1994 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 | |||||
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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 |
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 .