1998 Winter Paralympics

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VII Paralympic Winter Games
VII Paralympic Winter Games
Host city Nagano, Nagano
Nations participating 32
Athletes participating 571
Events 34 in 4 sports
Opening ceremony March 5
Closing ceremony March 14
Officially opened by Crown Prince Naruhito
Athlete's Oath Yonoe Ryuei
Paralympic Torch Naoya Maruyama
Stadium M-Wave

The Seventh Winter Paralympics were held alongside the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

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[edit] Sports

The games consisted of 34 events in four sports: alpine skiing, ice sledge hockey, ice sledge racing, and nordic skiing. The sport of Nordic skiing comprised two disciplines, the biathlon and cross-country skiing.[1]

[edit] Medal table

1998 Winter Paralympics medal count
Rank Country   Gold     Silver     Bronze   Total
1 Norway Norway 18 9 13 40
2 Germany Germany 14 17 13 44
3 United States United States 13 8 13 34
4 Japan Japan 12 16 13 41
5 Russia Russia 12 10 9 31
6 Switzerland Switzerland 10 5 8 23
7 Spain Spain 8 0 0 8
8 Austria Austria 7 16 11 34
9 Finland Finland 7 5 7 19
10 France France 5 9 8 22
11 New Zealand New Zealand 4 1 1 6
12 Italy Italy 3 4 3 10
13 Czech Republic Czech Republic 3 3 1 7
14 Ukraine Ukraine 3 2 4 9
15 Canada Canada 1 9 5 15
16 Australia Australia 1 0 1 2
17 Denmark Denmark 1 0 1 2
18 Slovakia Slovakia 0 6 4 10
19 Sweden Sweden 0 1 5 6
20 Netherlands Netherlands 0 1 1 2
21 Poland Poland 0 0 2 2
22 Armenia Armenia 0 0 0 0
- Belarus Belarus 0 0 0 0
- Bulgaria Bulgaria 0 0 0 0
- Estonia Estonia 0 0 0 0
- Great Britain Great Britain 0 0 0 0
- Iran Iran 0 0 0 0
- Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0
- South Korea South Korea 0 0 0 0
- Slovenia Slovenia 0 0 0 0
- South Africa South Africa 0 0 0 0
- Total (31 NPCs) 122 122 123 367

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