Host city | Geilo, Norway |
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Nations | 18 |
Athletes | 299 |
Events | 64 in 3 sports |
Opening | 1 February |
Closing | 7 February |
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Stadium | Vestia Resort |
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The 1980 Winter Paralympic Games (Norwegian: Paralympiske vinterleker 1980; Nynorsk: Paralympiske vinterleikane 1980), the second Winter Paralympics, were held from 1 to 7 February 1980 in Geilo, Norway. Eighteen countries took part with 299 athletes.[1] A demonstration event was held in sledge downhill racing. All classes of athletes with locomotor disabilities were able to participate.[2] Organized by the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF) and the International Sports Federation of the Disabled (ISOD).[3]
Originally known as the 2nd Olympic Winter Games for Disabled.[4][5][6]
Sports
- Alpine skiing
- Ice sledge speed racing
- Cross-country skiing
- Sledge Downhill racing (demonstration event)
Medal table
The top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation (Norway) is highlighted.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Norway* | 23 | 21 | 10 | 54 |
2 | Finland | 16 | 7 | 12 | 35 |
3 | Austria | 6 | 10 | 6 | 22 |
4 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
5 | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
6 | United States | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
7 | West Germany | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
8 | Canada | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
9 | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 64 | 55 | 52 | 171 |
Participating nations
Eighteen nations participated in the 1980 Winter Paralympics. Australia, Denmark, Italy and New Zealand made their debut appearances. Belgium and Poland did not send any athletes.
- Australia (2)
- Austria (34)
- Canada (20)
- Czechoslovakia (3)
- Denmark (8)
- Finland (29)
- France (21)
- Great Britain (8)
- Italy (1)
- Japan (5)
- New Zealand (3)
- Norway (37) (Host nation)
- Sweden (27)
- Switzerland (27)
- Uganda (1)
- United States (26)
- West Germany (38)
- Yugoslavia (9)
See also
References
- ↑ "Participation – Geilo 1980 Paralympic Winter Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
- ↑ "Geilo 1980". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
- ↑ Benchmark Games: The Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, By Richard Cashman, Simon Darcy
- ↑ History and Use of the Term Paralympic Archived 16 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- ↑ brjsmed00262-0045.pdf, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- ↑ Paralympics (Swedish), biblioteket.se