Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics

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Rank	Nation				Total
1	Norway (NOR)	14	11	4	29
2	Finland (FIN)	8	7	7	22
3	Canada (CAN)	4	0	1	5
4	Switzerland (SUI)	3	2	3	8
5	West Germany (FRG)	2	6	4	12
6	France (FRA)	2	1	1	4
7	Austria (AUT)	1	3	4	8
8	Sweden (SWE)	1	3	2	6
9	Poland (POL)	1	1	3	5
10	Italy (ITA)	1	0	2	3
11	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
12	Spain (ESP)	0	2	0	2
13	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	2	2
Total		38	36	34	108

The competition events were:

• 2.5 km: - women
• 5 km: men - women
• 10 km: men - women
• 15 km: men
• 20 km: men
• 30 km: men
• 3x2.5 km relay: men
• 3x5 km relay: - women
• 4x5 km relay: men
• 4x10 km relay: men

Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:

• LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee
• LW 3 - 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
• Gr I - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
• Gr II - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
• B1 - visually impaired: no functional vision
• B2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km - short distance	Grade I	Heinz Frei  Switzerland	Adolf Stuber  West Germany	Guenther Lercher  West Germany
	Grade II	Knut Lundstroem  Norway	Erik Sandbraaten  Norway	Michael Weymann  West Germany
	LW2	Christoph Andres  Switzerland	Pertti Sankilampi  Finland	Samuli Kaemi  Finland
	LW3/9	Terje Gruer  Norway	Miguel Angel Perez Tello  Spain	Jan Kolodziej  Poland
	LW4	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki  Finland	Svein Lilleberg  Norway	Svein Tore Fauskrud  Norway
	LW5/7	Pierre Delaval  France	Marcin Kos  Poland	Pauli Moelsae  Finland
10 km - short distance	LW6/8	Kimmo Kettunen  Finland	Jouko Grip  Finland	Jean-Yves Arvier  France
10 km - long distance	Grade I	Terje Johansen  Norway	Adolf Stuber  West Germany	Heinz Frei  Switzerland
	Grade II	Knut Lundstroem  Norway	Walter Widmer  Switzerland	Erik Sandbraaten  Norway
	LW2	Christoph Andres  Switzerland	Viggo Norseth  Norway	Pertti Sankilampi  Finland
	LW3/9	Terje Gruer  Norway	Miguel Angel Perez Tello  Spain	Jan Kolodziej  Poland
15 km - short distance	B1	Hans Anton Aalien  Norway	Asmund Tveit  Norway	Ake Pettersson  Sweden
	B2	Frank Hoefle  West Germany	Terje Loevaas  Norway	Bertil Tegelund  Sweden
	B3	Robert Walsh  United States	Max Stalnacke  Sweden	Paolo Lorenzini  Italy
15 km - long distance	LW4	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki  Finland	Svein Lilleberg  Norway	Svein Tore Fauskrud  Norway
	LW5/7	Marcin Kos  Poland	Pierre Delaval  France	Jerzy Szlezak  Poland
20 km - long distance	LW6/8	Jean-Yves Arvier  France	Jouko Grip  Finland	Kimmo Kettunen  Finland
30 km - long distance	B1	Ake Pettersson  Sweden	Hans Anton Aalien  Norway	Asmund Tveit  Norway
	B2	Frank Hoefle  West Germany	Terje Loevaas  Norway	Ismo Alanko  Finland
	B3	Paolo Lorenzini  Italy	Max Stalnacke  Sweden	Joe Walsh  United States
3x2.5 km relay	Grade I-II	Norway (NOR) Terje Johansen Knut Lundstroem Erik Sandbraaten	Switzerland (SUI) Walter Baertschi Heinz Frei Walter Widmer	West Germany (FRG) Guenther Lercher Adolf Stuber Michael Weymann
4x5 km relay	LW2-9	Norway (NOR) Svein Tore Fauskrud Terje Gruer Svein Lilleberg Viggo Norseth	Finland (FIN) Jouko Grip Kimmo Kettunen Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Pertti Sankilampi	West Germany (FRG) Roland Gaess Martin Haag Wolfgang Mahler Reinhold Schwer
4x10 km relay	B1-3	Norway (NOR) Hans Anton Aalien Arild Hovslien Terje Loevaas Asmund Tveit	Sweden (SWE) Eskil Hoeglund Ake Pettersson Max Stalnacke Bertil Tegelund	Italy (ITA) Paolo Lorenzini Riccardo Tomasini Hubert Tscholl Erich Walch

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2.5 km - short distance	Grade I	Kirsti Hooeen  Norway	Waltraud Hagenlocher  West Germany	None
	Grade II	Ragnhild Myklebust  Norway	Sylva Olsen  Norway	Hildegard Fetz  Austria
5 km - short distance	B1	Veronika Preining  Austria	Kirsti Pennanen  Finland	Valentina Grigoryeva  Soviet Union
	B2	Sandra Lecour  Canada	Renata Hoenisch  Austria	Marian Susitz  Austria
	B3	Miia Ryynaenen  Finland	Sissel Soerensen  Norway	Tarja Hovinen  Finland
	LW3/4/9	Francine Lemire  Canada	Anneliese Tenzler  West Germany	Monika Waelti  Switzerland
	LW6/8	Tanja Tervonen  Finland	None	None
5 km - long distance	Grade I	Kirsti Hooeen  Norway	Waltraud Hagenlocher  West Germany	None
	Grade II	Ragnhild Myklebust  Norway	Sylva Olsen  Norway	Hildegard Fetz  Austria
10 km - long distance	B1	Kirsti Pennanen  Finland	Veronika Preining  Austria	Valentina Grigoryeva  Soviet Union
	B2	Sandra Lecour  Canada	Kyllikki Luhtapuro  Finland	Renata Hoenisch  Austria
	B3	Sissel Soerensen  Norway	Tarja Hovinen  Finland	Miia Ryynaenen  Finland
	LW3/4/9	Francine Lemire  Canada	Anneliese Tenzler  West Germany	Monika Waelti  Switzerland
	LW6/8	Tanja Tervonen  Finland	None	None
3x5 km relay	B1-3	Finland (FIN) Tarja Hovinen Kirsti Pennanen Miia Ryynaenen	Austria (AUT) Renata Hoenisch Veronika Preining Marian Susitz	Canada (CAN) Sandra Lecour Tricia Lovegrove Kim Umback

• Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

• "IPC Historical Results Database". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  • The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960-1984), such as relay and team members. (Per nov.20, 2010)
• "Innsbruck 1988". paralympia.de. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
• Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics
• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee