Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the VII Paralympic Winter Games
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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

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Rank	Nation				Total
1	Russia (RUS)	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)	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

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km classical technique	B1 details	Valeri Kouptchinski guide: Viatcheslav Doubov Russia (RUS)	Magne Lunde guide: Roar Lunde Norway (NOR)	Helge Flo guide: Paal Sneve Norway (NOR)
	B2 details	Frank Hoefle guide: Ulrich Zipfel Germany (GER)	Irek Mannanov guide: Salavat Goumerov Russia (RUS)	Torbjoern Ek guide: Christer Wennergrund Sweden (SWE)
	B3 details	Alexandre Nassarouline guide: Alexei Kopytine Russia (RUS)	Alexander Schwarz guide: Ralf Rombach Germany (GER)	Grigori Klimov guide: Nikolai Kireitcmev Russia (RUS)
	ID details	Pedro Kardash Ukraine (UKR)	Satoru Abiko Japan (JPN)	Iuri Isaev Russia (RUS)
	LW3/4/9 details	Andre Favre France (FRA)	Kjartan Haugen Norway (NOR)	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Finland (FIN)
	LW5/7,6/8 details	Sten Oluf Horn Norway (NOR)	Thomas Oelsner Germany (GER)	Axel Hecker Germany (GER)
5 km sitski	LW10 details	Sergej Shilov Russia (RUS)	Alexander Brunet France (FRA)	Klaus Kleiser Germany (GER)
	LW11 details	Ruedi Weber Switzerland (SUI)	Oliver Anthofer Austria (AUT)	Karl Einar Henriksen Norway (NOR)
	LW12 details	Kari Joki-Erkkila Finland (FIN)	Michael Weymann Germany (GER)	Teuvo Ojala Finland (FIN)
10 km sitski	LW10 details	Alexander Brunet France (FRA)	Mikhail Terentiev Russia (RUS)	Heinz Frei Switzerland (SUI)
	LW11 details	Karl Einar Henriksen Norway (NOR)	Roland Ruepp Italy (ITA)	Ruedi Weber Switzerland (SUI)
	LW12 details	Kari Joki-Erkkila Finland (FIN)	Michael Weymann Germany (GER)	Robert Balk United States (USA)
				Teuvo Ojala Finland (FIN)
15 km free technique	B1 details	Valeri Kouptchinski guide: [[]] Russia (RUS)	Wilhelm Brem guide: [[]] Germany (GER)	Oleh Munts guide: [[]] Russia (RUS)
	B2 details	Irek Mannanov guide: [[]] Russia (RUS)	Frank Hoefle guide: [[]] Germany (GER)	Nikolai Ilioutchenko guide: [[]] Russia (RUS)
	B3 details	Alexandre Nassarouline guide: [[]] Russia (RUS)	Alexander Schwarz guide: [[]] Germany (GER)	Elie Zampin guide: [[]] France (FRA)
	ID details	Pedro Kardash Ukraine (UKR)	Iuri Isaev Russia (RUS)	Louri Semiannikov Russia (RUS)
	LW2/3/4/9 details	Andre Favre France (FRA)	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Finland (FIN)	Wolfgang Mahler Germany (GER)
	LW5/7,6/8 details	Thomas Oelsner Germany (GER)	Andreas Hustveit Norway (NOR)	Emmanuel Lacroix France (FRA)
15 km sitski	LW10-12 details	Karl Einar Henriksen Norway (NOR)	Mikhail Terentiev Russia (RUS)	Heinz Frei Switzerland (SUI)
20 km classical technique	B1-3 details	Valeri Kouptchinski guide: Viatcheslav Doubov Russia (RUS)	Irek Mannanov guide: Salavat Goumerov Russia (RUS)	Frank Hoefle guide: Ulrich Zipfel Germany (GER)
	ID details	Pedro Kardash Ukraine (UKR)	Iuri Isaev Russia (RUS)	Hiroki Shinohara Japan (JPN)
	LW2-9 details	Sten Oluf Horn Norway (NOR)	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Finland (FIN)	Michael Crenshaw United States (USA)
3×2.5 km relay	LW10-12 details	Germany (GER) Klaus Kleiser Michael Weymann Bruno Zimmermann	Switzerland (SUI) Franco Belletti Ruedi Weber Walter Widmer	France (FRA) Omar Bouyoucef Alexander Brunet Didier Riedlinger
4×5 km relay	standing/ blind details	Russia (RUS) Valeri Kouptchinski Irek Mannanov Oleh Munts Alexandre Nassarouline	Germany (GER) Wilhelm Brem Frank Hoefle Wolfgang Mahler Thomas Oelsner	Norway (NOR) Kjartan Haugen Sten Oluf Horn Andreas Hustveit Magne Lunde

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2.5 km sitski	LW10-12 details	Ragnhild Myklebust Norway (NOR)	Colette Bourgonje Canada (CAN)	Svitlana Tryfonova Ukraine (UKR)
5 km classical technique	B1 details	Elisabeth Maxwald guide: Florian Stoger Austria (AUT)	Verena Bentele guide: Ralph Schmidt Germany (GER)	Lioubov Paninykh guide: Alexander Pridtchin Russia (RUS)
	B2-3 details	Kaija Tuikkanen guide: Hannu Aaltonen Finland (FIN)	Sisko Kiiski guide: Tuomas Toerroenen Finland (FIN)	Jaana Argillander guide: Arto Kaukonen Finland (FIN)
	ID details	Natalia Smirnova Russia (RUS)	Olga Kravchuk Ukraine (UKR)	Natalia Lugakova Russia (RUS)
	LW2-9 details	Tanja Kari Finland (FIN)	Anne Helene Barlund Norway (NOR)	Siw Vestengen Norway (NOR)
5 km free technique	B1 details	Anne-Mette Bredahl guide: [[]] Denmark (DEN)	Verena Bentele guide: [[]] Germany (GER)	Elisabeth Maxwald guide: [[]] Austria (AUT)
	B2-3 details	Tone Gravvold guide: [[]] Norway (NOR)	Kaija Tuikkanen guide: [[]] Finland (FIN)	Sisko Kiiski guide: [[]] Finland (FIN)
	ID details	Natalia Smirnova Russia (RUS)	Natalia Lugakova Russia (RUS)	Danuta Poznanska Poland (POL)
	LW2-9 details	Tanja Kari Finland (FIN)	Majorie van de Bunt Netherlands (NED)	Anne Helene Barlund Norway (NOR)
5 km sitski	LW10-12 details	Ragnhild Myklebust Norway (NOR)	Colette Bourgonje Canada (CAN)	Olena Akopyan Ukraine (UKR)
10 km sitski	LW10-12 details	Ragnhild Myklebust Norway (NOR)	Dorothea Agetle Italy (ITA)	Tamara Kulynych Ukraine (UKR)
15 km classical technique	B1-3 details	Sisko Kiiski guide: Tuomas Toerroenen Finland (FIN)	Kaija Tuikkanen guide: Hannu Aaltonen Finland (FIN)	Tone Gravvold guide: Frode Nilssen Norway (NOR)
	ID details	Natalia Smirnova Russia (RUS)	Natalia Lugakova Russia (RUS)	Danuta Poznanska Poland (POL)
	LW2-9 details	Tanja Kari Finland (FIN)	Anne Helene Barlund Norway (NOR)	Siw Vestengen Norway (NOR)
3×2.5 km relay	open details	Norway (NOR) Anne Helene Barlund Tone Gravvold Ragnhild Myklebust	Austria (AUT) Gabriele Berghofer Renata Hoenisch Elisabeth Maxwald	Germany (GER) Verena Bentele Susanne Ischinger Susanne Wohlmacher

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

References

1. ^ IPC Historical Results Database - General Search, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
2. ^ Medal Standings - Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Cross Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

• "1998 Nagano - Cross-country skiing". International Paralympic Committee. 2010. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=event&criteria=0&games=1998PWG&sport=31. 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