1984 Winter Paralympics

III. Winter Paralympics
3rd World Winter Games for the Physically Disabled

Venue:	innsbruck
Opening ceremony:	January 14, 1984
Closing ceremony:	20th January 1984
Countries:	22nd
Athletes:	457
← Geilo 1980
Innsbruck 1988 →

Medal table
space	country				total
1	Austria	34	19th	17th	70
2	Finland	19th	9	6th	34
3	Norway	15th	13	13	41
4th	BR Germany	10	14th	10	34
5	United States	7th	14th	14th	35
6th	Sweden	7th	2	5	14th
7th	Switzerland	5	16	16	37
8th	France	4th	2	-	6th
9	Poland	3	2	8th	13
10	Canada	2	8th	4th	14th
Complete medal table

The 3rd Winter Paralympics were held under the name 3rd World Winter Games for the Physically Disabled from January 14th to 20th, 1984 in the Austrian city ​​of Innsbruck , because Sarajevo was unable to host games for disabled athletes. Only the giant slalom for physically handicapped athletes was carried out as a demonstration sport in Sarajevo. The Paralympics are the Olympic Games for people with physical disabilities . 457 athletes from 22 nations took part in the competitions and perceived Innsbruck as a very well organized and benchmark-setting event. In 1984 the Paralympics came under the auspices of the IOC for the first time .

Web links

• Innsbruck 1984. paralympic.org, accessed March 4, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. Hubertus Deimel: New active ways in prevention and rehabilitation . Cologne 2007. ISBN 978-3-7691-0540-7 . P. 252