Ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics explained

Event:	Ice sledge speed racing
Games:	1980 Winter
Next:	1984

Ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics consisted of fourteen events, eight for men and six 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	14	6	32
2		2	0	3	5
3		0	0	3	3
Total		14	14	12	40

Medal summary

The competition events were:

• 100 m: men - women
• 500 m: men - women
• 800 m: - women
• 1500 m: men

Each event had separate sitting classifications:

• Men
  • I - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • II - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • III - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
• Women
  • IV - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • V - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance

Men's events

100 m	I
	II
	III			None
500 m	I
	II
	III			None
1500 m	I
	II

Women's events

100 m	IV
	V
500 m	IV
	V
800 m	IV
	V

See also

• Speed skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Notes and References

1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1980PWG&sport=30 Medal Standings - Geilo 1980 Paralympic Winter Games - Ice Sledge Speed Racing