Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Boccia at the XVI Paralympic Games
Boccia pictogram of the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Venue	Ariake Gymnastics Centre
Dates	28 August – 4 September 2021
Competitors	116 in 7 events
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A mixed pairs BC3 match at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, took place at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. There were expected to be 116 qualification slots (34 females, 82 gender free) across seven mixed events: four individual events, two pairs events and one team event. ^[1]

While the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021. ^{[2] [3]}

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. ^{[4] [5]}

• 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.

Qualification

Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Schedule

P

Preliminaries

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

F

Final

Event	Date
	Wed 25 Aug	Thu 26 Aug	Fri 27 Aug	Sat 28 Aug	Sun 29 Aug	Mon 30 Aug	Tue 31 Aug			Wed 1 Sep	Thu 2 Sep	Fri 3 Sep	Sat 4 Sep		Sun 5 Sep
Individual BC1				P				¼	½	F
Individual BC2				P			¼	½		F
Individual BC3				P			¼	½		F
Individual BC4				P			¼	½		F
Pairs BC3											P		½	F
Pairs BC4											P		½	F
Team BC1/BC2											P		½	F

Medals

  *   Host nation (Japan)

Rank	NPC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Slovakia	2	0	0	2
2	Thailand	1	2	0	3
3	Japan*	1	1	1	3
4	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
	South Korea	1	0	0	1
7	Greece	0	1	1	2
	Hong Kong	0	1	1	2
9	China	0	1	0	1
	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
11	Brazil	0	0	2	2
12	Australia	0	0	1	1
	RPC	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		7	7	7	21

Medalists

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed individual	BC1 details	David Smith   Great Britain	Chew Wei Lun   Malaysia	José Carlos Chagas de Oliveira   Brazil
	BC2 details	Hidetaka Sugimura   Japan	Watcharaphon Vongsa   Thailand	Maciel Santos   Brazil
	BC3 details	Adam Peška   Czech Republic	Grigorios Polychronidis   Greece	Daniel Michel   Australia
	BC4 details	Samuel Andrejčík   Slovakia	Pornchok Larpyen   Thailand	Leung Yuk Wing   Hong Kong
Mixed pairs	BC3 details	South Korea Jeong Ho-won Kim Han-soo Choi Ye-jin	Japan Kazuki Takahashi  [ ja ] Keisuke Kawamoto Keiko Tanaka	Greece Grigorios Polychronidis Anna Ntenta Anastasia Pyrgiotis
	BC4 details	Slovakia Samuel Andrejčík Michaela Balcová Martin Strehársky	Hong Kong Leung Yuk Wing Vivian Lau Wai-yan Wong Kwan Hang	RPC Sergey Safin Ivan Frolov Daria Adonina
Mixed team	BC1–2 details	Thailand Witsanu Huadpradit Watcharaphon Vongsa Worawut Saengampa Subin Tipmanee	China Zhang Qi Yan Zhiqiang Lan Zhijian	Japan Takumi Nakamura Yuriko Fujii Hidetaka Sugimura Takayuki Hirose

References

1. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 12 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2021.
2. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020.
3. "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport . 30 March 2020.
4. Classes & Classification Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine , Boccia Australia
5. About Boccia Archived 15 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine , GB Boccia Federation

External links

• Results book Archived 4 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine