Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

Biathlon at the VII Paralympic Winter Games
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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
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 details	Wilhelm Brem   Germany	Oleh Munts   Russia	Udo Hirsch   Germany
	B2 details	Frank Hoefle   Germany	Torbjoern Ek   Sweden	Adrian Mosimann   Switzerland
	B3 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

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

• Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics

References

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