Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the IX Paralympic Winter Games
Venue	Pragelato

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
Short distance Free (5km: W sitting 2.5km)		men		women
Middle distance Classic (10km: W sitting 5km)		men		women
Long distance Classic (M 20/15km, W 15/10km)		men		women
3 x 2.5 km relay				women
1 x 3.75 km + 2 x 5 km relay		men

At the 2006 Winter Paralympics, 20 cross-country skiing events were contested at Pragelato.

Medal table

Rank	Nation				Total
1	Russia (RUS)	7	9	5	21
2	Ukraine (UKR)	4	3	6	13
3	Canada (CAN)	2	1	2	5
4	United States (USA)	2	0	1	3
5	Poland (POL)	2	0	0	2
6	Belarus (BLR)	1	6	2	9
7	Germany (GER)	1	1	1	3
8	Norway (NOR)	1	0	1	2
9	France (FRA)	0	0	2	2
Total		20	20	20	60

Events

Men

• 5 km
  • Sitting
  • Standing
  • Visually impaired
• 10 km
  • Sitting
  • Standing
  • Visually impaired
• 15 km
  • Sitting
• 20 km
  • Standing
  • Visually impaired
• 1×3.75 km + 2×5 km relay
  • open

Women

• 2.5 km
  • Sitting
• 5 km
  • Standing
  • Visually impaired
  • Sitting
• 10 km
  • Standing
  • Visually impaired
  • Sitting
• 15 km
  • Standing
  • Visually impaired
• 3×2.5 km relay
  • open

Men's events

Men's short distance

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Men's short distance

Men's 5 km - Sitting

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Taras Kryjanovski (RUS)	15:38.8
	Iurii Kostiuk (UKR)	15:39.4
	Alain Marguerettaz (FRA)	15:59.7

Men's 5 km - Standing

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Steve Cook (USA)	12:36.2
	Siarhei Silchanka (BLR)	12:41.0
	Thomas Oelsner (GER)	12:45.3

Men's 5 km - Visually Impaired

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Brian McKeever guide: Robin McKeever (CAN)	11:35.1
	Frank Hoefle guide: Johanne Wachlin (GER)	11:52.5
	Helge Flo guide: Thomas Losnegard (NOR)	12:13.9

Men's middle distance

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Men's middle distance

Men's 10 km - Standing

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Steve Cook (USA)	27:22.8
	Alfis Makamedinov (RUS)	27:59.8
	Kirill Mikhaylov (RUS)	28:06.5

Men's 10 km - Visually Impaired

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Brian McKeever guide: Robin McKeever (CAN)	26:09.5
	Vasili Shaptsiaboi guide: Mikalai Shablousk (BLR)	26:55.5
	Valery Koupchinsky guide: Viatcheslav Doubov (RUS)	27:10.2

Men's 10 km - Sitting

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Taras Kryjanovski (RUS)	26:43.6
	Sergej Shilov (RUS)	26:52.1
	Iurii Kostiuk (UKR)	27:10.9

Men's long distance

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Men's long distance

Men's 15 km - Sitting

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Iurii Kostiuk (UKR)	41:49.6
	Taras Kryjanovski (RUS)	42:51.9
	Sergej Shilov (RUS)	42:59.9

Men's 20 km - Standing

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Kirill Mikhaylov (RUS)	58:44.3
	Alfis Makamedinov (RUS)	58:45.8
	Steve Cook (USA)	59:42.2

Men's 20 km - Visually Impaired

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Oleh Munts guide: Bory Babar (UKR)	56:55.9
	Brian McKeever guide: Robin McKeever (CAN)	57:07.6
	Vasili Shaptsiaboi guide: Mikalai Shablousk (BLR)	58:08.4

Men's relay 1x3.75 km + 2x5 km

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1 x 3.75 km + 2 x 5 km Relay

Men's relay 1x3.75 km + 2x5 km

Medal	Athlete	Time
	(Kjartan Haugen, Karl Einar Henriksen, Andreas Hustveit) (NOR)	39:58.5
	(Rustam Garifoullin, Irek Mannanov, guide: Rostislav Pavlov, Sergej Shilov) (RUS)	40:00.1
	(Vitaliy Lukyanenko, guide: Volodymyr Ivanov, Vladyslav Morozov, Oleh Munts, guide: Bory Babar) (UKR)	40:06.9

Women's events

Women's short distance

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's short distance

Women's 2.5 km - Sitting

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Olena Iurkovska (UKR)	8:27.9
	Liudmila Vauchok (BLR)	8:46.5
	Lyudmyla Pavlenko (UKR)	8:54.0

Women's 5 km - Standing

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Katarzyna Rogowiec (POL)	15:00.7
	Anna Burmistrova (RUS)	15:28.0
	Yuliya Batenkova (UKR)	15:45.6

Women's 5 km - Visually Impaired

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Verena Bentele guide: Franz Lankes (GER)	14:22.1
	Tatiana Ilyuchenko guide: Valeriy Koshkin (RUS)	14:55.9
	Lioubov Vasilieva guide: Viatcheslav Goldinov (RUS)	15:13.5

Women's middle distance

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's middle distance

Women's 5 km - Sitting

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Olena Iurkovska (UKR)	16:39.7
	Liudmila Vauchok (BLR)	17:12.8
	Colette Bourgonje (CAN)	17:18.7

Women's 10 km - Standing

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Anna Burmistrova (RUS)	34:12.2
	Yuliya Batenkova (UKR)	34:30.8
	Anne Floriet (FRA)	34:39.3

Women's 10 km - Visually Impaired

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Lioubov Vasilieva guide: Viatcheslav Goldinov (RUS)	32:40.6
	Tatiana Ilyuchenko guide: Valeriy Koshkin (RUS)	33:00.8
	Yadviha Skarabahataya guide: Vasili Hallrukovich (BLR)	33:39.9

Women's long distance

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's long distance

Women's 10 km - Sitting

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Liudmila Vauchok (BLR)	30:54.5
	Olena Iurkovska (UKR)	31:50.9
	Colette Bourgonje (CAN)	32:18.8

Women's 15 km - Standing

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Katarzyna Rogowiec (POL)	52:41.0
	Anna Burmistrova (RUS)	54:29.1
	Yuliya Batenkova (UKR)	55:20.0

Women's 15 km - Visually Impaired

Medal	Athlete	Time
	Lioubov Vasilieva guide: Viatcheslav Goldinov (RUS)	52:52.9
	Yadviha Skarabahataya guide: Vasili Hallrukovich (BLR)	53:21.1
	Tatiana Ilyuchenko guide: Valeriy Koshkin (RUS)	53:31.0

Women's relay 3x2.5 km

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's 3 x 2.5 km Relay

Women's relay 3x2.5 km

Medal	Athlete	Time
	(Tatiana Ilyuchenko, guide: Valeriy Koshkin, Irina Polyakova, Lioubov Vasilieva, guide: Viatcheslav Goldinov) (RUS)	23:31.4
	(Yadviha Skarabahataya, guide: Vasili Hallrukovich, Larysa Varona, Liudmila Vauchok) (BLR)	24:10.1
	(Yuliya Batenkova, Olena Iurkovska, Lyudmyla Pavlenko) (UKR)	24:54.5

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

References

• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee
• Torino 2006, paraphoto.org, March 12, 2006
• Torino 2006, paraphoto.org, March 15, 2006
• Torino 2006, paraphoto.org, March 17, 2006
• Torino 2006, paraphoto.org, March 19, 2006