1980 Winter Paralympics

Multi-parasport event in Gelio, Norway

II Paralympic Winter Games

Location| Geilo, Norway
Nations| 18
Athletes| 299
Events| 64 in 3 sports
Opening| 1 February 1980
Closing| 7 February 1980
Opened by|

King Olav V

Stadium| Vestia Resort

Winter

← Örnsköldsvik 1976

Innsbruck 1984 →

Summer

← Arnhem 1980

New York/Stoke Mandeville 1984 →

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

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* Alpine skiing
* Ice sledge speed racing
* Cross-country skiing
* Sledge Downhill racing (demonstration event)

## Medal table

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The 1980 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony Australian paralympic team at the 1980 Winter Paralympics

Main article: 1980 Winter Paralympics 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

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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

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* Sports portal

* 1980 Winter Olympics
* 1980 Summer Paralympics

## References

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1. ^ "Participation – Geilo 1980 Paralympic Winter Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
2. ^ "Geilo 1980". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
3. ^ Cashman, Richmard; Darcy, Simon (4 June 2024). Benchmark Games. Benchmark Games. ISBN 978-1-876718-05-3.
4. ^ History and Use of the Term Paralympic Archived 16 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
5. ^ brjsmed00262-0045.pdf, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
6. ^ Paralympics (Swedish), biblioteket.se

## External links

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* Geilo 1980 Paralympic Winter Games - official webpage with participants and results
* Geilo 1980 Official Results - from International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Archive Archived 21 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine
* Pictures from the opening of the Games at geilonaturfoto.com

Preceded by

Örnsköldsvik

|  Winter Paralympics
Geilo
II Paralympic Winter Games (1980)  | Succeeded by

Innsbruck

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* 1960 Rome
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* 1976 Örnsköldsvik
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