These Paralympics were not held at the same Olympic venue in Calgary, Canada, because of financial and recruiting difficulties.

Sit-skiing was introduced as another event in both the Alpine and Nordic skiing competitions.

Ice sledge speed racer Knut Lundstroem from Norway was the most successful athlete, winning four gold medals in the 100m, 500m, 1000m and 1500m events.

[1] The top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below.

Soviet Union made their debut appearance at the Winter Games.