Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics explained

Event:	Cross-country skiing
Games:	1998 Winter
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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.^[1]

Medal table

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width=50	Rank	width=200	Nation	width=50		width=50		width=50		width=50	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	valign=top	Klaus Kleiser Michael Weymann Bruno Zimmermann	valign=top	Franco Belletti Ruedi Weber Walter Widmer	valign=top	Omar Bouyoucef Alexander Brunet Didier Riedlinger
4×5 km relay	standing/ blind	valign=top	Valeri Kouptchinski Irek Mannanov Oleh Munts Alexandre Nassarouline	valign=top	Wilhelm Brem Frank Hoefle Wolfgang Mahler Thomas Oelsner	valign=top	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	valign=top	Anne Helene Barlund Tone Gravvold Ragnhild Myklebust	valign=top	Gabriele Berghofer Renata Hoenisch Elisabeth Maxwald	valign=top	Verena Bentele Susanne Ischinger Susanne Wohlmacher

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

References

• Web site: 1998 Nagano - Cross-country skiing . . 2010 . 2010-12-06 .
• 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

Notes and References

1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/index.html?ct=PG#general IPC Historical Results Database - General Search
2. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1998PWG&sport=31 Medal Standings - Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Cross Country Skiing