Boccia at the XVI Paralympic Games | |
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![]() Boccia pictogram of the 2020 Summer Paralympics | |
Venue | Ariake Gymnastics Centre |
Dates | 28 August – 4 September 2021 |
Competitors | 116 in 7 events |
Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | |
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Individual | |
BC1 | |
BC2 | |
BC3 | |
BC4 | |
Team | |
BC1–2 | |
Pairs | |
BC3 | |
BC4 | |
![Boccia stadium with matches being played](../I/020921_Boccia_venue_pairs_Tokyo_KM_edit.JPEG.webp)
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 eight 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
Schedule
P | Preliminaries | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | F | Final |
Event | Date | |||||||||||||||
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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 |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (13 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Medalists
Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Mixed individual | BC1 |
David Smith![]() |
Chew Wei Lun![]() |
José Carlos Chagas de Oliveira![]() |
BC2 |
Hidetaka Sugimura![]() |
Watcharaphon Vongsa![]() |
Maciel Santos![]() | |
BC3 |
Adam Peška![]() |
Grigorios Polychronidis![]() |
Daniel Michel![]() | |
BC4 |
Samuel Andrejčík![]() |
Pornchok Larpyen![]() |
Leung Yuk Wing![]() | |
Mixed pairs | BC3 |
![]() Jeong Ho-won Kim Han-soo Choi Ye-jin |
![]() Kazuki Takahashi Keisuke Kawamoto Keiko Tanaka |
![]() Grigorios Polychronidis Anna Ntenta Anastasia Pyrgiotis |
BC4 |
![]() Samuel Andrejčík Michaela Balcová Martin Strehársky |
![]() Leung Yuk Wing Vivian Lau Wai-yan Wong Kwan Hang |
![]() Sergey Safin Ivan Frolov Daria Adonina | |
Mixed team | BC1–2 |
![]() Witsanu Huadpradit Watcharaphon Vongsa Worawut Saengampa Subin Tipmanee |
![]() Zhang Qi Yan Zhiqiang Lan Zhijian |
![]() Takumi Nakamura Yuriko Fujii Hidetaka Sugimura Takayuki Hirose |
References
- ↑ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 12 April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 April 2021.
- ↑ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020.
- ↑ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
- ↑ Classes & Classification Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Boccia Australia
- ↑ 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
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