1984 Winter Paralympics

III Paralympic Winter Games

Location	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 Summer 1984 Winter Olympics

The 1984 Winter Paralympic Games (German: Paralympische Winterspiele 1984) 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 athletes were Helmut Falch (AUT), Paul Di Bello (USA), Gunilla Åhren (SWE) and Lahja Hämäläinen (FIN) who each won four Gold Medals. 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

• Alpine skiing
• Ice sledge speed racing
• 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.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria*	34	19	17	70
2	Finland	19	9	6	34
3	Norway	15	13	13	41
4	West Germany	10	14	10	34
5	United States	7	14	14	35
6	Sweden	7	2	5	14
7	Switzerland	5	16	16	37
8	France	4	2	0	6
9	Poland	3	2	8	13
10	Canada	2	8	4	14
Totals (10 entries)		106	99	93	298

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.

•  Australia (3)
•  Austria (59) (Host nation)
•  Belgium (3)
•  Canada (22)
•  Czechoslovakia (2)
•  Denmark (5)
•  Finland (30)
•  France (16)
•  Great Britain (22)
•  Italy (7)
•  Japan (15)
•  Netherlands (6)
•  New Zealand (8)
•  Norway (37)
•  Poland (16)
•  Spain (4)
•  Sweden (22)
•  Switzerland (50)
•  United States (51)
•  West Germany (31)
•  Yugoslavia (10)

See also

• 1984 Winter Olympics
• 1984 Summer Paralympics

External links

• International Paralympic Committee
• The event at SVT's open archive^{[link removed]} (in Swedish)