1988 Winter Olympics / Disabled Skiing

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At the XV. 1988 Olympic Games in Calgary were four competitions Disabled skiing discharged. The competitions had the status of a demonstration .

Men

Giant slalom for above-knee amputees

space country athlete time
1 FRG Alexander Spitz 1: 21.10 min
2 United States Greg Mannino 1: 22.87 min
3 SUI Fritz Berger 1: 25.60 min

Date: February 21, 12:30 p.m.

There were 13 runners from 7 nations at the start.

5 km cross-country skiing for the blind

space country athlete time
1 NOR Hans Aalien 18: 51.2 min
2 SWE Åke Pettersson 19: 29.7 min
3 NOR Asmund Tverit 19: 48.6 min

Date: February 17, 11:30 a.m.

There were 20 runners from 8 nations at the start.

Women

Giant slalom for above-knee amputees

space country athlete time
1 United States Diana Golden 1: 26.41 min
2 United States Cathy Gentile 1: 32.86 min
3 United States Martha Hill 1: 34.87 min

Date: February 21, 11:30 a.m.

There were 5 runners from 3 nations at the start.

5 km cross-country skiing for the blind

space country athlete time
1 AUT Veronika Preining 22: 56.3 min
2 FIN Kirsti Pennänen 23:00, 1 min
3 AUT Margaret Heger 26 :: 59.3 min

Date: February 17, 11:30 a.m.

There were 5 runners from 3 nations at the start.

Medal table

Medal table
space country gold silver bronze total
1 United StatesUnited States United States 1 2 1 4th
2 AustriaAustria Austria 1 - 1 2
NorwayNorway Norway 1 - 1 2
4th Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 1 - - 1
5 FinlandFinland Finland - 1 - 1
SwedenSweden Sweden - 1 - 1
7th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland - - 1 1