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1984 Winter Paralympics

Multi-parasport event in Innsbruck, Austria

Field	Value
image	1984 Winter Paralympic emblem.png
image_size	200
host_city	Innsbruck, Austria
nations	21
athletes	419
events	107 in 3 sports
opening	14 January 1984
closing	20 January 1984
opened_by	President Rudolf Kirchschläger
stadium	Olympiahalle
winter_prev	[Geilo 1980](1980-winter-paralympics)
winter_next	[Innsbruck 1988](1988-winter-paralympics)
summer_prev	[New York/Stoke Mandeville 1984](1984-summer-paralympics)
summer_next	[Seoul 1988](1988-summer-paralympics)

The 1984 Winter Paralympic Games () were the third Winter Paralympics. They were held from 14 to 20 January 1984 in Innsbruck, Austria. They were the first Winter Games organized by the International Co-ordinating Committee (ICC), which was formed on 15 March 1982, in Leysin, Switzerland. These Games were accessible for all athletes with cerebral palsy. Three sports were contested: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and ice sledge speed racing. The most successful athlete was German alpine skier Reinhild Moeller, who won 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal. The Games, then known as the 3rd World Winter Games for the Disabled, were fully sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). (The regular 1984 Winter Olympics were held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. For the first time, an exhibition event was held at the Olympic Winter Games there and 30 male three-track skiers took part in the giant slalom event in Sarajevo.)

Sports

[[File:Alpine skiing (paralympics) pictogram.svg|20px]] Alpine skiing
[[File:Ice sledge speed racing - Paralympic pictogram.svg|20px]] Ice sledge speed racing
[[File:Cross-country skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg|20px]] Cross-country skiing

Medal table

Participating countries; first time participants are blue.

Main article: 1984 Winter Paralympics medal table

The top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation (Austria) is highlighted.

Participating nations

Twenty one nations participated in the 1984 Winter Paralympics. Netherlands and Spain made their debut appearances. Belgium and Poland returned to the Winter Games after missing out in the 1980 Winter Paralympics.

AUS
AUT (Host nation)
BEL
CAN
TCH
DEN
FIN
FRA
GBR
ITA
JPN
NED
NZL
NOR
POL
ESP
SWE
SUI
USA
FRG
YUG

References

"Innsbruck 1984". International Paralympic Committee.
O'Leary, Hal. (1994). "Bold Tracks: Teaching Adaptive Skiing". Big Earth Publishing.

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