Biathlon
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...
at the
1998 Winter Paralympics
The , the seventh Paralympic Winter Games, were held alongside the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan from 5 to 14 March 1998. They were the first Paralympic Winter Games to be held outside Europe. 571 athletes competed in Nagano; as 2022 it remai ...
consisted of twelve events, eight for men and four for women.
Medal table
Medal Standings - Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Biathlon
International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
Medal summary
The competition event was:
*7.5 km: men - women
The 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
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, 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
Men's events
Women's events
See also
*Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics consisted of six biathlon events. They were held at Nozawa Onsen. The events began on 9 February and ended on 21 February 1998.
Medal summary
Eight nations won medals in biathlon, with Norway leading the me ...
References
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Winter Sport Classification
Canadian Paralympic Committee
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1998 Winter Paralympics events
1998
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Biathlon competitions in Japan