Norway at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Norway at the
2016 Summer Paralympics

IPC code| NOR
NPC| Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website| www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors| 25 in 10 sports
Flag bearer | Bjørnar Erikstad
Medals
Ranked 32nd|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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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

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Main article: Disability sport classification

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.[1][2] 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.[3]

## Medallists

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Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date

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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

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Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Ranking round  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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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  | 17

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Final

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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

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Main article: Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Group  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final  | Rank

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

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

### Road

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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

## Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The country qualified to participate in the team event at the Rio Games.[4]

Individual
Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Final

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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
Individual Freestyle test grade IV | 66.900  | 6
Ann Cathrin Lubbe | Donatello  | Individual Championship test grade III | 72.878  |
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  | Total

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TT | CT | Total  | Score  | Rank
Jens Lasse Dokkan | See above | Team | 70.652  | 70.087  | 140.739  | 422.375  | 6
Heidi Løken | 64.238 #  | 62.333 #  | 126.571
Ann Cathrin Lubbe | 72.237  | 72.878  | 145.115
Birgitte Reitan | 68.391  | 68.130  | 136.521

"#" 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

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Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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.[5][6]

Athlete(s)  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Final

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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

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Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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.[7]

Athlete  | Event  | Race  | Net points  | Final rank

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | M*
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

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Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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.[8][9][10]

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.[9][11]

Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Semifinal  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Amanda Dybendal | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 626.5  | 30  | —  | did not advance
Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1 | 606.9  | 27  | —  | did not advance
Paul Aksel Johansen | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 627.2  | 28  | —  | did not advance
Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1 | 611.3  | 16  | —  | did not advance
Anne-Cathrine Kruger | Women's 10 m air pistol SH1 | 362-5x  | 10  | —  | did not advance
Mixed 25 m pistol SH1 | 522-6x  | 29  | did not advance
Monica Lillehagen | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 618.5  | 41  | —  | did not advance
Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 402.9  | 8 Q | —  | 119.3  | 6
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1 | 547-11x  | 13  | —  | did not advance
Heidi Kristin Sørlie-Rogne | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 | 629.2  | 19  | —  | did not advance
Sonja Jennie Tobiassen | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 | 627.7  | 25  | —  | did not advance
Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 | 624.0  | 21  | —  | did not advance

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Andreas Skår Bjørnstad | 400 m freestyle S7 | 4:59.23  | 4 Q | 4:53.61  |
50 m butterfly S7 | 34.77  | 12  | did not advance
100 m breaststroke SB6 | 1:28.78  | 4 Q | 1:26.07  | 4
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
100 m breaststroke SB14 | 1:09.59  | 5 Q | 1:08.44  | 5
200 m individual medley SM14 | 2:22.85  | 15  | did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Final

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

## Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Group  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final  | Rank

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
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  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final  | Rank

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Aida Husic Dahlen | Singles class 8 |  Mao (CHN)
L 0–3  |  Medina (PHI)
L 2–3  | 3  | —  | did not advance

## See also

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* Norway at the 2016 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
2. ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
3. ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
4. ^ "EQUESTRIAN" (PDF). FEI. International Paralympic Committee. August 24, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
5. ^ "Rowing Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
6. ^ "(ASW1x) AS Women's Single Sculls - Final". World Rowing. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
7. ^ "Ten countries guarantee their place in the Rio 2016 Paralympic sailing competition". Rio 2016 Official Website. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
8. ^ "Shooters from 28 countries claim 63 spots at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
9. ^ a b "Shooting Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
10. ^ "Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
11. ^ "2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, United States Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

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