The 1994 Winter Paralympics, the sixth Winter Paralympics, were held in Lillehammer

Lillehammer

is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, from 10–19 March 1994. These Games marked the first time the Paralympic Winter Games were held in the same location as the Winter Olympics, a tradition that has continued through an agreement of cooperation between the International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

 (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee

International Paralympic Committee

The International Paralympic Committee is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports...

 (IPC). Ice sledge hockey, which became an immediate crowd favorite, was added to the program.

The 1994 Winter Games were the first Paralympic Games organized by the International Paralympic Committee

International Paralympic Committee

The International Paralympic Committee is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports...

 (IPC).

Symbol and mascot of the games

Symbols of paralympics

The Paralympic symbols are the icons, flags and symbols used by the International Paralympic Committee to promote the Paralympic Games.-Motto:The Paralympic motto is "Spirit in Motion".The motto was introduced in 2004 at the Paralympic Games in Athens...

The Games were represented by an emblem depicting the sun people. This image portrayed the ideas of power, vitality, strength and energy, all of which are characteristics of the athletes who took part. These characteristics were also to be found in the mascot Sondre

Sondré

Sondré is a village in the Kayao Department of Bazèga Province in central Burkina Faso. The village has a population of 985.-External links:*...

, the troll

Troll

A troll is a supernatural being in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore. In origin, the term troll was a generally negative synonym for a jötunn , a being in Norse mythology...

. Sondre, who was also an amputee, was designed by Tor Lindrupsen and selected following a competition of several artists. The name for the mascot was chosen in a separate competition and derives from the great skiing pioneer Sondre Nordheim.

Sports

The 1994 Paralympics consisted of five disciplines in four sports. Ice sledge hockey made its Paralympic debut at these games.

• Alpine skiing
  Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
  Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Paralympics, in Lillehammer , consisted of 66 events, 46 for men and 20 for women.-Medal table:- Medal summary :The competition events were:*Downhill: men - women*Super-G: men - women...
  
  
• Sledge hockey
  Ice sledge hockey at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
  - Medal summary :- References :...
  
  
• Ice sledge racing
  Ice sledge speed racing at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
  Ice sledge speed racing at the 1994 Winter Paralympics consisted of eight events, four for men and four for women.Although seven countries took part, Norway pulled off an almost complete clean sweep of the medals, winning all eight gold medals, all eight silver, and seven of the eight bronze -...
  
  
• Nordic skiing
  • Biathlon
    Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
    Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Paralympics consisted of ten events.-Medal table:- Medal summary :The competition event was:*7.5 km: men - womenThe event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:...
    
    
  • Cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
    Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Paralympics consisted of 48 events, 29 for men and 19 for women.-Medal table:- Medal summary :The competition events were:*2.5 km: - women*5 km: men - women*10 km: men - women*15 km: men*20 km: men...
    
    

Medal table

The top 10 NPCs

National Paralympic Committee

National Paralympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee , they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games.The Paralympic Games are a major...

 by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation (Norway) is highlighted.

1		29	22	13	64
2		25	21	18	64
3		24	12	7	43
4		14	6	11	31
5		10	12	8	30
6		7	16	12	35
7		6	7	12	25
8		3	3	2	8
9		3	2	4	9
10		3	0	3	6

See also

• 1994 Winter Olympics
  1994 Winter Olympics
  The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the games in 1988, after having beat...
  
  
• 1994 Winter Paralympics medal table
  1994 Winter Paralympics medal table
  The 1994 Winter Paralympics medal table is a list of National Paralympic Committees ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 1994 Winter Paralympics, held in Lillehammer, Norway, from March 10 to March 19, 1994.-Medal table:...