1980 Winter Paralympics

II Winter Paralympics
Host city Geilo, Norway
Nations participating 18
Athletes participating 299
Events 63 in 2 sports
Opening ceremony 1 February
Closing ceremony 7 February
Winter:
 < Örnsköldsvik 1976 Innsbruck 1984 > 
Summer:
 < Arnhem 1980 Stoke Mandeville/New York 1984 > 

The 1980 Winter Paralympic Games, the second Winter Paralympics, were held from 1 to 7 February 1980 in Geilo, Norway. Eighteen countries took part with 299 athletes.[1] A demonstration event was held in sledge downhill racing. All classes of athletes with locomotor disabilities were able to participate.[2] Organized by the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF) and the International Sports Federation of the Disabled (ISOD).[3]

Originally known as the 2nd Olympic Winter Games for Disabled.[4][5][6]

Contents

Sports

Medal table

Main article: 1980 Winter Paralympics medal table

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

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway 23 21 10 54
2 Finland 15 7 12 34
3 Austria 6 10 6 22
4 Sweden 5 3 8 16
5 Switzerland 4 2 3 9
6 United States 4 1 1 6
7 West Germany 3 5 9 17
8 Canada 2 3 1 6
9 France 1 1 1 3
10 Czechoslovakia 0 1 0 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Participation - Geilo 1980 Paralympic Winter Games". International Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=participation&games=1980PWG&sport=all. Retrieved 2010-04-03. 
  2. ^ "Geilo 1980". International Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympic.org/Paralympic_Games/Past_Games/Geil_1980/index.html. Retrieved 2010-04-16. 
  3. ^ Benchmark Games: The Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, By Richard Cashman, Simon Darcy
  4. ^ History and Use of the Term Paralympic, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  5. ^ brjsmed00262-0045.pdf, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  6. ^ Paralympics (Swedish), biblioteket.se

External links

Summer Games
Winter Games