Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the V Paralympic Winter Games
«1988	1994»

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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 details	Svein Tore Fauskrud Norway (NOR)	Svein Lilleberg Norway (NOR)	Aage Joensberg Norway (NOR)
	LW3,5/7,9 details	Jan Kolodziej Poland (POL)	Terje Gruer Norway (NOR)	Miguel Angel Perez Tello Spain (ESP)
	LW6/8 details	Jean-Yves Arvier France (FRA)	Jouko Grip Finland (FIN)	Andrzej Pietrzyk Poland (POL)
	LW10 details	Jeff Pagels United States (USA)	Klaus Kleiser Germany (GER)	Oliver Anthofer Austria (AUT)
	LW11 details	Kari Joki-Erkkila Finland (FIN)	Teuvo Ojala Finland (FIN)	Knut Lundstroem Norway (NOR)
10 km - short distance	B1 details	Valeri Kupchinski Unified Team (EUN)	Bogdanov Unified Team (EUN)	Luc Sabatier France (FRA)
	B2 details	Frank Hoefle Germany (GER)	Vladimir Kolesnikov Unified Team (EUN)	Seleznev Unified Team (EUN)
	B3 details	Nikolai Ilioutchenko Unified Team (EUN)	Alexander Schwarz Germany (GER)	Robert Walsh United States (USA)
10 km - long distance	LW6/8 details	Jouko Grip Finland (FIN)	Bernhard Furrer Switzerland (SUI)	Jean-Yves Arvier France (FRA)
	LW10 details	Jeff Pagels United States (USA)	Oliver Anthofer Austria (AUT)	Klaus Kleiser Germany (GER)
	LW11 details	Kari Joki-Erkkila Finland (FIN)	Knut Lundstroem Norway (NOR)	Teuvo Ojala Finland (FIN)
20 km - long distance	LW2,4 details	Andre Favre France (FRA)	Aage Joensberg Norway (NOR)	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Finland (FIN)
	LW3,5/7,9 details	Marcin Kos Poland (POL)	Axel Hecker Germany (GER)	Jan Kolodziej Poland (POL)
30 km - long distance	B1 details	Valeri Kupchinski Unified Team (EUN)	Bogdanov Unified Team (EUN)	Luc Sabatier France (FRA)
	B2 details	Frank Hoefle Germany (GER)	Vladimir Kolesnikov Unified Team (EUN)	Seleznev Unified Team (EUN)
	B3 details	Nikolai Ilioutchenko Unified Team (EUN)	Sergei Lozhkin Unified Team (EUN)	Andrei Venediktov Unified Team (EUN)
3×2.5 km relay	LW10-11 details	Norway (NOR) Bye Magne Lunde Olai Myklebust	Finland (FIN) Kari Joki-Erkkila Teuvo Ojala Raimo Peltonen	Switzerland (SUI) Franco Belletti Heinz Frei Walter Widmer
3×5 km relay	B1-3 details	Unified Team (EUN) Nikolai Ilioutchenko Kupchinski Sergei Lozhkin	Germany (GER) Udo Hirsch Frank Hoefle Alexander Schwarz	France (FRA) Herve Le Moing Luc Sabatier Elie Zampin
4×5 km relay	LW2-9 details	Norway (NOR) Svein Tore Fauskrud Terje Gruer Aage Joensberg Svein Lilleberg	Germany (GER) Theo Feger Roland Gaess Wolfgang Mahler Reinhold Schwer	Poland (POL) Marian Damian Jan Kolodziej Marcin Kos Andrzej Pietrzyk

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2.5 km - short distance	LW10-11 details	Ragnhild Myklebust Norway (NOR)	Barbara Maier Germany (GER)	Dorothea Agetle Italy (ITA)
5 km - short distance	B1 details	Nazarenko Unified Team (EUN)	Pavla Valnickova Czechoslovakia (TCH)	Kirsti Pennanen Finland (FIN)
	B2-3 details	Elesina Unified Team (EUN)	Nadejda Tchirkova Unified Team (EUN)	Renata Hoenisch Austria (AUT)
	LW2-9 details	Tanja Tervonen Finland (FIN)	Siw Vestengen Norway (NOR)	Gisela Danzl Austria (AUT)
5 km - long distance	LW10-11 details	Ragnhild Myklebust Norway (NOR)	Barbara Maier Germany (GER)	Dorothea Agetle Italy (ITA)
10 km - long distance	B1 details	Lubov Paninykii Unified Team (EUN)	Nazarenko Unified Team (EUN)	Pavla Valnickova Czechoslovakia (TCH)
	B2-3 details	Chirkova Unified Team (EUN)	Elesina Unified Team (EUN)	Kaija Tuikkanen Finland (FIN)
	LW2-9 details	Tanja Tervonen Finland (FIN)	Theres Huser Switzerland (SUI)	Siw Vestengen Norway (NOR)

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

References

1. ^ Medal Standings - Tignes-Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games - Cross Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

• "1992 Tignes-Albertville - Cross-country skiing". International Paralympic Committee. 2010. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=event&criteria=0&games=1992PWG&sport=31. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 

• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee