Panama first entered the Paralympic movement at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain, and the country has participated in every Summer Paraympic Games since. This made Rio de Janeiro their seventh appearance at a Summer Paralympiad. Entering the Rio Paralympics, Panama has won eight Paralympic medals but none since the 2004 Athens Summer Games. The 2016 Summer Paralympics were held from 7–18 September 2016 with a total of 4,328 athletes representing 159 National Paralympic Committees taking part. The Panamanian delegation to Rio de Janeiro was announced by the Paralympic Committee of Panama on 29 July 2016. It consisted of two athletes: shot put thrower Francisco Cedeño Almengor and javelin thrower Iveth Valdes Romero. They were joined by chef de mission Yanelis Rodríguez, Paralympic Committee of Panama technical director Ana de Girón and coaches Andrés Rodríguez and Orestes Pérez. The delegation travelled to Rio de Janeiro on the afternoon of 31 August. Almengor was chosen to be the Panamanian flag bearer at the parade of nations for the opening ceremony.