Boccia at the Summer Paralympics

Boccia has been contested at the Summer Paralympics since the 1984 Games in New York City and Stoke Mandeville. Five boccia events were held at those games, two for men, two for women, and one mixed event where men and women competed together. Since then, all boccia events at the Paralympics have been mixed. Athletes in this sport have cerebral palsy and are given a classification according to the extent of their disability. There were originally two classes, C1 and C2, with C1 corresponding to those with more severe impairment. In 1996 a "C1 with aid device" class was added, and in 2000 the system was changed to have four classes, BC1 through BC4.

Boccia at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	CP-ISRA
Events	7 (mixed)
Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Medalists

Events

The table below gives the total number of boccia events and the disability classifications contested in individual, pairs, and team competition for each edition of the Summer Paralympics. All events were mixed unless noted otherwise.

Year	Number of events	Individual events	Pairs events	Team events
1984	5	Men's C1 Men's C2 Women's C1 Women's C2		Open
1988	3	C1 C2		C1–C2
1992	3	C1 C2		C1–C2
1996	5	C1 C1 with aid device C2	C1 with aid device	C1–C2
2000	5	BC1 BC2 BC3	BC3	BC1–BC2
2004	7	BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4	BC3 BC4	BC1–BC2
2008	7	BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4	BC3 BC4	BC1–BC2
2012	7	BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4	BC3 BC4	BC1-BC2
2016	7	BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4	BC3 BC4	BC1-BC2

Medal table

Total medals achieved from 1984 to 2016.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	9	6	7	22
2	Portugal (POR)	8	10	9	27
3	Brazil (BRA)	6	1	2	9
4	Spain (ESP)	5	7	7	19
5	Thailand (THA)	5	1	4	10
6	Great Britain (GBR)	4	5	3	12
7	Hong Kong (HKG)	4	1	0	5
8	Ireland (IRL)	3	1	2	6
9	United States (USA)	2	2	3	7
10	Denmark (DEN)	1	3	2	6
11	Canada (CAN)	1	2	5	8
12	Greece (GRE)	1	2	2	5
13	Slovakia (SVK)	1	1	0	2
14	China (CHN)	0	3	1	4
15	Japan (JPN)	0	2	0	2
16	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	1	2
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	1	2
18	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	0	1
20	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	2	2
21	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 nations)		50	51	53	154

Multi medalists

Boccia players who have won two gold medals or five medals. Active players are in bold.

No.	Athlete	Country	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Dirceu Pinto	Brazil (BRA)	2008-2016	3	M	4	1	0	5
2	Antonio Cid	Spain (ESP)	1992-2004	4	M	3	2	1	6
3	João Paulo Fernandes	Portugal (POR)	2004-2008	2	M	3	1	0	4
4	Henrik Jorgensen	Denmark (DEN)	1984-1996, 2004	5	M	1	3	2	6
5	Eliseu dos Santos	Brazil (BRA)	2008-2016	3	M	2	1	2	5
6	Nigel Murray	Great Britain (GBR)	2000-2012	4	M	2	1	1	4
	David Smith	Great Britain (GBR)	2008-2016	3	M	2	1	1	4
8	Pattaya Tadtong	Thailand (THA)	2004-2016	4	M	2	0	1	3
9	Maria Rodriguez	Spain (ESP)	1996	1	F	2	0	0	2

Nations

Nation	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	Years
Argentina (ARG)											6	5	4	4	4	5
Australia (AUS)								4	4	6	6				1	5
Austria (AUT)										4	4	4				3
Belgium (BEL)									4	2	2			3	3	5
Bermuda (BER)															1	1
Brazil (BRA)													2	7	10	3
Canada (CAN)							4	2	4	6	6	8	7	9	6	9
China (CHN)													9	5	6	3
Czech Republic (CZE)											2	2	2	3	2	5
Denmark (DEN)							1	3	4	4		4				5
Finland (FIN)													3			1
Great Britain (GBR)							7	6	4	6	4	4	4	9	10	9
Greece (GRE)												4	3	5	5	4
Hong Kong (HKG)												6	6	6	8	4
Hungary (HUN)												2	2			2
Ireland (IRL)								3	4	4	6	6	4	5		7
Israel (ISR)															1	1
Japan (JPN)													4	5	5	3
Kuwait (KUW)									3							1
Mexico (MEX)														1	1	2
Netherlands (NED)															3	1
New Zealand (NZL)										2	4	6	7			4
Norway (NOR)										4	4	4	3	1	1	6
Portugal (POR)							3	6	4	6	6	9	9	9	10	9
Singapore (SGP)														1	2	2
Slovakia (SVK)												2	2	5	7	4
South Korea (KOR)								6	3	4	4	2	4	7	8	8
Spain (ESP)									4	6	6	9	9	8	4	7
Sweden (SWE)										4				1	1	3
Thailand (THA)												4	3	8	7	4
United States (USA)							4	4	4	6	4	3	1	1		8
Nations							5	8	11	14	14	18	20	21	23
Competitors							19	34	42	64	64	84	88	103	106
Year	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16

References

• "Boccia History". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-16.

• "Results by Sport - Boccia". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-16.