Disabled skiing was an Olympic demonstration sport for the first time at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

. There was

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giant slalom held for men only, with medals awarded in four different standing disability classes. As a demonstration sport, these medals did not contribute to the overall medal count. These races were held in addition to the

and cross-country events at the

1984 Winter Paralympics The 1984 Winter Paralympic Games (german: Paralympische Winterspiele 1984) were the third Winter Paralympics. They were held from 14 to 20 January 1984 in Innsbruck, Austria. They were the first Winter Games organized by the International Co-ord ...

in Innsbruck. Disabled skiing would be demonstrated at the Olympics again in

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. A total of 29 disabled skiers from 11 nations participated in the 1984 Games.

Medal Table

Men's giant slalom for single-leg amputees

Men's giant slalom for above-knee amputees

Men's giant slalom for single-arm amputees

Men's giant slalom for double-arm amputees

References

* {{Olympic Games Disabled skiing 1984 Winter Olympics events Olympic demonstration sports Men's events at the 1984 Winter Olympics