Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics

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Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Paralympics consisted of 25 events, 15 for men and 10 for women.

Medal table

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Rank	Nation				Total
1	Finland (FIN)	8	7	7	22
2	Norway (NOR)	7	3	2	12
3	Sweden (SWE)	6	7	7	20
4	West Germany (FRG)	2	5	4	11
5	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	1	2
6	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
7	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
Total		25	22	22	69

Medal summary

The competition events were:

• 5 km: men - women
• 10 km: men - women
• 15 km: men
• 3x5 km relay: men - women
• 3x10 km relay: men

Each event had separate standing, or visually impaired classifications:

• I - standing, single leg amputation above the knee
• II - standing, single leg amputation below the knee
• III - standing, single arm amputation
• IV B - standing, double arm amputation

• A - visually impaired, no functional vision
• B - visually impaired, under 10% functional vision

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km - short distance	I details	Pertti Sankilampi Finland (FIN)	Otto Malkki Finland (FIN)	Tauno Seppaenen Finland (FIN)
	II details	Bertil Lundmark Sweden (SWE)	Kalle Tiusanen Finland (FIN)	Erkki Kukkanen Finland (FIN)
	III details	Teuvo Sahi Finland (FIN)	Walter Klenk West Germany (FRG)	Edmund Zahner West Germany (FRG)
	IV B details	Reino Vesander Finland (FIN)	Ernst Schwarz West Germany (FRG)	Adolf Fritsche West Germany (FRG)
10 km - short distance	A details	Germain Oberli Switzerland (SUI)	Jarle Johnsen Norway (NOR)	Mauno Sulisalo Finland (FIN)
	B details	Morten Langeroed Norway (NOR)	Sven-Ivar Martin Sweden (SWE)	Terje Hansen Norway (NOR)
10 km - middle distance	I details	Pertti Sankilampi Finland (FIN)	Otto Malkki Finland (FIN)	Tauno Seppaenen Finland (FIN)
	II details	Bertil Lundmark Sweden (SWE)	Kalle Tiusanen Finland (FIN)	Erkki Kukkanen Finland (FIN)
	III details	Teuvo Sahi Finland (FIN)	Edmund Zahner West Germany (FRG)	Raimo Hiiri Finland (FIN)
	IV B details	Reino Vesander Finland (FIN)	Adolf Fritsche West Germany (FRG)	Ernst Schwarz West Germany (FRG)
15 km - middle distance	A details	Jarle Johnsen Norway (NOR)	Ingemar Lundquist Sweden (SWE)	Germain Oberli Switzerland (SUI)
	B details	Morten Langeroed Norway (NOR)	Sven-Ivar Martin Sweden (SWE)	Terje Hansen Norway (NOR)
3×5 km relay	I-II details	Finland (FIN) Otto Malkki Pertti Sankilampi Kalle Tiusanen	Sweden (SWE) Bertil Lundmark Kalevi Mattila Sven-Olof Tornvall	West Germany (FRG) Hermann Heckel Helmut Kaidisch Siegfried Loose
3×10 km relay	A-B details	Norway (NOR) Terje Hansen Jarle Johnsen Morten Langeroed	Finland (FIN) Martti Juntunen Manu Laakso Matti Ojanen	Sweden (SWE) Yngve Eriksson Ingemar Lundquist Sven-Ivar Martin
	III-IV B details	Finland (FIN) Raimo Hiiri Teuvo Sahi Arvo Stahl	West Germany (FRG) Walter Klenk Ludwig Wagner Edmund Zahner	Austria (AUT) Wolfgang Pickl Josef Scheiber Eugen Wilhelm

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5 km - short distance	A details	Birgitta Sund Sweden (SWE)	Gunhild Sundstrom Sweden (SWE)	Marianne Edfeldt Sweden (SWE)
	B details	Karin Gustavsson Sweden (SWE)	Reidun Laengen Norway (NOR)	Astrid Nilsson Sweden (SWE)
	I details	Vigdis Bente Mordre Norway (NOR)	None	None
	II details	Lorna Manzer Canada (CAN)	None	None
	III details	Dorothea Neuweiler West Germany (FRG)	Aino Turpeinen Finland (FIN)	Ellen Sjodin Sweden (SWE)
10 km - middle distance	A details	Birgitta Sund Sweden (SWE)	Gunhild Sundstrom Sweden (SWE)	Marianne Edfeldt Sweden (SWE)
	B details	Reidun Laengen Norway (NOR)	Astrid Nilsson Sweden (SWE)	Karin Gustavsson Sweden (SWE)
	I details	Vigdis Bente Mordre Norway (NOR)	None	None
	III details	Dorothea Neuweiler West Germany (FRG)	Aino Turpeinen Finland (FIN)	Ellen Sjodin Sweden (SWE)
3×5 km relay	A-B details	Sweden (SWE) Karin Gustavsson Astrid Nilsson Birgitta Sund	Norway (NOR) Aud Berntsen Aud Grundvik Reidun Laengen	Finland (FIN) Ella Kinnunen Sirkka Sulisalo Matleena Talonen

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

References

1. ^ Medal Standings - Örnsköldsvik 1976 Paralympic Winter Games -Cross Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

• "IPC Historical Results Database". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2010. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/index.html?sport=31&games=1976PWG&ct=PG&ordered=1#general. Retrieved 2010-11-20. 
  • The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier paralympic games (1960-1984), such as relay and team members.[1] (Per nov.20, 2010)
• "Ornskoldsvik 1976". paralympia.de. 2010. http://www.paralympia.de/pg_en/winter/ornskoldsvik1976/ornskoldsvik1976.php. Retrieved 2010-11-20. 
• Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics
• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee