1988 Winter Paralympics
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| Host city | Innsbruck, Austria | ||
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| Nations | 22 | ||
| Athletes | 377 | ||
| Events | 96 in 4 sports | ||
| Opening | 17 January | ||
| Closing | 24 January | ||
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| Stadium | Olympiahalle | ||
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The 1988 Winter Paralympic Games (German: Paralympische Winterspiele 1988) were the fourth Winter Paralympics, held in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the last Winter Paralympics held in a different place from the Winter Olympics. Starting in 1992, the Olympics and Paralympics were held in the same or nearby cities. The 1988 Paralympics were not held in Calgary, Canada, where the Olympics were, because of money and recruiting problems. A total of 377 athletes from 22 countries took part. The USSR competed for the first and only time. A new event called sit-skiing was added in both Alpine and Nordic skiing. Other sports were biathlon and ice sledge speed racing. Knut Lundstroem from Norway was the most successful athlete, winning four gold medals in the 100m, 500m, 1000m, and 1500m events.[1]
Sports[change]
- File:Alpine skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg Alpine skiing
- File:Ice sledge speed racing - Paralympic pictogram.svg Ice sledge speed racing
- Nordic skiing
Medal table[change]
Here are the top 10 countries (NPCs) with the most gold medals. The host country, Austria, is highlighted.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | 25 | 21 | 14 | 60 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria* | 20 | 10 | 14 | 44 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 7 | 17 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | File:Flag of France.svg France | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 10 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 94 | 89 | 79 | 262 | |
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Participating nations[change]
Twenty-two countries took part in the 1984 Winter Paralympics. Soviet Union joined for the first time.
- File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia (5)
- File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria (52) (Host nation)
- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (2)
- File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (20)
- File:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia (4)
- File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (3)
- File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (21)
- File:Flag of France.svg France (16)
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (21)
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (24)
- File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan (13)
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (8)
- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (3)
- File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (21)
- File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (18)
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (7)
- File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (17)
- File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland (32)
- File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (45)
- File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (8)
- File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (34)
- File:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia (3)
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Related pages[change]
References[change]
- ↑ "Innsbruck 1988". International Paralympic Committee.
Other websites[change]
| Preceded by Innsbruck |
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