# Norway at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Norway competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. They won a total of eight medals; three gold, two silver and three bronze. Sarah Louise Rung led the team by winning five medals in swimming; two gold, one silver and two bronze.

## 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.

## Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Sarah Louise Rung | Swimming | Women's 100 m breaststroke SB4 | 11 September |
| Gold | Ann Cathrin Lubbe | Equestrian | Individual Championship test grade III | 13 September |
| Gold | Sarah Louise Rung | Swimming | Women's 200 m individual medley SM5 | 15 September |
| Silver | Sarah Louise Rung | Swimming | Women's 50 metre butterfly S5 | 10 September |
| Silver | Ann Cathrin Lubbe | Equestrian | Individual Freestyle test grade III | 16 September |
| Bronze | Sarah Louise Rung | Swimming | Women's 200 metre freestyle S5 | 8 September |
| Bronze | Andreas Skår Bjørnstad | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle S7 | 14 September |
| Bronze | Sarah Louise Rung | Swimming | 50 m backstroke S5 | 16 September |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |

## 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 |
| Morten Johannessen | Men's individual compound open | 648 | 24 | Milne (AUS) L 136–143 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |

## Athletics

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Ida Yessica Nesse | Women's discus throw F44 | — | — | 27.08 | 7 |
| Runar Steinstad | Men's javelin throw F44 | — | — | 50.78 | 11 |

## Boccia

| Athlete | Event | Group | Group | Group | Group | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Roger Aandalen | Individual BC1 | Curinova (CZE) L 2–3 | Yoo (KOR) L 2–7 | Perez (NED) L 0–11 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 15 |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Glenn Johansen | Men's road race C3 | 2:00:56 | 25 |
| Glenn Johansen | Men's time trial C3 | 45:47.58 | 13 |

## Equestrian

The country qualified to participate in the team event at the Rio Games.

### Individual

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Result | Rank |
| Jens Lasse Dokkan | Cypres | Individual Championship test grade Ia | 70.087 | 9 |
| Heidi Løken | Armano | Individual Championship test grade IV | 62.333 | 7 |
| Heidi Løken | Armano | Individual Freestyle test grade IV | 66.900 | 6 |
| Ann Cathrin Lubbe | Donatello | Individual Championship test grade III | 72.878 | |
| Ann Cathrin Lubbe | Donatello | Individual Freestyle test grade III | 73.800 | |
| Birgitte Reitan | Steffi Graf | Individual Championship test grade Ia | 68.130 | 13 |

### Team

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Individual score | Individual score | Individual score | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | TT | CT | Total | Score | Rank |
| Jens Lasse Dokkan | See above | Team | 70.652 | 70.087 | 140.739 | 422.375 | 6 |
| Heidi Løken | See above | Team | 64.238 # | 62.333 # | 126.571 | 422.375 | 6 |
| Ann Cathrin Lubbe | See above | Team | 72.237 | 72.878 | 145.115 | 422.375 | 6 |
| Birgitte Reitan | See above | Team | 68.391 | 68.130 | 136.521 | 422.375 | 6 |
"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

## Rowing

One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top eight finish at the 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships in a medal event. Norway qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the AS Women's Single Sculls event with a third-place finish in a time of 05:31.940.
| Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Birgit Skarstein | Women's single sculls | 5:26.07 | 3 R | 5:28.28 | 1 FA | 5:25.04 | 4 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

## Sailing

Norway qualified a boat for two of the three sailing classes at the Games through their results at the 2014 Disabled Sailing World Championships held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Places were earned in the solo 2.4mR event and a crew also qualified for the three-person Sonar class.
| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Bjørnar Erikstad | 2.4mR | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 5 |
| Per Eugen Kristiansen Marie Solberg Aleksander Wang-Hansen | Sonar | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 54 | 5 |

## Shooting

The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. Norway earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R6 – 50m Air Pistol Mixed SH1 event as a result of the performance Ove Foss. Norway also earned a spot in the R5 – 10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH2 based on Heidi Kristin Sørlie-Rogne's performance. Norway's third spot was earned by Sonja Jennie Tobiassen in the R4 – 10m Air Rifle Standing Mixed SH2 event. Amanda Dybendal earned Norway's third spot for women and fourth overall after her performance in the R5 – 10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH2 event.
The last direct qualifying event for Rio in shooting took place at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning in November. Monica Lillehagen earned a qualifying spot for their country at this competition in the R2 Women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Amanda Dybendal | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 626.5 | 30 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Amanda Dybendal | Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1 | 606.9 | 27 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paul Aksel Johansen | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 627.2 | 28 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Paul Aksel Johansen | Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1 | 611.3 | 16 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anne-Cathrine Kruger | Women's 10 m air pistol SH1 | 362-5x | 10 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anne-Cathrine Kruger | Mixed 25 m pistol SH1 | 522-6x | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Monica Lillehagen | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 618.5 | 41 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Monica Lillehagen | Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 402.9 | 8 Q | — | — | 119.3 | 6 |
| Monica Lillehagen | Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 | 547-11x | 13 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Heidi Kristin Sørlie-Rogne | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 | 629.2 | 19 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sonja Jennie Tobiassen | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 | 627.7 | 25 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sonja Jennie Tobiassen | Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 | 624.0 | 21 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Andreas Skår Bjørnstad | 400 m freestyle S7 | 4:59.23 | 4 Q | 4:53.61 | |
| Andreas Skår Bjørnstad | 50 m butterfly S7 | 34.77 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Andreas Skår Bjørnstad | 100 m breaststroke SB6 | 1:28.78 | 4 Q | 1:26.07 | 4 |
| Andreas Skår Bjørnstad | 200 m individual medley SM7 | 2:50.76 | 8 Q | 2:48.06 | 8 |
| Adam Ismael Wenham | 200 m freestyle S14 | 2:07.56 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adam Ismael Wenham | 100 m breaststroke SB14 | 1:09.59 | 5 Q | 1:08.44 | 5 |
| Adam Ismael Wenham | 200 m individual medley SM14 | 2:22.85 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Sarah Louise Rung | 50 m freestyle S5 | 41.68 | 7 Q | 40.42 | 7 |
| Sarah Louise Rung | 100 m freestyle S5 | 1:26.41 | 6 Q | 1:25.04 | 6 |
| Sarah Louise Rung | 200 m freestyle S5 | 2:54.73 | 1 Q | 2:51.37 | |
| Sarah Louise Rung | 50 m backstroke S5 | 49.37 | 6 | 45.40 | |
| Sarah Louise Rung | 50 m butterfly S5 | 50.63 | 7 Q | 45.67 | |
| Sarah Louise Rung | 100 m breaststroke SB4 | 1:45.46 | 1 Q | 1:44.94 | |
| Sarah Louise Rung | 200 m individual medley SM5 | 3:19.54 | 1 Q | 3:15.83 | |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group | Group | Group | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Tommy Urhaug | Singles class 5 | Fetir (EGY) W 3–0 | Savant Aira (FRA) W 3–0 | 1 Q | Bye | Cheng (TPE) W 3–1 | Cao (CHN) L 0–3 | Palikuca (SRB) L 1–3 | 4 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Group | Group | Group | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Aida Husic Dahlen | Singles class 8 | Mao (CHN) L 0–3 | Medina (PHI) L 2–3 | 3 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |