1998 Winter Paralympics

VII Paralympic Winter Games

File:Nagano 1998 para Winter.png
Host city	Nagano, Nagano, Japan
Motto	Games from the Heart (Japanese: 心からの大会, Kokorokara no Taikai)
Nations participating	32
Athletes participating	571
Events	122 in 4 sports
Opening ceremony	March 5
Closing ceremony	March 14
Officially opened by	Crown Prince Naruhito
Athlete's Oath	Yonoe Ryuei
Paralympic Torch	Naoya Maruyama
Paralympic Stadium	M-Wave
Winter:
<  Lillehammer 1994 Salt Lake 2002  >
Summer:
<  Atlanta 1996 Sydney 2000  >

The 1998 Winter Paralympics (第七回パラリンピック冬季競技大会, Dai Shichi-kai Pararinpikku Tōkikyōgi Taikai), the seventh Winter Paralympics, were held alongside the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan from March 5 to March 14, 1998. They were the first Paralympic Winter Games to be held outside Europe. 571 athletes competed in Nagano; it still remains the highest number of athletes competing at any Winter Paralympics.

Sports

The games consisted of 34 events in four sports: alpine skiing, ice sledge hockey, Ice sledge racing, and nordic skiing. The sport of Nordic skiing comprised two disciplines, the biathlon and cross-country skiing.

• Alpine skiing
• Sledge hockey
• 20px Ice sledge racing
• Nordic skiing
  • Biathlon
  • Cross-country skiing

Medal table

Main article: 1998 Winter Paralympics medal table

The top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation (Japan) is highlighted.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	18	9	13	40
2	Germany	14	17	13	44
3	United States	13	8	13	34
4	Japan	12	16	13	41
5	Russia	12	10	9	31
6	Switzerland	10	5	8	23
7	Spain	8	0	0	8
8	Austria	7	16	11	34
9	Finland	7	5	7	19
10	France	5	9	8	22

See also

• 1998 Winter Olympics

External links

• International Paralympic Committee
• The event at SVT's open archive (Swedish)
• The event at Nagano Shinano Mainich Shimbum