Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

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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 remain ...

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.

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Medal Standings - Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Cross Country Skiing

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(IPC)

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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 Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, 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 indi ...

above the knee *LW3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...

, 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 Paraplegia, or paraparesis, is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek () "half-stricken". It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition that affects the neural ...

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

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Women's events

References

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Historical Results - Results by Event - PWG Nagano 1998 - Long Distance
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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...

Medal table

Medal summary

Men's events

Women's events

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