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Boccia at the Summer Paralympics
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Governing body
| CP-ISRA
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Events
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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.
Summary
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Events
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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
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Number
of events
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Individual events
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Pairs events
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Team events
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1984
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5
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Men's C1
Men's C2
Women's C1
Women's C2
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Open
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1988
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3
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C1
C2
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C1?C2
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1992
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3
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C1
C2
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C1?C2
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1996
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5
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C1
C1 with aid device
C2
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C1 with aid device
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C1?C2
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2000
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5
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BC1
BC2
BC3
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BC3
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BC1?BC2
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2004
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7
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BC1
BC2
BC3
BC4
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BC3
BC4
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BC1?BC2
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2008
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7
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BC1
BC2
BC3
BC4
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BC3
BC4
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BC1?BC2
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2012
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7
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BC1
BC2
BC3
BC4
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BC3
BC4
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BC1-BC2
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2016
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7
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BC1
BC2
BC3
BC4
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BC3
BC4
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BC1-BC2
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2020
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7
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BC1
BC2
BC3
BC4
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BC3
BC4
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BC1-BC2
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Medal table
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Updated after the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Multi medalists
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Boccia players who have won two gold medals or five medals. Active players are in
bold
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Nations
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References
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