Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics
| Alpine skiing at the VII Paralympic Winter Games | |
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Former Paralympic symbol
(1996-2004)
Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics consisted of 54 events, 35 for men and 19 for women.
Medal table[]
| Rank | Nation | 
|
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA)
|
13 | 8 | 11 | 32 |
| 2 |  Spain (ESP)
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 |  Switzerland (SUI)
|
7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 |  Austria (AUT)
|
6 | 12 | 10 | 28 |
| 5 |  Germany (GER)
|
5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 |  New Zealand (NZL)
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 |  Czech Republic (CZE)
|
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 |  Italy (ITA)
|
3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 |  Japan (JPN)
|
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 |  Canada (CAN)
|
1 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 11 |  Australia (AUS)
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Russia (RUS)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  France (FRA)
|
0 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 14 |  Slovakia (SVK)
|
0 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 15 |  Sweden (SWE)
|
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 54 | 54 | 54 | 162 | |
Medal summary[]
The competition events were:
- Downhill: men - women
- Super-G: men - women
- Giant slalom: men - women
- Slalom: men - women
Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:
- LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee
- LW 3 - 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
- LW10 - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
- LW11 - 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[]
Women's events[]
See also[]
References[]
- "1998 Nagano - Alpine skiing". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- "Medal Standings - Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Alpine Skiing". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
- Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Alpine Skiing Historical Medallists[permanent dead link], Official site of Vancouver 2010
Categories:
- 1998 Winter Paralympics events
- Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics
- 1998 in alpine skiing