Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Paralympics
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Alpine skiing
at the 1980 Winter Paralympics
consisted of 22 events, 12 for men and 10 for women.
Each event had separate standing classifications:
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...
at the 1980 Winter Paralympics
1980 Winter Paralympics
The 1980 Winter Paralympic Games, the second Winter Paralympics, were held from 1 to 7 February 1980 in Geilo, Norway. Eighteen countries took part with 299 athletes. A demonstration event was held in sledge downhill racing. All classes of athletes with locomotor disabilities were able to...
consisted of 22 events, 12 for men and 10 for women.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation |  |
 |
 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Austria |
6 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 2 |  Switzerland |
4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 |  United States |
4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 |  West Germany |
3 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 5 |  Canada |
2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 |  Norway |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  France |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 22 | 18 | 18 | 58 | |
Medal summary
The competition events were:- Giant slalom: men - women
- Slalom: men - women
Each event had separate standing classifications:
- 1A - standing: single leg amputationAmputationAmputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for...
above the knee - 2A - standing: single leg amputation below the knee
- 2B - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsyCerebral palsyCerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
, or equivalent impairment - 3A - standing: single arm amputation
- 3B - standing: double arm amputation
- 4 - standing: amputation of one arm and one leg
Men's events
| Giant slalom | 1A |
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| 2A |
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| 4 |
None | None | ||
| Slalom | 1A |
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| 4 |
None | None |
Women's events
| Giant slalom | 1A |
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| 2A |
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| 2B |
None | None | ||
| 3A |
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| 3B |
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| Slalom | 1A |
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| 2A |
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| 2B |
None | None | ||
| 3A |
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