Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics explained

Event:	Cross-country skiing
Games:	1992 Winter
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Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics consisted of 27 events, 19 for men and 8 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	8	3	20
2		5	5	3	13
3		5	3	4	12
4		2	7	1	10
5		2	0	4	6
6		2	0	3	5
7		2	0	1	3
8		0	2	1	3
9		0	1	3	4
10		0	1	1	2
11		0	0	2	2
12		0	0	1	1
Total		27	27	27	81

Medal summary

The competition events were:

• 2.5 km: - women
• 5 km: men - women
• 10 km: men - women
• 20 km: men
• 30 km: men
• 3x2.5 km relay: men
• 3x5 km relay: men
• 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
• 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 - short distance	LW2,4
	LW3,5/7,9
	LW6/8
	LW10
	LW11
10 km - short distance	B1
	B2
	B3
10 km - long distance	LW6/8
	LW10
	LW11
20 km - long distance	LW2,4
	LW3,5/7,9
30 km - long distance	B1
	B2
	B3
3×2.5 km relay	LW10-11	valign=top	Bye Magne Lunde Olai Myklebust	valign=top	Kari Joki-Erkkila Teuvo Ojala Raimo Peltonen	valign=top	Franco Belletti Heinz Frei Walter Widmer
3×5 km relay	B1-3	valign=top	Nikolai Ilioutchenko Kupchinski Sergei Lozhkin	valign=top	Udo Hirsch Frank Hoefle Alexander Schwarz	valign=top	Herve Le Moing Luc Sabatier Elie Zampin
4×5 km relay	LW2-9	valign=top	Svein Tore Fauskrud Terje Gruer Aage Joensberg Svein Lilleberg	valign=top	Theo Feger Roland Gaess Wolfgang Mahler Reinhold Schwer	valign=top	Marian Damian Jan Kolodziej Marcin Kos Andrzej Pietrzyk

Women's events

2.5 km - short distance	LW10-11
5 km - short distance	B1
	B2-3
	LW2-9
5 km - long distance	LW10-11
10 km - long distance	B1
	B2-3
	LW2-9

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

References

• Web site: 1992 Tignes-Albertville - Cross-country skiing . . 2010 . 2010-12-06 .
• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee

Notes and References

1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1992PWG&sport=31 Medal Standings - Tignes-Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games - Cross-Country Skiing