| Boccia – Individual BC1 at the XIV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | ExCeL London | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5 September 2012 – 8 September 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 19 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | |
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| Individual | |
| BC1 | |
| BC2 | |
| BC3 | |
| BC4 | |
| Team | |
| BC1–2 | |
| Pairs | |
| BC3 | |
| BC4 | |
The individual BC1 boccia event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested from 5 to 8 September at ExCeL London.
Two preliminary matches were held to determine the participants' seed for the tournament bracket.
| Match 56 | ||||
| 1 |  Roger Aandalen (NOR) | 3* | ||
| 2 |  Panagiotis Soulanis (GRE) | 3 | ||
| Match 57 | ||||
| 1 |  Eduardo Ventura Flores (MEX) | 6 | ||
| 2 |  Jakub Nagy (SVK) | 1 | ||
| Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
 Jose Carlos Chagas de Oliveira (BRA) | 2 | ||||||||
 Pattaya Tadtong (THA) | 5 | ||||||||
| Pattaya Tadtong (THA) | 7 | ||||||||
 David Smith (GBR) | 0 | ||||||||
| Roger Aandalen (NOR) | 2 | ||||||||
| David Smith (GBR) | 5 | Bronze medal match | |||||||
| Jose Carlos Chagas de Oliveira (BRA) | 4 | ||||||||
| Roger Aandalen (NOR) | 6 | ||||||||
| Semifinals | 5th–6th place match | ||||||||
 Myeong-Su Kim (KOR) | 2 | ||||||||
 João Paulo Fernandes (POR) | 3 | ||||||||
| João Paulo Fernandes (POR) | 3 | ||||||||
 Qi Zhang (CHN) | 2 | ||||||||
| Witsanu Huadpradit (THA) | 3 | ||||||||
| Qi Zhang (CHN) | 6 | 7th–8th place match | |||||||
| Myeong-Su Kim (KOR) | 0 | ||||||||
| Witsanu Huadpradit (THA) | 11 | ||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||
| Kwang-Min Ji (KOR) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| José Carlos Chagas de Oliveira (BRA) | 3* | ||||||||||||||||||
| José Carlos Chagas de Oliveira (BRA) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jakub Nagy (SVK) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Jose Carlos Chagas de Oliveira (BRA) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Myeong-Su Kim (KOR) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Myeong-Su Kim (KOR) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Panagiotis Soulanis (GRE) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| José Carlos Chagas de Oliveira (BRA) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pattaya Tadtong (THA) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Witsanu Huadpradit (THA) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weibo Yuan (CHN) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Witsanu Huadpradit (THA) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pattaya Tadtong (THA) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
 José Prado Prado (ESP) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pattaya Tadtong (THA) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||
| João Paulo Fernandes (POR) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mei Yee Leung (HKG) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mei Yee Leung (HKG) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eduardo Ventura Flores (MEX) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| João Paulo Fernandes (POR) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roger Aandalen (NOR) | 3* | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mauricio Ibarbure (ARG) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roger Aandalen (NOR) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roger Aandalen (NOR) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Smith (GBR) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Qi Zhang (CHN) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kam Lung Wong (HKG) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Qi Zhang (CHN) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Smith (GBR) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Yuriko Shibayama (JPN) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Brock Richardson (CAN) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yuriko Shibayama (JPN) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| David Smith (GBR) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 | Pattaya Tadtong (THA) |
 | David Smith (GBR) |
 | Roger Aandalen (NOR) |
| 4 | José Carlos Chagas de Oliveira (BRA) |
| 5 | João Paulo Fernandes (POR) |
| 6 | Qi Zhang (CHN) |
| 7 | Witsanu Huadpradit (THA) |
| 8 | Myeong-Su Kim (KOR) |
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