1976 Winter Paralympics

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Olympic games The 1976 Winter Paralympic Games (Template:Langx) were the first Winter Paralympics. They were held in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, from 21 to 28 February 1976. The disabilities included in this Paralympics were blindness and amputees. Sixteen countries took part with 196 athletes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> There were competitions in Alpine and Nordic skiing for amputee and visually impaired athletes, and a demonstration event in ice sledge racing.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

They were originally known as the 1st Winter Olympic Games for the Disabled.<ref>History and Use of the Term Paralympic Template:Webarchive, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)</ref><ref>Paralympics (Swedish), biblioteket.se</ref>

Sports

The games consisted of 2 sports.

• File:Alpine skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg Alpine skiing
• File:Cross-country skiing - Paralympic pictogram.svg Cross-country skiing

Medal table

Template:Main The top 9 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation (Sweden) is highlighted. Template:Medals table

Participating Paralympic Committees

The following nations took part. In brackets is the number of athletes per nation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

British involvement in these Games was covered in an edition of the Thames Television current affairs series This Week.<ref>Daily Mirror TV listings, page 16, 26 February 1976</ref>

See also

• 1976 Winter Olympics
• 1976 Summer Paralympics

External links

• International Paralympic Committee
• The event at SVT's open archive Template:In lang