1988 Winter Paralympics

IV. Winter Paralympics

Venue:	innsbruck
Opening ceremony:	17th January 1988
Closing ceremony:	January 24, 1988
Competitions:	96 in 4 sports
Countries:	22nd
Athletes:	377
← Innsbruck 1984
Albertville 1992 →

Medal table
space	country				total
1	Norway	25th	21st	14th	60
2	Austria	20th	10	14th	44
3	BR Germany	9	11	10	30th
4th	Finland	9	8th	8th	25th
5	Switzerland	8th	7th	8th	23
6th	United States	7th	17th	6th	30th
7th	France	5	5	3	13
8th	Canada	5	3	5	13
9	Sweden	3	7th	5	15th
10	Italy	3	0	6th	9
Complete medal table

The 4th Winter Paralympics were held from January 17th to 24th, 1988 in the Austrian city ​​of Innsbruck , which after 1984 hosted the second Paralympics in a row, i.e. the Olympic Games for people with physical disabilities .

Organization and course

As in 1984, the Paralympics were under the auspices of the IOC . For the following Paralympics, it was determined in 1988 that they take place at the venue of the Olympic Games and that applications for both competitions should be made together. This practice has been in use since the 1992 Winter Paralympics .

377 athletes from 22 nations took part in a total of 96 competitions, which were held in the four sports of alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, biathlon and ice sledge speed skating.

In addition to grants from the Republic of Austria, the State of Tyrol, the City of Innsbruck and Austrian disabled sports associations, the issue of a special stamp with a surcharge contributed to the financing of the games.

Because of the lack of snow in Innsbruck, the Nordic disciplines had to be relocated from Natters to Seefeld and the Alpine disciplines from the Mutterer Alm to Pfriemsköpfl.

Paralympics winner

Men

Hans Anton Aalien (B1) Cross-country skiing, 15 km Cross-country skiing, 4 × 10 km relay Christoph Andres (LW2) Cross-country skiing, 10 km Cross-country skiing, 5 km Jean-Yves Arvier (LW6 / 8) Cross-country skiing, 20 km Dan Ashbaugh (LW1) Departure Giant slalom slalom Bernard Baudean (LW3) Departure Fritz Berger (LW2) Departure Paul Bluschke (LW10) Giant slalom slalom Pierre Delaval (LW5 / 7) Cross-country skiing, 5 km Paul Dibello (LW3) Giant slalom Svein Tore Fauskrud (LW2-9) Cross-country skiing, 4 × 5 km relay Paul Fournier (LW4) Departure slalom Heinz Frei (GrI) Cross-country skiing, 5 km Franz Griessbacher (B1) Departure Giant slalom Jouko Grip (LW6 / 8) Biathlon 7.5 km Terje Gruer (LW3 / 9) Cross-country skiing, 10 km Cross-country skiing, 4 × 5 km relay Cross-country skiing, 5 km

Odo Habermann (B2) Departure Giant slalom Frank Hoefle (B2) Cross-country skiing, 30 km Cross-country skiing, 15 km Arild Hovslien (B1) Cross-country skiing, 4 × 10 km relay Terje Johansen (GrI) Cross-country skiing, 10 km Cross-country skiing, 3 × 2.5 km relay Felix Karl (GrI) Sledge skating 100 m Sledge skating 300 m Sledge skating 500 m Sledge skating 700 m Kimmo Kettunen (LW6 / 8) Cross-country skiing, 10 km Marcin Kos (LW5 / 7) Cross-country skiing, 15 km Per-Erik Larsson (LW2) Biathlon 7.5 km Svein Lilleberg (LW4) Biathlon 7.5 km Cross-country skiing, 4 × 5 km relay Terje Loevaas (B1) Cross-country skiing, 4 × 10 km relay Paolo Lorenzini (B3) Cross-country skiing, 30 km Knut Lundstroem (GrII) Cross-country skiing, 10 km Cross-country skiing, 3 × 2.5 km relay Cross-country skiing, 5 km Sledge skating 100 m Sledge skating 500 m Sledge skating 1000 m Sledge skating 1500 m Lars Lundstroem (LW5 / 7) slalom

Josef Meusburger (LW4) Giant slalom Tristan Mouric (LW9) Giant slalom slalom Viggo Norseth (LW2) Cross-country skiing, 4 × 5 km relay Bruno Oberhammer (B3) Departure Giant slalom Cato number Pedersen (LW5 / 7) Departure Giant slalom Ake Pettersson (B1) Cross-country skiing, 30 km Markus Pfefferle (LW6 / 8) Departure Kalervo Pieksaemaeki (LW4) Cross-country skiing, 15 km Cross-country skiing, 5 km Erik Sandbraaten (GrI) Cross-country skiing, 3 × 2.5 km relay Dietmar Schweninger (LW6 / 8) slalom Eberhard Seischab (LW9) Departure Alexander Spitz (LW2) Giant slalom slalom Meinhard Tatschl (LW6 / 8) Giant slalom TVEIT Asmund Tveit (B1) Cross-country skiing, 4 × 10 km relay Robert Walsh (B3) Cross-country skiing, 15 km

Women

Martina Altenberger (LW6 / 8) Departure Giant slalom slalom Lynda Chyzyk (LW2) slalom Diana Golden (LW2) Departure Giant slalom Susana Herrera (B1) Departure Kirsti Hooeen (GrI) Cross-country skiing, 5 km Cross-country skiing, 2.5 km Tarja Hovinen (B1) Cross-country skiing, 4 × 3.5 km relay Francoise Jaquerod (LW10) Giant slalom slalom

Elisabeth Kellner (B2) Departure Giant slalom Sandra Lecour (B2) Cross-country skiing, 10 km Cross-country skiing, 5 km Francine Lemire (LW3 / 4/9) Cross-country skiing, 10 km Cross-country skiing, 5 km Elisabeth Maxwald (B1) Giant slalom Reinhild Möller (LW4) Departure Giant slalom slalom Ragnhild Mykleust (GRII) Cross-country skiing, 5 km Cross-country skiing, 2.5 km Sledge skating 100 m Sledge skating 700 m Sledge skating 1000 m

Sylva Olsen (GrII) Sledge skating 500 m Kirsti Pennanen (B1) Cross-country skiing, 10 km Cross-country skiing, 3 × 5 km relay Veronika Preining (B1) Cross-country skiing, 5 km Miia Ryynaenen (B3) Cross-country skiing, 3 × 5 km relay Cross-country skiing, 5 km Sissel Soerensen (B3) Cross-country skiing, 10 km Tanja Tervonen (LW6 / 8) Cross-country skiing, 10 km Cross-country skiing, 5 km

Web links

• Innsbruck 1988. paralympic.org, accessed March 6, 2018 . 
• Entire legal regulation for the promotion of the IV. World Winter Games for the physically disabled in Innsbruck in 1988 (Paralympics). Legal information system of the Republic of Austria , accessed on March 6, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. Hubertus Deimel: New active ways in prevention and rehabilitation . Cologne 2007. ISBN 978-3-7691-0540-7 . P. 252
2. ^ IV. World Winter Games for the Disabled - Innsbruck 1988 - special postage stamp. Austria Forum , accessed on March 6, 2018 . 
3. ↑ It is amazing how hard these athletes fought for their medals! Innsbrucker Stadtnachrichten No. 2 1989, p. VIII ( Adobe Flash required).
4. ^ IPC Historical Results Archive. paralympic.org, accessed March 7, 2018 .