Boccia Boccia ( ) is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for "boss" – '. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by athletes ...

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. There were expected to be 116 qualification slots (34 females, 82 gender free) across eight mixed events: four individual events, two pairs events and one team event. While the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the

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, they kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

Classification

When competing in boccia at national or international level, the athletes were competing in events with different classifications, based on level of

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, GB Boccia Federation * BC1 -

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. ** Locomotor dysfunction affecting the whole body. **Use hands or feet to propel the ball into play **May be assisted by an aide. * BC2 - Cerebral palsy. **Locomotor dysfunction affecting the whole body **Use hands to propel the ball into play **Not assisted by an aide. * BC3 - Cerebral palsy or another disability. **Locomotor dysfunction in all four limbs. **Use the help of a ramp to propel the ball into play. **Assisted by an aide (ramper). * BC4 - Not cerebral palsy, but another disability, for example

muscular dystrophy Muscular dystrophies (MD) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare neuromuscular diseases that cause progressive weakness and breakdown of skeletal muscles over time. The disorders differ as to which muscles are primarily affe ...

tetraplegia Tetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia, is defined as the dysfunction or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the cervical area of the spinal cord. A loss of motor function can present as either weakness or paralysis leading to partial or t ...

. **Locomotor dysfunction in all four limbs **Use hands to propel the ball into play **Not assisted by an aide.

Qualification

Schedule

Medals

Medalists

References

External links

Results book
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