Boccia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Boccia; at the XII Paralympic Games
	Paralympic Boccia
Venue	Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Dates	23–28 September 2004
Competitors	84 from 18 nations

Boccia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in Athens. Contestants were categorised as follows:

BC1: players with cerebral palsy, competing with the help of an aide, who can only adjust the playing chair and give a ball to the player.
BC2: players with cerebral palsy not requiring an aide.
BC3: players with a very severe locomotor dysfunction, using an assistive device and assisted by an aide, who will remain in the player's box but who must keep his/her back to the court and eyes averted from play.
BC4: players with other locomotor disabilities, without an aide.

Participating countries


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Portugal (POR)	2	3	1	6
2	Hong Kong (HKG)	2	0	0	2
3	Spain (ESP)	1	2	2	5
4	Canada (CAN)	1	0	1	2
4	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	1	2
6	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	0	1
6	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
8	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
8	Thailand (THA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		7	7	7	21

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual BC1	João Paulo Fernandes Portugal	Roger Aandalen Norway	Pattaya Tadtong Thailand
Individual BC2	José Javier Curto Spain	Pedro Silva Portugal	Fernando Ferreira Portugal
Individual BC3	Paul Gauthier Canada	Santiago Pesquera Spain	Myung Hoon An South Korea
Individual BC4	Yuk Wing Leung Hong Kong	Bruno Valentim Portugal	Jose Maria Dueso Spain
Team BC1/BC2	Portugal (POR) João Paulo Fernandes Fernando Ferreira Cristina Gonçalves António Marques	New Zealand (NZL) Ross Flood Jeremy Morriss Liam Sanders Maurice Toon	Spain (ESP) Francisco Javier Beltran Antonio Cid Cortes Pedro Cordero José Javier Curto
Pairs BC3	South Korea (KOR) Myung Hoon An Seong Hyeon Park	Spain (ESP) Santiago Pesquera José Manuel Rodríguez	Canada (CAN) Paul Gauthier Alison Kabush
Pairs BC4	Hong Kong (HKG) Yan Chi Lau Yuk Wing Leung	Portugal (POR) Fernando de Oliveira Pereira Bruno Valentim	Hungary (HUN) Dezső Béres József Gyurkota

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"Medallists: Athens 2004 Paralympic Games: Boccia". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

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