India at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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.^[3][4]

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.^[5]

India has qualified one berth in Women individual recurve Archery event after Pooja Khanna secured fifth-place finish in final Paralympic qualifier to secure a continental quota in World Quota Recurve Women Open in Czech Republic 2016 & thus became first Para Archer from India to qualify for Paralympic Games.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Pooja Khanna[6]	Recurve Individual Open	513	29	Olszewska (POL) L 2–6	Did Not Advance				29

Indian athletes have been able to achieve qualifying standard in the following athletic events (up to maximum of 3 athletes in each event) & after selection trials Paralympic Committee of India has selected a team of 15 athletes (13 Men & 2 Women) for the paralympic games.

Track Events

Field Events

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Mariyappan Thangavelu	High Jump- T42[8]	1.89
Varun Singh Bhati		1.86 (PB)
Sharad Kumar		1.77	6
Ram Pal Chahar	High Jump- T47[9]	1.93 (PB)	6
Devendra Jhajharia	Javelin Throw - F46[10]	63.97 (WR)
Sundar Singh Gurjar		Did Not Start	Not Ranked
Rinku Hooda		54.39 (PB)	5
Ranbir Narender	Javelin Throw - F42/44[11]	53.79 (PB)	6
Sandeep Chaudhary		54.30 (PB)	4
Virender Dhankar	Javelin Throw F57[12]	35.73	9
	Shot put F57[13]	11.62	8
Amit Kumar Saroha	Discus Throw- F51/52[14]	9.01	7
	Club Throw - F51[15]	26.63	4
Dharambir Dharambir		21.39	9

Field Events

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Deepa Malik	Shot Put- F53[16]	4.61 (PB)
Karamjyoti Dalal	Discus Throw F55[17]	No Mark	Not Ranked

India has secured one berth in Men's event after National champion Farman Basha secured a place in World Ranking list as of February 29, 2016 in the given qualification period for the games.

Naresh Kumar Sharma earned a qualifying berth for India in the R7 - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event in last paralympic qualifier event in 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning for the paralympic games.^[19][20]

Indian swimmer Suyash Jadhav achieved A qualifying mark in the finals of Men's 50m Butterfly-S7 event at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports World Games 2015 for the Rio paralympic games.

• India at the 2016 Summer Olympics