Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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{{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

}}

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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

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bgcolor="#FFBBBB" align=center|PPreliminaries

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Quarter-finals

|bgcolor="#BBF3BB" align=center|½

Semi-finals

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Final

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!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
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| align="left"| Individual BC1

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| align="left"| Individual BC2

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| align="left"| Individual BC3

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| align="left"| Individual BC4

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| align="left"| Pairs BC3

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| align="left"| Pairs BC4

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| align="left"| Team BC1/BC2

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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
{{DetailsLink|Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – 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
{{DetailsLink|Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics - Pairs BC3}}

|{{flagIPC|KOR|2020 Summer}}
Jeong Ho-won
Kim Han-soo
Choi Ye-jin

|{{flagIPC|JPN|2020 Summer}}
{{ill|Kazuki Takahashi (boccia)|lt=Kazuki Takahashi|ja|高橋和樹}}
Keisuke Kawamoto
Keiko Tanaka

|{{flagIPC|GRE|2020 Summer}}
Grigorios Polychronidis
Anna Ntenta
Anastasia Pyrgiotis

BC4
{{DetailsLink|Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics - Pairs BC4}}

|{{flagIPC|SVK|2020 Summer}}
Samuel Andrejčík
Michaela Balcová
Martin Strehársky

|{{flagIPC|HKG|2020 Summer}}
Leung Yuk Wing
Vivian Lau Wai-yan
Wong Kwan Hang

|{{flagIPC|RPC|2020 Summer}}
Sergey Safin
Ivan Frolov
Daria Adonina

Mixed team

| BC1–2
{{DetailsLink|Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Mixed team BC1–2}}

|nowrap|{{flagIPC|THA|2020 Summer}}
Witsanu Huadpradit
Watcharaphon Vongsa
Worawut Saengampa
Subin Tipmanee

|valign=top|{{flagIPC|CHN|2020 Summer}}
Zhang Qi
Yan Zhiqiang
Lan Zhijian

|{{flagIPC|JPN|2020 Summer}}
Takumi Nakamura
Yuriko Fujii
Hidetaka Sugimura
Takayuki Hirose

References

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