List of Paralympic medalists in boccia

The List of Paralympic medalists in boccia is a comprehensive record of all athletes who have won medals in boccia since its introduction at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville/New York. Boccia, a precision ball sport similar to bowls or pétanque, is contested by athletes with severe physical disabilities across multiple classification categories—BC1, BC2, BC3 and BC4—in individual, pairs and team events. The list is organized chronologically, detailing medal winners for each event by year and classification. It highlights dominant nations—such as South Korea, Great Britain and Thailand—and notable athletes like Grigorios Polychronidis and Cristina Gonçalves. The article offers a clear, at-a-glance overview of medal trends and champions in Paralympic boccia history.

Medalists

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Men's events (1984)

Individual C1

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville	Henrik Jorgenson  Denmark	Russell Cecchini  Canada	Terry Hudson  Great Britain

Individual C2

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville	Craig Clifton  United States	Gord Hamilton  Canada	Mark Chard  Great Britain

Women's events (1984)

Individual C1

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville	Carol Johnson  Great Britain	Candy Dermarois  United States	Debbie Willows  Canada

Individual C2

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville	Nancy Anderson  United States	Diane Wiscombe  Great Britain	Jane Spitzley  United States

Mixed events

Mixed individual C1

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988 Seoul	Kang No Yun  South Korea	Henrik Jorgensen  Denmark	Joao Alves  Portugal
1992 Barcelona	Antonio Cid  Spain	James Thomson  United States	Henrik Jorgenson  Denmark
1996 Atlanta	José Macedo  Portugal	Yolanda Martin  Spain	Paul Driesen  Belgium
2000 Sydney	Gabriel Shelly  Ireland	Antonio Cid  Spain	Francisco Beltran  Spain
2004 Athens	João Paulo Fernandes  Portugal	Roger Aandalen  Norway	Pattaya Tadtong  Thailand
2008 Beijing	João Paulo Fernandes  Portugal	Antonio Marques  Portugal	Gabriel Shelly  Ireland
2012 London	Pattaya Tadtong  Thailand	David Smith  Great Britain	Roger Aandalen  Norway

Individual C2

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988 Seoul	Thomas Leahy  Ireland	Lee Jin-woo  South Korea	Fernando Ferreira  Portugal
1992 Barcelona	Lee Jin-woo  South Korea	Fernando Costa  Portugal	Shin Hyuk Lim  South Korea
1996 Atlanta	Hae Ryong Kim  South Korea	Henrik Jorgensen  Denmark	Steven Thompson  United States
2000 Sydney	Nigel Murray  Great Britain	Lee Jin-woo  South Korea	Jesus Fraile  Spain
2004 Athens	José Javier Curto  Spain	Pedro Silva  Portugal	Fernando Ferreira  Portugal
2008 Beijing	Hoi Ying Karen Kwok  Hong Kong	Nigel Murray  Great Britain	Manuel Ángel Martin  Spain
2012 London	Maciel Sousa Santos  Brazil	Yan Zhiqiang  China	So-Yeong Jeong  South Korea

Mixed team events (C1-2)

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville	Portugal (POR)	Great Britain (GBR)	United States (USA)
1988 Seoul	Portugal (POR)	South Korea (KOR)	Denmark (DEN)
1992 Barcelona	Spain (ESP)	Denmark (DEN)	Ireland (IRL)
1996 Atlanta	Spain (ESP)	Portugal (POR)	South Korea (KOR)
2000 Sydney	South Korea (KOR)	Spain (ESP)	Portugal (POR)
2004 Athens	Portugal (POR)	New Zealand (NZL)	Spain (ESP)
2008 Beijing	Great Britain (GBR)	Portugal (POR)	Spain (ESP)
2012 London	Thailand (THA)	China (CHN)	Great Britain (GBR)