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Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Paralympics

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Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Paralympics

Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Paralympics, in Lillehammer (Norway), consisted of 66 events, 46 for men and 20 for women.

Medal summary

The competition events were:

  • Downhill: men - women
  • Super-G: men - women
  • Giant slalom: men - women
  • Slalom: men - women
  • 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
  • LWX - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
  • LWXI - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
  • LWXII - sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good 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
  • References

    Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Wikipedia