Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Boccia at the XV Paralympic Games | |
Venue | Riocentro, Barra Cluster |
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Dates | 10-16 September 2016 |
Competitors | 104 |
Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
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Individual | |||
BC1 | BC2 | BC3 | BC4 |
Team | |||
BC1–2 | |||
Pairs | |||
BC3 | BC4 |
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.
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]
- 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 - Events | |||
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Classification | Events | ||
Individual | Pairs | Team | |
BC1 | ● | N/A | ● |
BC2 | ● | ||
BC3 | ● | ● | N/A |
BC4 | ● | ● |
Qualification
An NPC can enter one (1) BC1/BC2 Team consisting of four (4) athletes of which a minimum of one (1) must be in the BC1 sport class. An NPC can enter one (1) BC3 Pair consisting of three (3) athletes. An NPC can enter one (1) BC4 Pair consisting of three (3) athletes.
The number of female athletes representing an NPC must be: - at least one (1) female athlete for NPCs qualifying one (1) Team or Pair; - at least two (2) female athletes for NPCs qualifying two (2) or three (3) Team/Pairs.
An NPC can enter a maximum of three (3) athletes in each of the Individual medal events.[4]
Qualified teams
Competition | BC1/BC2 Team | BC3 Pairs | BC4 Pairs | ||||
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Qualified Teams | Quota | Qualified Teams | Quota | Qualified Teams | Quota | ||
Host Nation | Brazil (BRA) | 4 | Brazil (BRA) | 3 | Brazil (BRA) | 3 | |
BISFED 2015 Boccia Regional Championships[5] |
Europe London |
Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | Belgium (BEL) | 3 | Slovakia (SVK) | 3 |
Asia Hong Kong |
Thailand (THA) | 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | China (CHN) | 3 | |
Americas Montreal |
Argentina (ARG) | 4 | Canada (CAN) |
3 | Canada (CAN) | 3 | |
BISFED 2015 Boccia World Team Rankings 30 April 2016[7] |
Slovakia (SVK) Portugal (POR) Spain (ESP) Japan (JPN) China (CHN) South Korea (KOR) Hong Kong (HKG) Netherlands (NED) |
32 | Greece (GRE) Portugal (POR) Great Britain (GBR) Singapore (SIN) |
12 | Hong Kong (HKG) Great Britain (GBR) Thailand (THA) Hungary (HUN) |
12 | |
BISFED 2015 Boccia World Individual Rankings 30 April 2016 |
BC1 Greece (GRE) Norway (NOR) BC2 Israel (ISR) Mexico (MEX) Canada (CAN) |
5 | Japan (JPN) Hong Kong (HKG) Czech Republic (CZE) Sweden (SWE) Australia (AUS) |
5 | South Korea (KOR) Portugal (POR) |
2 | |
Total Athletes - 108 | 53 | 29 | 26 |
Competition schedule
Competition lasts from 10 to 16 September. Each day , contains a morning and afternoon session.[8]
OC | Opening ceremony | Preliminaries | ● | finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
September 2016 | 7 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 |
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Boccia | OC | ● ● ● |
● ● ● ● |
CC | 7 |
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
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Mixed Individual BC1 |
David Smith Great Britain |
Daniel Perez Netherlands |
Yoo Won Jeong South Korea |
Mixed Individual BC2 |
Watcharaphon Vongsa Thailand |
Worawut Saengampa Thailand |
Yan Zhiqiang China |
Mixed Individual BC3 |
Jeong Ho Won South Korea |
Grigorios Polychronidis Greece |
Jose Carlos Macedo Portugal |
Mixed Individual BC4 |
Leung Yuk Wing Hong Kong |
Samuel Andrejcik Slovakia |
Pornchok Larpyen Thailand |
Mixed Team BC1-2 |
Thailand (THA) Pattaya Tadtong Watcharaphon Vongsa Worawut Saengampa Subin Tipmanee |
Japan (JPN) Takayuki Kitani Takayuki Hirose Yuriko Fujii Hidetaka Sugimura |
Portugal (POR) Abilio Valente Antonio Marques Cristina Goncalves Fernando Ferreira |
Mixed Pairs BC3 |
Brazil (BRA) Evelyn de Oliveira Evani Soares da Silva Antonio Leme |
South Korea (KOR) Jeong Ho Won Kim Han Soo Choi Ye Jin |
Greece (GRE) Anna Ntenta Nikolaos Pananos Grigorios Polychronidis |
Mixed Pairs BC4 |
Slovakia (SVK) Robert Durkovic Michaela Balcova Samuel Andrejcik |
Brazil (BRA) Dirceu Pinto Eliseu dos Santos Marcelo dos Santos |
Thailand (THA) Pornchok Larpyen Luanchan Phonsila Chaloemphon Tanbut |
Medal Table : Boccia
Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Thailand | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
2 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
11 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
References
- ↑ "Paralympic Boccia". Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ↑ Classes & Classification, Boccia Australia
- ↑ About Boccia Archived 15 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine., GB Boccia Federation
- ↑ Boccia - Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Official site of the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- ↑ Bisfed Regional Team and Pairs Champs
- ↑ As Brazil has already qualified through a host nation quota, this quota is released
- ↑ Final World Rankings, from BISFED.
- ↑ Ticket Guide, from rio2016.org.
External links
- - Rankings at CPISRA