| Alpine skiing at the XIII Paralympic Winter Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | National Alpine Ski Center |
| Dates | 5–13 March |
| Competitors | 170 [1] from 37 [1] nations |
| Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Super combined | men | women |
| Super-G | men | women |
Alpine skiing was one of the competitions at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China. [2] [3] In total, 30 medal events were held. [2]
The competition events are:
The ranking in the table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and will be consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table will be ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code.
* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Austria (AUT) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 |  China (CHN)* | 3 | 9 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 |  France (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
 Japan (JPN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 5 |  Norway (NOR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Slovakia (SVK) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 |  Germany (GER) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 |  Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 90 | |
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