Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics consisted of twelve events, eight for men and four for women.
The competition event was:
7.5 km: men - womenThe event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:
LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the kneeLW3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairmentLW4 - standing: single leg amputation below the kneeLW5/7 - standing: double arm amputationLW6/8 - standing: single arm amputationLW9 - standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one legLW 10 - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balanceLW 11 - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balanceLW 12 - sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balanceB1 - visually impaired: no functional visionB2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional visionB3 - visually impaired: under 10% functional vision