Summer Paralympics 2016 / Participant (Iceland)

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Iceland sent a team of five athletes - three men and two women - to the 2016 Paralympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro .

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the swimmer Jón Margeir Sverrisson .

Medals

Participants from Iceland failed to win medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Participants by sport

Archery

Athletes	Competition (class)	qualification		Qualifying round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Rings	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Þorsteinn Halldórsson	Compound (open)	599	31	Kevin "KJ" Polish ( USA )	L 129-143	eliminated								17th

athletics

Men

Athletes	competition	Pre-run / pre-fight		Semifinals		final		rank
		Time / space	rank	Time / space	rank	Time / space	rank
Helgi Sveinsson	Javelin throw F44	-				53.96 m	5	5

swim

Women

Athletes	competition	Pre-run / pre-fight		final		rank
		Time / space	rank	Time / space	rank
Sonja Sigurðardóttir	50 m freestyle S4	1: 03.39	15th	eliminated
	50 m back S4	1: 01.65	8th	59.97 NO	8th	8th
Thelma Björg Björnsdóttir	50 m freestyle S6	42.14	19th	eliminated
	100 m freestyle S6	1: 04/27	15th	eliminated
	400 m freestyle S6	6: 34.71	14th	eliminated
	100 m chest SB5	1: 58.69	11	eliminated
	200 m layers SM6	3: 58.13	13	eliminated

Men

Athletes	competition	Pre-run / pre-fight		final		rank
		Time / space	rank	Time / space	rank
Jón Margeir Sverrisson	200 m freestyle S14	2: 00.01	5	1:57:50	4th	4th
	100 m chest SB14	1: 12.27	12	eliminated
	200 m layers SM14	2: 19.56	7th	2: 18.61	6th	6th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fimm íslenskir ​​keppendur á Ólympíumóti fatlaðra. Vísir, July 6, 2016, accessed September 8, 2016 (Icelandic). 
2. ↑ Jón Margeir fánaberi Íslands á Maracana. RÚV, September 4, 2016, accessed September 8, 2016 (Icelandic).