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1984 Winter Paralympics

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III Paralympic Winter Games
Host cityInnsbruck, Austria
Nations21
Athletes419
Events107 in 3 sports
Opening14 January
Closing20 January
Opened by
StadiumOlympiahalle
Winter
Geilo 1980 Innsbruck 1988
Summer
New York/Stoke Mandeville 1984 Seoul 1988

The 1984 Winter Paralympic Games (German: Paralympische Winterspiele 1984) were the third Winter Paralympics. They took place from January 14 to 20, 1984, in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the first Winter Paralympics organized by a group called the International Co-ordinating Committee (ICC), which started on March 15, 1982, in Leysin, Switzerland. The Games allowed athletes with cerebral palsy to compete. There were three sports: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and ice sledge speed racing. The best athlete was a German skier named Reinhild Moeller, who won 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal.[1] The Games, also called the 3rd World Winter Games for the Disabled, were officially approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).[2] The regular 1984 Winter Olympics happened in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, where, for the first time, 30 male three-track skiers competed in a Giant Slalom event.

Medal table

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Here are the top 10 countries (NPCs) with the most gold medals. The host country, Austria, is highlighted.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Austria*34191770
2 Finland199634
3 Norway15131341
4 West Germany10141034
5 United States7141435
6 Sweden72514
7 Switzerland5161637
8 France4206
9 Poland32813
10 Canada28414
Totals (10 entries)1069993298

Participating nations

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Twenty-one countries took part in the 1984 Winter Paralympics. The Netherlands and Spain joined for the first time. Belgium and Poland came back to the Winter Games after not being in the 1980 Winter Paralympics.

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References

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  1. "Innsbruck 1984". International Paralympic Committee.
  2. O'Leary, Hal (1994). Bold Tracks: Teaching Adaptive Skiing. Big Earth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-55566-114-4.

Other websites

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Preceded by
Geilo
Winter Paralympics
Innsbruck

III Paralympic Winter Games (1984)
Succeeded by
Innsbruck