Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Biathlon at the VII Paralympic Winter Games
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Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics consisted of twelve events, eight for men and four for women.

Medal table[]

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Rank	Nation				Total
1	Germany (GER)	6	2	2	10
2	France (FRA)	2	2	1	5
3	Switzerland (SUI)	2	0	1	3
4	Japan (JPN)	1	1	0	2
5	Norway (NOR)	1	0	1	2
6	Russia (RUS)	0	2	2	4
7	Austria (AUT)	0	2	0	2
8	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	1	2
9	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
9	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
11	Finland (FIN)	0	0	2	2
12	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
12	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Total		12	12	12	36

Medal summary[]

The competition event was:

• 7.5 km: men - women

The event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:

• LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee
• LW3 - 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
• LW 10 - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
• LW 11 - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
• LW 12 - sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good 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[]

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
7.5 km free technique	B1	Wilhelm Brem  Germany	Russia	Germany
	B2	Frank Hoefle  Germany	Sweden	Switzerland
	B3	Germany	Miroslav Jambor  Slovakia	Russia
	LW2,3,4,5/7,9	France	Germany	Finland
	LW6/8	Thomas Oelsner  Germany	Emmanuel Lacroix  France	Norway
7.5 km sitski	LW10	France	Japan	Mikhail Terentiev  Russia
	LW11	Switzerland	Austria	France
	LW12	Germany	Germany	Teuvo Ojala  Finland

Women's events[]

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
7.5 km free technique	B1	Verena Bentele  Germany	Russia	Denmark
	B2-3	Japan	Austria	Germany
	LW2-4,6/8,9	Switzerland	Anne Floriet  France	Majorie van de Bunt  Netherlands
7.5 km sitski	LW10-12	Ragnhild Myklebust  Norway	Ukraine	Olena Akopyan  Ukraine

See also[]

• Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

References[]

• "1998 Nagano - Biathlon". International Paralympic Committee. 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-21.

• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee