Uruguay at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeURU
NPCUruguayan Paralympic Committee
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors4 in 4 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Uruguay competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. They are scheduled to compete in the sport of equestrian.

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.[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]

Athletics

Men's Track
Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eduardo Dutra 100 m T54 16.76 5 — Did not advance
400 m T54 57.08 7 — Did not advance

Equestrian

Uruguay have been awarded a single place in the equestrian dressage events through the Bipartite Commission Invitation Allocation. The invitation was to Alfonsina Maldonado.[4]

Athlete Horse Event Total
Score Rank
Alfonsina Maldonado Da Vinci Individual championship test grade IV 59.857 8

Judo

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
First round		 Repechage
Final		 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Henry Borges Men's −60 kg  Chang (TPE)
W 102–000		  Namozov (UZB)
L 001–111		 Did not advance Bye  Sariyev (KAZ)
W 100–000		  Bologa (ROU)
L 000–100		 5

Swimming

Men
Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Gonzalo Dutra 100 m freestyle S10 58.15 17 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke SB9 1:18.10 14 Did not advance

See also

References

  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.
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