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1976 Winter Paralympics
See also: 1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Paralympic Games were the first winter Paralympics. They were held in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The disabilities included in this paralympics were blindness and amputees. Fourteen countries took part with 250+ athletes.
| Rank | NPC Name | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | West Germany | 9 | 12 | 6 | 27 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | Finland | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Sweden | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Austria | 5 | 16 | 14 | 35 |
| 6 | Norway | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | France | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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