Iceland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Iceland at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Iceland at the; 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ISL
NPC	National Paralympic Committee of Iceland
Website	www.ifsport.is
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	5 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Jón Margeir Sverrisson
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Iceland competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Jón Margeir Sverrisson earned the top placement of the team with a fourth place in men's 200 m freestyle S14.

Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.^[2]^[3] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.^[4]

Competitors

The following table lists Iceland's delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	1	0	1
Swimming	1	2	3
Total	2	3	5

Archery


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Þorsteinn Halldórsson	Men's individual compound open	599	31	Polish (USA) L 129–143	did not advance				17

Athletics

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Helgi Sveinsson	Men's javelin throw F44	53.96	5

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jón Margeir Sverrisson	200 m freestyle S14	2:00.01	5 Q	1:57.50	4
	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:12.27	12	did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM14	2:19.56	7 Q	2:18.61	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Thelma Björg Björnsdóttir	50 m freestyle S6	42.14	19	did not advance
	100 m freestyle S6	1:27.04	15	did not advance
	400 m freestyle S6	6:34.71	14	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB5	1:58.69	11	did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM6	3:58.13	13	did not advance
Sonja Sigurðardóttir	50 m freestyle S4	1:03.39	15	did not advance
Sonja Sigurðardóttir	50 m backstroke S4	1:01.65	8 Q	59.97 NR	8

References

^ "Full list of flag bearers for opening ceremony of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

[1] "Full list of flag bearers for opening ceremony of Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-09-19.

[class1-2] "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

[class2-3] "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

[class3-4] "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

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