Despite its climate, and despite having participated in every edition (bar one) of the Winter Olympics, Iceland has been a highly infrequent participant in the Winter Paralympic Games. It made its Winter Paralympics début at the 1994 Winter Paralympics, sending just one representative, Svanur Ingvarsson in ice sledge speed racing. The country was then absent from the Winter Paralympics for sixteen years, before making its return at the 2010 Games in Vancouver - again with just one athlete, Erna Friðriksdóttir in alpine skiing.[2]
Icelandic athletes have won a total of sixty-one Paralympic medals, all at the Summer Games: fourteen gold, thirteen silver and thirty-four bronze. This places Iceland in forty-seventh place on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.[3]
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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{{gold medal}} | S. Karlsdottir | NED}} 1980 Arnhem | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke E1 |
{{bronze medal}} | Jonas Oskarson | NED}} 1980 Arnhem | Weightlifting | Men's middleweight -75kg amputee |
{{silver medal}} | Jonas Oskarson | GBR}}/{{flagicon|USA}} 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke A2 |
{{silver medal}} | Sigrun Petursdottir | GBR}}/{{flagicon|USA}} 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Swimming | Women's 25m backstroke C3 |
{{bronze medal}} | Haukur Gunnarsson | GBR}}/{{flagicon|USA}} 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Athletics | Men's 200m C7 |
{{bronze medal}} | Haukur Gunnarsson | GBR}}/{{flagicon|USA}} 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Athletics | Men's 400m C7 |
{{bronze medal}} | Sigrun Petursdottir | GBR}}/{{flagicon|USA}} 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Swimming | Women's 25m freestyle C3 |
{{bronze medal}} | A. Geirsdottir | GBR}}/{{flagicon|USA}} 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke 3 |
{{bronze medal}} | Sigrun Petursdottir | GBR}}/{{flagicon|USA}} 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle C3 |
{{bronze medal}} | E. Bergmann | GBR}}/{{flagicon|USA}} 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke 5 |
{{bronze medal}} | Oddny Ottarsdottir | GBR}}/{{flagicon|USA}} 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle C3 |
{{bronze medal}} | H. Gunnarsdottir | GBR}}/{{flagicon|USA}} 1984 Stoke Mandeville / New York | Table tennis | Women's singles L3 |
{{gold medal}} | Haukur Gunnarsson | KOR}} 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's 100m C7 |
{{gold medal}} | Lilja Snorradottir | KOR}} 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley A2 |
{{silver medal}} | Jonas Oskarson | KOR}} 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke A2 |
{{silver medal}} | Geir Sverrisson | KOR}} 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke A8 |
{{bronze medal}} | Haukur Gunnarsson | KOR}} 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's 200m C7 |
{{bronze medal}} | Haukur Gunnarsson | KOR}} 1988 Seoul | Athletics | Men's 400m C7 |
{{bronze medal}} | Olafur Eiriksson | KOR}} 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle L5 |
{{bronze medal}} | Olafur Eiriksson | KOR}} 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly L5 |
{{bronze medal}} | Soley Axelsdottir | KOR}} 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle 4 |
{{bronze medal}} | Lilja Snorradottir | KOR}} 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle A2 |
{{bronze medal}} | Lilja Snorradottir | KOR}} 1988 Seoul | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke A2 |
{{gold medal}} | Geir Sverrisson | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke SB9 |
{{gold medal}} | Olafur Eiriksson | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly S9 |
{{gold medal}} | Olafur Eiriksson | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle S9 |
{{silver medal}} | Kristin Hakonardottir | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley SM8 |
{{silver medal}} | Lilja Snorradottir | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 400m freestyle S9 |
{{bronze medal}} | Geir Sverrisson | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 100m TS4 |
{{bronze medal}} | Haukur Gunnarsson | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Athletics | Men's 200m C7 |
{{bronze medal}} | Olafur Eiriksson | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S9 |
{{bronze medal}} | Olafur Eiriksson | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley SM9 |
{{bronze medal}} | Birkir Gunnarsson | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle B1 |
{{bronze medal}} | Lilja Snorradottir | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S9 |
{{bronze medal}} | Rut Sverrisdottir | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke B3 |
{{bronze medal}} | Kristin Hakonardottir | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S8 |
{{bronze medal}} | Lilja Snorradottir | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S9 |
{{bronze medal}} | Lilja Snorradottir | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 100m butterfly S9 |
{{bronze medal}} | Lilja Snorradottir | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S9 |
{{bronze medal}} | Rut Sverrisdottir | ESP}} 1992 Barcelona | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley B3 |
{{gold medal}} | Olafur Eiriksson | USA}} 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly S9 |
{{gold medal}} | Palmar Gudmundsson | USA}} 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Men's 200m freestyle S3 |
{{gold medal}} | Kristin Hakonardottir | USA}} 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S7 |
{{gold medal}} | Kristin Hakonardottir | USA}} 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke SB7 |
{{gold medal}} | Kristin Hakonardottir | USA}} 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley SM7 |
{{silver medal}} | Geir Sverrisson | USA}} 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 100m T45-46 |
{{silver medal}} | Geir Sverrisson | USA}} 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 200m T45-46 |
{{silver medal}} | Geir Sverrisson | USA}} 1996 Atlanta | Athletics | Men's 400m T42-46 |
{{silver medal}} | Palmar Gudmundsson | USA}} 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S3 |
{{bronze medal}} | Olafur Eiriksson | USA}} 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley SM9 |
{{bronze medal}} | Birkir Gunnarsson | USA}} 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke B1 |
{{bronze medal}} | Kristin Hakonardottir | USA}} 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S7 |
{{bronze medal}} | Kristin Hakonardottir | USA}} 1996 Atlanta | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle MH |
{{gold medal}} | Kristin Hakonardottir | AUS}} 2000 Sydney | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S7 |
{{gold medal}} | Kristin Hakonardottir | AUS}} 2000 Sydney | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke SB7 |
{{bronze medal}} | Kristin Hakonardottir | AUS}} 2000 Sydney | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S7 |
{{bronze medal}} | Kristin Hakonardottir | AUS}} 2000 Sydney | Swimming | Women's 200m individual medley SM7 |
{{gold medal}} | Kristin Hakonardottir | GRE}} 2004 Athens | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S7 |
{{silver medal}} | Jón Halldórsson | GRE}} 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's 100m T35 |
{{silver medal}} | Jón Halldórsson | GRE}} 2004 Athens | Athletics | Men's 200m T35 |
{{silver medal}} | Kristin Hakonardottir | GRE}} 2004 Athens | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke SB7 |
{{gold medal}} | Jon Margeir Sverrisson | GBR}} 2012 London | Swimming | Men's 200m freestyle S14 |
1. ^Iceland at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
2. ^Iceland at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
3. ^Iceland at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
{{National sports teams of Iceland}}{{Nations at the Paralympics}}