Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
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Cross-country skiing
at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
consisted of 27 events, 19 for men and 8 for women.
Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
1992 Winter Paralympics
The 1992 Winter Paralympics were the fifth Winter Paralympics. They were the first winter Paralympics to be celebrated concurrently with the Olympic Games. They were held in Tignes and Albertville, France, from March 25 to April 1, 1992...
consisted of 27 events, 19 for men and 8 for women.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 | |
| 2 |  Norway |
5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 |  Finland |
5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 |  Germany |
2 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 |  France |
2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 |  Poland |
2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 |  United States |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Switzerland |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  Austria |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 |  Italy |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 |  Spain |
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 amputationAmputationAmputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for...
above the knee - LW3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsyCerebral palsyCerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
, 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: paraplegiaParaplegiaParaplegia is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek: παραπληγίη "half-striking". It is usually the result of spinal cord injury or a congenital condition such as spina bifida that affects the neural elements of the spinal canal...
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 |
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| LW3,5/7,9 |
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| LW6/8 |
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| LW10 |
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| LW11 |
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| 10 km - short distance | B1 |
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| B2 |
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| B3 |
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| 10 km - long distance | LW6/8 |
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| LW10 |
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| LW11 |
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| 20 km - long distance | LW2,4 |
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| LW3,5/7,9 |
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| 30 km - long distance | B1 |
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| B2 |
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| B3 |
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| 3×2.5 km relay | LW10-11 |
Bye Magne Lunde Olai Myklebust |
Kari Joki-Erkkila Teuvo Ojala Raimo Peltonen |
Franco Belletti Heinz Frei Heinz Frei Heinz Frei is a Swiss wheelchair athlete. Frei has had a long career of racing, winning the London Marathon wheelchair race three times, and earning 5 medals at the 2003 European games at the age of 45... Walter Widmer |
| 3×5 km relay | B1-3 |
Nikolai Ilioutchenko Kupchinski Sergei Lozhkin |
Udo Hirsch Frank Hoefle Alexander Schwarz |
Herve Le Moing Luc Sabatier Elie Zampin |
| 4×5 km relay | LW2-9 |
Svein Tore Fauskrud Terje Gruer Aage Joensberg Svein Lilleberg Svein Lilleberg Svein Lilleberg is a Norwegian cross-country skier.He contracted polio early, when he was only six months old. To begin with, he was totally paralysed, later regaining most movement, but he has never had use of one foot. He competes in the LW2.Svein has 3 sisters, and is married with 4 children.... |
Theo Feger Roland Gaess Wolfgang Mahler Reinhold Schwer |
Marian Damian Jan Kolodziej Marcin Kos Andrzej Pietrzyk |
Women's events
| 2.5 km - short distance | LW10-11 |
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| 5 km - short distance | B1 |
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| B2-3 |
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| LW2-9 |
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| 5 km - long distance | LW10-11 |
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| 10 km - long distance | B1 |
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| B2-3 |
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| LW2-9 |