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. 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.
Competitors The following table lists Iceland's delegation per sport and gender. Sport Men Women TotalArchery 0 1 1Athletics 1 0 1Swimming 1 2 3 Total 2 3 5
Archery
|align=left|Þorsteinn Halldórsson |align=left|Men's individual compound open |599 |31 |L 129–143 |colspan=4|did not advance |17
Athletics
AthleteEventFinalResultRankHelgi SveinssonMen's javelin throw F4453.965
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankJón Margeir Sverrisson200 m freestyle S142:00.015 Q1:57.504100 m breaststroke SB141:12.2712did not advance200 m individual medley SM142:19.567 Q2:18.616
Women AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankThelma Björg Björnsdóttir50 m freestyle S642.1419did not advance100 m freestyle S61:27.0415did not advance400 m freestyle S66:34.7114did not advance100 m breaststroke SB51:58.6911did not advance200 m individual medley SM63:58.1313did not advanceSonja Sigurðardóttir50 m freestyle S41:03.3915did not advance50 m backstroke S41:01.658 Q59.97 NR8
See also Iceland at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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