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vevent" style="width: 25em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above nowrap summary" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;">Namibia at the<br />2016 Summer Paralympics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Namibia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/220px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/330px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/440px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-weight: bold;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_IOC_country_codes" title="List of IOC country codes">IPC code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">NAM</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/National_Paralympic_Committee" title="National Paralympic Committee">NPC</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Namibia National Paralympic Committee</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">in <span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Competitors</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>10</b> in <b>3</b> sports</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Paralympics_national_flag_bearers" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Summer Paralympics national flag bearers">Flag bearer </a></th><td class="infobox-data">Johanna Benson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Paralympics_medal_table" title="2016 Summer Paralympics medal table">Medals</a><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Ranked 53rd</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><dl style="position: relative; margin: 0; min-width: 14em; height: 3em; text-align: center; background: linear-gradient(to right, gold 25%, silver 25%, silver 50%, #c96 50%, #c96 75%, transparent 75%);"> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 0%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Gold</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 0%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">1</dd> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 25%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Silver</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 25%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">2</dd> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 50%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Bronze</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 50%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">2</dd> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 75%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Total</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 75%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">5</dd> </dl></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Summer Paralympics appearances (<a href="/wiki/Namibia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Namibia at the Paralympics">overview</a>)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_at_the_1992_Summer_Paralympics" title="Namibia at the 1992 Summer Paralympics">1992</a></li><li><span style="color:gray">1996–2000</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_at_the_2004_Summer_Paralympics" title="Namibia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics">2004</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_at_the_2008_Summer_Paralympics" title="Namibia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics">2008</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_at_the_2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="Namibia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics">2012</a></li><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_at_the_2020_Summer_Paralympics" title="Namibia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics">2020</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_at_the_2024_Summer_Paralympics" title="Namibia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics">2024</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a> competed at the <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="2016 Summer Paralympics">2016 Summer Paralympics</a></b> in <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Team">The Team</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namibia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The Team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the team leaving for Rio, they visited the Namibia Sport Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team departed for Rio on August 29.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team included 9 athletes, 4 guides and 7 officials.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team's Chef de Mission was Nicklaus Nghumoono. The team manager was Iitwayi Johannes. The team administrator was Memory Kahlari.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flag bearer was <a href="/wiki/Sprint_(running)" title="Sprint (running)">sprinter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Long_jump" title="Long jump">long-jumper</a> <a href="/wiki/Johanna_Benson" title="Johanna Benson">Johanna Benson</a>. Benson won the country's first Paralympic gold and silver medal.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Funding_and_support">Funding and support</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namibia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Funding and support"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service in Namibia was expected to fund several intensive training camps in preparation for Rio. The Paralympic movement in the country is largely dependent on the government for financial and other support, as the private sector has not contributed much to Paralympic sportspeople's efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-Namibia_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Namibia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additional private funding for the national team came from Coca-Cola, Seaflower and Miss Namibia 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Athlete Ananias Shikongo raised funds through a personal crowd funding campaign to finance his preparation. </p><p>Promotional events to support Paralympic efforts were scheduled to take place around the country in the lead up to Rio.<sup id="cite_ref-Namibia_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Namibia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Disability_classifications">Disability classifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namibia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Disability classifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Disability_sport_classification" title="Disability sport classification">Disability sport classification</a></div> <p>Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five <a href="/wiki/Summer_Paralympic_Games#Disability_categories" title="Summer Paralympic Games">disability categories</a>; <a href="/wiki/Amputation" title="Amputation">amputation</a>, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; <a href="/wiki/Cerebral_palsy" title="Cerebral palsy">cerebral palsy</a>; <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair" title="Wheelchair">wheelchair</a> athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; <a href="/wiki/Visual_impairment" title="Visual impairment">visual impairment</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Blindness" class="mw-redirect" title="Blindness">blindness</a>; <a href="/wiki/Les_Autres_sport_classification" title="Les Autres sport classification">Les autres</a>, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example <a href="/wiki/Dwarfism" title="Dwarfism">dwarfism</a> or <a href="/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis" title="Multiple sclerosis">multiple sclerosis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-class1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-class1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-class2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-class2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each <a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Games#Summer_sports" title="Paralympic Games">Paralympic sport</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">athletics</a>, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example <a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">swimming</a>, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.<sup id="cite_ref-class3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-class3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medallists">Medallists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namibia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Medallists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Namibia finished seventh among all African countries on the gold medal table with 1 gold. They had 2 silvers and 2 bronzes to finish with 5 total medals.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Medal</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Sport</th> <th>Event</th> <th>Date </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span> Gold</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ananias_Shikongo" title="Ananias Shikongo">Ananias Shikongo</a><br />(Guide – <a href="/wiki/Even_Tjiviju" title="Even Tjiviju">Even Tjiviju</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Athletics</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Men's 200 m T11</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-09-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">15 September</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="02 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span> Silver</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Nambala" title="Johannes Nambala">Johannes Nambala</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Athletics</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Men's 100 m T13</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-09-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">9 September</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="02 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span> Silver</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Nambala" title="Johannes Nambala">Johannes Nambala</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Athletics</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Men's 400 m T13</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-09-15-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">15 September</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="03 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span> Bronze</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ananias_Shikongo" title="Ananias Shikongo">Ananias Shikongo</a><br />(Guide – <a href="/wiki/Even_Tjiviju" title="Even Tjiviju">Even Tjiviju</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Athletics</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Men's 100 m T11</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-09-11-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">11 September</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="03 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span> Bronze</span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ananias_Shikongo" title="Ananias Shikongo">Ananias Shikongo</a><br />(Guide – Sam Shimanda)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Athletics</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Men's 400 m T11</a></td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-09-17-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">17 September</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namibia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics</a></div> <p>One of the major target sports for Namibia to qualify for the Rio Paralympics was athletics. Athletes prepped for qualification and potential inclusion on the 2016 Games team by competing in the 2015 <a href="/wiki/All_African_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="All African Games">All African Games</a>. Athletes the expected by Namibia Paralympics Committee to qualify for Rio included Lahja Ishitile, a bronze medalist at the <a href="/wiki/2014_Commonwealth_Games" title="2014 Commonwealth Games">2014 Commonwealth Games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Nambala" title="Johannes Nambala">Johannes Nambala</a>, who won a gold medal in the men's T13 400m at the <a href="/wiki/2013_IPC_Athletics_World_Championships" title="2013 IPC Athletics World Championships">2013 IPC Athletics World Championships</a>, and visually impaired short-distance runner <a href="/wiki/Ananias_Shikongo" title="Ananias Shikongo">Ananias Shikongo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Namibia_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Namibia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lahja Ishitile, <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Nambala" title="Johannes Nambala">Johannes Nambala</a>, Elias Ndimulunde, Rosa Manjoro, <a href="/wiki/Ananias_Shikongo" title="Ananias Shikongo">Ananias Shikongo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Benade" title="Reginald Benade">Reginald Benade</a>, and Martin Aloysius all attended the 2015 <a href="/wiki/All_African_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="All African Games">All African Games</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2015_IPC_Athletics_World_Championships" title="2015 IPC Athletics World Championships">2015 IPC Athletics World Championships</a> as part of Rio qualification efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-Namibia_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Namibia-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Johanna Benson was a member of the Rio team, scheduled to compete in the T37 100m, 400m and long jump events. Benson had won her country's first ever Paralympic gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Johannes Nambala was selected for the team after becoming the world champion in the T13 200m event.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ananias Shikongo was also selected for the Rio Games. He won 3 gold medals at the All African Games. Lahja Ishitile was selected to Rio after having medaled at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Martin Aloysius was selected to compete in the T12 400 meters. Elias Ndimulunde was scheduled to compete in the T46 100m and 400m events. Moses Tobias was scheduled to compete in the T11 100m and 400m events.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The guides for athletics included Sam Shimanda, David Ndeilenge, <a href="/wiki/Even_Tjiviju" title="Even Tjiviju">Even Tjiviju</a> and Andre Oberholster.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Rio team was coached by Michael Hamukwaya, with Ivon Perez serving as the assistant coach.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Men</dt> <dt>Track</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Athlete </th> <th rowspan="2">Events </th> <th colspan="2">Heat </th> <th colspan="2">Semifinal </th> <th colspan="2">Final </th></tr> <tr> <th>Time </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Time </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Time </th> <th>Rank </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="3" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Ananias_Shikongo" title="Ananias Shikongo">Ananias Shikongo</a><br />(Guide – <a href="/wiki/Even_Tjiviju" title="Even Tjiviju">Even Tjiviju</a>)<br />(Guide – Sam Shimanda) </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">100 m T11</a> </td> <td>11.17 </td> <td>1 <b>Q</b> </td> <td>11.23 </td> <td>1 <b>Q</b> </td> <td>11.11 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="03 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="3rd place, bronze medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">200 m T11</a> </td> <td>22.93 </td> <td>1 <b>Q</b> </td> <td>22.48 </td> <td>1 <b>Q</b> </td> <td>22.44 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="01 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="1st place, gold medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gold_medal_icon.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">400 m T11</a> </td> <td>50.85 </td> <td>2 <b>Q</b> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>50.63 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="03 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="3rd place, bronze medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bronze_medal_icon.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Nambala" title="Johannes Nambala">Johannes Nambala</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">100 m T13</a> </td> <td>10.81 </td> <td>2 <b>Q</b> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>10.78 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="02 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="2nd place, silver medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">400 m T13</a> </td> <td>49.01 </td> <td>2 <b>Q</b> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>47.21 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="02 !"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="2nd place, silver medalist(s)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Silver_medal_icon.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="2" align="left">Elias Ndimulunde </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">100 m T45-47</a> </td> <td>12.68 </td> <td>7 </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td colspan="2">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">400 m T45-47</a> </td> <td colspan="2">DNS </td> <td colspan="4">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left">Martin Aloisius </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">400 m T12</a> </td> <td colspan="2">Disqualified </td> <td colspan="4">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left">Moses Tobias<br />(Guide - Andre Oberholster) </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">200 m T11</a> </td> <td>24.17 </td> <td>4 </td> <td colspan="4">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left">Moses Tobias<br /><small>(Guide - Andre Oberholster)</small><br />Martin Aloisius<br /><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Nambala" title="Johannes Nambala">Johannes Nambala</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ananias_Shikongo" title="Ananias Shikongo">Ananias Shikongo</a><br /><small>(Guide – <a href="/wiki/Even_Tjiviju" title="Even Tjiviju">Even Tjiviju</a>)</small> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics"><span class="nowrap">4 × 100 m</span> T11-13</a> </td> <td>43.49 </td> <td>2 <b>Q</b> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>43.66 </td> <td>4 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Field</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr align="center"> <th>Athlete </th> <th>Events </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Rank </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Martin_Aloisius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Martin Aloisius (page does not exist)">Martin Aloisius</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Long Jump F12</a> </td> <td>6.38 </td> <td>11 </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Women</dt> <dt>Track</dt></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Athlete </th> <th rowspan="2">Events </th> <th colspan="2">Heat </th> <th colspan="2">Semifinal </th> <th colspan="2">Final </th></tr> <tr> <th>Time </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Time </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Time </th> <th>Rank </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="3" align="left">Lahja Ishitile<br />(Guide – David Ndeilenga)<br />(Guide – Sam Shimanda) </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">100 m T11</a> </td> <td>12.59 </td> <td>2 <b>Q</b> </td> <td>12.56 </td> <td>4 </td> <td colspan="2">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">200 m T11</a> </td> <td>25,61 </td> <td>2 <b>Q</b> </td> <td>25,37 </td> <td>3 </td> <td colspan="2">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">400 m T11</a> </td> <td>58.97 </td> <td>2 </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td colspan="2">Did not advance </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td rowspan="2" align="left"><a href="/wiki/Johanna_Benson" title="Johanna Benson">Johanna Benson</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">100 m T37</a> </td> <td>14.23 </td> <td>3 <b>Q</b> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>14.16 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">400 m T37</a> </td> <td>1:10.79 </td> <td>4 <b>q</b> </td> <td colspan="2" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>1:12.35 </td> <td>8 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Field</b> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr align="center"> <th>Athlete </th> <th>Events </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Rank </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Johanna_Benson" title="Johanna Benson">Johanna Benson</a> </td> <td align="left">Long Jump T37 </td> <td>3.61 m </td> <td>6 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Powerlifting">Powerlifting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namibia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Powerlifting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Powerlifting_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ruben_Soroseb.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Ruben_Soroseb.jpg/220px-Ruben_Soroseb.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Ruben_Soroseb.jpg/330px-Ruben_Soroseb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Ruben_Soroseb.jpg/440px-Ruben_Soroseb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Ruben Soroseb</figcaption></figure> <p>Ruben Soroseb was part of the Namibia delegation in Rio, competing in powerlifting.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The national team coach was Ndamian Ndengu.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr align="center"> <th>Athlete </th> <th>Events </th> <th>Result </th> <th>Rank </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left">Ruben Soroseb </td> <td align="left">Weight class -107kg </td> <td>190 kg </td> <td>9 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swimming">Swimming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namibia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Swimming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics</a></div> <p>Gideon Nasilowski was part of the Namibia delegation in Rio, competing in swimming. <sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The swimming team manager was Sonia Lindemeier.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Athlete </th> <th rowspan="2">Events </th> <th colspan="2">Heats </th> <th colspan="2">Final </th></tr> <tr> <th>Time </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Time </th> <th>Rank </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="left">Gideon Nasilowski </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">50 m Freestyle S3</a> </td> <td>1:38.21 </td> <td>11 </td> <td colspan="2">Did not advance </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Namibia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Namibia_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Namibia at the 2016 Summer Olympics">Namibia at the 2016 Summer Olympics</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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2016 Summer Paralympics">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Seychelles at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Sierra Leone at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somalia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Somalia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Africa_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="South Africa at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanzania_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Tanzania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Togo_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Togo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunisia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Tunisia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Tunisia </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uganda_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Uganda at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Zimbabwe at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#BFD7FF">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentina_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Argentina at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruba_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Aruba at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Aruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bermuda_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Bermuda at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Bermuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazil_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Brazil at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Canada at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chile_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Chile at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Chile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Colombia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costa_Rica_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Costa Rica at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Costa Rica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuba_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Cuba at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Dominican Republic at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecuador_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Ecuador at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Salvador_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="El Salvador at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guatemala_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Guatemala at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haiti_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Haiti at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honduras_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Honduras at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Jamaica at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexico_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Mexico at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicaragua_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Nicaragua at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panama_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Panama at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peru_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Peru at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Puerto Rico at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Puerto Rico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Suriname at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="United States at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Uruguay at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuela_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Venezuela at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Venezuela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Virgin Islands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Virgin Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#BFD7FF">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Afghanistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahrain_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Bahrain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambodia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Cambodia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="China at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Chinese Taipei at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Chinese Taipei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Timor_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="East Timor at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Hong Kong at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="India at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Indonesia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Iran at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Iraq at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Japan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Jordan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Kuwait at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Kyrgyzstan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laos_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Laos at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macau_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Macau at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Malaysia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Mongolia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Myanmar at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Nepal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="North Korea at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oman_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Oman at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Pakistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Palestine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Philippines at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Qatar at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Saudi Arabia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapore_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Singapore at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Sri Lanka at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="South Korea at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Syria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Tajikistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thailand_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Thailand at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Turkmenistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="United Arab Emirates at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Uzbekistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Vietnam at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#BFD7FF">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Armenia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Austria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarus_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Belarus at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Belgium at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Bulgaria at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Croatia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Cyprus at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Czech Republic at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Denmark at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Estonia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Faroe Islands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Faroe Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Finland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="France at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Georgia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Germany at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Great Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Greece at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Hungary at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iceland_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Iceland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Ireland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Israel at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Italy at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Latvia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Latvia </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuania_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Luxembourg at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Macedonia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Malta at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldova_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Moldova at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegro_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Montenegro at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norway_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Norway at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poland_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Poland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portugal_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Portugal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romania_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Romania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Serbia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Slovakia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Slovenia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spain_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Spain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Sweden at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Switzerland at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Turkey at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukraine_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Ukraine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#BFD7FF">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Fiji at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Papua New Guinea at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoa_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Samoa at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonga_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Tonga at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Tonga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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