1988 Winter Paralympics

IV Paralympic Winter Games

Host city	Innsbruck, Austria
Nations participating	22
Athletes participating	377
Events	96 in 4 sports
Opening ceremony	17 January
Closing ceremony	24 January
Officially opened by	Kurt Waldheim
Paralympic stadium	Olympiahalle
Winter:
<  Innsbruck 1984 Tignes-Albertville 1992  >
Summer:
<  Stoke Mandeville/New York 1984 Seoul 1988  >

The 1988 Winter Paralympic Games (German: Paralympische Winterspiele 1988) were the fourth Winter Paralympics, held again in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the last Winter Paralympics to be held in a separate location from the Winter Olympics. Beginning in 1992, the Olympics and the Paralympics were held in the same city or in an adjacent city. These Paralympics were not held at the same Olympic venue in Calgary, Canada, because of financial and recruiting difficulties. A total of 377 athletes from 22 countries took part. The USSR competed for the first time. Sit-skiing was introduced as another event in both the Alpine and Nordic skiing competitions. Other sports were biathlon and ice sledge speed racing. Ice sledge speed racer Knut Lundstroem from Norway was the most successful athlete, winning four gold medals in the 100m, 500m, 1000m and 1500m events.^[1]

Sports

• Alpine skiing
• Ice sledge speed racing
• Nordic skiing
  • Biathlon
  • Cross-country skiing

Medal table

Participating countries; first time participants are blue.

The top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation (Austria) is highlighted.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	25	21	14	60
2	Austria	20	10	14	44
3	West Germany	9	11	10	30
4	Finland	9	8	8	25
5	Switzerland	8	7	8	23
6	United States	7	17	6	30
7	France	5	5	3	13
8	Canada	5	3	5	13
9	Sweden	3	7	5	15
10	Italy	3	0	6	9

See also

• 1988 Winter Olympics
• 1988 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "Innsbruck 1988". International Paralympic Committee.

External links

• International Paralympic Committee
• The event at SVT's open archive (Swedish)