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Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Paralympics

1984 paralympics event

Field	Value
event	Cross-country skiing
games	1984 Winter
image	Cross-country skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg
image_size	80px
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Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Paralympics consisted of 35 events, 23 for men and 12 for women.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	[[File:Gold medal blank.svg	20px]]	[[File:Silver medal blank.svg	20px]]
1	FIN	12	9	6	27
2	AUT	8	8	5	21
3	NOR	6	3	2	11
4	FRG	3	8	2	13
5	POL	3	2	4	9
6	FRA	2	0	0	2
7	SWE	1	1	4	6
8	SUI	0	3	9	12
9	USA	0	1	0	1
10	GBR	0	0	1	1
Total	35	35	33	103

Medal summary

The competition events were:

2.5 km: - women
5 km: men - women
10 km: men - women
20 km: men
3x2.5 km relay: men
3x5 km relay: - women
4x5 km relay: men - women
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

4×10 km relay	B1-2
NOR
Hans Anton Aalien
Gorm Borgersen
Terje Loevaas
Olai Myklebust	FIN
Ismo Alanko
Martti Juntunen
Mauno Sulisalo
Teuvo Talmia	SWE
Yngve Eriksson
Ove Karlsson
Ake Pettersson
George Witthof

Women's events

4×5 km relay	B1-2
AUT
Doris Campbell
Margaret Heger
Renata Hoenisch
Marianne Kriegl	USA
Barbara Lewis
Laura Oftedahl
Jean Parker
Billie Ruth Schlank	None

References

{{cite web
- 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.http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=multi&sport=28&gender=all (Per nov.18, 2010)
{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719071911/http://www.paralympia.de/pg_de/winter/innsbruck1984/innsbruck1984.php | archive-date = 2011-07-19 | url-status = dead
Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee

References

[http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1984PWG&sport=31 Medal Standings - Innsbruck 1984 Paralympic Winter Games -Cross Country Skiing], [[International Paralympic Committee]] (IPC)

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