1994 Winter Paralympics

VI. Winter Paralympics

Venue:	Lillehammer
Opening ceremony:	March 10, 1994
Closing ceremony:	March 19, 1994
Opened by:	Queen Sonja of Norway
Olympic oath :	Cato Figure Pedersen
Olympic torch :	Helge Bjørnstad
Competitions:	... in 5 sports
Countries:	31
Athletes:	471 (381 men, 90 women)
← Albertville 1992
Nagano 1998 →

Medal table
space	country				total
1	Norway	29	22nd	13	64
2	Germany	25th	21st	18th	64
3	United States	24	12	7th	43
4th	France	14th	6th	11	31
5	Russia	11	11	8th	30th
6th	Austria	7th	16	12	35
7th	Finland	6th	7th	12	25th
8th	Sweden	3	3	2	8th
9	Australia	3	2	4th	9
10	New Zealand	3	-	3	6th
11	Switzerland	2	9	5	16
Complete medal table

German hammer mark from 1994 on the occasion of the Paralympics

The 6th Winter Paralympics were held from March 10th to 19th, 1994 in the Norwegian city ​​of Lillehammer . The Paralympics are the Olympic Games for people with physical disabilities . About 471 athletes from 31 nations took part in the competitions in five sports.

Outstanding athletes

The Norwegian Ragnhild My Klebust won five gold, two silver and two bronze medals in biathlon, cross-country skiing and tobogganing.

mascot

The official mascot of the games was the one-legged troll Sondre .

Competitions

• Alpine skiing
• biathlon
• Cross-country skiing
• Sled ice hockey
• Sled speed skating

Web links

• Lillehammer 1994. paralympic.org, accessed March 8, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Lillehammer 1994. paralympic.org, accessed on March 8, 2018 (English).