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Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

 has been contested at the Winter Paralympic Games
Winter Paralympic Games
The Winter Paralympic Games is an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. The Winter Paralympic Games are held every four years directly following the Winter...

 since the first Winter Games in 1976
1976 Winter Paralympics
The 1976 Winter Paralympic Games were the first Winter Paralympics. They were held in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden from 21 to 28 February 1976. The disabilities included in this paralympics were blindness and amputees. Sixteen countries took part with 198 athletes...

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Events

Current program
20 km men Standing • • • • • • • • • • • • 8
Visually impaired • • • • • • • • • 6
15 km men Sitting • • • • • • 5
10 km men Standing • • • • • • • •
• 		• • • •
• • 		• • • • • • • • • • • • 9
Visually impaired • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8
Sitting • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8
1 km men Standing • 1
Visually impaired • 1
Sitting • 1
1 x 4 km/
2 x 5 km men 		Standing/
Visually impaired/
Sitting 		•
Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1 x 4 km + 2 x 5 km Relay
-External links:*, at the official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver...

 		1
3 x 2.5 km women Standing/
Visually impaired/
Sitting 		• • • • • 5
15 km women Standing • • • • 4
Visually impaired • • • • 4
10 km women Sitting • • • • • • 6
5 km women Standing • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 10
Visually impaired • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • 		• • • • • • • • 10
Sitting • • • • • • • • • • 9
1 km women Standing • 1
Visually impaired • 1
Sitting • 1
Past events
3 x 10 km men Standing • 1
Visually impaired • 1
3 x 5 km men Standing • 1
Visually impaired • 1
3 x 2.5 km men Sitting • • • • • 5
4 x 10 km men Visually impaired • • • 3
4 x 5 km men Standing • • • • 4
Standing /
Visually impaired 		• • 2
30 km men Visually impaired • • • • • • 2
20 km men Intellectual disability • 1
15 km men Standing • • • • 1
Visually impaired • • • • • • • • 3
Intellectual disability • 1
5 km men Standing • • • • • • • •
• 		• • • •
• 		• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 9
Visually impaired • • • • • • • • • • 4
Sitting • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8
Intellectual disability • 1
1 x 2.5 km/
2 x 5 km men 		Standing/
Visually impaired/
Sitting 		• 1
1 x 3.75 km/
2 x 5 km men 		Standing/
Visually impaired/
Sitting 		• 1
3 x 5 km women Standing • 1
Visually impaired • • 2
15 km women Intellectual disability • 1
10 km women Standing • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8
Visually impaired • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 8
5 km women Intellectual disability • • 1
2.5 km women Sitting • • • • • • • • 7
4 x 5 km women Visually impaired • • 2
Total Events 25 27 35 38 27 48 39 32 20 20

Medal table

NPCs in italics no longer compete at the Winter Paralympics

As of 2010 Winter Paralympics
2010 Winter Paralympics
The 2010 Winter Paralympics, officially the X Paralympic Winter Games, or the 10th Winter Paralympics, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada from March 12 to 21, 2010. The Opening Ceremony took place in BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and the Closing Ceremony in Whistler...
1  Norway 77 46 32 155
2  Finland 63 46 53 162
3  Russia 41 43 28 112
4  Germany 26 27 18 71
5  Sweden 13 16 22 51
6  France 12 7 15 34
7  Canada 12 5 5 22
8  Poland 11 6 19 36
9  Austria 10 19 18 47
10  Ukraine 9 14 16 39
11 ' 9 8 3 20
12  West Germany 7 22 12 41
13  Switzerland 5 11 21 37
14  United States 5 9 6 20
15  Belarus 4 7 8 19
16  Italy 4 4 8 16
17  Japan 2 2 2 6
18  Denmark 1 0 2 3
19  Netherlands 0 4 3 7
20  Spain 0 2 1 3
21  Czechoslovakia 0 1 1 2
22  Kazakhstan 0 1 0 1
22  Slovakia 0 1 0 1
24  United Kingdom 0 0 2 2
24  Soviet Union 0 0 2 2
Total 25 nations 311 301 297 909
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