Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics consisted of 38 events, 23 for men and 15 for women.
Medal table Medal Standings - Innsbruck 1988 Paralympic Winter Games -Cross Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Rank Nation Total 1 14 11 4 29 2 8 7 7 22 3 4 0 1 5 4 3 2 3 8 5 2 6 4 12 6 2 1 1 4 7 1 3 4 8 8 1 3 2 6 9 1 1 3 5 10 1 0 2 3 11 1 0 1 2 12 0 2 0 2 13 0 0 2 2 Total 38 36 34 108
Medal summary The competition events were: 2.5 km: - women 5 km: men - women 10 km: men - women 15 km: men 20 km: men 30 km: men 3x2.5 km relay: men 3x5 km relay: - women 4x5 km relay: men 4x10 km relay: men
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 Gr I - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance Gr II - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance B1 - visually impaired: no functional vision B2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
Men's events
5 km - short distance Grade I Grade II LW2 LW3/9 LW4 LW5/7 10 km - short distance LW6/8 10 km - long distance Grade I Grade II LW2 LW3/9 15 km - short distance B1 B2 B3 15 km - long distance LW4 LW5/7 20 km - long distance LW6/8 30 km - long distance B1 B2 B3 3x2.5 km relay Grade I-II Terje Johansen Knut Lundstroem Erik Sandbraaten Walter Baertschi Heinz Frei Walter Widmer Guenther Lercher Adolf Stuber Michael Weymann 4x5 km relay LW2-9 Svein Tore Fauskrud Terje Gruer Svein Lilleberg Viggo Norseth Jouko Grip Kimmo Kettunen Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Pertti Sankilampi Roland Gaess Martin Haag Wolfgang Mahler Reinhold Schwer 4x10 km relay B1-3 Hans Anton Aalien Arild Hovslien Terje Loevaas Asmund Tveit Eskil Hoeglund Ake Pettersson Max Stalnacke Bertil Tegelund Paolo Lorenzini Riccardo Tomasini Hubert Tscholl Erich Walch
Women's events
2.5 km - short distance Grade I None Grade II 5 km - short distance B1 B2 B3 LW3/4/9 LW6/8 None None 5 km - long distance Grade I None Grade II 10 km - long distance B1 B2 B3 LW3/4/9 LW6/8 None None 3x5 km relay B1-3 Tarja Hovinen Kirsti Pennanen Miia Ryynaenen Renata Hoenisch Veronika Preining Marian Susitz Sandra Lecour Tricia Lovegrove Kim Umback
See also Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
References
The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960-1984), such as relay and team members. (Per nov.20, 2010)
Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee