Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the IV Paralympic Winter Games

Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics consisted of 38 events, 23 for men and 15 for women.

Medal table

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Rank	Nation				Total
1	Norway (NOR)	14	11	4	29
2	Finland (FIN)	8	7	7	22
3	Canada (CAN)	4	0	1	5
4	Switzerland (SUI)	3	2	3	8
5	West Germany (FRG)	2	6	4	12
6	France (FRA)	2	1	1	4
7	Austria (AUT)	1	3	4	8
8	Sweden (SWE)	1	3	2	6
9	Poland (POL)	1	1	3	5
10	Italy (ITA)	1	0	2	3
11	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
12	Spain (ESP)	0	2	0	2
13	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	2	2
Total		38	36	34	108

Medal summary

The competition events were:

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

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km - short distance	Grade I	Heinz Frei Switzerland	Adolf Stuber West Germany	Guenther Lercher West Germany
	Grade II	Knut Lundstroem Norway	Erik Sandbraaten Norway	Michael Weymann West Germany
	LW2	Christoph Andres Switzerland	Pertti Sankilampi Finland	Samuli Kaemi Finland
	LW3/9	Terje Gruer Norway	Miguel Angel Perez Tello Spain	Jan Kolodziej Poland
	LW4	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Finland	Svein Lilleberg Norway	Svein Tore Fauskrud Norway
	LW5/7	Pierre Delaval France	Marcin Kos Poland	Pauli Moelsae Finland
10 km - short distance	LW6/8	Kimmo Kettunen Finland	Jouko Grip Finland	Jean-Yves Arvier France
10 km - long distance	Grade I	Terje Johansen Norway	Adolf Stuber West Germany	Heinz Frei Switzerland
	Grade II	Knut Lundstroem Norway	Walter Widmer Switzerland	Erik Sandbraaten Norway
	LW2	Christoph Andres Switzerland	Viggo Norseth Norway	Pertti Sankilampi Finland
	LW3/9	Terje Gruer Norway	Miguel Angel Perez Tello Spain	Jan Kolodziej Poland
15 km - short distance	B1	Hans Anton Aalien Norway	Asmund Tveit Norway	Ake Pettersson Sweden
	B2	Frank Hoefle West Germany	Terje Loevaas Norway	Bertil Tegelund Sweden
	B3	Robert Walsh United States	Max Stalnacke Sweden	Paolo Lorenzini Italy
15 km - long distance	LW4	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Finland	Svein Lilleberg Norway	Svein Tore Fauskrud Norway
15 km - long distance	LW5/7	Marcin Kos Poland	Pierre Delaval France	Jerzy Szlezak Poland
20 km - long distance	LW6/8	Jean-Yves Arvier France	Jouko Grip Finland	Kimmo Kettunen Finland
30 km - long distance	B1	Ake Pettersson Sweden	Hans Anton Aalien Norway	Asmund Tveit Norway
	B2	Frank Hoefle West Germany	Terje Loevaas Norway	Ismo Alanko Finland
	B3	Paolo Lorenzini Italy	Max Stalnacke Sweden	Joe Walsh United States
3x2.5 km relay	Grade I-II	Norway (NOR) Terje Johansen Knut Lundstroem Erik Sandbraaten	Switzerland (SUI) Walter Baertschi Heinz Frei Walter Widmer	West Germany (FRG) Guenther Lercher Adolf Stuber Michael Weymann
4x5 km relay	LW2-9	Norway (NOR) Svein Tore Fauskrud Terje Gruer Svein Lilleberg Viggo Norseth	Finland (FIN) Jouko Grip Kimmo Kettunen Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Pertti Sankilampi	West Germany (FRG) Roland Gaess Martin Haag Wolfgang Mahler Reinhold Schwer
4x10 km relay	B1-3	Norway (NOR) Hans Anton Aalien Arild Hovslien Terje Loevaas Asmund Tveit	Sweden (SWE) Eskil Hoeglund Ake Pettersson Max Stalnacke Bertil Tegelund	Italy (ITA) Paolo Lorenzini Riccardo Tomasini Hubert Tscholl Erich Walch

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2.5 km - short distance	Grade I	Kirsti Hooeen Norway	Waltraud Hagenlocher West Germany	None
2.5 km - short distance	Grade II	Ragnhild Myklebust Norway	Sylva Olsen Norway	Hildegard Fetz Austria
5 km - short distance	B1	Veronika Preining Austria	Kirsti Pennanen Finland	Valentina Grigoryeva Soviet Union
	B2	Sandra Lecour Canada	Renata Hoenisch Austria	Marian Susitz Austria
	B3	Miia Ryynaenen Finland	Sissel Soerensen Norway	Tarja Hovinen Finland
	LW3/4/9	Francine Lemire Canada	Anneliese Tenzler West Germany	Monika Waelti Switzerland
	LW6/8	Tanja Tervonen Finland	None	None
5 km - long distance	Grade I	Kirsti Hooeen Norway	Waltraud Hagenlocher West Germany	None
5 km - long distance	Grade II	Ragnhild Myklebust Norway	Sylva Olsen Norway	Hildegard Fetz Austria
10 km - long distance	B1	Kirsti Pennanen Finland	Veronika Preining Austria	Valentina Grigoryeva Soviet Union
	B2	Sandra Lecour Canada	Kyllikki Luhtapuro Finland	Renata Hoenisch Austria
	B3	Sissel Soerensen Norway	Tarja Hovinen Finland	Miia Ryynaenen Finland
	LW3/4/9	Francine Lemire Canada	Anneliese Tenzler West Germany	Monika Waelti Switzerland
	LW6/8	Tanja Tervonen Finland	None	None
3x5 km relay	B1-3	Finland (FIN) Tarja Hovinen Kirsti Pennanen Miia Ryynaenen	Austria (AUT) Renata Hoenisch Veronika Preining Marian Susitz	Canada (CAN) Sandra Lecour Tricia Lovegrove Kim Umback

References

↑ Medal Standings - Innsbruck 1988 Paralympic Winter Games -Cross Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

"IPC Historical Results Database". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- 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. (Per nov.20, 2010)
"Innsbruck 1988". paralympia.de. 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee

Events at the 1988 Winter Paralympics (Innsbruck)

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