Summer Paralympics 2012 / Boccia

Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
information
venue	London
Competition venue	ExCel
Athletes	103
date	September 2-8, 2012
decisions	7th
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At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London , medals were awarded in a total of seven boccia competitions. The decisions were made between September 2nd and September 8th, 2008 at the ExCel .

Classes

In boccia, athletes with infantile cerebral palsy or other major physical disabilities were allowed to compete at the Paralympics . The classification goes from BC1 to BC4.

Results

A total of 104 athletes took part in the Paralympic boccia competitions. Men and women started mixed in the team (two decisions), in doubles (1) and in singles (4).

Single BC1

A total of 19 athletes from 15 nations took part in the competition.

space	country	athlete
1	Thailand	Pattaya Tadtong
2	United Kingdom	David Smith
3	Norway	Roger Aandalen
4th	Brazil	José Carlos Chagas de Oliveira
5	Portugal	João Paulo Fernandes
6th	People's Republic of China	Qi Zhang
7th	Thailand	Witsanu Huadpradit
8th	South Korea	Myeong-Su Kim

Date: September 5-8, 2012

Single BC2

A total of 29 participants from 15 nations took part in the competition, which was carried out as an elimination tournament.

space	country	athlete
1	Brazil	Maciel Sousa Santos
2	People's Republic of China	Yan Zhiqiang
3	South Korea	So-Yeong Jeong
4th	People's Republic of China	Kai Zhong
5	Portugal	Abilio Valente
6th	Hong Kong	Hiu Lam Yeung
7th	United Kingdom	Nigel Murray
8th	South Korea	Jeong-Min son

Date: September 5-8, 2012

Single BC3

A total of 24 athletes from 14 nations took part in the tournament, which was played in the knockout system .

space	country	athlete
1	South Korea	Ye-Jin Choi
2	South Korea	Ho-Won Jeong
3	Portugal	José Macedo
4th	South Korea	Kim Han-soo
5	Greece	Grigorios Polychronidis
6th	Belgium	Kirsten de Laender
7th	Singapore	Nurul Binte Mohammad Taha
8th	Portugal	Armando Costa

Date: September 5-8, 2012

Single BC4

A total of 16 athletes from 19 nations took part in the tournament, which was played in the knockout system .

space	country	athlete
1	Brazil	Dirceu Pinto
2	People's Republic of China	Yuansen Zheng
3	Brazil	Eliseu Santos
4th	United Kingdom	Stephen McGuire
5	Hong Kong	Yuk Wing Leung
6th	Czech Republic	Radek Procházka
7th	Hong Kong	Vivian (wai Yan) Lau
8th	United Kingdom	Peter McGuire

Date: September 5-8, 2012

Team BC3

Initially, the game was played in two groups with four teams each. The group winners and the runners-up then qualified for the semi-finals, which, like the final, were carried out in the knockout system .

space	country	team
1	Greece	Maria-Eleni Kordali Nikolaos Pananos Grigorios Polychronidis
2	Portugal	Armando Costa José Macedo Luis Silva (Boccia player)
3	Belgium	Pieter Cilissen Kirsten de Laender Pieter Verlinden
4th	South Korea	Ye-Jin Choi Ho-Won Jeong Kim Han-soo
5	United Kingdom	Jessica Hunter Scott McCowan Jacob Thomas
	Canada	Bruno Garneau Paul Gauthier Monica Martino
	Thailand	Somboon Chaipanich Tanimpat Visaratanunta
	Spain	Veronica Pamies Morera Sandra Pena Cortes Jose Rodriguez Vazquez

Date: September 2-4, 2012

Double BC4

Initially, the game was played in two groups with four teams each. The group winners and the runners-up then qualified for the semi-finals, which, like the final, were carried out in the knockout system .

space	country	team
1	Brazil	Eliseu dos Santos Dirceu José Pinto
2	Czech Republic	Leos Lacina Radek Procházka
3	Canada	Marco Dispaltro Josh Vander Vies
4th	United Kingdom	Peter McGuire Stephen McGuire
5	Hong Kong	Vivian (wai Yan) Lau Yuk Wing Leung
	Canada	Susana Barroso Domingos Vieira
	Thailand	Pornchok Larpyen Sataporn Yoojaroen
	Slovakia	Robert Durkovic Martin Streharsky

Date: September 2-4, 2012

Team BC1 / BC2

Initially, the game was played in four groups with three teams each. The group winners and the runners-up then qualified for the quarter-finals, this and the remaining games were played in the knockout system .

space	country	team
1	Thailand	Witsanu Huadpradit Mongkol Jitsa-Ngiem Pattaya Tadtong Watcharaphon Vongsa
2	People's Republic of China	Zhiqiang Yan Weibo Yuan Qi Zhang Kai Zhong
3	United Kingdom	Dan Bentley Nigel Murray Zoe Robinson David Smith
4th	Portugal	João Paulo Fernandes Fernando Ferreira Cristina Goncalves Abílio Valente
5	South Korea	So-Yeong Jeong Kwang-Min Ji Myeong-Su Kim Jeong-Min son
	Japan	Taemi Akimoto Takayuki Hirose Yuriko Shibayama Hidetaka Sugimura
	Brazil	José Carlos Chagas de Oliveira Luísa Lisboa dos Reis Natali Mello de Faria Maciel Sousa Santos
	Hong Kong	Karen Kwok Mei Yee Leung Kam Lung Wong Hiu Lam Yeung

Date: September 2-4, 2012

Boccia medal table

Boccia medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
01	Brazil	3	-	1	4th
	Thailand	2	-	-	2
03	South Korea	1	1	1	3
04th	Greece	1	-	-	1
05	China	-	3	-	3
06th	United Kingdom	-	1	1	2
	Portugal	-	1	1	2
08th	Czech Republic	-	1	-	1
09	Belgium	-	-	1	1
	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Norway	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Results ( Memento from September 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )