Runar Steinstad (born 4 June 1967) is a Paralympian athlete from Norway competing mainly in F42 classification throwing events.

[1] Steinstad first represented Norway at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, entering the long jump, 100 metre sprint and javelin throw events (F42).

In the subsequent Paralympics after Sydney, Steinstad dropped the long jump and sprint events and focused on the javelin.

[2] Paralympic success came in the 2012 Games in London, where he threw a distance of 48.90 to claim the bronze medal.

[2] As well as his Paralympic appearances, Steinstad has also been part of six Norwegian teams to compete at the IPC Athletics World Championships, beginning in Birmingham, England in 1998 and has successfully qualified for the subsequent five games, taking him up to Doha in 2015.