Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics[1] was held in Riocentro, in the Barra district of Rio de Janeiro in September 2016, with a maximum of 104 athletes (24 women, 80 gender unspecified) competing in seven events. The programme consisted of four individual events, two pairs events, and one team event, spread across four classifications.

Boccia
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueRiocentro, Barra Cluster
Dates10–16 September 2016
Competitors104

Classification

When competing in boccia at national or international level, the athletes were competing in events with different classifications, based on level of physical disability.[2][3]

  • BC1 - Cerebral palsy.
    • Locomotor dysfunction affecting the whole body.
    • Use hands or feet to propel the ball into play
    • May be assisted by an aide.
  • BC2 - Cerebral palsy.
    • Locomotor dysfunction affecting the whole body
    • Use hands to propel the ball into play
    • Not assisted by an aide.
  • BC3 - Cerebral palsy or another disability.
    • Locomotor dysfunction in all four limbs.
    • Use the help of a ramp to propel the ball into play.
    • Assisted by an aide (ramper).
  • BC4 - Not cerebral palsy, but another disability, for example muscular dystrophy or tetraplegia.
    • Locomotor dysfunction in all four limbs
    • Use hands to propel the ball into play
    • Not assisted by an aide.

Events

All events in boccia are mixed gender. there are four individual events, two pairs events and a combined classification team event.

Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Events
Classification Events
Individual Pairs Team
BC1 N/A
BC2
BC3 N/A
BC4

Qualification

An NPC can enter one (1) BC1/BC2 Team consisting of four (4) athletes of which a minimum of one (1) must be in the BC1 sport class. An NPC can enter one (1) BC3 Pair consisting of three (3) athletes. An NPC can enter one (1) BC4 Pair consisting of three (3) athletes.

The number of female athletes representing an NPC must be: ƒ - at least one (1) female athlete for NPCs qualifying one (1) Team or Pair; ƒ - at least two (2) female athletes for NPCs qualifying two (2) or three (3) Team/Pairs.

An NPC can enter a maximum of three (3) athletes in each of the Individual medal events.[4]

Qualified teams

Competition BC1/BC2 Team BC3 Pairs BC4 Pairs
Qualified Teams Quota Qualified Teams Quota Qualified Teams Quota
Host Nation  Brazil (BRA) 4  Brazil (BRA) 3  Brazil (BRA) 3
BISFED
2015 Boccia
Regional
Championships[5]
Europe
London
 Great Britain (GBR) 4  Belgium (BEL) 3  Slovakia (SVK) 3
Asia
Hong Kong
 Thailand (THA) 4  South Korea (KOR) 3  China (CHN) 3
Americas
Montreal
 Argentina (ARG) 4  Brazil (BRA)[6]
 Canada (CAN)
3  Canada (CAN) 3
BISFED 2015 Boccia
World Team Rankings
30 April 2016[7]
 Slovakia (SVK)
 Portugal (POR)
 Spain (ESP)
 Japan (JPN)
 China (CHN)
 South Korea (KOR)
 Hong Kong (HKG)
 Netherlands (NED)
32  Greece (GRE)
 Portugal (POR)
 Great Britain (GBR)
 Singapore (SIN)
12  Hong Kong (HKG)
 Great Britain (GBR)
 Thailand (THA)
 Hungary (HUN)
12
BISFED 2015 Boccia
World Individual Rankings
30 April 2016
BC1
 Greece (GRE)
 Norway (NOR)

BC2
 Israel (ISR)
 Mexico (MEX)
 Canada (CAN)
5
 Japan (JPN)
 Hong Kong (HKG)
 Czech Republic (CZE)
 Sweden (SWE)
 Australia (AUS)
5  South Korea (KOR)
 Portugal (POR)
2
Total Athletes - 108 53 29 26

Competition schedule

Competition lasts from 10 to 16 September. Each day , contains a morning and afternoon session.[8]

OCOpening ceremony Preliminaries   finals CCClosing ceremony
September 2016 7
Wed
8
Thu
9
Fri
10
Sat
11
Sun
12
Mon
13
Tue
14
Wed
15
Thu
16
Fri
17
Sat
18
Sun
Gold
medals
Boccia OC   
    
    
    
CC 7

Participating nations

103 athletes from 23 nations competed.

Medal summary

The Boccia tournament in Rio 2016 was dominated by the traditional Asian powers, with four golds, three of the four individual titles, and nine medals in total, shared between Thailand, South Korea and Hong Kong. Great Britain took the other individual gold in the Individual BC1 class through David Smith, while Slovakia and hosts Brazil shared the two pairs titles on offer.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed Individual BC1
David Smith
 Great Britain
Daniel Perez
 Netherlands
Yoo Won Jeong
 South Korea
Mixed Individual BC2
Watcharaphon Vongsa
 Thailand
Worawut Saengampa
 Thailand
Yan Zhiqiang
 China
Mixed Individual BC3
Jeong Ho Won
 South Korea
Grigorios Polychronidis
 Greece
José Carlos Macedo
 Portugal
Mixed Individual BC4
Leung Yuk Wing
 Hong Kong
Samuel Andrejcik
 Slovakia
Pornchok Larpyen
 Thailand
Mixed Team BC1-2
 Thailand (THA)
Pattaya Tadtong
Watcharaphon Vongsa
Worawut Saengampa
Supin Tipmanee
 Japan (JPN)
Takayuki Kitani
Takayuki Hirose
Yuriko Fujii
Hidetaka Sugimura
 Portugal (POR)
Abílio Valente
António Marques
Cristina Gonçalves
Fernando Ferreira
Mixed Pairs BC3
 Brazil (BRA)
Evelyn de Oliveira
Evani Soares da Silva
Antônio Leme
 South Korea (KOR)
Jeong Ho Won
Kim Han-soo
Choi Ye Jin
 Greece (GRE)
Anna Ntenta
Nikolaos Pananos
Grigorios Polychronidis
Mixed Pairs BC4
 Slovakia (SVK)
Robert Durkovic
Michaela Balcova
Samuel Andrejcik
 Brazil (BRA)
Dirceu Pinto
Eliseu dos Santos
Marcelo dos Santos
 Thailand (THA)
Pornchok Larpyen
Luanchan Phonsila
Chaloemphon Tanbut

Medal Table : Boccia

RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Thailand2125
2 South Korea1113
3 Brazil1102
 Slovakia1102
5 Great Britain1001
 Hong Kong1001
7 Greece0112
8 Japan0101
 Netherlands0101
10 Portugal0022
11 China0011
Totals (11 NPCs)77721

References

  1. "Paralympic Boccia". Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. Classes & Classification Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Boccia Australia
  3. About Boccia Archived 15 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, GB Boccia Federation
  4. Boccia - Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2016 Summer Paralympics
  5. Bisfed Regional Team and Pairs Champs
  6. As Brazil has already qualified through a host nation quota, this quota is released
  7. Final World Rankings Archived 1 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, from BISFED.
  8. Ticket Guide Archived 28 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, from rio2016.org.
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