Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics 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.
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.Classes & Classification , Boccia AustraliaAbout Boccia , GB Boccia Federation
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.
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 - EventsClassificationEvents Individual Pairs TeamBC1 ● rowspan="2" ●BC2 ●BC3 ● ● rowspan="2" 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: - at least one female athlete for NPCs qualifying one Team or Pair; - 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.Boccia - Rio 2016 Paralympic Games , Official site of the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Qualified teams Competition BC1/BC2 Team BC3 Pairs BC4 Pairs Qualified Teams Quota Qualified Teams Quota Qualified Teams QuotaHost Nation43 3BISFED 2015 Boccia Regional ChampionshipsBisfed Regional Team and Pairs ChampsEurope London43 3Asia Hong Kong43 3Americas Montreal4As Brazil has already qualified through a host nation quota, this quota is released3 3BISFED 2015 BocciaWorld Team Rankings30 April 2016Final World Rankings , from BISFED. 32 12 12BISFED 2015 BocciaWorld Individual Rankings30 April 2016 BC1 BC25 5 2Total Athletes - 108532926
Competition schedule
Competition lasts from 10 to 16 September. Each day contains a morning and afternoon session.Ticket Guide , from rio2016.org.
OCOpening ceremony Preliminaries ● finalsCCClosing ceremony
September 20167Wed8Thu9Fri10Sat11Sun12Mon13Tue14Wed15Thu16Fri 17Sat18SunGoldmedals 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 Individual BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4 Pairs BC3 Evelyn de OliveiraEvani Soares da SilvaAntônio Leme Jeong Ho-wonKim Han-sooChoi Ye-jin Anna NtentaNikolaos PananosGrigorios Polychronidis BC4 Róbert ĎurkovičMichaela BalcováSamuel Andrejčík Dirceu PintoEliseu dos SantosMarcelo dos Santos Pornchok LarpyenNuanchan PhonsilaChaloemphon Tanbut Team BC1–2 Pattaya TadtongWatcharaphon VongsaWorawut SaengampaSupin Tipmanee Takayuki KitaniTakayuki HiroseYuriko FujiiHidetaka Sugimura Abílio ValenteAntónio MarquesCristina GonçalvesFernando Ferreira
Medal table
References
External links - Rankings at CPISRA