*** Welcome to piglix ***

Iceland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Iceland at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Iceland.svg
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
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.


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.

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



...
Wikipedia

...