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1988 Winter Paralympics

Multi-parasport event in Innsbruck, Austria

Field	Value
image	1988 Winter Paralympic emblem.png
image_size	200
host_city	Innsbruck, Austria
nations	22
athletes	377
events	96 in 4 sports
opening	17 January 1988
closing	24 January 1988
opened_by	President Kurt Waldheim
stadium	Olympiahalle
winter_prev	[Innsbruck 1984](1984-winter-paralympics)
winter_next	[Tignes/Albertville 1992](1992-winter-paralympics)
summer_prev	[New York/Stoke Mandeville 1984](1984-summer-paralympics)
summer_next	[Seoul 1988](1988-summer-paralympics)

The 1988 Winter Paralympic Games () were the fourth Winter Paralympics, held again in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the last Paralympics to be held in a separate location from the Olympics. Beginning in 1992, the Olympics and the Paralympics were held in the same city or in an adjacent city. These Paralympics were not held at the same Olympic venue in Calgary, Canada, because of financial and recruiting difficulties. A total of 377 athletes from 22 countries took part. The USSR competed for the first and only time. Sit-skiing was introduced as another event in both the Alpine and Nordic skiing competitions. Other sports were biathlon and ice sledge speed racing. Ice sledge speed racer Knut Lundstroem from Norway was the most successful athlete, winning four gold medals in the 100m, 500m, 1000m and 1500m events.

Sports

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

Medal table

Participating countries; first time participants are blue.

Main article: 1988 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 two nations participated in the 1988 Winter Paralympics. Soviet Union made their debut appearance at the Winter Games.

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

References

"Innsbruck 1988". International Paralympic Committee.

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