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 Sarah Louise Rung Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB4 Equestrian Individual Championship test grade III Sarah Louise Rung Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM5 Sarah Louise Rung Swimming Women's 50 metre butterfly S5 Equestrian Individual Freestyle test grade III Sarah Louise Rung Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle S5 Andreas Skår Bjørnstad Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle S7 Sarah Louise Rung Swimming 50 m backstroke S5

Medals by sportSportTotalSwimming 2 1 3 6Equestrian 1 1 0 2Total 3 2 3 8

Archery

|align=left|Morten Johannessen |align=left|Men's individual compound open |648 |24 |L 136–143 |colspan=4|did not advance |17

Athletics

AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankIda Yessica NesseWomen's discus throw F44colspan=2 27.087Runar SteinstadMen's javelin throw F44colspan=2 50.7811

Boccia

AthleteEventGroupQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRoger AandalenIndividual BC1L 2–3L 2–7L 0–114did not advance15

Cycling

Road AthleteEventTimeRankGlenn JohansenMen's road race C32:00:5625Men's time trial C345:47.5813

Equestrian

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

Individual AthleteHorseEventFinalResultRankJens Lasse DokkanCypresIndividual Championship test grade Ia70.0879Heidi LøkenArmanoIndividual Championship test grade IV62.3337Individual Freestyle test grade IV66.9006Ann Cathrin LubbeDonatelloIndividual Championship test grade III72.878Individual Freestyle test grade III73.800Birgitte ReitanSteffi GrafIndividual Championship test grade Ia68.13013

Team

AthleteHorseEventIndividual scoreTotalTotalScoreRankJens Lasse DokkanSee aboveTeam70.65270.087140.739422.3756Heidi Løken64.238 #62.333 #126.571Ann Cathrin Lubbe72.23772.878145.115Birgitte Reitan68.39168.130136.521 "#" 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

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)EventHeatsRepechageFinalTimeRankTimeRankTime RankBirgit SkarsteinWomen's single sculls5:26.073 R5:28.281 FA5:25.044

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.

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Bjørnar Erikstad2.4mR471411838593525Per Eugen KristiansenMarie SolbergAleksander Wang-HansenSonar5102348943116545

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.

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankAmanda DybendalMixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1626.530colspan=2 did not advanceMixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1606.927colspan=2 did not advancePaul Aksel JohansenMixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1627.228colspan=2 did not advanceMixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1611.316colspan=2 did not advanceAnne-Cathrine KrugerWomen's 10 m air pistol SH1362-5x10colspan=2 did not advanceMixed 25 m pistol SH1522-6x29did not advanceMonica LillehagenMixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1618.541colspan=2 did not advanceWomen's 10 m air rifle standing SH1402.98 Qcolspan=2 119.36Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1547-11x13colspan=2 did not advanceHeidi Kristin Sørlie-RogneMixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2629.219colspan=2 did not advanceSonja Jennie TobiassenMixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2627.725colspan=2 did not advanceMixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2624.021colspan=2 did not advance

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankAndreas Skår Bjørnstad400 m freestyle S74:59.234 Q4:53.6150 m butterfly S734.7712did not advance100 m breaststroke SB61:28.784 Q1:26.074200 m individual medley SM72:50.768 Q2:48.068Adam Ismael Wenham200 m freestyle S142:07.5615did not advance100 m breaststroke SB141:09.595 Q1:08.445200 m individual medley SM142:22.8515did not advance

Women AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankSarah Louise Rung50 m freestyle S541.687 Q40.427100 m freestyle S51:26.416 Q1:25.046200 m freestyle S52:54.731 Q2:51.3750 m backstroke S549.37645.4050 m butterfly S550.637 Q45.67100 m breaststroke SB41:45.461 Q1:44.94200 m individual medley SM53:19.541 Q3:15.83

Table tennis

Men AthleteEventGroupRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultTommy UrhaugSingles class 5W 3–0W 3–01 QW 3–1L 0–3L 1–34

Women AthleteEventGroupRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultAida Husic DahlenSingles class 8L 0–3L 2–33align=center colspan=2 did not advance

See also Norway at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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