Alpine skiing - Men's downhill
at the VIII Paralympic Winter Games |
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| Venue | Snowbasin |
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| Competitors | 107 from 21 nations |
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Men's downhill skiing events at the 2002 Winter Paralympics were contested at Snowbasin.
There were 8 events covering 12 disability classes.[1] Final standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.
Visually impaired
There was one event under the visually impaired classification.
- B1-3
- B1 – visually impaired: no functional vision
- B2 – visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
- B3 – visually impaired: under 10% functional vision
Sitting
There were three events under the sitting classification.
- LW10
- LW 10 – sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
- LW11
- LW 11 – sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
- LW12
- LW 12 – sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance
Standing
There were 4 events under the standing classification.
- LW2
- LW2 – standing: single leg amputation above the knee
- LW3, 5/7, 9
- LW3 – standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
- LW5/7 – standing: double arm amputation
- LW9 – standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg
- LW4
- LW4 – standing: single leg amputation below the knee
- LW6/8
- LW6/8 – standing: single arm amputation
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