Boccia at the Summer Paralympics

Boccia at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	CP-ISRA
Events	7 (mixed)
Games
1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 2008 • 2012 • 2016
Medalists

Boccia has been contested at the Summer Paralympics since the 1984 Games in New York 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.

Events

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	Number of events	Individual events	Pairs events	Team events
1984	5	Men's C1 Men's C2 Women's C1 Women's C2		Open
1988	3	C1 C2		C1–C2
1992	3	C1 C2		C1–C2
1996	5	C1 C1 with aid device C2	C1 with aid device	C1–C2
2000	5	BC1 BC2 BC3	BC3	BC1–BC2
2004	7	BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4	BC3 BC4	BC1–BC2
2008	7	BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4	BC3 BC4	BC1–BC2
2012	7	BC1 BC2 BC3 BC4	BC3 BC4	BC1-BC2