Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics

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Cross-country skiing
at the I Paralympic Winter Games
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Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics consisted of 25 events, 15 for men and 10 for women.

Medal table[]

[1]

Rank Nation Gold medal blank.svg Silver medal blank.svg Bronze medal blank.svg Total
1  Finland (FIN) 8 7 7 22
2  Norway (NOR) 7 3 2 12
3  Sweden (SWE) 6 7 7 20
4  West Germany (FRG) 2 5 4 11
5  Switzerland (SUI) 1 0 1 2
6  Canada (CAN) 1 0 0 1
7  Austria (AUT) 0 0 1 1
Total 25 22 22 69

Medal summary[]

The competition events were:

  • 5 km: men - women
  • 10 km: men - women
  • 15 km: men
  • 3x5 km relay: men - women
  • 3x10 km relay: men

Each event had separate standing, or visually impaired classifications:

  • I - standing, single-leg amputation above the knee
  • II - standing, single-leg amputation below the knee
  • III - standing, single-arm amputation
  • IV B - standing, double-arm amputation
  • A - visually impaired, no functional vision
  • B - visually impaired, under 10% functional vision

Men's events[]

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
5 km - short distance I
 Pertti Sankilampi
 Finland 		Otto Malkki
 Finland 		Tauno Seppaenen
 Finland
II
 Bertil Lundmark
 Sweden 		Kalle Tiusanen
 Finland 		Erkki Kukkanen
 Finland
III
 Teuvo Sahi
 Finland 		Walter Klenk
 West Germany 		Edmund Zahner
 West Germany
IV B
 Reino Vesander
 Finland 		Ernst Schwarz
 West Germany 		Adolf Fritsche
 West Germany
10 km - short distance A
 Germain Oberli
 Switzerland 		Jarle Johnsen
 Norway 		Mauno Sulisalo
 Finland
B
 Morten Langeroed
 Norway 		Sven-Ivar Martin
 Sweden 		Terje Hansen
 Norway
10 km - middle distance I
 Pertti Sankilampi
 Finland 		Otto Malkki
 Finland 		Tauno Seppaenen
 Finland
II
 Bertil Lundmark
 Sweden 		Kalle Tiusanen
 Finland 		Erkki Kukkanen
 Finland
III
 Teuvo Sahi
 Finland 		Edmund Zahner
 West Germany 		Raimo Hiiri
 Finland
IV B
 Reino Vesander
 Finland 		Adolf Fritsche
 West Germany 		Ernst Schwarz
 West Germany
15 km - middle distance A
 Jarle Johnsen
 Norway 		Ingemar Lundquist
 Sweden 		Germain Oberli
 Switzerland
B
 Morten Langeroed
 Norway 		Sven-Ivar Martin
 Sweden 		Terje Hansen
 Norway
3×5 km relay I-II
  Finland (FIN)
Otto Malkki
Pertti Sankilampi
Kalle Tiusanen 		 Sweden (SWE)
Bertil Lundmark
Kalevi Mattila
Sven-Olof Tornvall 		 West Germany (FRG)
Hermann Heckel
Helmut Kaidisch
Siegfried Loose
3×10 km relay A-B
  Norway (NOR)
Terje Hansen
Jarle Johnsen
Morten Langeroed 		 Finland (FIN)
Martti Juntunen
Manu Laakso
Matti Ojanen 		 Sweden (SWE)
Yngve Eriksson
Ingemar Lundquist
Sven-Ivar Martin
III-IV B
  Finland (FIN)
Raimo Hiiri
Teuvo Sahi
Arvo Stahl 		 West Germany (FRG)
Walter Klenk
Ludwig Wagner
Edmund Zahner 		 Austria (AUT)
Wolfgang Pickl
Josef Scheiber
Eugen Wilhelm

Women's events[]

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
5 km - short distance A
 Birgitta Sund
 Sweden 		Gunhild Sundstrom
 Sweden 		Marianne Edfeldt
 Sweden
B
 Karin Gustavsson
 Sweden 		Reidun Laengen
 Norway 		Astrid Nilsson
 Sweden
I
 Vigdis Bente Mordre
 Norway 		None None
II
 Lorna Manzer
 Canada 		None None
III
 Dorothea Neuweiler
 West Germany 		Aino Turpeinen
 Finland 		Ellen Sjodin
 Sweden
10 km - middle distance A
 Birgitta Sund
 Sweden 		Gunhild Sundstrom
 Sweden 		Marianne Edfeldt
 Sweden
B
 Reidun Laengen
 Norway 		Astrid Nilsson
 Sweden 		Karin Gustavsson
 Sweden
I
 Vigdis Bente Mordre
 Norway 		None None
III
 Dorothea Neuweiler
 West Germany 		Aino Turpeinen
 Finland 		Ellen Sjodin
 Sweden
3×5 km relay A-B
  Sweden (SWE)
Karin Gustavsson
Astrid Nilsson
Birgitta Sund 		 Norway (NOR)
Aud Berntsen
Aud Grundvik
Reidun Laengen 		 Finland (FIN)
Ella Kinnunen
Sirkka Sulisalo
Matleena Talonen

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Medal Standings - Örnsköldsvik 1976 Paralympic Winter Games -Cross-Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  • "IPC Historical Results Database". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
    • The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which do not present all information from earlier paralympic games (1960–1984), such as relay and team members.[1] (Per Nov.20, 2010)
  • "Ornskoldsvik 1976". paralympia.de. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  • Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics
  • Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee
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