Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics explained

Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics consisted of 25 events, 15 for men and 10 for women.

Medal table

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width=50	Rank	width=200	Nation	width=50		width=50		width=50		width=50	Total
1		8	7	7	22
2		7	3	2	12
3		6	7	7	20
4		2	5	4	11
5		1	0	1	2
6		1	0	0	1
7		0	0	1	1
Total		25	22	22	69

Medal summary

The competition events were:

• 5 km: men - women
• 10 km: men - women
• 15 km: men
• 3x5 km relay: men - women
• 3x10 km relay: men

Each event had separate standing, or visually impaired classifications:

• I - standing, single-leg amputation above the knee
• II - standing, single-leg amputation below the knee
• III - standing, single-arm amputation
• IV B - standing, double-arm amputation
• A - visually impaired, no functional vision
• B - visually impaired, under 10% functional vision

Men's events

5 km - short distance	I
	II
	III
	IV B
10 km - short distance	A
	B
10 km - middle distance	I
	II
	III
	IV B
15 km - middle distance	A
	B
3×5 km relay	I-II	valign=top	Otto Malkki Pertti Sankilampi Kalle Tiusanen	valign=top	Bertil Lundmark Kalevi Mattila Sven-Olof Tornvall	valign=top	Hermann Heckel Helmut Kaidisch Siegfried Loose
3×10 km relay	A-B	valign=top	Terje Hansen Jarle Johnsen Morten Langeroed	valign=top	Martti Juntunen Manu Laakso Matti Ojanen	valign=top	Yngve Eriksson Ingemar Lundquist Sven-Ivar Martin
	III-IV B	valign=top	Raimo Hiiri Teuvo Sahi Arvo Stahl	valign=top	Walter Klenk Ludwig Wagner Edmund Zahner	valign=top	Wolfgang Pickl Josef Scheiber Eugen Wilhelm

Women's events

5 km - short distance	A
	B
	I		None	None
	II		None	None
	III
10 km - middle distance	A
	B
	I		None	None
	III
3×5 km relay	A-B	valign=top	Karin Gustavsson Astrid Nilsson Birgitta Sund	valign=top	Aud Berntsen Aud Grundvik Reidun Laengen	valign=top	Ella Kinnunen Sirkka Sulisalo Matleena Talonen

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

References

• Web site: IPC Historical Results Database . International Paralympic Committee (IPC) . 2010 . 2010-11-20 .
  • The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which do not present all information from earlier paralympic games (19601984), such as relay and team members.http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=multi&sport=28&gender=all (Per Nov.20, 2010)
• Web site: Ornskoldsvik 1976 . paralympia.de . 2010 . 2010-11-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719072021/http://www.paralympia.de/pg_en/winter/ornskoldsvik1976/ornskoldsvik1976.php . 2011-07-19 . dead .
• Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics
• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee

Notes and References

1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1976PWG&sport=31 Medal Standings - Örnsköldsvik 1976 Paralympic Winter Games -Cross-Country Skiing