Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France took place at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. There were 124 qualification slots (48 female, 48 male, 28 gender free) across eleven events. It was the first time that individual events were held in two separate categories for men and women; in previous Paralympics, men and women took part together in mixed individual events. Team and pairs events were mixed, where one man and one woman took part.^[1]

Boccia at the XVII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Boccia
Venue	South Paris Arena
Dates	29 August – 5 September
Competitors	124
←2020

Qualification

A total of 48 male, 48 female and 28 gender-free quotas are allocated via championships and World rankings.^[2]

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Qualified											Total
			Men's BC1	Men's BC2	Men's BC3	Men's BC4	Women's BC1	Women's BC2	Women's BC3	Women's BC4	Team BC1-2	Pairs BC3	Pairs BC4
2023 African Championships[3]	2–10 July 2023	Cairo	—								Tunisia	South Africa	Egypt	7
2023 European Championships[4]	6–14 August 2023	Rotterdam	—								Netherlands	Czech Republic	Ukraine	7
2023 Parapan American Games[5]	17–25 November 2023	Santiago	—								Brazil	Argentina	Canada	7
2023 Asia/Oceania Championships[6]	1–9 December 2023	Hong Kong	—								Thailand	South Korea	China	7
2024 Paralympic Tournament[7]	22–28 March 2024	Coimbra	—								China  Indonesia  Slovakia	Great Britain  Greece  Japan	Brazil  Malaysia  Spain	21
World Boccia rankings	1 January – 31 December 2023	—	John Loung (HKG)  Eduardo Sanchez Reyes (MEX)	Luis Claudio Cristaldo Diaz (ARG)  Nadav Levi (ISR)	José Gonçalves (POR)  Damian Iskrzycki (POL)	Boris Nicolai (GER)  Shunsuke Uchida (JPN)	Jeralyn Tan (SGP)  Yushae Desilva-Andrade (BER)	Hiu Lam Yeung (HKG)  Rebeca Duarte (ESA)	Ana Costa (POR)  Edyta Owczarz (POL)	Carla Oliveira (POR)  Alexandra Szabo (HUN)	South Korea  Great Britain  Portugal  Japan	Australia  Hong Kong  Thailand  Brazil	Colombia  Hong Kong  Thailand  Slovakia  Croatia	46
Host country allocation	13 September 2017	Lima	—								France	France		5
Bipartite invitation allocation[8]	17 June 2024	—	José Carlos Chagas (BRA)  Lance Cryderman (CAN)  Dohyun Kim (KOR)  Witsanu Huadpradit (THA)	Francis Rombouts (BEL)  Danik Allard (CAN)  Mario Sayes (ESA)  Muhammad Herlangga (INA)  Chee Hoong Lee (MAS)	Jesús Romero (COL)  Patrick Wilson (GBR)	Euclides Grisales (COL)  Stephen McGuire (GBR)	Ailén Flores (ARG)  Dora Basic (CRO)  Amagoia Arrieta (ESP)  Kinga Koza (POL)	Joselyn Leon (ECU)  Viven Nagy (HUN)  Ana Catarina Correia (POR)	Evani Calado (BRA)  Niurka Callupe (PER)	Anita Raguwaran (GER)  Chrysi Morfi Metzou (GRE)	—			24
Total														124

Medal table

This is the final medal table at the conclusion of the Boccia competition at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Hong Kong led the table with three gold medals. The eleven competitions led to eight different gold medalist winning countries.  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	NPC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Hong Kong	3	2	0	5
2	China	2	0	0	2
3	South Korea	1	3	1	5
4	Colombia	1	1	1	3
5	Thailand	1	0	2	3
6	France*	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
	Portugal	1	0	0	1
9	Indonesia	0	2	2	4
10	Australia	0	2	0	2
11	Singapore	0	1	0	1
12	Japan	0	0	2	2
13	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		11	11	11	33

Medalists

Men

BC3 winners (left to right): Daniel Michel (Australia), Jeong Ho-won (Korea) and Grigorios Polychronidis (Greece)

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	BC1 details	John Loung  Hong Kong	Jung Sung-joon  South Korea	Muhamad Afrizal Syafa  Indonesia
	BC2 details	Worawut Saengampa  Thailand	M. Bintang Satria Herlangga  Indonesia	Watcharaphon Vongsa  Thailand
	BC3 details	Jeong Ho-won  South Korea	Daniel Michel  Australia	Grigorios Polychronidis  Greece
	BC4 details	Stephen McGuire  Great Britain	Edilson Chica  Colombia	Artem Kolinko  Ukraine

Women

BC3 winners (left to right): Jamieson Leeson (Australia), Ho Yuen Kei (Hong Kong) and Kang Sun-hee (Korea)

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	BC1 details	Aurélie Aubert  France	Jeralyn Tan  Singapore	Hiromi Endo  Japan
	BC2 details	Cristina Gonçalves  Portugal	Jeong So-yeong  South Korea	Gischa Zayana  Indonesia
	BC3 details	Ho Yuen Kei  Hong Kong	Jamieson Leeson  Australia	Kang Sun-hee  South Korea
	BC4 details	Lin Ximei  China	Cheung Yuen  Hong Kong	Leidy Chica  Colombia

Mixed

Event	Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pair	BC3 details	Hong Kong Ho Yuen Kei Tse Tak Wah	South Korea Jeong Ho-won Kang Sun-hee	Argentina Stefanía Ferrando Rodrigo Romero
	BC4 details	Colombia Edilson Chica Leidy Chica	Hong Kong Leung Yuk Wing Cheung Yuen	Thailand Pornchok Larpyen Nuanchan Phonsila
Team	BC1/BC2 details	China Zhang Qi Yan Zhiqiang Lan Zhijian	Indonesia Gischa Zayana Felix Ardi Yudha Muhamad Afrizal Syafa	Japan Hiromi Endo Takayuki Hirose Hidetaka Sugimura

References

1. "Boccia - Paris 2024". Paris 2024. 7 January 2023.
2. "2024 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 18 November 2023.
3. "Cairo 2023 World Boccia Africa Regional Championships". World Boccia. 7 January 2023.
4. "Rotterdam 2023 World Boccia Europe Regional Championships". World Boccia. 7 January 2023.
5. "Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games (World Boccia American Regional Championships)". World Boccia. 7 January 2023.
6. "Hong Kong 2023 World Boccia Asia-Oceania Regional Championships". World Boccia. 7 January 2023.
7. "Coimbra 2024 World Boccia Paralympic Qualifier Tournament". World Boccia. 22 December 2023.
8. "Final selections for Paris 2024". World Boccia. 2 July 2024.

External links

• Results book