Boccia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Boccia at the X Paralympic Games | |
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Competitors | 64 from 14 nations |
Boccia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of five events. All events were mixed, meaning that men and women competed together.
The 1996 Games marked the first year of separate competition for boccia players using an assistive device; a ramp or chute for delivering the balls onto the court. This group of very severely physically impaired athletes, unable to propel balls onto court using their limbs, would later become the separate BC3 classification.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Portugal (POR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Participating nations
- Australia (6)
- Austria (4)
- Belgium (2)
- Canada (6)
- Denmark (4)
- Great Britain (6)
- Ireland (4)
- New Zealand (2)
- Norway (4)
- Portugal (6)
- South Korea (4)
- Spain (6)
- Sweden (4)
- United States (6)
Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Individual C1 with assistive device | Paul Driesen Belgium | ||
Individual C1 | Kim Hae-ryung South Korea |
Steven Thompson United States | |
Individual C2 | Maria Rodriguez Spain |
Thomas Leahy Ireland |
Jésus Fraile Spain |
Pairs C1 with assistive device | José Macedo
Armando Costa |
Great Britain (GBR) Zoe Edge Joyce Carle |
Tu Huyhn
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Team C1-C2 | Jesus Fraile
Maria Rodriguez |
Portugal (POR) Pedro Silva António Marques Fernando Ferreira João Alves |
South Korea (KOR) Kim Joon Yoo Won-jeong Kim Hae-ryung Jeong Yu-seok |
References
- "1996 Atlanta - Boccia". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. Retrieved 2011-07-12.