Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics
| Cross-country skiing at the VII Paralympic Winter Games | |
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Paralympic symbol
(1996-2004)
Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics consisted of 39 events, 24 for men and 15 for women.
For the first and only time the classification Intellectual disability (ID) was included in cross-country skiing events at the Paralympic Games.[1]
Medal table[]
| Rank | Nation | 
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS)
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11 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 2 |  Norway (NOR)
|
9 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 |  Finland (FIN)
|
7 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 |  Germany (GER)
|
3 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 |  France (FRA)
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3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 |  Ukraine (UKR)
|
3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 |  Austria (AUT)
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |  Switzerland (SUI)
|
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 |  Denmark (DEN)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Canada (CAN)
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Italy (ITA)
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 |  Japan (JPN)
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Netherlands (NED)
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Poland (POL)
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 |  United States (USA)
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 |  Sweden (SWE)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 39 | 39 | 40 | 118 | |
Medal summary[]
The competition events were:
- 2.5 km: - women
- 5 km: men - women
- 10 km: men - women
- 15 km: men
- 20 km: men
- 3x2.5 km relay: men - women
- 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
- 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
- ID - intellectual disability
Men's events[]
Women's events[]
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 km sitski | LW10-12 |
Ragnhild Myklebust Norway
|
Colette Bourgonje Canada
|
 Ukraine
|
| 5 km classical technique | B1 |
guide:  Austria
|
Verena Bentele guide:  Germany
|
guide:  Russia
|
| B2-3 |
guide:  Finland
|
guide: Finland
|
guide: Finland
| |
| ID |
Russia
|
Ukraine
|
Russia
| |
| LW2-9 |
Tanja Kari Finland
|
Norway
|
Norway
| |
| 5 km free technique | B1 |
guide:  Denmark
|
Verena Bentele guide: Germany
|
guide: Austria
|
| B2-3 |
Tone Gravvold guide: Norway
|
guide: Finland
|
guide: Finland
| |
| ID |
Russia
|
Russia
|
 Poland
| |
| LW2-9 |
Tanja Kari Finland
|
Majorie van de Bunt Netherlands
|
Norway
| |
| 5 km sitski | LW10-12 |
Ragnhild Myklebust Norway
|
Colette Bourgonje Canada
|
Olena Akopyan Ukraine
|
| 10 km sitski | LW10-12 |
Ragnhild Myklebust Norway
|
 Italy
|
Ukraine
|
| 15 km classical technique | B1-3 |
guide: Finland
|
guide: Finland
|
Tone Gravvold guide: Norway
|
| ID |
Russia
|
Russia
|
Poland
| |
| LW2-9 |
Tanja Kari Finland
|
Norway
|
Norway
| |
| 3×2.5 km relay | open |
Norway (NOR) Tone Gravvold Ragnhild Myklebust |
Austria (AUT) |
Germany (GER) Verena Bentele |
See also[]
References[]
- "1998 Nagano - Cross-country skiing". International Paralympic Committee. 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Historical Results - Results by Event - PWG Nagano 1998 - Long Distance, Official site of SaltLake2002
- Historical Results - Results by Event - PWG Nagano 1998 - Short Distance, Official site of SaltLake2002
Categories:
- 1998 Winter Paralympics events
- Cross-country skiing at the Winter Paralympics
- 1998 in cross-country skiing