Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

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

## Medal table

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Rank  | Nation  |  |  |  | Total

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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

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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

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Event  | Class  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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7.5 km free technique  | B1
details | Wilhelm Brem
Germany | Oleh Munts
Russia | Udo Hirsch
Germany

details | Frank Hoefle
Germany | Torbjoern Ek
Sweden | Adrian Mosimann
Switzerland

details | Alexander Schwarz
Germany | Miroslav Jambor
Slovakia | Alexandre Nassarouline
Russia
LW2,3,4,5/7,9
details | Andre Favre
France | Axel Hecker
Germany | Kalervo Pieksaemaeki
Finland
LW6/8
details | Thomas Oelsner
Germany | Emmanuel Lacroix
France | Andreas Hustveit
Norway
7.5 km sitski  | LW10
details | Alexander Brunet
France | Eiji Nozawa
Japan | Mikhail Terentiev
Russia
LW11
details | Walter Widmer
Switzerland | Oliver Anthofer
Austria | Didier Riedlinger
France
LW12
details | Michael Weymann
Germany | Bruno Zimmermann
Germany | Teuvo Ojala
Finland

### Women's events

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Event  | Class  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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

## See also

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* Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

## References

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1. ^ Medal Standings - Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games - Biathlon, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

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

* Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee

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* Biathlon
* Cross‑country skiing
* Ice sledge hockey
* Ice sledge speed racing

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