Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics


competed, under the name Great Britain, at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places for which the team qualified were for six athletes in sailing events.

Administration

On 19 November 2014, the British Paralympic Association announced the appointment of Penny Briscoe as chef-de-mission to the British Paralympic team at Rio 2016. The Association's President Tim Reddish OBE was Head of Delegation, while CEO Tim Hollingsworth was Secretary General. On 3 August 2015, the BPA announced that Anna Scott-Marshall would replace Jane Jones as Deputy Secretary General of the British delegation.
As with previous Games UK Sport was the body responsible for allocating elite funding for Paralympic sports. In December 2012 a record £347 million of funding for Olympic and Paralympic athletes was announced with the aim of becoming the first nation in recent history to win more medals at the Games following being the host nation.
Three sports, wheelchair fencing, goalball and five-a-side football, had all their funding withdrawn, a decision that was confirmed following an appeal process. On the 5 February 2015, UK Sport announced that funding would be restored to wheelchair fencing for the Rio cycle.

Medal and performance targets

targeted at least 121 medals for Rio to surpass the 120 medals won at the 2012 Games in London, setting the target range as 113-165 medals. The GB squad surpassed this target on 16 September and finished with a total of 147 medals, which was their best medal haul since the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. The team won medals in 15 sports, and won gold across 11 sports, which eclipsed even China who medalled in 13 sports and topped the podium in 9 sports. It was only the second time that a country had won gold medals across so many sports matching the achievement of China in 2008.
Key Target missed Target met Target exceeded

SportMedals
target set		Medals or resultTarget missed,
met, or exceeded
Archery3-66
Athletics28-3433
[|Boccia]2–51
Cycling16–2221
Equestrian8-1111
Football 7-a-side00
Judo2–40
Para-Canoe2–35
[|Para-Triathlon]3-74
Powerlifting1-32
[|Rowing]2–34
Sailing2–32
Shooting2-50
Swimming35-4547
Table Tennis4–63
Wheelchair Basketball0–21
Wheelchair Fencing1-21
[|Wheelchair Rugby]0-10
Wheelchair Tennis2–36
Total113-165147

Competitors

, the track and road cyclist, and Wheelchair Basketball player Simon Munn participated at their seventh Paralympic Games. Storey celebrated this achievement by becoming Great Britain’s most successful female paralympian.
The youngest athlete on the team was thirteen-year-old swimmer Abby Kane. Anne Dunham MBE was the oldest member of the team at 67, bringing four Games worth of experience to a team of equestrian riders. Both athletes won medals during 11 days of competition.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that guides in Athletics and Para-Triathlon, competition partners in Boccia, and pilots in Cycling are counted as athletes:
SportMenWomenTotal
Archery6511
Athletics292655
Boccia9514
Cycling101020
Equestrian145
Football 7-a-side14014
Judo415
Para-Canoe336
Para-Triathlon6713
Powerlifting224
Rowing549
Sailing336
Shooting8311
Swimming151530
Table Tennis10313
Wheelchair Basketball121224
Wheelchair Fencing213
Wheelchair Rugby11112
Wheelchair Tennis7310
Total157108265

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. 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.

Medallists

The following British competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are in bold.
MedalNameSportEventDate
CyclingWomen's individual pursuit C38 September
CyclingWomen's individual pursuit C58 September

CyclingMen's individual pursuit B8 September
SwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle S88 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke S148 September

CyclingWomen's individual time trial B9 September
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres T379 September
CyclingMen's 1000 metres time trial C4-59 September
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres T389 September
SwimmingWomen's 50 m butterfly S69 September

AthleticsWomen's 100 metres T119 September
AthleticsMen's 100 metres T449 September
Para-TriathlonMen's PT210 September
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres T3410 September
CyclingWomen's 500 metres time trial C4-510 September
RowingWomen's single sculls11 September

RowingMixed double sculls11 September




RowingMixed coxed four11 September

CyclingWomen's individual pursuit B11 September


CyclingMixed team sprint11 September
SwimmingWomen's 200 m freestyle S1411 September
AthleticsMen's 200 metres T4211 September
AthleticsWomen's club throw F5111 September
AthleticsMen's shot put F4212 September
Table tennisMen's individual - Class 712 September
SwimmingMen's 200 metre individual medley SM612 September
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre individual medley SM612 September
SwimmingWomen's 50 metre butterfly S712 September
AthleticsWomen's 400 metres T3713 September
Table tennisMen's individual - Class 213 September
AthleticsWomen's javelin13 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke S813 September

AthleticsWomen's 200 metres T1113 September
SwimmingMen's 50 metre freestyle S913 September
CyclingWomen's time trial C514 September
CyclingWomen's time trial H1-2-314 September
AthleticsWomen's 400 metres T3814 September
EquestrianIndividual championship test - grade IV14 September

CyclingMen's time trial B14 September
AthleticsWomen's 400 metres T3414 September
SwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle S714 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke S1214 September
SwimmingMen's 100 m breaststroke SB1414 September
Para-CanoeWomen's KL115 September
Para-CanoeWomen's KL215 September
Para-CanoeWomen's KL315 September
EquestrianIndividual championship test - grade II15 September
EquestrianIndividual championship test - grade Ia15 September



EquestrianTeam test15 September
AthleticsMen's 400 metres T3616 September
EquestrianIndividual freestyle test - grade Ib16 September
BocciaIndividual BC116 September
EquestrianIndividual freestyle test - grade II16 September
EquestrianIndividual freestyle test - grade Ia16 September
Wheelchair tennisMen's singles16 September
AthleticsWomen's 800 metres T3416 September
ArcheryMen's individual compound W116 September



SwimmingWomen's 4 x 100 metre medley relay 34 pts16 September
ArcheryWomen's individual compound W117 September
CyclingWomen's road race C4–517 September

ArcheryTeam compound W117 September
SwimmingMen's 200 m individual medley SM817 September
SwimmingWomen's 50 m freestyle S1217 September
SwimmingWomen's 200 m individual medley SM1417 September
CyclingWomen's individual pursuit C58 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 m breaststroke SB88 September
SwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke S78 September
AthleticsWomen's Long Jump F449 September
PowerliftingMen's −59 kg9 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre butterfly S89 September
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres T3410 September
AthleticsMen's 100 metres T3310 September
Para-TriathlonWomen's PT411 September

CyclingMen's 1000 m time trial B11 September

Para-TriathlonWomen's PT511 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre breaststroke SB1311 September
SwimmingMen's 200 metre freestyle S1411 September
SwimmingWomen's 200 m freestyle S1411 September

ArcheryTeam compound open12 September
AthleticsMen's high jump T4412 September
Wheelchair fencingMen's Individual Épée - Category A13 September
SwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke S813 September
EquestrianIndividual championship test grade Ib14 September
SwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle S714 September
Wheelchair tennisQuad singles14 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke S1414 September
SwimmingMen's 100 m breaststroke SB1414 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 m breaststroke SB814 September
EquestrianIndividual championship test - grade Ia15 September
AthleticsMen's 100 metres T4215 September

Wheelchair tennisMen's doubles15 September



AthleticsWomen's 4 x 100 metres T35-3815 September
EquestrianIndividual freestyle test - grade IV16 September
EquestrianIndividual freestyle test - grade II16 September
CyclingMen's road race T1–216 September
Wheelchair tennisMen's singles16 September
SwimmingMen's 50 m backstroke S516 September
ArcheryWomen's individual compound W117 September
SwimmingWomen's 200 m individual medley SM817 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre backstroke S1317 September
AthleticsMen's 800 metres T3617 September
SwimmingMen's 200 m individual medley SM1417 September
SwimmingWomen's 200 m individual medley SM1417 September
SwimmingWomen's 400 m freestyle S88 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke S148 September
SwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle S58 September
PowerliftingWomen's 45 kg9 September
AthleticsClub Throw F329 September
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres T389 September
SwimmingWomen's 50 m freestyle S79 September
CyclingMen's individual pursuit C39 September
SwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle S99 September
AthleticsWomen's shot put F2010 September
AthleticsMen's 100 metres T3310 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke S1010 September
RowingMen's single sculls11 September

CyclingWomen's individual pursuit B11 September

Para-TriathlonWomen's PT511 September
SwimmingWomen's 200 m individual medley SM911 September
AthleticsMen's 200 metres T4211 September
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle S811 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 m freestyle S811 September
AthleticsMen's Club Throw F3213 September

Wheelchair tennisQuad doubles13 September
SwimmingWomen's 400 metre freestyle S613 September

Wheelchair tennisWomen's doubles13 September
AthleticsWomen's 100 metre T3514 September
CyclingMen's time trial T1–214 September

CyclingWomen's time trial B14 September
AthleticsWomen's 400 metres T3414 September
SwimmingWomen's 400 metre freestyle S714 September
Para-CanoeMen's KL115 September
Para-CanoeMen's KL215 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre breaststroke S615 September


Table tennisMen's team - Class 6-816 September
AthleticsMen's discus F4416 September
AthleticsWomen's 800 metres T3416 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 m freestyle S1316 September
CyclingWomen's road race C4–517 September
ArcheryWomen's individual compound W117 September
AthleticsWomen's 200 metre T3517 September
Wheelchair basketballMen's tournament17 September
SailingOne-person keelboat17 September

SailingTwo-person keelboat17 September

- 		CyclingMen's road race B17 September
SwimmingWomen's 100 m freestyle S617 September
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle S517 September

Medals by sport

Medals by date

Medals by gender

Multiple medallists

The following Team GB competitors won several medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games.
NameMedalSportEvent
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre freestyle S14
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre backstroke S14
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre individual medley SM14
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre backstroke S14
EquestrianIndividual championship test - grade 1a
Equestrianteam championship
Equestrianindividual freestyle - grade Ia
EquestrianIndividual championship test - grade II
Equestrianteam championship
Equestrianindividual freestyle - grade III
CyclingWomen's individual pursuit C5
CyclingWomen's time trial C5
CyclingWomen's road race C4-5
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres T34
AthleticsWomen's 400 metres T34
AthleticsWomen's 800 metres T34
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre backstroke S8
SwimmingWomen's 4 x 100 metre medley relay 34 pts
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre individual medley SM8
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre freestyle S8
SwimmingWomen's 400 metre freestyle S8
*CyclingWomen's 500m time trial C4-5
*AthleticsWomen's 400m T38
*AthleticsWomen's 4 x 100 metres relay T35-38
*AthleticsWomen's 100m T38
EquestrianIndividual championship test - grade IV
Equestrianteam championship
Equestrianindividual freestyle - grade IV
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres T37
AthleticsWomen's 400 metres T37
AthleticsWomen's 4 x 100 metres relay T35-38
SwimmingMen's 400 metre freestyle S8
SwimmingMen's 200 metre individual medley SM8
SwimmingMen's 100 metre backstroke S8

CyclingMen's individual time trial B

CyclingMen's time trial B

CyclingMen's road race B
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke S12
SwimmingWomen's 50 m freestyle S12
SwimmingWomen's 100 m freestyle S13
CyclingMen's individual time trial C4-5
CyclingMen's team sprint
ArcheryMen's individual compound W1
ArcheryTeam compound W1

AthleticsWomen's 100 metres T11

AthleticsWomen's 200 metres T11
Equestrianteam championship
EquestrianIndividual championship test - grade Ia
EquestrianIndividual freestyle test - grade Ia
AthleticsMen's 200 T42
AthleticsMen's 100 T42
AthleticsMen's 400 metres T36
AthleticsMen's 800 metres T36
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres T38
AthleticsWomen's 4 x 100 metres T35-38
Wheelchair tennisMen's singles
Wheelchair tennisMen's doubles
EquestrianIndividual freestyle test - grade Ib
EquestrianIndividual championship test grade Ib

SwimmingWomen's 4 x 100 metre medley relay 34 pts
SwimmingWomen's 100 m breaststroke SB8

SwimmingWomen's 4 x 100 metre medley relay 34 pts
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre butterfly S8
ArcheryTeam compound W1
ArcheryWomen's individual compound W1
SwimmingWomen's 50 metre butterfly S5
SwimmingWomen's 50 metre freestyle S5
SwimmingWomen's 400 metre freestyle S5

CyclingMen's team sprint
CyclingMen's individual time trial C1-2-3

Table tennisMen's individual - Class 7
Table tennisMen's team - Class 6-8

SwimmingWomen's 200 metre individual medley SM6
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre freestyle S6

SwimmingWomen's 50 m butterfly S6
SwimmingWomen's 100 m freestyle S6

SwimmingWomen's 4 x 100 metre medley relay 34 pts
SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke S10

CyclingWomen's individual time trial B

CyclingWomen's individual pursuit B

CyclingWomen's individual pursuit B

CyclingWomen's time trial B
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre freestyle S14
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre individual medley SM14
SwimmingWomen's 200 metre backstroke S14
SwimmingMen's 400 metre freestyle S7
SwimmingMen's 100 metre backstroke S7
SwimmingMen's 200 metre freestyle S14
SwimmingMen's 200 m individual medley SM14
Wheelchair tennisMen's doubles
Wheelchair tennisMen's singles
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres T34
AthleticsWomen's 400 metres T34
AthleticsWomen's 800 metres T34
AthleticsWomen's 4 x 100 metres T35-38
AthleticsWomen's 100 metre T35
AthleticsWomen's 200 metre T35
SwimmingMen's 50 m backstroke S5
SwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle S5
SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle S5
Wheelchair tennisQuad singles
Wheelchair tennisQuad doubles
CyclingWomen's individual pursuit C5
CyclingWomen's road race C5
CyclingMen's road race T1–2
CyclingMen's time trial T1–2

Great Britain earned nine spots for Rio based on their performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships. The team earned 3 spots in the compound open event, 2 for men and 1 for a woman, earned 2 spots in the recurve open, 1 man and 1 woman, earned 4 spots in the W1 event, 2 men and 2 woman. The first two spots were earned by Jo Frith and John Walker, with 2004 Paralympian John Cavanagh winning the country's third spot. Jessica Stretton's bronze medal at the event gave the country their fourth spot. John Stubbs MBE and Mel Clarke then earned the country's fifth and sixth spots. Other archers assisting in qualifying spots included Michael Hall, David Phillips and Tania Nadarajah. In April 2016, Nathan MacQueen secured a tenth quota for Great Britain at the Continental Qualifying Tournament held during the 2016 European Para-Archery Championships. On 21 June, the British Paralympic Association announced the names of the ten archers who will represent Team GB in Rio. On 9 July, it was announced that the World Archery Federation had given a bipartite invitation to Vicky Jenkins to compete in the women's compound W1 event.
The qualifiers in the mixed team events are also entitled to compete in the individual events.
;Individual
;Team

Athletics

Great Britain secured a first quota in athletics for Rio when David Weir finished second in his classification at the 2015 IPC Marathon World Championships in London. Another 15 athletes in the following list secured quotas for Great Britain by finishing in the first two places in their events at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships. The British Paralympic Association announced the first tranche of thirteen athletes to be selected for Rio on 23 June 2016. Kadeena Cox had secured a second quota for Team GB in the women's T37 100m but has since been reclassified as a T38 athlete. On 26 July, the British Paralympic Association announced the remaining members of the British athletics team to compete in Rio. F55 discus thrower Claire Harvey was forced to withdraw from the team due to injury.
;Men
;Track
;Field
AthleteEventsResultRank
Jonathan Broom-EdwardsHigh Jump F442.10 SB
Aled Davies MBEShot Put F4215.97 PR
Kyron DukeShot Put F4111.415
Kyron DukeJavelin F4139.30 PB6
Dan GreavesDiscus F4459.57
Stephen Miller MBEClub Throw F3231.93 SB
Sam RuddockShot Put F3512.706
Kieran TscherniawskyShot Put F338.495

;Women
;Track
;Field
AthleteEventsResultRank
Hollie ArnoldJavelin F4643.01 WR
Olivia BreenLong Jump T383.9912
Joanna ButterfieldClub Throw F5122.81 WR
Joanna ButterfieldDiscus F519.40 SB5
Vanessa DaobryShot Put F347.275
Sabrina FortuneShot Put F2012.94 PB
Kylie GrimesClub Throw F5118.754
Abbie HunnisettClub Throw F3219.004
Beverley JonesDiscus F3828.535
Polly MatonLong Jump T475.107
Holly NeillDiscus F4123.138
Gemma PrescottClub Throw F3219.77
Stefanie ReidLong Jump T445.64

Boccia

Great Britain achieved qualification in the BC1/2 class by winning the gold medal at the 2015 European Teams & Pairs Championships. Great Britain secured qualification for Rio in the BC3 and BC4 Pairs by finishing among the top four previously unqualified nations when the final BISFed world rankings were announced at the end of April 2016. As Great Britain has won quotas in all of the events they must include at least two women competitors across the three team combinations. On 15 July 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the names of the ten athletes who will represent Team GB in Rio.
;Individual
Key – CP = Competition Partner
;Pairs and teams

Cycling

Great Britain secured one quota place in both men's and women's events in Rio by finishing 7th and 2nd respectively in the NPC UCI Para-Cycling European Nations ranking lists as at 31 December 2014. Further quotas were gained from world ranking points in April 2016. On 17 June 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced a team of eleven cyclists and four pilots.
On 1 August, the final two cyclists were announced – dual Paralympian Kadeena Cox, aiming to be the first British paralympian to compete in two sports at the same Games since 1992 and the first to win medals in two sports since Isabel Newstead MBE in 1988, was added to the cycling team for both track and road races, having already been named in the athletics team, and Louis Rolfe was added to the track team.
On 24 August, three more exceptional announcements were made following the decision by the International Paralympic Committee, upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to exclude Russia from the 2016 Paralympic Games as a consequence of the state-sponsored doping programme uncovered in the McLaren Report. Paralympics GB announced seven new athletes who inherited quota places vacated by the Russian team, among them cyclists Crystal Lane, James Ball and his pilot, former Olympian Craig MacLean MBE.

Road

Track

The Women's 500 metres C1-3 time trial is a factored event. Although finishing 5th after factoring, Megan Giglia's time is recognised as a world record in her classification.

Equestrian

Great Britain were one of three nations to qualify a team for dressage via their results at the 2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, where Lee Pearson CBE, Sophie Christiansen OBE, Sophie Wells MBE and Natasha Baker MBE won gold in the team event. On 8 March 2016, the FEI confirmed that Great Britain had achieved an additional quota in the individual dressage competition. The five riders selected by the British Paralympic Association to represent Great Britain in Rio were announced on 14 July.
;Individual
;Team
* Indicates the three best individual scores that count towards the team total.
Although not competing in the team event, Lee Pearson CBE rode as an individual in the Grade Ib Team Test, finishing first with a score of 75.280.

Football 7-a-side

secured qualification for Rio by finishing fifth at the 2015 Cerebral Palsy Football World Championships.
The draw for the tournament was held on May 6 at the 2016 Pre Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain. Great Britain was put into Group A with Ukraine, Brazil and Ireland. The tournament where the draw took place featured 7 of the 8 teams participating in Rio. It was the last major preparation event ahead of the Rio Games for all teams participating. Great Britain finished fourth, after losing 2 – 3 to the Netherlands in the 3rd place match.
Going into the Rio Games, England was ranked seventh in the world, while Scotland was ninth, Northern Ireland was thirteenth and Wales was unranked. No Great Britain team was ranked. On 13 June 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the selection of the fourteen members of the British 7-a-side squad. The team included several players from Scotland. These were FT7 classified players Martin Hickman, Jonathan Paterson and David Porcher.
;Group play
;Classification 5–6

Judo

On 11 February 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the names of the four judokas selected to fill the quotas secured by Great Britain at Rio2016. A fifth was added on 24 August 2016 following the exclusion of Russian athletes for state-sponsored doping.

Para-Canoe

Great Britain secured four quotas at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships where paracanoeing formed part of the programme. Britain secured further quotas in the Men's KL1 and KL2 classes at the 2016 ICF Paracanoe Sprint World Championships giving them representation in all six events at the Games in Rio. The squad of six athletes was named in June 2016 and includes Jeanette Chippington who has won 12 Paralympic swimming medals at previous Games, Emma Wiggs who competed in 2012 in the sport of sitting volleyball and 2012 rower Nick Beighton.
Legend: FA = Qualified to final ; SF = Qualified to semifinal. PB = Paralympic Best time.

Paratriathlon

Great Britain secured a quota in the women's PT4 classification at the 2015 ITU World Paratriathlon Championships. In March 2016, Lauren Steadman and Alison Patrick met the automatic selection criteria set by British Triathlon by winning gold medals at an ITU World Paratriathlon event held in South Africa. Their selection still has to be verified by the British Paralympic Association in June when the other members of the paratriathlon team will also be selected. On 15 July 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the selection of eleven athletes to compete in the inaugural Olympic paratriathlon competition in Rio.
AthleteEventSwimTrans 1BikeTrans 2RunTotal timeRank
Phil HoggMen's PT111:551:3440:301:0013:211:08:208
Joe TownsendMen's PT114:471:0736:210:3911:491:04:436
Andy LewisMen's PT210:571:5436:581:1320:471:11:49
Ryan TaylorMen's PT214:261:3936:281:0720:401:14:206
David HillMen's PT411:041:2235:240:4520:031:08:3810
George PeasgoodMen's PT49:411:0733:330:3721:101:06:087
Claire CunninghamWomen's PT412:081:3141:281:0122:541:19:027
Faye McClellandWomen's PT412:421:2838:520:5121:151:15:084
Lauren SteadmanWomen's PT411:121:2036:440:4521:421:11:43
Alison Patrick
Women's PT512:011:2934:010:5421:071:13:20
Melissa Reid
Women's PT512:051:3133:340:5122:181:14:07

Lauren Steadman participated in the Rio test event, winning the PT4 class in a time of 1:08:46.

Powerlifting

Great Britain secured four quotas for Rio 2016. On 18 April 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the four powerlifters who have been selected to represent Great Britain in Rio.
AthleteEventTotal liftedRank
Zoe NewsonWomen's −45 kg102
Natalie BlakeWomen's −55 kg936
Ali JawadMen's −59 kg190
Micky YuleMen's −65 kg1806

Rowing

Great Britain secured qualification in all four paralympic classes at the 2015 World Rowing Championships. On 30 June 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the British rowing squad selected for Rio.
Legend: FA = Final A ; FB = Final B ; R = Repechage. WB = World Best time, PB = Paralympic Best time.

Sailing

Great Britain qualified a boat for all three sailing classes at the Games through their results at the 2014 Disabled Sailing World Championships held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 2012 Summer Paralympics gold medallist Helena Lucas secured a British place in the 2.4mR event by winning the silver medal at the Championships; Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell won silver to qualify a boat in the SKUD 18-class and a crew also qualified for the three-person Sonar class. On 28 April 2015, Helena Lucas became the first British athlete to be selected to compete at either the Olympic or Paralympic Games in Rio when she was chosen to represent Great Britain in the 2.4mR sailing class. On 1 March 2016, Paralympics GB announced the selection of the five sailors who will represent Great Britain in the SKUD and Sonar classes in Rio.

Shooting

Great Britain secured three quota places at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships. Britain secured three further quotas at the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Croatia. Further quotas were achieved at the World Cup event held in the USA later in 2015. On 8 April 2016, the IPC announced that Issy Bailey was one of eleven shooters to be issued with a Bipartite invitation to compete in Rio. On 10 June 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced the names of the ten shooters who will represent Team GB in Rio. Great Britain had secured a second quota in the 10 m air pistol SH1 class but following the death in May of Roy Carter this was not taken up.

Swimming

Great Britain secured eleven quotas at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines. On the 16 May 2016, the British Paralympic Association announced a squad of 31 swimmers to compete in Rio. Although named in the initial squad, injury and health problems forced Tully Kearney to pull out a few weeks before the Games began.
;Men
;Women

Table tennis

secured qualification for Rio by winning a gold medal at the 2015 Para Table Tennis European Championships. In November 2015, Aaron McKibbin achieved qualification for Rio by winning a gold medal at the China Open. In addition to the two places already achieved Great Britain secured a further ten quotas based on the ITTF Para Table Tennis rankings as at 31 December 2015. On 8 March 2016, the British Paralympic Association confirmed the selection of the twelve table tennis players who will represent Great Britain in Rio.
;Men
;Women
;Teams

Wheelchair basketball

Great Britain's men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams secured qualification for Rio at the 2015 European Wheelchair Basketball Championship. Great Britain named their men's squad on 20 June 2016.

Men's tournament

During the draw, Brazil had the choice of which group they wanted to be in. They were partnered with Spain, who would be in the group Brazil did not select. Brazil chose Group B, which included Iran, the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Algeria. That left Spain in Group A with Australia, Canada, Turkey, the Netherlands and Japan.
;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

As hosts, Brazil got to choose which group they were put into. They were partnered with Algeria, who would be put in the group they did not chose. Brazil chose Group A, which included Canada, Germany, Great Britain and Argentina. Algeria ended up in Group B with the United States, the Netherlands, France and China.
;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game

Wheelchair fencing

Great Britain qualified two athletes to compete in wheelchair fencing via the IWASF world rankings as at 28 May 2016. On 5 July 2016, the British Paralympic Association confirmed the selections of Piers Gilliver and Dimitri Coutya to represent Team GB in Rio.

Wheelchair rugby

secured qualification for Rio at the 2015 International Wheelchair Rugby Federation European Championship. On 12 May 2016, Paralympics GB announced the squad of twelve wheelchair rugby players who will represent Great Britain in Rio.
Great Britain was scheduled to open play in Rio against Australia on September 14. Their second game was scheduled to be against Canada on September 15. Their final game of group play was against Brazil on September 16. Great Britain entered the tournament ranked number five in the world.
;Group play
;Classification 5–6

Wheelchair tennis

Great Britain qualified for ten out of a possible eleven individual quotas in the wheelchair tennis events in Rio based on the ITF rankings as at 23 May 2016. On 28 June 2016, the British Paralympic Association confirmed the ten athletes who will represent Team GB in Rio.
;Singles
;Doubles