1984 Winter Paralympics

The 1984 Winter Paralympic Games () were the third Winter Paralympics. They took place from January 14 to 20, 1984, in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the first Winter Paralympics organized by a group called the International Co-ordinating Committee (ICC), which started on March 15, 1982, in Leysin, Switzerland. The Games allowed athletes with cerebral palsy to compete. There were three sports: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and ice sledge speed racing. The best athlete was a German skier named Reinhild Moeller, who won 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal. The Games, also called the 3rd World Winter Games for the Disabled, were officially approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The regular 1984 Winter Olympics happened in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, where, for the first time, 30 male three-track skiers competed in a Giant Slalom event. 

 Sports  
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 Medal table 

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

 Participating nations 
Twenty-one countries took part in the 1984 Winter Paralympics. The Netherlands and Spain joined for the first time. Belgium and Poland came back to the Winter Games after not being in the 1980 Winter Paralympics.

 (Host nation)

 Related pages 
 1984 Winter Olympics 
 1984 Summer Paralympics

 References 

 Other websites 
 International Paralympic Committee
 The event at SVT's open archive 


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Winter Paralympics, 1984
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