Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics explained

Event:	Cross-country skiing
Games:	2002 Winter
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Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics consisted of 32 events, 20 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		9	1	5	15
2		7	8	3	18
3		6	1	8	15
4		4	1	3	8
5		2	1	0	3
6		2	0	0	2
7		1	1	0	2
8		1	0	1	2
9		0	5	5	10
10		0	5	0	5
11		0	3	2	5
12		0	3	0	3
13		0	1	1	2
13		0	1	1	2
14		0	1	0	1
15		0	0	2	2
16		0	0	1	1
Total		32	32	32	96

Medal summary

The competition events were:

• 2.5 km: - women
• 5 km: men - women
• 10 km: men - women
• 15 km: men - women
• 20 km: men
• 1x2.5/2x5 km relay: men - women
• 3x2.5 km relay: - women

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

Men's events

5 km classical technique	B1
	B2
	B3
	LW2-4
	LW5-9
5 km sitski	LW10
	LW11
	LW12
10 km free technique	B1
	B2
	B3
	LW2-4
	LW5-9
10 km sitski	LW10
	LW11
	LW12
15 km sitski	LW10-12
20 km free technique	standing
	visually impaired
1x2.5/2x5 km relay	open	valign=top	Irek Mannanov guide: Roman Ivanov Nikolai Ilioutchenko guide: Andrey Gladysev Sergej Shilov	valign=top	Robert Balk Steven Cook William Stewart	valign=top	Kjartan Haugen Karl Einar Henriksen Andreas Hustveit

Women's events

2.5 km sitski
5 km classical technique	B1
	B2-3
	standing
5 km sitski
10 km free technique	B1-2
	B3
	standing
10 km sitski
15 km free technique	standing
	visually impaired
3x2.5 km relay	open	valign=top	Tone Gravvold guide: Kristian Soersensen Ragnhild Myklebust Siw Vestengen	valign=top	Elvira Ibraginova guide: Salavat Gumerov Tatiana Ilioutchenko guide: Andrey Gladyshev Irina Polyakova	valign=top	Jaana Argillander guide: Arto Kaukonen Merja Hannele Hanski guide: Kirsi Vaisanen Tanja Kari

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

References

• Web site: IPC Historical Results Database . . 2010 . 2010-11-20 .
• Web site: Salt Lake City 2002 . paralympia.de . 2010 . 2010-11-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719072032/http://www.paralympia.de/pg_en/winter/saltlakecity2002/saltlakecity2002.php . 2011-07-19 . dead .
• Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics
• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee
• Paralympics - Cross country: Men's relay results, Deseret News, March 14, 2002
• Paralympics - Cross country: Short distance results, Deseret News, March 11, 2002
• Paralympics - Cross country - Middle-distance events, Deseret News, March 13, 2002
• Paralympic cross country times - Saturday's long-distance events at Soldier Hollow, Deseret News, March 13, 2002

Notes and References

1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=2002PWG&sport=31 Medal Standings - Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Cross Country Skiing