1988 Winter Paralympics

The 1988 Winter Paralympic Games () were the fourth Winter Paralympics, held in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the last Winter Paralympics held in a different place from the Winter Olympics. Starting in 1992, the Olympics and Paralympics were held in the same or nearby cities. The 1988 Paralympics were not held in Calgary, Canada, where the Olympics were, because of money and recruiting problems. A total of 377 athletes from 22 countries took part. The USSR competed for the first and only time. A new event called sit-skiing was added in both Alpine and Nordic skiing. Other sports were biathlon and ice sledge speed racing. Knut Lundstroem from Norway was the most successful athlete, winning four gold medals in the 100m, 500m, 1000m, and 1500m events.

 Sports 

 link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alpine skiing (paralympics) pictogram.svg|20x20px Alpine skiing
 link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ice_sledge_speed_racing_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg|20x20px Ice sledge speed racing
 Nordic skiing
 link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Biathlon_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg|20x20px Biathlon
 link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cross-country_skiing_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg|20x20px Cross-country skiing

 Medal table 
link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1988_Paralympic_games_countries.PNG|right|thumb|Participating countries; first time participants are blue.

Here are the top 10 countries (NPCs) with the most gold medals. The host country, Austria, is highlighted.

 Participating nations 
Twenty-two countries took part in the 1984 Winter Paralympics. Soviet Union  joined for the first time. 

 (Host nation)

 Related pages 

 1988 Winter Olympics
 1988 Summer Paralympics

 References 

 Other websites 

 International Paralympic Committee
 The event at SVT's open archive 


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Category:Winter Paralympic Games by year
Category:Sports competitions in Innsbruck
Category:Winter multi-sport events in Austria
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