1998 Winter Paralympics

VII. Winter Paralympics

Venue:	Nagano
Opening ceremony:	March 5, 1998
Closing ceremony:	March 14, 1998
Opened by:	Naruhito (Crown Prince of Japan)
Olympic oath :	Yonoe Ryuei
Olympic torch :	Maruyama Naoya
Competitions:	34 in 4 sports
Countries:	32
Athletes:	571
← Lillehammer 1994
Salt Lake City 2002 →

Medal table
space	country				total
1	Norway	18th	9	13	40
2	Germany	14th	17th	13	44
3	United States	13	8th	13	34
4th	Japan	12	16	13	41
5	Russia	12	10	9	31
6th	Switzerland	10	5	8th	23
7th	Spain	8th	0	0	8th
8th	Austria	7th	16	11	34
9	Finland	7th	5	7th	19th
10	France	5	9	8th	22nd
Complete medal table

The 7th Winter Paralympics were held from March 5th to 14th, 1998 in the Japanese city ​​of Nagano and were the first games outside of Europe . The Paralympics are the Olympic Games for people with physical disabilities . About 571 athletes from 32 nations took part in 34 competitions in four sports.

For the first time, these games clearly showed the increase in public interest in Paralympic Games. A total of 151,376 spectators were counted during the games, 15,634 of them during the opening and closing ceremonies. A total of 1,468 media representatives (press, cameramen and broadcasters) were on site and reported. The official website received more than 7,700,000 hits over the course of the games.

Postage stamp from 1998

mascot

The official mascot of the games was Parabbit , a white rabbit. It had a green ear and a red ear, and it was also wearing a blue sports suit, corresponding to the colors of the logo of the International Paralympic Committee.

Competitions

• Alpine skiing
• Sledge ice hockey
• Ice sled race
• Cross-country skiing
• biathlon

Web links

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

Individual evidence

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