Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics

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(1988-1994)

Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics consisted of 27 events, 19 for men and 8 for women.

Medal table[]

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Rank	Nation				Total
1	Unified Team (EUN)	9	8	3	20
2	Norway (NOR)	5	5	3	13
3	Finland (FIN)	5	3	4	12
4	Germany (GER)	2	7	1	10
5	France (FRA)	2	0	4	6
6	Poland (POL)	2	0	3	5
7	United States (USA)	2	0	1	3
8	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	1	3
9	Austria (AUT)	0	1	3	4
10	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
11	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
12	Spain (ESP)	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 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
• 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
5 km - short distance	LW2,4	Norway	Svein Lilleberg  Norway	Norway
	LW3,5/7,9	Poland	Norway	Miguel Angel Perez Tello  Spain
	LW6/8	France	Jouko Grip  Finland	Poland
	LW10	United States	Germany	Austria
	LW11	Finland	Teuvo Ojala  Finland	Knut Lundstroem  Norway
10 km - short distance	B1	Unified Team	Bogdanov  Unified Team	France
	B2	Frank Hoefle  Germany	Unified Team	Seleznev  Unified Team
	B3	Unified Team	Germany	United States
10 km - long distance	LW6/8	Jouko Grip  Finland	Switzerland	France
	LW10	United States	Austria	Germany
	LW11	Finland	Knut Lundstroem  Norway	Teuvo Ojala  Finland
20 km - long distance	LW2,4	France	Norway	Finland
	LW3,5/7,9	Poland	Germany	Poland
30 km - long distance	B1	Valeri Kupchinski  Unified Team	Bogdanov  Unified Team	France
	B2	Frank Hoefle  Germany	Unified Team	Seleznev  Unified Team
	B3	Unified Team	Unified Team	Unified Team
3×2.5 km relay	LW10-11	Norway (NOR) Bye	Finland (FIN) Teuvo Ojala	Switzerland (SUI) Heinz Frei
3×5 km relay	B1-3	Unified Team (EUN) Kupchinski	Germany (GER) Frank Hoefle	France (FRA)
4×5 km relay	LW2-9	Norway (NOR) Svein Lilleberg	Germany (GER)	Poland (POL)

Women's events[]

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2.5 km - short distance	LW10-11	Ragnhild Myklebust  Norway	Germany	Italy
5 km - short distance	B1	Nazarenko  Unified Team	Czechoslovakia	Finland
	B2-3	Elesina  Unified Team	Unified Team	Austria
	LW2-9	Tanja Tervonen  Finland	Norway	Austria
5 km - long distance	LW10-11	Ragnhild Myklebust  Norway	Germany	Italy
10 km - long distance	B1	Unified Team	Nazarenko  Unified Team	Czechoslovakia
	B2-3	Chirkova  Unified Team	Elesina  Unified Team	Finland
	LW2-9	Tanja Tervonen  Finland	Switzerland	Norway

See also[]

• Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

References[]

• "1992 Tignes-Albertville - Cross-country skiing". International Paralympic Committee. 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee