Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing
at the VIII Paralympic Winter Games
1998
2006
Paralympic symbol
(1996-2004)

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics consisted of 32 events, 20 for men and 12 for women.

Medal table

[1]

Rank Nation Total
1  Norway (NOR) 9 1 5 15
2  Russia (RUS) 7 8 3 18
3  Germany (GER) 6 1 8 15
4  Finland (FIN) 4 1 3 8
5  Canada (CAN) 2 1 0 3
6  Italy (ITA) 2 0 0 2
7  Belarus (BLR) 1 1 0 2
8  Poland (POL) 1 0 1 2
9  Ukraine (UKR) 0 5 5 10
10  United States (USA) 0 5 0 5
11  France (FRA) 0 3 2 5
12  Netherlands (NED) 0 3 0 3
13  Austria (AUT) 0 1 1 2
13  Sweden (SWE) 0 1 1 2
14  Slovakia (SVK) 0 1 0 1
15  Switzerland (SUI) 0 0 2 2
16  Japan (JPN) 0 0 1 1
Total 32 32 32 96

Medal summary

The competition events were:

  • 2.5 km: - women
  • 5 km: men - women
  • 10 km: men - women
  • 15 km: men - women
  • 20 km: men
  • 1x2.5/2x5 km relay: men - women
  • 3x2.5 km relay: - women

Each 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
5 km classical technique B1
details
Helge Flo
guide: Paal Sneve
 Norway
Oleh Munts
guide: Volodymyr Storozhok
 Ukraine
Valeri Kouptchinski
guide:
 Russia
B2
details
Frank Hoefle
guide: Ulrich Zipfel
 Germany
Nikolai Ilioutchenko
guide: Andrey Gladshev
 Russia
Emil Östberg
guide: Peter Rune
 Sweden
B3
details
Brian McKeever
guide: Robin McKeever
 Canada
Irek Mannanov
guide: Salavat Gumerov
 Russia
Vitaliy Lukyanenko
guide: Volodymyr Ivanov
 Ukraine
LW2-4
details
Kjartan Haugen
 Norway
Steven Cook
 United States
Roland Gaess
 Germany
LW5-9
details
Andreas Hustveit
 Norway
Axel Hecker
 Germany
Yoshihiro Nitta
 Japan
5 km sitski LW10
details
Sergej Shilov
 Russia
Mikhail Terentiev
 Russia
Klaus Kleiser
 Germany
LW11
details
Roland Ruepp
 Italy
Oliver Anthofer
 Austria
Alain Marguerettaz
 France
LW12
details
Taras Kryjanovski
 Russia
Vladimir Gajdiciar
 Slovakia
Wieslaw Fiedor
 Poland
10 km free technique B1
details
Valeri Kouptchinski
guide: Viatcheslav Doubov
 Russia
Oleh Munts
guide: Volodymyr Storozhok
 Ukraine
Wilhelm Brem
guide: Olaf Gruhn
 Germany
B2
details
Frank Hoefle
guide: Ulrich Zipfel
 Germany
Emil Östberg
guide: Peter Rune
 Sweden
Nikolai Ilioutchenko
guide: Andrey Gladyshev
 Russia
B3
details
Brian McKeever
guide: Robin McKeever
 Canada
Irek Mannanov
guide: Salavat Gumerov
 Russia
Alexander Schwarz
guide: Ralf Rombach
 Germany
LW2-4
details
Nils Erik Ulset
 Norway
Steven Cook
 United States
Harald Thauer
 Germany
LW5-9
details
Axel Hecker
 Germany
Andreas Hustveit
 Norway
Josef Giesen
 Germany
10 km sitski LW10
details
Mikhail Terentiev
 Russia
Sergej Shilov
 Russia
Hanspeter Weber
 Switzerland
LW11
details
Roland Ruepp
 Italy
Alain Marguerettaz
 France
Ruedi Weber
 Switzerland
LW12
details
Wieslaw Fiedor
 Poland
Robert Balk
 United States
Mykola Ovcharenko
 Ukraine
15 km sitski LW10-12
details
Sergej Shilov
 Russia
Mikhail Terentiev
 Russia
Oliver Anthofer
 Austria
20 km free technique standing
details
Nils Erik Ulset
 Norway
Steven Cook
 United States
Josef Giesen
 Germany
visually impaired
details
Valeri Kouptchinski
guide: Viatcheslav Doubov
 Russia
Brian McKeever
guide: Robin McKeever
 Canada
Frank Hoefle
guide: Ulrich Zipfel
 Germany
1x2.5/2x5 km relay open
details
 Russia (RUS)
Irek Mannanov
guide: Roman Ivanov
Nikolai Ilioutchenko
guide: Andrey Gladysev
Sergej Shilov
 United States (USA)
Robert Balk
Steven Cook
William Stewart
 Norway (NOR)
Kjartan Haugen
Karl Einar Henriksen
Andreas Hustveit

Women's events

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
2.5 km sitski
details
Ragnhild Myklebust
 Norway
Svitlana Tryfonova
 Ukraine
Olena Iurkovska
 Ukraine
5 km classical technique B1
details
Verena Bentele
guide: Ralph Schmidt
 Germany
Fabienne Kaci
guide: Gerard Blanc
 France
Merja Hannele Hanski
guide: Kirsi Vaisanen
 Finland
B2-3
details
Yadviha Skorabahataya
guide: Vasili Haurukovich
 Belarus
Jaana Argillander
guide: Arto Kaukonen
 Finland
Tone Gravvold
guide: Kristian Soerensen
 Norway
standing
details
Tanja Kari
 Finland
Marjorie van de Bunt
 Netherlands
Siw Vestengen
 Norway
5 km sitski
details
Ragnhild Myklebust
 Norway
Svitlana Tryfonova
 Ukraine
Olena Iurkovska
 Ukraine
10 km free technique B1-2
details
Verena Bentele
guide: Ralph Schmidt
 Germany
Emilie Tabouret
guide: Lionel Bayon
 France
Fabienne Kaci
guide: Gerard Blanc
 France
B3
details
Jaana Argillander
guide: Arto Kaukonen
 Finland
Yadviha Skarabahataya
guide: Vasili Haurukovich
 Belarus
Tatiana Ilioutchenko
guide: Roman Ivanov
 Russia
standing
details
Tanja Kari
 Finland
Marjorie van de Bunt
 Netherlands
Siw Vestengen
 Norway
10 km sitski
details
Ragnhild Myklebust
 Norway
Svitlana Tryfonova
 Ukraine
Olena Iurkovska
 Ukraine
15 km free technique standing
details
Tanja Kari
 Finland
Marjorie van de Bunt
 Netherlands
Siw Vestengen
 Norway
visually impaired
details
Verena Bentele
guide: Ralph Schmidt
 Germany
Tatiana Ilioutchenko
guide: Andrey Gladyshev
 Russia
Jaana Argillander
guide: Arto Kaukonen
 Finland
3x2.5 km relay open
details
 Norway (NOR)
Tone Gravvold
guide: Kristian Soersensen
Ragnhild Myklebust
Siw Vestengen
 Russia (RUS)
Elvira Ibraginova
guide: Salavat Gumerov
Tatiana Ilioutchenko
guide: Andrey Gladyshev
Irina Polyakova
 Finland (FIN)
Jaana Argillander
guide: Arto Kaukonen
Merja Hannele Hanski
guide: Kirsi Vaisanen
Tanja Kari

See also

References

  1. ^ Medal Standings - Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games - Cross Country Skiing, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  • "Salt Lake City 2002". paralympia.de. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  • Historical Medallists : Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics[permanent dead link], Official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics
  • Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee
  • Paralympics - Cross country: Men's relay results, Deseret News, March 14, 2002
  • Paralympics - Cross country: Short distance results, Deseret News, March 11, 2002
  • Paralympics - Cross country - Middle-distance events, Deseret News, March 13, 2002
  • Paralympic cross country times - Saturday's long-distance events at Soldier Hollow, Deseret News, March 13, 2002