Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics

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(1988-1994)

Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Paralympics consisted of 27 events, 19 for men and 8 for women.

Medal table

Rank	Nation				Total
1	Unified Team (EUN)	9	8	3	20
2	Norway (NOR)	5	5	3	13
3	Finland (FIN)	5	3	4	12
4	Germany (GER)	2	7	1	10
5	France (FRA)	2	0	4	6
6	Poland (POL)	2	0	3	5
7	United States (USA)	2	0	1	3
8	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	1	3
9	Austria (AUT)	0	1	3	4
10	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
11	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
12	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Total		27	27	27	81

Medal summary

The competition events were:

2.5 km: - women
5 km: men - women
10 km: men - women
20 km: men
30 km: men
3x2.5 km relay: men
3x5 km relay: men
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
B1 - visually impaired: no functional vision
B2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
B3 - visually impaired: under 10% functional vision

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km - short distance	LW2,4	Svein Tore Fauskrud Norway	Svein Lilleberg Norway	Aage Joensberg Norway
	LW3,5/7,9	Jan Kolodziej Poland	Terje Gruer Norway	Miguel Angel Perez Tello Spain
	LW6/8	Jean-Yves Arvier France	Jouko Grip Finland	Andrzej Pietrzyk Poland
	LW10	Jeff Pagels United States	Klaus Kleiser Germany	Oliver Anthofer Austria
	LW11	Kari Joki-Erkkila Finland	Teuvo Ojala Finland	Knut Lundstroem Norway
10 km - short distance	B1	Valeri Kupchinski Unified Team	Bogdanov Unified Team	Luc Sabatier France
	B2	Frank Hoefle Germany	Vladimir Kolesnikov Unified Team	Seleznev Unified Team
	B3	Nikolai Ilioutchenko Unified Team	Alexander Schwarz Germany	Robert Walsh United States
10 km - long distance	LW6/8	Jouko Grip Finland	Bernhard Furrer Switzerland	Jean-Yves Arvier France
	LW10	Jeff Pagels United States	Oliver Anthofer Austria	Klaus Kleiser Germany
	LW11	Kari Joki-Erkkila Finland	Knut Lundstroem Norway	Teuvo Ojala Finland
20 km - long distance	LW2,4	Andre Favre France	Aage Joensberg Norway	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Finland
20 km - long distance	LW3,5/7,9	Marcin Kos Poland	Axel Hecker Germany	Jan Kolodziej Poland
30 km - long distance	B1	Valeri Kupchinski Unified Team	Bogdanov Unified Team	Luc Sabatier France
	B2	Frank Hoefle Germany	Vladimir Kolesnikov Unified Team	Seleznev Unified Team
	B3	Nikolai Ilioutchenko Unified Team	Sergei Lozhkin Unified Team	Andrei Venediktov Unified Team
3×2.5 km relay	LW10-11	Norway (NOR) Bye Magne Lunde Olai Myklebust	Finland (FIN) Kari Joki-Erkkila Teuvo Ojala Raimo Peltonen	Switzerland (SUI) Franco Belletti Heinz Frei Walter Widmer
3×5 km relay	B1-3	Unified Team (EUN) Nikolai Ilioutchenko Kupchinski Sergei Lozhkin	Germany (GER) Udo Hirsch Frank Hoefle Alexander Schwarz	France (FRA) Herve Le Moing Luc Sabatier Elie Zampin
4×5 km relay	LW2-9	Norway (NOR) Svein Tore Fauskrud Terje Gruer Aage Joensberg Svein Lilleberg	Germany (GER) Theo Feger Roland Gaess Wolfgang Mahler Reinhold Schwer	Poland (POL) Marian Damian Jan Kolodziej Marcin Kos Andrzej Pietrzyk

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2.5 km - short distance	LW10-11	Ragnhild Myklebust Norway	Barbara Maier Germany	Dorothea Agetle Italy
5 km - short distance	B1	Nazarenko Unified Team	Pavla Valnickova Czechoslovakia	Kirsti Pennanen Finland
	B2-3	Elesina Unified Team	Nadejda Tchirkova Unified Team	Renata Hoenisch Austria
	LW2-9	Tanja Tervonen Finland	Siw Vestengen Norway	Gisela Danzl Austria
5 km - long distance	LW10-11	Ragnhild Myklebust Norway	Barbara Maier Germany	Dorothea Agetle Italy
10 km - long distance	B1	Lubov Paninykii Unified Team	Nazarenko Unified Team	Pavla Valnickova Czechoslovakia
	B2-3	Chirkova Unified Team	Elesina Unified Team	Kaija Tuikkanen Finland
	LW2-9	Tanja Tervonen Finland	Theres Huser Switzerland	Siw Vestengen Norway

References

↑ Medal Standings - Tignes-Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games - Cross-Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

"1992 Tignes-Albertville - Cross-country skiing". International Paralympic Committee. 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee

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[1] Medal Standings - Tignes-Albertville 1992 Paralympic Winter Games - Cross-Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)