Ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics

Updated on Nov 09, 2023

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Ice sledge speed racing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics consisted of fourteen events, eight for men and six for women.

Medal summary

The competition events were:

100 m: men - women

500 m: men - women

800 m: - women

1500 m: men

Each event had separate sitting classifications:

Men

I - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance

II - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance

III - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance

Women

IV - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance

V - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance

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