Cross-country skiing
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Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics consisted of 39 events, 24 for men and 15 for women.
For the first and only time the classification Intellectual disability (ID) was included in cross-country skiing events at the Paralympic Games.[1]
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 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
Women's events
Russia (RUS)
Norway (NOR)
Finland (FIN)
Germany (GER)
France (FRA)
Ukraine (UKR)
Austria (AUT)
Switzerland (SUI)
Denmark (DEN)
Canada (CAN)
Italy (ITA)
Japan (JPN)
Netherlands (NED)
Poland (POL)
United States (USA)
Sweden (SWE)
