km relay	LW2-9	valign=top	Svein Tore Fauskrud Terje Gruer Svein Lilleberg Viggo Norseth	valign=top	Jouko Grip Kimmo Kettunen Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Pertti Sankilampi	valign=top	Roland Gaess Martin Haag Wolfgang Mahler Reinhold Schwer
4x10 km relay	B1-3	valign=top	Hans Anton Aalien Arild Hovslien Terje Loevaas Asmund Tveit	valign=top	Eskil Hoeglund Ake Pettersson Max Stalnacke Bertil Tegelund	valign=top	Paolo Lorenzini Riccardo Tomasini Hubert Tscholl Erich Walch

Women's events

2.5 km - short distance	Grade I			None
	Grade II
5 km - short distance	B1
	B2
	B3
	LW3/4/9
	LW6/8		None	None
5 km - long distance	Grade I			None
	Grade II
10 km - long distance	B1
	B2
	B3
	LW3/4/9
	LW6/8		None	None
3x5 km relay	B1-3	valign=top	Tarja Hovinen Kirsti Pennanen Miia Ryynaenen	valign=top	Renata Hoenisch Veronika Preining Marian Susitz	valign=top	Sandra Lecour Tricia Lovegrove Kim Umback

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

References

• Web site: IPC Historical Results Database . International Paralympic Committee (IPC) . 2010 . 2010-11-20 .
  • 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.20, 2010)
• Web site: Innsbruck 1988 . paralympia.de . 2010 . 2010-11-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719071919/http://www.paralympia.de/pg_de/winter/innsbruck1988/innsbruck1988.php?type=results&fct=20 . 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=1988PWG&sport=31 Medal Standings - Innsbruck 1988 Paralympic Winter Games -Cross Country Skiing