Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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Boccia
at the XVII Paralympic Games
Boccia - Paralympic pictogram.svg
Venue South Paris Arena
Dates29 August – 5th September
Competitors124
2020

Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France will take place in Paris Expo. There will be expected 124 qualification slots (48 female and 48 male, 28 gender free) across eleven events. It will be first time that individual events will be in two separate categories for men and women: in previous Games, men and women took part together in mixed individual events. Only team and pairs events will be mixed where one man and one woman will take part. [1]

Contents

Qualification

A total of 48 male, 48 female and 28 gender-free quotas are allocated via championships and World rankings. [2]

Means of qualificationDateVenueQualifiedTotal
Men's
BC1
Men's
BC2
Men's
BC3
Men's
BC4
Women's
BC1
Women's
BC2
Women's
BC3
Women's
BC4
Team
BC1-2
Pairs
BC3
Pairs
BC4
2023 African Championships [3] 2–10 July 2023 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 7
2023 European Championships [4] 6–14 August 2023 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rotterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 7
2023 Parapan American Games [5] 17–25 November 2023 Flag of Chile.svg Santiago Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7
2023 Asia/Oceania Championships [6] 1–9 December 2023 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7
2024 Paralympic Tournament [7] 22–28 March 2024 Flag of Portugal.svg Coimbra Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
21
World Boccia rankings1 January – 31 December 2023Flag of Hong Kong.svg  John Loung  (HKG)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Eduardo Sanchez Reyes  (MEX)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Luis Claudio Cristaldo Diaz  (ARG)
Flag of Israel.svg  Nadav Levi  (ISR)
Flag of Portugal.svg José Gonçalves (POR)
Flag of Poland.svg  Damian Iskrzycki  (POL)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Davor Komar  (CRO)
Flag of Japan.svg  Shunsuke Uchida  (JPN)
Flag of Singapore.svg  Jeralyn Tan  (SGP)
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Yushae Desilva-Andrade  (BER)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hiu Lam Yeung  (HKG)
Flag of El Salvador.svg  Rebeca Linare  (ESA)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Ana Costa  (POR)
Flag of Poland.svg  Edyta Owczarz  (POL)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Carla Oliveira  (POR)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Alexandra Szabo  (HUN)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
48
Host country allocation13 September 2017 Flag of Peru.svg Lima Flag of France.svg  France Flag of France.svg  France Flag of France.svg  France 7
Bipartite invitation allocation17 June 20243333333324
Total124

Medalists

Individual events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's individual BC1
details
Men's individual BC2
details
Men's individual BC3
details
Men's individual BC4
details
EventGoldSilverBronze
Women's individual BC1
details
Women's individual BC2
details
Women's individual BC3
details
Women's individual BC4
details

Mixed events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Mixed teams BC1/BC2
details
Pairs BC3
details
Pairs BC4
details

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