Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics consisted of 39 events, 24 for men and 15 for women.

Paralympic symbol
(1996-2004)

For the first and only time the classification Intellectual disability (ID) was included in cross-country skiing events at the Paralympic Games.[1]

Medal table

[2]

Rank	Nation				Total
1	Russia (RUS)	11	8	7	26
2	Norway (NOR)	9	5	7	21
3	Finland (FIN)	7	5	5	17
4	Germany (GER)	3	10	5	18
5	France (FRA)	3	1	3	7
5	Ukraine (UKR)	3	1	3	7
7	Austria (AUT)	1	2	1	4
8	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	3	5
9	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
10	Canada (CAN)	0	2	0	2
10	Italy (ITA)	0	2	0	2
12	Japan (JPN)	0	1	1	2
13	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
14	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
14	United States (USA)	0	0	2	2
16	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Total		39	39	40	118

Medal summary

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 above the knee
LW3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, 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
ID - intellectual disability

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km classical technique	B1	Valeri Kouptchinski guide: Viatcheslav Doubov Russia	Magne Lunde guide: Roar Lunde Norway	Helge Flo guide: Paal Sneve Norway
	B2	Frank Hoefle guide: Ulrich Zipfel Germany	Irek Mannanov guide: Salavat Goumerov Russia	Torbjoern Ek guide: Christer Wennergrund Sweden
	B3	Alexandre Nassarouline guide: Alexei Kopytine Russia	Alexander Schwarz guide: Ralf Rombach Germany	Grigori Klimov guide: Nikolai Kireitcmev Russia
	ID	Pedro Kardash Ukraine	Satoru Abiko Japan	Iuri Isaev Russia
	LW3/4/9	Andre Favre France	Kjartan Haugen Norway	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Finland
	LW5/7,6/8	Sten Oluf Horn Norway	Thomas Oelsner Germany	Axel Hecker Germany
5 km sitski	LW10	Sergej Shilov Russia	Alexander Brunet France	Klaus Kleiser Germany
	LW11	Ruedi Weber Switzerland	Oliver Anthofer Austria	Karl Einar Henriksen Norway
	LW12	Kari Joki-Erkkila Finland	Michael Weymann Germany	Teuvo Ojala Finland
10 km sitski	LW10	Alexander Brunet France	Mikhail Terentiev Russia	Heinz Frei Switzerland
	LW11	Karl Einar Henriksen Norway	Roland Ruepp Italy	Ruedi Weber Switzerland
	LW12	Kari Joki-Erkkila Finland	Michael Weymann Germany	Robert Balk United States
	LW12	Kari Joki-Erkkila Finland	Michael Weymann Germany	Teuvo Ojala Finland
15 km free technique	B1	Valeri Kouptchinski guide: Russia	Wilhelm Brem guide: Germany	Oleh Munts guide: Russia
	B2	Irek Mannanov guide: Russia	Frank Hoefle guide: Germany	Nikolai Ilioutchenko guide: Russia
	B3	Alexandre Nassarouline guide: Russia	Alexander Schwarz guide: Germany	Elie Zampin guide: France
	ID	Pedro Kardash Ukraine	Iuri Isaev Russia	Louri Semiannikov Russia
	LW2/3/4/9	Andre Favre France	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Finland	Wolfgang Mahler Germany
	LW5/7,6/8	Thomas Oelsner Germany	Andreas Hustveit Norway	Emmanuel Lacroix France
15 km sitski	LW10-12	Karl Einar Henriksen Norway	Mikhail Terentiev Russia	Heinz Frei Switzerland
20 km classical technique	B1-3	Valeri Kouptchinski guide: Viatcheslav Doubov Russia	Irek Mannanov guide: Salavat Goumerov Russia	Frank Hoefle guide: Ulrich Zipfel Germany
	ID	Pedro Kardash Ukraine	Iuri Isaev Russia	Hiroki Shinohara Japan
	LW2-9	Sten Oluf Horn Norway	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Finland	Michael Crenshaw United States
3×2.5 km relay	LW10-12	Germany (GER) Klaus Kleiser Michael Weymann Bruno Zimmermann	Switzerland (SUI) Franco Belletti Ruedi Weber Walter Widmer	France (FRA) Omar Bouyoucef Alexander Brunet Didier Riedlinger
4×5 km relay	standing/ blind	Russia (RUS) Valeri Kouptchinski Irek Mannanov Oleh Munts Alexandre Nassarouline	Germany (GER) Wilhelm Brem Frank Hoefle Wolfgang Mahler Thomas Oelsner	Norway (NOR) Kjartan Haugen Sten Oluf Horn Andreas Hustveit Magne Lunde

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2.5 km sitski	LW10-12	Ragnhild Myklebust Norway	Colette Bourgonje Canada	Svitlana Tryfonova Ukraine
5 km classical technique	B1	Elisabeth Maxwald guide: Florian Stoger Austria	Verena Bentele guide: Ralph Schmidt Germany	Lioubov Paninykh guide: Alexander Pridtchin Russia
	B2-3	Kaija Tuikkanen guide: Hannu Aaltonen Finland	Sisko Kiiski guide: Tuomas Toerroenen Finland	Jaana Argillander guide: Arto Kaukonen Finland
	ID	Natalia Smirnova Russia	Olga Kravchuk Ukraine	Natalia Lugakova Russia
	LW2-9	Tanja Kari Finland	Anne Helene Barlund Norway	Siw Vestengen Norway
5 km free technique	B1	Anne-Mette Bredahl guide: Denmark	Verena Bentele guide: Germany	Elisabeth Maxwald guide: Austria
	B2-3	Tone Gravvold guide: Norway	Kaija Tuikkanen guide: Finland	Sisko Kiiski guide: Finland
	ID	Natalia Smirnova Russia	Natalia Lugakova Russia	Danuta Poznanska Poland
	LW2-9	Tanja Kari Finland	Majorie van de Bunt Netherlands	Anne Helene Barlund Norway
5 km sitski	LW10-12	Ragnhild Myklebust Norway	Colette Bourgonje Canada	Olena Akopyan Ukraine
10 km sitski	LW10-12	Ragnhild Myklebust Norway	Dorothea Agetle Italy	Tamara Kulynych Ukraine
15 km classical technique	B1-3	Sisko Kiiski guide: Tuomas Toerroenen Finland	Kaija Tuikkanen guide: Hannu Aaltonen Finland	Tone Gravvold guide: Frode Nilssen Norway
	ID	Natalia Smirnova Russia	Natalia Lugakova Russia	Danuta Poznanska Poland
	LW2-9	Tanja Kari Finland	Anne Helene Barlund Norway	Siw Vestengen Norway
3×2.5 km relay	open	Norway (NOR) Anne Helene Barlund Tone Gravvold Ragnhild Myklebust	Austria (AUT) Gabriele Berghofer Renata Hoenisch Elisabeth Maxwald	Germany (GER) Verena Bentele Susanne Ischinger Susanne Wohlmacher

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References

"1998 Nagano - Cross-country skiing". International Paralympic Committee. 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee
Historical Results - Results by Event - PWG Nagano 1998 - Long Distance, Official site of SaltLake2002
Historical Results - Results by Event - PWG Nagano 1998 - Short Distance, Official site of SaltLake2002

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[1] IPC Historical Results Database - General Search, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

[2] Medal Standings - Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Cross Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)