Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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Boccia
at the XV Paralympic Games
Boccia, Rio 2016.png
Venue Riocentro, Barra Cluster
Dates10–16 September 2016
Competitors104
2012
2020

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.

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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]

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
ClassificationEvents
IndividualPairsTeam
BC1
BC2
BC3
BC4

Qualification

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

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

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

Qualified teams

CompetitionBC1/BC2 TeamBC3 PairsBC4 Pairs
Qualified TeamsQuotaQualified TeamsQuotaQualified TeamsQuota
Host NationFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)3
BISFED
2015 Boccia
Regional
Championships [5]
Europe
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)3Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)3
Asia
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)3
Americas
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Montreal
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA) [6]
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)3
BISFED 2015 Boccia
World Team Rankings
30 April 2016 [7]
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
32Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore  (SIN)
12Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
12
BISFED 2015 Boccia
World Individual Rankings
30 April 2016
BC1
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)

BC2
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
5
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)
2
Total Athletes - 108532926

Competition schedule

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

OCOpening ceremonyPreliminaries  finalsCCClosing ceremony
September 20167
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 - Paralympic pictogram.svg BocciaOC   
     
     
     
CC7

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

EventClassGoldSilverBronze
IndividualBC1
details
David Smith
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Daniel Perez
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Yoo Won-jeong
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
BC2
details
Watcharaphon Vongsa
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Worawut Saengampa
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Yan Zhiqiang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
BC3
details
Jeong Ho-won
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Grigorios Polychronidis
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
José Carlos Macedo
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
BC4
details
Leung Yuk Wing
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Samuel Andrejcik
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Pornchok Larpyen
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
PairsBC3
details
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Evelyn de Oliveira
Evani Soares da Silva
Antônio Leme
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Jeong Ho-won
Kim Han-soo
Choi Ye-jin
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Anna Ntenta
Nikolaos Pananos
Grigorios Polychronidis
BC4
details
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Róbert Ďurkovič
Michaela Balcová
Samuel Andrejčík
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Dirceu Pinto
Eliseu dos Santos
Marcelo dos Santos
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Pornchok Larpyen
Luanchan Phonsila
Chaloemphon Tanbut
TeamBC1–2
details
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Pattaya Tadtong
Watcharaphon Vongsa
Worawut Saengampa
Supin Tipmanee
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Takayuki Kitani
Takayuki Hirose
Yuriko Fujii
Hidetaka Sugimura
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Abílio Valente
António Marques
Cristina Gonçalves
Fernando Ferreira

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2125
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1113
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil*1102
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1102
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1001
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1001
7Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0112
8Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0101
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0101
10Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0022
11Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0011
Totals (11 entries)77721

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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.