Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Boccia at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Boccia
Venue	Beijing National Convention Center
Dates	7–12 September 2008
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Norway's at the Boccia events

Norway's Roger Aandalen (blue/white) vs Japan's (red).

Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consisted of seven events. The competitions were held in the Beijing National Convention Center from September 7 to September 12.

Classification[]

Boccia players were given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows players to compete against others with a similar level of function. The boccia classifications were BC1 through BC4.

Events[]

For each of the events below, medals were contested for one or more of the above classifications. All events were mixed, meaning that men and women competed together.

• Mixed singles
  • BC1
  • BC2
  • BC3
  • BC4
• Mixed team
  • BC1–2
• Mixed pairs
  • BC3
  • BC4

Participating countries[]

There were 88 athletes taking part in this sport.

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their players (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	2	0	1	3
	South Korea (KOR)	2	0	1	3
3	Portugal (POR)	1	3	1	5
4	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	0	2
	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	1	0	2
6	Spain (ESP)	0	1	2	3
7	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
8	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		7	7	7	21

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual BC1 details	João Paulo Fernandes  Portugal	Portugal	Gabriel Shelly  Ireland
Individual BC2 details	Hong Kong	Nigel Murray  Great Britain	Manuel Ángel Martín  Spain
Individual BC3 details	South Korea	Grigorios Polychronidis  Greece	Jeong Ho-won  South Korea
Individual BC4 details	Dirceu Pinto  Brazil	Yuk Wing Leung  Hong Kong	Eliseu Santos  Brazil
Team BC1-2 details	Great Britain (GBR) Dan Bentley Nigel Murray Zoe Robinson David Smith	Portugal (POR) João Paulo Fernandes Cristina Gonçalves	Spain (ESP) Francisco Javier Beltrán Pedro Cordero Manuel Ángel Martín José Vaquerizo
Pairs BC3 details	South Korea (KOR) Jeong Ho-won	Spain (ESP) Yolanda Martín Santiago Pesquera José Manuel Rodríguez Vazquez	Portugal (POR)
Pairs BC4 details	Brazil (BRA) Dirceu Pinto Eliseu Santos	Portugal (POR)	Czech Republic (CZE) Radek Prochazka

References[]

• "Schedules and Results - Boccia". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2008-09-10.

External links[]

• Official site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• IPC
• CPISRA