# Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics

Paralympic alpine skiing has been competed at the Winter Paralympic Games since they were first held in 1976. Events include men's and women's downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, and combined.
Since the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, a three-category system is used. The three categories are: sitting, standing, and visually impaired.

## Summary

| Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
| 1 | 1976 | 28 | Switzerland |
| 2 | 1980 | 22 | Austria |
| 3 | 1984 | 56 | Austria |
| 4 | 1988 | 43 | Austria |
| 5 | 1992 | 48 | United States |
| 6 | 1994 | 66 | United States |
| 7 | 1998 | 54 | United States |
| 8 | 2002 | 53 | United States |
| 9 | 2006 | 24 | Germany |
| 10 | 2010 | 30 | Germany |
| 11 | 2014 | 30 | Russia |
| 12 | 2018 | 30 | Slovakia |
| 13 | 2022 | 30 | Austria |

## Events

| Event | Class | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 94 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | 14 | 18 | Years |
| Men's combined | Standing | • • • • • | | • • • • • • • | | | | | | | • | • | | 4 |
| Men's combined | Visually impaired | | | • • | | | | | | | • | • | | 3 |
| Men's combined | Sitting | | | | | | | | | | • | • | | 2 |
| Men's downhill | Standing | | | • • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • | • • • • | • | • | • | | 9 |
| Men's downhill | Visually impaired | | | • • | • • • | | • • | • • | • | • | • | • | | 8 |
| Men's downhill | Sitting | | | | | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | | 7 |
| Men's slalom | Standing | • • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • | • | • | | 11 |
| Men's slalom | Visually impaired | | | | | | • • | • • | • • | • | • | • | | 6 |
| Men's slalom | Sitting | | | | • | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | | 8 |
| Men's giant slalom | Standing | • • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • • • • | • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • | • | • | | 11 |
| Men's giant slalom | Visually impaired | | | • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • | | 9 |
| Men's giant slalom | Sitting | | | | • | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | | 8 |
| Men's Super-G | Standing | | | | | • • • • | • • • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • | • | • | | 7 |
| Men's Super-G | Visually impaired | | | | | • • • | • • • | • • | • | • | • | • | | 7 |
| Men's Super-G | Sitting | | | | | • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | | 7 |
| Women's combined | Standing | • • • • | | • • • • | | | | | | | • | • | | 4 |
| Women's combined | Visually impaired | | | • • | | | | | | | • | • | | 3 |
| Women's combined | Sitting | | | | | | | | | | • | • | | 2 |
| Women's downhill | Standing | | | • • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • | | 9 |
| Women's downhill | Visually impaired | | | • • | • • | | • | • | • | • | • | • | | 8 |
| Women's downhill | Sitting | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | 7 |
| Women's slalom | Standing | • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | | 11 |
| Women's slalom | Visually impaired | | | | | | • | • • | • | • | • | • | | 6 |
| Women's slalom | Sitting | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | 8 |
| Women's giant slalom | Standing | • • • • • | • • • • • | • • • • | • • • | • • • | • • • | • • | • • • | • | • | • | | 11 |
| Women's giant slalom | Visually impaired | | | • • | • • | • | • | • • | • | • | • | • | | 9 |
| Women's giant slalom | Sitting | | | | • | • | • | • | • • | • | • | • | | 8 |
| Women's Super-G | Standing | | | | | • • • | • • • | • • | • • | • | • | • | | 7 |
| Women's Super-G | Visually impaired | | | | | • | • | • • | • | • | • | • | | 7 |
| Women's Super-G | Sitting | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | | 7 |
| Total Events | Total Events | 28 | 22 | 56 | 44 | 48 | 66 | 54 | 53 | 24 | 30 | 30 | 30 | |

## Medal table

NPCs in italics no longer compete at the Winter Paralympics
As of 2022 Winter Paralympics
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Austria (AUT) | 95 | 92 | 89 | 276 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 92 | 97 | 70 | 259 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 83 | 61 | 50 | 194 |
| 4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 45 | 39 | 25 | 109 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 42 | 42 | 36 | 120 |
| 6 | Canada (CAN) | 27 | 39 | 49 | 115 |
| 7 | Slovakia (SVK) | 18 | 18 | 21 | 57 |
| 8 | New Zealand (NZL) | 17 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 15 | 14 | 10 | 39 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 12 | 20 | 22 | 54 |
| 11 | Sweden (SWE) | 12 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| 12 | Japan (JPN) | 11 | 15 | 21 | 47 |
| 13 | Australia (AUS) | 11 | 6 | 15 | 32 |
| 14 | Norway (NOR) | 9 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 15 | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 16 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 17 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 9 | 15 | 27 |
| 18 | China (CHN) | 3 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 19 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 20 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 27 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Liechtenstein (LIE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (29 entries) | Totals (29 entries) | 516 | 507 | 480 | 1,503 |

### Multiple medalists

The table shows athletes with either 6 or more gold medals or ten or more total medals.
| Athlete | Nation | Paralympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Gerd Schönfelder | Germany (GER) | 1992–2010 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| Reinhild Moeller | West Germany (FRG) / Germany (GER) | 1980–2006 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| Rolf Heinzmann | Switzerland (SUI) | 1980–2002 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Hans Burn | Switzerland (SUI) | 1988–2002 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| Sarah Will | United States (USA) | 1992–2002 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Sarah Billmeier | United States (USA) | 1992–2002 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| Lana Spreeman | Canada (CAN) | 1980–1994 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| Martin Braxenthaler | Germany (GER) | 1998–2010 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Henrieta Farkašová | Slovakia (SVK) | 2010–2018 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Greg Mannino | United States (USA) | 1988–1998 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Chris Waddell | United States (USA) | 1992–2002 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| Bruno Oberhammer | Italy (ITA) | 1984–1998 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| Markus Pfefferle | West Germany (FRG) / Germany (GER) | 1988–2002 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| Bernard Baudean | France (FRA) | 1976–1994 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Michael Milton | Australia (AUS) | 1992–2006 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Alexander Spitz | West Germany (FRG) / Germany (GER) | 1984–1994 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Pascale Casanova | France (FRA) | 1998–2006 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| Lauren Woolstencroft | Canada (CAN) | 2002–2010 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Tristan Mouric | France (FRA) | 1984–1994 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Rik Heid | United States (USA) | 1988–1994 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Kuniko Obinata | Japan (JPN) | 1998–2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Nancy Gustafson | United States (USA) | 1988–1994 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Josef Meusburger | Austria (AUT) | 1976–1988 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Cato Zahl Pedersen | Norway (NOR) | 1980–1994 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Brian Santos | United States (USA) | 1992–1994 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |