Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{short description|Sport of Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics}}
{{Infobox Paralympic event
| event = Boccia
| games = 2020 Summer
| image = Boccia, Tokyo 2020.svg
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Boccia pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
| venue = Ariake Gymnastics Centre
| dates = 28 August – 4 September 2021
| competitors = 116 in 7 events
| nations =
| prev = 2016
| next = 2024
}}
{{BocciaAt2020SummerParalympics}}
File:020921 Boccia venue pairs Tokyo KM edit.JPEG
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.{{Cite web |title=2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide |url=https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_04_07%20Tokyo%20QG_0.pdf|date=12 April 2021 |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411144613/https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/2021_04_07%20Tokyo%20QG_0.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2021 |access-date=}}
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.{{cite press release |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/joint-statement-from-the-international-olympic-committee-and-the-tokyo-2020-organising-committee |title=Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee |website=Olympic.org|publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=24 March 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/52091224 |title=Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021 |work=BBC Sport |date=30 March 2020}}
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.[http://www.boccia.com.au/wp-content/pdfs/Classes%20&%20Classification.pdf Classes & Classification] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720180958/http://www.boccia.com.au/wp-content/pdfs/Classes%20%26%20Classification.pdf |date=20 July 2008 }}, Boccia Australia[http://www.gb-boccia.org/page.asp?section=23§ionTitle=About+Boccia About Boccia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515064903/http://www.gb-boccia.org/page.asp?section=23§ionTitle=About%20Boccia |date=15 May 2012 }}, 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.
Qualification
{{main|Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification}}
Schedule
class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; line-height:1.25em;" | ||||
bgcolor="#FFBBBB" align=center|P | Preliminaries
|bgcolor="#BBF3FF" align=center|¼ | Quarter-finals
|bgcolor="#BBF3BB" align=center|½ | Semi-finals
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB" align=center|F | Final |
class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; line-height:1.25em;" | ||||||||||||
align="center"
!rowspan=2| Event !colspan=16| Date | ||||||||||||
Wed 25 Aug || Thu 26 Aug || Fri 27 Aug || Sat 28 Aug || Sun 29 Aug || Mon 30 Aug ||colspan=3| Tue 31 Aug || Wed 1 Sep || Thu 2 Sep || Fri 3 Sep ||colspan=2| Sat 4 Sep || Sun 5 Sep | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
align="center"
| align="left"| Individual BC1 | colspan=4 bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| P | bgcolor="#BBF3FF"| ¼ | bgcolor="#BBF3BB"| ½ | bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| F | colspan=2| | |||||||
align="center"
| align="left"| Individual BC2 | colspan=3 bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| P | bgcolor="#BBF3FF"| ¼ | colspan=2 bgcolor="#BBF3BB"| ½ | bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| F | colspan=2| | |||||||
align="center"
| align="left"| Individual BC3 | colspan=3 bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| P | bgcolor="#BBF3FF"| ¼ | colspan=2 bgcolor="#BBF3BB"| ½ | bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| F | colspan=2| | |||||||
align="center"
| align="left"| Individual BC4 | colspan=3 bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| P | bgcolor="#BBF3FF"| ¼ | colspan=2 bgcolor="#BBF3BB"| ½ | bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| F | colspan=2| | |||||||
align="center"
| align="left"| Pairs BC3 | colspan=3| | colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| P | bgcolor="#BBF3BB"| ½ | bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| F | ||||||||
align="center"
| align="left"| Pairs BC4 | colspan=3| | colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| P | bgcolor="#BBF3BB"| ½ | bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| F | ||||||||
align="center"
| align="left"| Team BC1/BC2 | colspan=3| | colspan=2 bgcolor="#FFBBBB"| P | bgcolor="#BBF3BB"| ½ | bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| F |
Medals
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host = JPN
| flag_template = flagIPC
| event = 2020 Summer
| team = NPC
| gold_SVK = 2 | silver_SVK = 0 | bronze_SVK = 0 |
| gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 1 | host_JPN = yes
| gold_CZE = 1 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 0 |
| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0 |
| gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 1 | bronze_GRE = 1 |
| gold_HKG = 0 | silver_HKG = 1 | bronze_HKG = 1 |
| gold_KOR = 1 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 0 |
| gold_MAS = 0 | silver_MAS = 1 | bronze_MAS = 0 |
| gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 0 |
| gold_THA = 1 | silver_THA = 2 | bronze_THA = 0 |
| gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 2 |
| gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 1 |
| gold_RPC = 0 | silver_RPC = 0 | bronze_RPC = 1 |
}}
Medalists
{{MedalistTableParalympics|type=Event}} |
rowspan=4| Mixed individual
| BC1 |{{flagIPCmedalist|David Smith|GBR|2020 Summer}} |{{flagIPCmedalist|Chew Wei Lun|MAS|2020 Summer}} |nowrap|{{flagIPCmedalist|José Carlos Chagas de Oliveira|BRA|2020 Summer}} |
BC2 {{DetailsLink|Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Mixed individual BC2}} |{{flagIPCmedalist|Hidetaka Sugimura|JPN|2020 Summer}} |{{flagIPCmedalist|Watcharaphon Vongsa|THA|2020 Summer}} |{{flagIPCmedalist|Maciel Santos|BRA|2020 Summer}} |
BC3 {{DetailsLink|Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Mixed individual BC3}} |{{flagIPCmedalist|Adam Peška|CZE|2020 Summer}} |nowrap|{{flagIPCmedalist|Grigorios Polychronidis|GRE|2020 Summer}} |{{flagIPCmedalist|Daniel Michel|AUS|2020 Summer}} |
BC4 {{DetailsLink|Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Mixed individual BC4}} |{{flagIPCmedalist|Samuel Andrejčík|SVK|2020 Summer}} |{{flagIPCmedalist|Pornchok Larpyen|THA|2020 Summer}} |{{flagIPCmedalist|Leung Yuk Wing|HKG|2020 Summer}} |
rowspan=2| Mixed pairs
| BC3 |{{flagIPC|KOR|2020 Summer}} |{{flagIPC|JPN|2020 Summer}} |{{flagIPC|GRE|2020 Summer}} |
BC4 {{DetailsLink|Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics - Pairs BC4}} |{{flagIPC|SVK|2020 Summer}} |{{flagIPC|HKG|2020 Summer}} |{{flagIPC|RPC|2020 Summer}} |
Mixed team
| BC1–2 |nowrap|{{flagIPC|THA|2020 Summer}} |valign=top|{{flagIPC|CHN|2020 Summer}} |{{flagIPC|JPN|2020 Summer}} |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/BOC/PG2020-_BOC_B99_BOC-------------------------------.pdf Results book] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904161742/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/BOC/PG2020-_BOC_B99_BOC-------------------------------.pdf |date=4 September 2021 }}
{{EventsAt2020SummerParalympics}}
{{Paralympic Games Boccia}}