Uganda sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

Emong participated in the men's 1500 metres T45–46 event later that day and he took Uganda's first medal in Paralympic competition by coming second in the final.

[3] Three other athletes, Christine Akullo, Emmanuel Vukoja and Bashir Bwanga, failed to make the team due to them missing their final qualifying meets.

[4] Uganda finished tied for ninth among African countries for the total number of medals won and sixty-ninth overall, winning one silver.

[10][11] His left arm was broken at the shoulder point after his fellow students beat him in primary school in 2005 and he did not receive medical treatment which resulted in the limited usage of the limb.

[11] Emong was praised by public figures in Uganda for his achievement,[11] and he spoke of his ambition to inspire young people with disabilities in the country to take up athletics.