title: Boccia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
text: # Boccia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
  
  Boccia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of five events. All events were mixed, meaning that men and women competed together.
  
  The 1996 Games marked the first year of separate competition for boccia players using an assistive device; a ramp or chute for delivering the balls onto the court. This group of very severely physically impaired athletes, unable to propel balls onto court using their limbs, would later become the separate BC3 classification.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
  | 2 | Portugal (POR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 4 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 7 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 7 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
  
  ### Participating nations
  
  * Australia (6)
  * Austria (4)
  * Belgium (2)
  * Canada (6)
  * Denmark (4)
  * Great Britain (6)
  * Ireland (4)
  * New Zealand (2)
  * Norway (4)
  * Portugal (6)
  * South Korea (4)
  * Spain (6)
  * Sweden (4)
  * United States (6)
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Individual C1 with assistive device | José Macedo Portugal | Yolanda Martin Spain | Paul Driesen Belgium |
  | Individual C1 | Kim Hae-ryung South Korea | Henrik Jorgensen Denmark | Steven Thompson United States |
  | Individual C2 | Maria Rodriguez Spain | Thomas Leahy Ireland | Jésus Fraile Spain |
  | Pairs C1 with assistive device | Portugal (POR) José Macedo Armando Costa | Great Britain (GBR) Zoe Edge Joyce Carle | Australia (AUS) Kris Bignall Tu Huyhn |
  | Team C1-C2 | Spain (ESP) Antonio Cid Miguel Gomez Jesus Fraile Maria Rodriguez | Portugal (POR) Pedro Silva António Marques Fernando Ferreira João Alves | South Korea (KOR) Kim Joon Yoo Won-jeong Kim Hae-ryung Jeong Yu-seok |
  