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Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics

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Field	Value
event	Alpine skiing
games	1988 Winter
image	Alpine skiing (paralympics) pictogram.svg
image_size	105px
prev	1984
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Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics consisted of 44 events, 29 for men and 15 for women.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	[[File:Gold medal blank.svg	20px]]	[[File:Silver medal blank.svg	20px]]
1	AUT	15	4	8	27
2	FRG	7	5	5	17
3	USA	6	17	5	28
4	SUI	5	4	5	14
5	FRA	3	4	2	9
6	ITA	2	0	4	6
7	NOR	2	0	0	2
8	SWE	1	4	2	7
9	CAN	1	3	4	8
10	ESP	1	0	1	2
11	NZL	0	1	0	1
12	POL	0	0	3	3
13	JPN	0	0	2	2
Total	43	42	41	126

Medal summary

The competition events were:

Downhill: men – women
Giant slalom: men – women
Slalom: men – women

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
LW 10 - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no 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

LW10
Paul Bluschke	Jacques Blanc	Peter Wiedemann

In the men's slalom LW3, all four skiers were disqualified

Women's events

LW10
Francoise Jacquerod	None	None

References

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Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee

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