Serbia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Serbia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	SRB
NPC	Paralympic Committee of Serbia
Website	www.paralympic.rs
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	16 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Borislava Perić Ranković
Medals Ranked 31st	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 9
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1972–2000)   Independent Paralympic Participants (1992)   Serbia and Montenegro (2004)

Serbia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for two athletes in shooting events.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Željko Dimitrijević	Athletics	Club Throw F51
Gold	Laslo Šuranji	Shooting	R7-50m Rifle 3 Positions SH1
Gold	Borislava Perić-Ranković	Table tennis	Individual C4
Silver	Miloš Mitić	Athletics	Club Throw F51
Silver	Nada Matić Borislava Perić-Ranković	Table tennis	Women's Team – Class 4–5
Bronze	Nemanja Dimitrijević	Athletics	Javelin Throw F12-13
Bronze	Laslo Šuranji	Shooting	R6-50m Rifle Prone SH1
Bronze	Nada Matić	Table tennis	Individual C4
Bronze	Mitar Palikuća	Table tennis	Individual C5

Disability classifications

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]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men's Field Events

Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Željko Dimitrijević	Club Throw F51	29.96m WR
Miloš Mitić		26.84 PB
Miloš Zarić	Shot Put F54-55	11.05	7
Nebojša Đurić	Shot Put F54-55	11.29	5
	Discus Throw F54/55/56	36.75	7
Nemanja Dimitrijević	Javelin Throw F12/13	60.86 PB

Women's Field Events

Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank
Saška Sokolov	Javelin Throw F46	33.26	6

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Petar Milenković	Men's 97 kg	NM	-

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Dragan Ristić	Mixed R4-10m Air Rifle Standing - SH2	626.77	15	Did not advance
Mixed R5-10m Air Rifle Prone - SH2	633.0	12	Did not advance
Laslo Šuranji	Men's R1-10m Air Rifle Standing - SH1	620.7	2	139.0	5
	Men's R7-50m Rifle 3 Positions - SH1	1165-57x PR	1	453.7 FPR
	Mixed R3-10m Air Rifle Prone - SH1	628.1	24	Did not advance
Mixed R6-50m Rifle Prone	615.2	8	185.2
Rastko Jokić	Men's P1-10m Air Pistol - SH1	559-17x	9	Did not advance
	Mixed P3-25m Pistol - SH1	566-7x	8	7	6
Mixed P4-50m Pistol - SH1	512-6x	24	Did not advance
Živko Papaz	Men's P1-10m Air Pistol - SH1	549-10x	26	Did not advance
	Mixed P3-25m Pistol - SH1	581-19x	2	3	8
Mixed P4-50m Pistol - SH1	524-5x	11	Did not advance
Zdravko Savanović	Mixed R5-10m Air Rifle Prone - SH2	631.3	16	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men's Singles

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			1st Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mitar Palikuća	Individual C5	Cheng  (TPE) L 1-3	Depergola  (ARG) W 3-0	2 Q	Kim  (KOR) W 3–0	Tolba  (EGY) W 3-1	Baus  (GER) L 0-3	Bronze Medal Match   Urhaug  (NOR) W 3–1
Goran Perlić	Individual C2	Lamiraut  (FRA) L 1-3	Ludrovsky  (SVK) L 1-3	3	did not advance

Women's Singles

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nada Matić	Individual C4	Di Toro  (AUS) W 3-0	Mikolaschek  (GER) L 1–3	2 Q	Jaion  (THA) W 3–1	Zhang  (CHN) L 0-3	Bronze Medal Match   Gilroy  (GBR) W 3–2
Borislava Perić-Ranković		Oliveira  (BRA) W 3-0	Jaion  (THA) L 2-3	2 Q	Zhou  (CHN) W 3–0	Gilroy  (GBR) W 3–0	Zhang  (CHN) W 3-2

Teams

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mitar Palikuća Goran Perlić	Men's Team – Class 4–5	Germany  (GER) L 0–2	did not advance
Nada Matić Borislava Perić-Ranković	Women's Team - Class 4-5	Bye	Chinese Taipei  (TPE) W 2–0	Sweden  (SWE) W 2–1	China  (CHN) L 0-2

See also

• Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.