1976- ÖrnskÖldsvik, Sweden blind people and amputees could compete. 14 countries took part with 250 athletes.
1980-Geilo, Norway, All locomotor disabilities were aloud to take part. 18 countries took part with 350 athletes.
1984- Innsbruck, Austria, all locomotor disabilities were aloud to take part. 22 countries took part with 350+ athletes.
1988- Innsbruck, Austria, all locomotor disabilities were aloud to take part. 22 countries took part with 350+ athletes.
1992- Tignes-Albertville, France, all locomotor disabilities were aloud to take part. 24 countries took part with 475 athletes.
1994- Lillehammer, Norway, all locomotor disabilities were aloud to take part. 31 countries took part with 1000 athletes.
1998-Nagano, Japan, all locomotor disabilities were aloud to take part. 32 countries took part with 571 athletes.
2002-Salt Lake City, Utah all locomotor disabilities were aloud to take part. 36 countries took part with 416 athletes.
Alpine Skiing .
Speed, strength, power . athletes in all disability classes combine these elements pushing their limits to speed down mountain tops and through slalom courses in alpine skiing events. The competitions are the same as those in the Olympic competitions, namely: downhill, super-G, giant slalom and slalom. Apparent disabilities of the skiers do not get in the way of breathtaking performances and the competitors in the alpine events at the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Paralympics certainly lived up to the Olympic motto: "Faster, Higher, Stronger".
Cross-Country Skiing.
Cross-Country, the oldest form of skiing, originated in northern Europe. It is also called Nordic Skiing because the sport developed in the Nordic countries.
The competitors vie in classical or free techniques and there are individual and team events ranging between 2.5 km to 20 km in distance. Depending on functional disability, a competitor uses a sit-ski (chair-ski), a chair equipped with a pair of skis.
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