Iceland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Iceland at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code ISL
NPC Icelandic Sports Association for the Disabled
Website www.ifsport.is
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 5 in 3 sports
Flag bearer Jón Margeir Sverrisson[1]
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
Summer Paralympics appearances

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

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
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
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
50 m backstroke S4 1:01.65 8 Q 59.97 NR 8

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  2. ↑ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
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