Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
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Alpine skiing
at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
consisted of 44 events, 29 for men and 15 for women.
Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:
* In the Men's Slalom LW3, all four skiers were disqualified
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 1988 Winter Paralympics
1988 Winter Paralympics
The 1988 Winter Paralympic Games, were the fourth Winter Paralympics, held again in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the last Winter Paralympics to be held in a separate location from the Winter Olympics. Beginning in 1992, the Olympics and the Paralympics were held in the same city or in an adjacent...
consisted of 44 events, 29 for men and 15 for women.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation |  |
 |
 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Austria |
15 | 4 | 8 | 27 |
| 2 |  West Germany |
7 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 |  United States |
6 | 17 | 5 | 28 |
| 4 |  Switzerland |
5 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 |  France |
3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 |  Italy |
2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 |  Norway |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Sweden |
1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 |  Canada |
1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 |  Spain |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 |  New Zealand |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  Poland |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 |  Japan |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 43 | 42 | 41 | 126 | |
Medal summary
The competition events were:- Downhill: men - women
- Giant slalom: men - women
- Slalom: men - women
Each event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:
- LW2 - 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 - LW 3 - 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 - LW4 - standing: single leg amputation below the knee
- LW5/7 - standing: double arm amputation
- LW6/8 - standing: single arm amputation
- LW9 - standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg
- LW 10 - sitting: paraplegiaParaplegiaParaplegia is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek: παραπληγίη "half-striking". It is usually the result of spinal cord injury or a congenital condition such as spina bifida that affects the neural elements of the spinal canal...
with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
- B1 - visually impaired: no functional vision
- B2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
- B3 - visually impaired: under 10% functional vision
Men's events
| Downhill | B1 |
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| Giant slalom | B1 |
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| Slalom | LW1 |
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| LW3* |
None | None | None | |
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| LW6/8 |
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| LW10 |
Women's events
| Downhill | B1 |
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| LW6/8 |
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| Giant slalom | B1 |
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| LW6/8 |
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| LW10 |
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| Slalom | LW2 |
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| LW10 |
None | None |