Boccia
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueSouth Paris Arena
Dates29 August – 5th September
Competitors124

Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France will take place in Paris Expo. There will be expected 124 qualification slots (48 female and 48 male, 28 gender free) across eleven events. It will be first time that individual events will be in two separate categories for men and women: in previous Games, men and women took part together in mixed individual events. Only team and pairs events will be mixed where one man and one woman will take part.[1]

Qualification

A total of 48 male, 48 female and 28 gender-free quotas are allocated via championships and World rankings.[2]

Means of qualificationDateVenueQualifiedTotal
Men's
BC1
Men's
BC2
Men's
BC3
Men's
BC4
Women's
BC1
Women's
BC2
Women's
BC3
Women's
BC4
Team
BC1-2
Pairs
BC3
Pairs
BC4
2023 African Championships[3]2–10 July 2023Egypt Cairo Tunisia South Africa Egypt7
2023 European Championships[4]6–14 August 2023Netherlands Rotterdam Netherlands Czech Republic Ukraine7
2023 Parapan American Games[5]17–25 November 2023Chile Santiago Brazil Argentina Canada7
2023 Asia/Oceania Championships[6]1–9 December 2023Hong Kong Hong Kong Thailand South Korea China7
2024 Paralympic Tournament[7]22–28 March 2024Portugal Coimbra33321
World Boccia rankings1 January – 31 December 202322222222 South Korea
 Great Britain
 Portugal
 Japan
 Australia
 Hong Kong
 Thailand
 Brazil
 Colombia
 Hong Kong
 Thailand
 Slovakia
48
Host country allocation13 September 2017Peru Lima France France France7
Bipartite invitation allocation17 June 20243333333324
Total124

Medalists

Individual events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual BC1
Men's individual BC2
Men's individual BC3
Men's individual BC4
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's individual BC1
Women's individual BC2
Women's individual BC3
Women's individual BC4

Mixed events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed teams BC1/BC2
Pairs BC3
Pairs BC4

References

  1. "Boccia - Paris 2024". Paris 2024. 7 January 2023.
  2. "2024 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 18 November 2023.
  3. "Cairo 2023 World Boccia Africa Regional Championships". World Boccia. 7 January 2023.
  4. "Rotterdam 2023 World Boccia Europe Regional Championships". World Boccia. 7 January 2023.
  5. "Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games (World Boccia American Regional Championships)". World Boccia. 7 January 2023.
  6. "Hong Kong 2023 World Boccia Asia-Oceania Regional Championships". World Boccia. 7 January 2023.
  7. "Coimbra 2024 World Boccia Paralympic Qualifier Tournament". World Boccia. 22 December 2023.
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