1980 Winter Paralympics

II. Winter Paralympics

Venue:	Norway Geilo
Opening ceremony:	February 1, 1980
Closing ceremony:	February 7, 1980
Competitions:	52 in 2 sports
Countries:	18th
Athletes:	about 350
← Örnsköldsvik 1976
New York 1984 →

Medal table
space	country				total
1	Norway Norway	23	21st	10	54
2	Finland Finland	15th	7th	12	34
3	Austria Austria	6th	10	6th	22nd
4th	Sweden Sweden	5	3	8th	16
5	Switzerland Switzerland	4th	2	3	9
6th	United States United States	4th	1	1	6th
7th	Germany BR BR Germany	3	5	9	17th
8th	Canada Canada	2	3	1	6th
9	France France	1	1	1	3
10	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	-	1	-	1
Complete medal table

The 2nd Winter Paralympics were held from February 1st to 7th, 1980 in the Norwegian town of Geilo . The Paralympics are the Olympic Games for people with physical disabilities . About 350 athletes from 18 nations took part in the competitions.

Participating Nations

Belgium and Poland did not take part in the second Winter Paralympics. It was the first Winter Paralympics for Australia, Denmark, Italy and New Zealand. All in all, two more nations took part than in the first Winter Paralympics.