Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Biathlon at the VII Paralympic Winter Games
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Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics consisted of twelve events, eight for men and four for women.

Contents 1 Medal table 2 Medal summary 2.1 Men's events 2.2 Women's events 3 See also 4 References

Medal table

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Rank	Nation				Total
1	Germany (GER)	6	2	2	10
2	France (FRA)	2	2	1	5
3	Switzerland (SUI)	2	0	1	3
4	Japan (JPN)	1	1	0	2
5	Norway (NOR)	1	0	1	2
6	Russia (RUS)	0	2	2	4
7	Austria (AUT)	0	2	0	2
8	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	1	2
9	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
9	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
11	Finland (FIN)	0	0	2	2
12	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
12	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Total		12	12	12	36

Medal summary

The competition event was:

• 7.5 km: men - women

The event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:

• LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee
• LW3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
• LW4 - standing: single leg amputation below the knee
• LW5/7 - standing: double arm amputation
• LW6/8 - standing: single arm amputation
• LW9 - standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg

• LW 10 - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
• LW 11 - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
• LW 12 - sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance

• B1 - visually impaired: no functional vision
• B2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
• B3 - visually impaired: under 10% functional vision

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
7.5 km free technique	B1 details	Wilhelm Brem Germany (GER)	Oleh Munts Russia (RUS)	Udo Hirsch Germany (GER)
	B2 details	Frank Hoefle Germany (GER)	Torbjoern Ek Sweden (SWE)	Adrian Mosimann Switzerland (SUI)
	B3 details	Alexander Schwarz Germany (GER)	Miroslav Jambor Slovakia (SVK)	Alexandre Nassarouline Russia (RUS)
	LW2,3,4,5/7,9 details	Andre Favre France (FRA)	Axel Hecker Germany (GER)	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki Finland (FIN)
	LW6/8 details	Thomas Oelsner Germany (GER)	Emmanuel Lacroix France (FRA)	Andreas Hustveit Norway (NOR)
7.5 km sitski	LW10 details	Alexander Brunet France (FRA)	Eiji Nozawa Japan (JPN)	Mikhail Terentiev Russia (RUS)
	LW11 details	Walter Widmer Switzerland (SUI)	Oliver Anthofer Austria (AUT)	Didier Riedlinger France (FRA)
	LW12 details	Michael Weymann Germany (GER)	Bruno Zimmermann Germany (GER)	Teuvo Ojala Finland (FIN)

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
7.5 km free technique	B1 details	Verena Bentele Germany (GER)	Irina Selivanova Russia (RUS)	Anne-Mette Bredahl Denmark (DEN)
	B2-3 details	Miyuki Kobayashi Japan (JPN)	Gabriele Berghofer Austria (AUT)	Susanne Wohlmacher Germany (GER)
	LW2-4,6/8,9 details	Theres Huser Switzerland (SUI)	Anne Floriet France (FRA)	Majorie van de Bunt Netherlands (NED)
7.5 km sitski	LW10-12 details	Ragnhild Myklebust Norway (NOR)	Tamara Kulynych Ukraine (UKR)	Olena Akopyan Ukraine (UKR)

See also

• Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

References

• "1998 Nagano - Biathlon". International Paralympic Committee. 2010. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=event&criteria=0&games=1998PWG&sport=27. Retrieved 2010-12-21. 

• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee

Events at the 1998 Winter Paralympics (Nagano) Alpine skiing Biathlon Cross‑country skiing Ice sledge hockey Ice sledge speed racing

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