title: Iceland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
text: # Iceland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
  
  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 | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Swimming | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | Total | 2 | 3 | 5 |
  
  ## Archery
  
  | Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |
  
  ## Athletics
  
  | Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
  | Helgi Sveinsson | Men's javelin throw F44 | 53.96 | 5 |
  
  ## Swimming
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Jón Margeir Sverrisson | 200 m freestyle S14 | 2:00.01 | 5 Q | 1:57.50 | 4 |
  | Jón Margeir Sverrisson | 100 m breaststroke SB14 | 1:12.27 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Jón Margeir Sverrisson | 200 m individual medley SM14 | 2:19.56 | 7 Q | 2:18.61 | 6 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Thelma Björg Björnsdóttir | 50 m freestyle S6 | 42.14 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Thelma Björg Björnsdóttir | 100 m freestyle S6 | 1:27.04 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Thelma Björg Björnsdóttir | 400 m freestyle S6 | 6:34.71 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Thelma Björg Björnsdóttir | 100 m breaststroke SB5 | 1:58.69 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Thelma Björg Björnsdóttir | 200 m individual medley SM6 | 3:58.13 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Sonja Sigurðardóttir | 50 m freestyle S4 | 1:03.39 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Sonja Sigurðardóttir | 50 m backstroke S4 | 1:01.65 | 8 Q | 59.97 NR | 8 |
  