Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Paralympics

Biathlon at the V Paralympic Winter Games

Paralympic symbol
(1988-1994)

Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Paralympics consisted of four events for men.

Medal table

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Rank	Nation				Total
1	Finland (FIN)	2	0	0	2
2	Germany (GER)	1	3	2	6
3	Unified Team (EUN)	1	0	0	1
4	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
5	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Total		4	4	4	12

Medal summary

The competition event was:

• 7.5 km: men

The event had separate standing, or visually impaired classifications:

• LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee
• LW4 - standing: single leg amputation below the knee
• LW6/8 - standing: single arm amputation
• B1 - visually impaired: no functional vision
• B2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
• B3 - visually impaired: under 10% functional vision

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 7.5 km	B1	Bogdanov  Unified Team	Udo Hirsch  Germany	Hans-Peter Schmid  Switzerland
	B2-3	Frank Hoefle  Germany	Alexander Schwarz  Germany	Torbjoern Ek  Sweden
	LW2,4	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki  Finland	Wolfgang Mahler  Germany	Roland Gaess  Germany
	LW6/8	Jouko Grip  Finland	Bernhard Furrer  Switzerland	Josef Gattinger  Germany

See also

• Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

References

1. Medal Standings - Tignes-Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games - Biathlon, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

• "1992 Tignes-Albertville - Biathlon". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-21.

• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee