1988 Winter Paralympics

IV Paralympic Winter Games
Location	Innsbruck, Austria
Nations	22
Athletes	377
Events	96 in 4 sports
Opening	17 January
Closing	24 January
Opened by	President Kurt Waldheim
Stadium	Olympiahalle
	Winter ← Innsbruck 1984 Tignes/Albertville 1992 → Summer ← New York/Stoke Mandeville 1984 Seoul 1988 →

The 1988 Winter Paralympic Games (German: Paralympische Winterspiele 1988) were the fourth Winter Paralympics, held again in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the last Paralympics to be held in a separate location from the Olympics. Beginning in 1992, the Olympics and the Paralympics were held in the same city or in an adjacent city. These Paralympics were not held at the same Olympic venue in Calgary, Canada, because of financial and recruiting difficulties. A total of 377 athletes from 22 countries took part. The USSR competed for the first and only time. Sit-skiing was introduced as another event in both the Alpine and Nordic skiing competitions. Other sports were biathlon and ice sledge speed racing. Ice sledge speed racer Knut Lundstroem from Norway was the most successful athlete, winning four gold medals in the 100m, 500m, 1000m and 1500m events.^[1]

Sports

Alpine skiing
Ice sledge speed racing
Nordic skiing
- Biathlon
- Cross-country skiing

Medal table

Participating countries; first time participants are blue.

The top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation (Austria) is highlighted.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	25	21	14	60
2	Austria*	20	10	14	44
3	West Germany	9	11	10	30
4	Finland	9	8	8	25
5	Switzerland	8	7	8	23
6	United States	7	17	6	30
7	France	5	5	3	13
8	Canada	5	3	5	13
9	Sweden	3	7	5	15
10	Italy	3	0	6	9
Totals (10 entries)		94	89	79	262