Ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics

Ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics
1980 Winter Paralympics
The 1980 Winter Paralympic Games, the second Winter Paralympics, were held from 1 to 7 February 1980 in Geilo, Norway. Eighteen countries took part with 299 athletes. A demonstration event was held in sledge downhill racing. All classes of athletes with locomotor disabilities were able to...

consisted of fourteen events, eight for men and six for women.

Medal table

Rank	Nation				Total
1	Norway	12	14	6	32
2	Finland	2	0	3	5
3	Sweden	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
  Paraplegia
  Paraplegia 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 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
1500 m	II

Women's events

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

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