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Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

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Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Paralympics consisted of 54 events, 35 for men and 19 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
  • LW10 - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
  • LW11 - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional 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 1998 Winter Paralympics Wikipedia