1984 Winter Paralympics

III Paralympic Winter Games
Host city	Innsbruck, Austria
Nations	21
Athletes	419
Events	107 in 3 sports
Opening	14 January
Closing	20 January
Opened by	President Rudolf Kirchschläger
Stadium	Olympiahalle
Winter
Summer

The 1984 Winter Paralympic Games (German: Paralympische Winterspiele 1984) were the third Winter Paralympics. They took place from January 14 to 20, 1984, in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the first Winter Paralympics organized by a group called the International Co-ordinating Committee (ICC), which started on March 15, 1982, in Leysin, Switzerland. The Games allowed athletes with cerebral palsy to compete. There were three sports: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and ice sledge speed racing. The best athlete was a German skier named Reinhild Moeller, who won 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal.^[1] The Games, also called the 3rd World Winter Games for the Disabled, were officially approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).^[2] The regular 1984 Winter Olympics happened in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, where, for the first time, 30 male three-track skiers competed in a Giant Slalom event.

Sports

Alpine skiing

Medal table

Here are the top 10 countries (NPCs) with the most gold medals. The host country, Austria, is highlighted.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria*	34	19	17	70
2	Finland	19	9	6	34
3	Norway	15	13	13	41
4	West Germany	10	14	10	34
5	United States	7	14	14	35
6	Sweden	7	2	5	14
7	Switzerland	5	16	16	37
8	France	4	2	0	6
9	Poland	3	2	8	13
10	Canada	2	8	4	14
Totals (10 entries)		106	99	93	298

Participating nations

Twenty-one countries took part in the 1984 Winter Paralympics. The Netherlands and Spain joined for the first time. Belgium and Poland came back to the Winter Games after not being in the 1980 Winter Paralympics.