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Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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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.

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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.

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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: ƒ - at least one female athlete for NPCs qualifying one Team or Pair; ƒ - 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.[4]

Qualified teams

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Competition schedule

Competition lasts from 10 to 16 September. Each day , contains a morning and afternoon session.[8]

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OCOpening ceremony Preliminaries  ● finals CCClosing ceremony

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

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Medal table

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

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References

  1. [1]
    "Paralympic Boccia". Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. [2]
    Classes & Classification Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Boccia Australia
  3. [3]
    About Boccia Archived 15 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, GB Boccia Federation
  4. [4]
    Boccia - Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2016 Summer Paralympics
  5. [5]
    Bisfed Regional Team and Pairs Champs
  6. [6]
    As Brazil has already qualified through a host nation quota, this quota is released
  7. [7]
    Final World Rankings Archived 1 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, from BISFED.
  8. [8]
    Ticket Guide Archived 28 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, from rio2016.org.
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