Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Biathlon at the VII Paralympic Winter Games

Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics consisted of twelve events, eight for men and four for women.

Medal table

Rank	Nation				Total
1	Germany (GER)	6	2	2	10
2	France (FRA)	2	2	1	5
3	Switzerland (SUI)	2	0	1	3
4	Japan (JPN)	1	1	0	2
5	Norway (NOR)	1	0	1	2
6	Russia (RUS)	0	2	2	4
7	Austria (AUT)	0	2	0	2
8	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	1	2
9	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
9	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
11	Finland (FIN)	0	0	2	2
12	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
12	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Total		12	12	12	36

Medal summary

The competition event was:

• 7.5 km: men - women

The event had separate standing, sitting, or visually impaired classifications:

• LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee
• LW3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, 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: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
• LW 11 - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
• LW 12 - sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good 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

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
7.5 km free technique	B1	Wilhelm Brem  Germany	Oleh Munts  Russia	Udo Hirsch  Germany
	B2	Frank Hoefle  Germany	Torbjoern Ek  Sweden	Adrian Mosimann  Switzerland
	B3	Alexander Schwarz  Germany	Miroslav Jambor  Slovakia	Alexandre Nassarouline  Russia
	LW2,3,4,5/7,9	Andre Favre  France	Axel Hecker  Germany	Kalervo Pieksaemaeki  Finland
	LW6/8	Thomas Oelsner  Germany	Emmanuel Lacroix  France	Andreas Hustveit  Norway
7.5 km sitski	LW10	Alexander Brunet  France	Eiji Nozawa  Japan	Mikhail Terentiev  Russia
	LW11	Walter Widmer  Switzerland	Oliver Anthofer  Austria	Didier Riedlinger  France
	LW12	Michael Weymann  Germany	Bruno Zimmermann  Germany	Teuvo Ojala  Finland

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
7.5 km free technique	B1	Verena Bentele  Germany	Irina Selivanova  Russia	Anne-Mette Bredahl  Denmark
	B2-3	Miyuki Kobayashi  Japan	Gabriele Berghofer  Austria	Susanne Wohlmacher  Germany
	LW2-4,6/8,9	Theres Huser  Switzerland	Anne Floriet  France	Marjorie van de Bunt  Netherlands
7.5 km sitski	LW10-12	Ragnhild Myklebust  Norway	Tamara Kulynych  Ukraine	Olena Akopyan  Ukraine

See also

• Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

References

• "1998 Nagano - Biathlon". International Paralympic Committee. 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-21.

• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee