Disabled skiing was a
demonstration event at the
Winter Olympic Games on two occasions, in
1984
Events
January
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and
1988
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. Afterwards, the
Paralympic Games
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 impaire ...
were held in the same location as the Olympics and it was judged that as a demonstration event it was redundant.
At the 1984 and 1988 Games, medals were awarded to the top three positions, but these medals were smaller in size and did not contribute to the overall medal count.
1984 Winter Olympics
At the
1984 Games in
Sarajevo, four events in
paralympic alpine skiing were contested, all for men only.
Giant slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G.
Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...
races were held for four different standing disability classes.
1988 Winter Olympics
At the
1988 Games in
Calgary
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, events were held in
paralympic alpine skiing for both men and women (giant slalom for a single standing disability class), and in
paralympic cross-country skiing for both men and women (5 km for the visually impaired).
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Skiing at the Winter Olympics
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