Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics consisted of 38 events, 23 for men and 15 for women.
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Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | 
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Total |
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| 1 |  Norway (NOR)
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14 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 2 |  Finland (FIN)
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8 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 |  Canada (CAN)
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4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Switzerland (SUI)
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3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 |  West Germany (FRG)
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2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 |  France (FRA)
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2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 |  Austria (AUT)
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1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 |  Sweden (SWE)
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1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 |  Poland (POL)
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1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 |  Italy (ITA)
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1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 |  United States (USA)
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Spain (ESP)
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0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 |  Soviet Union (URS)
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 38 | 36 | 34 | 108 | |
Medal summary edit
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 edit
Women's events edit
See also edit
References edit
- "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.[1] (Per nov.20, 2010)
- "Innsbruck 1988". paralympia.de. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics[permanent dead link], Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics
- Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee