Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics

Paralympic alpine skiing
Paralympic alpine skiing
Paralympic alpine skiing is an adaptation of alpine skiing for athletes with a disability. Paralympic alpine skiing is one of the sports in the Paralympic Winter Games...

has been competed at the Winter Paralympic Games
Winter Paralympic Games
The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. The Winter Paralympic Games are held every four years directly following the Winter...

since they were first held in 1976

1976 Winter Paralympics

The 1976 Winter Paralympic Games were the first Winter Paralympics. They were held in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden from 21 to 28 February 1976. The disabilities included in this paralympics were blindness and amputees. Sixteen countries took part with 198 athletes...

. Events include men's and women's downhill

Downhill

Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....

, Super G

Super Giant Slalom skiing

The Super Giant Slalom is an Alpine skiing discipline. It is usually referred to as Super G and is a "speed" event, along with the faster Downhill event; the Giant Slalom and Slalom events are known as the "technical" disciplines.-History:...

, giant slalom

Giant Slalom skiing

Giant slalom is an alpine skiing discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles spaced at a greater distance to each other than in slalom but less than in super G....

, slalom

Slalom skiing

Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...

, and combined

Alpine skiing combined

Combined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-Combined:...

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Since the 2006 Winter Games

2006 Winter Paralympics

The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games, the ninth Winter Paralympics, took place in Turin, Italy from 10 to 19 March 2006. These were the first Winter Paralympic Games to be held in Italy. They were also the first Paralympics to use the new paralympics logo....

in Torino, a three category system is used. The three categories are: sitting, standing and visually impaired.

Events

Men's combined

Alpine skiing combined

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Men's downhill

Downhill

Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....

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Men's slalom

Slalom skiing

Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...

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Men's giant slalom

Giant Slalom skiing

Giant slalom is an alpine skiing discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles spaced at a greater distance to each other than in slalom but less than in super G....

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Men's Super G

Super Giant Slalom skiing

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Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's Super-G
The Men's Super-G competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics is held at Whistler Blackcomb in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition has been rescheduled to Friday March 19 and Saturday March 20 due to recent weather conditions.-Visually Impaired:...

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Women's combined

Alpine skiing combined

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Women's downhill

Downhill

Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....

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Women's slalom

Slalom skiing

Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...

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Women's giant slalom

Giant Slalom skiing

Giant slalom is an alpine skiing discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles spaced at a greater distance to each other than in slalom but less than in super G....

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Women's Super G

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Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's Super-G
The Women's Super-G competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Blackcomb in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was rescheduled to Friday March 19 and Saturday March 20 due to weather conditions.-Visually Impaired:...

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Total Events

Medal table

NPCs in italics no longer compete at the Winter Paralympics

As of 2010 Winter Paralympics
2010 Winter Paralympics
The 2010 Winter Paralympics, officially the X Paralympic Winter Games, or the 10th Winter Paralympics, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada from March 12 to 21, 2010. The Opening Ceremony took place in BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and the Closing Ceremony in Whistler...

1	United States	89	88	60	237
2	Austria	88	82	83	253
3	Germany	46	30	34	110
4	Switzerland	41	39	24	104
5	France	30	33	30	93
6	West Germany	25	20	22	67
7	Canada	21	35	35	91
8	New Zealand	15	5	7	27
9	Spain	14	12	9	35
10	Australia	11	6	11	28
11	Sweden	10	12	9	31
12	Italy	8	16	20	44
13	Slovakia	6	12	15	33
14	Norway	6	4	2	12
15	Czech Republic	5	5	5	15
16	Japan	4	10	16	30
17	Czechoslovakia	3	4	1	8
18	Russia	2	0	3	5
19	United Kingdom	0	1	9	10
20	Denmark	0	1	0	1
20	South Korea	0	1	0	1
22	Poland	0	0	7	7
23	Belgium	0	0	1	1
23	Liechtenstein	0	0	1	1
23	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Total 25 nations		424	416	405	1245

Multiple medalists

The table shows athletes with either 6 or more gold medals or ten or more total medals.

Nation	Paralympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Germany	1992–2010	16	4	2	22
West Germany / Germany	1980–2006	16	2	1	19
Switzerland	1980–2002	12	2	0	14
Switzerland	1988–2002	6	5	3	14
United States	1992–2002	12	1	0	13
United States	1992–2002	7	5	1	13
Canada	1980–1994	1	6	6	13
Germany	1998–2010	10	1	1	12
United States	1988–1998	6	4	2	12
United States	1992–2002	5	5	2	12
Italy	1984–1998	3	5	4	12
West Germany / Germany	1988–2002	1	8	3	12
France	1976–1994	6	4	1	11
Australia	1992–2006	6	3	2	11
West Germany / Germany	1984–1994	4	4	3	11
France	1998–2006	3	6	2	11
Canada	2002–2010	8	1	1	10
France	1984–1994	6	3	1	10
United States	1988–1994	2	5	3	10
Japan	1998–2010	2	3	5	10
United States	1988–1994	7	1	0	8
Austria	1976–1988	6	2	0	8
Norway	1980–1994	6	1	0	7
United States	1992–1994	6	0	0	6

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