Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
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Cross-country skiing
at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
consisted of 48 events, 29 for men and 19 for women.
Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
at the 1994 Winter Paralympics
1994 Winter Paralympics
The 1994 Winter Paralympics, the sixth Winter Paralympics, were held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 10–19 March 1994. These Games marked the first time the Paralympic Winter Games were held in the same location as the Winter Olympics, a tradition that has continued through an agreement of cooperation...
consisted of 48 events, 29 for men and 19 for women.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Norway |
17 | 9 | 3 | 29 |
| 2 |  Germany |
11 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
| 3 |  Russia |
9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 |  Finland |
6 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 |  France |
3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 |  Poland |
2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 |  Austria |
0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 |  Switzerland |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 |  United States |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Italy |
0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 |  Sweden |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Kazakhstan |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 |  Denmark |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 |  United Kingdom |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 48 | 48 | 48 | 144 | |
Medal summary
The competition events were:- 2.5 km: - women
- 5 km: men - women
- 10 km: men - women
- 15 km: men
- 20 km: men
- 3x2.5 km relay: men - women
- 4x5 km relay: men
Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:
- LW2 - standing: single leg amputationAmputationAmputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for...
above the knee - LW3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsyCerebral palsyCerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
, 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: paraplegiaParaplegiaParaplegia is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek: παραπληγίη "half-striking". It is usually the result of spinal cord injury or a congenital condition such as spina bifida that affects the neural elements of the spinal canal...
with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance - LW 11 - sitting: paraplegia with fair 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
| 5 km classical technique | B1 |
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| LW2/3/9 |
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| LW4 |
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| LW5/7 |
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| LW6/8 |
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| 5 km sitski | LW10 |
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| LW11 |
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| 10 km free technique | B1 |
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| LW2/3/9 |
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| LW4 |
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| LW5/7 |
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| LW6/8 |
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| 10 km sitski | LW10 |
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| LW11 |
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| 15 km sitski | LW10 |
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| LW11 |
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| 20 km classical technique | B1 |
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| LW2/3/9 |
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| LW4 |
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| LW5/7 |
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| 3×2.5 km relay | sitting |
John-Olav Johansen Terje Johansen Knut Lundstroem |
Kari Joki-Erkkila Teuvo Ojala Raimo Peltonen |
Klaus Kleiser Michael Weymann Bruno Zimmermann |
| 4×5 km relay | standing/ blind |
Aage Joensberg Svein Lilleberg Svein Lilleberg Svein Lilleberg is a Norwegian cross-country skier.He contracted polio early, when he was only six months old. To begin with, he was totally paralysed, later regaining most movement, but he has never had use of one foot. He competes in the LW2.Svein has 3 sisters, and is married with 4 children.... Terje Loevaas Wiggo Nordseth |
Axel Hecker Frank Hoefle Wolfgang Mahler Thomas Oelsner |
Nikolai Ilioutchenko Valeri Kouptchinski Alexandre Nassarouline Serguei Seleznev |
Women's events
| 2.5 km sitski | LW10-11 |
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| 5 km classical technique | B1 |
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| B3 |
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| LW2/3/4 |
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| LW6/8/9 |
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| 5 km free technique | B1 |
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| LW2/3/4 |
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| LW6/8/9 |
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| 5 km sitski | LW10-11 |
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| 10 km classical technique | B1 |
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| B3 |
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| LW2/3/4 |
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| LW6/8/9 |
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| 10 km sitski | LW10-11 |
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| 3×2.5 km relay | open |
Anne Helene Barlund Ragnhild Myklebust Ragnhild Myklebust Ragnhild Myklebust is a Norwegian nordic skier and multiple gold medal winner at the Paralympic Games. , she holds the record for the most ever medals won at the Winter Paralympics, having won 27 medals, of which 22 were gold.... Siw Vestengen |
Michaela Fuchs Susanne Ischinger Martina Willing Martina Willing Martina Monika Willing is a Paralympian athlete from Germany competing mainly in the field events.Martina has a long history of competing in the paralympics, compting in all five summer games from 1992 in Barcelona to 2008 in Beijing as well as at the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer winning at... |
Alevtina Elessina Lubov Paninykii Nadejda Tchirkova |