Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics consisted of 39 events, 24 for men and 15 for women.
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For the first and only time the classification Intellectual disability (ID) was included in cross-country skiing events at the Paralympic Games.[1]
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | 
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS)
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11 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| 2 |  Norway (NOR)
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9 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 |  Finland (FIN)
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7 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 |  Germany (GER)
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3 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 |  France (FRA)
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3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 |  Ukraine (UKR)
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3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 |  Austria (AUT)
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1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |  Switzerland (SUI)
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1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 |  Denmark (DEN)
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Canada (CAN)
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0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 |  Italy (ITA)
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0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 |  Japan (JPN)
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0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Netherlands (NED)
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Poland (POL)
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 |  United States (USA)
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 |  Sweden (SWE)
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 39 | 39 | 40 | 118 | |
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
- 3x2.5 km relay: men - women
- 4x5 km relay: men
Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:
- LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee
- LW3 - 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
- LW 10 - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
- LW 11 - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
- LW 12 - sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good 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
- ID - intellectual disability
Men's events edit
Women's events edit
See also edit
References edit
- "1998 Nagano - Cross-country skiing". International Paralympic Committee. 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee
- Historical Results - Results by Event - PWG Nagano 1998 - Long Distance, Official site of SaltLake2002
- Historical Results - Results by Event - PWG Nagano 1998 - Short Distance, Official site of SaltLake2002