Hong Kong at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Hong Kong at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Hong Kong at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	HKG
NPC	Hong Kong Paralympic Committee and Sports Association for the Physically Disabled
Website	www.hkparalympic.org
in Tokyo
Competitors	24 in 8 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Yam Kwok Fan and Hui Ka Chun
Flag bearer (closing)	Chu Man Kai
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 5
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Hong Kong competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.^[3]^[4] These were the last games contested by Hong Kong under the Hong Kong Paralympic Committee and Sports Association for the Physically Disabled umbrella, before the organisation separated into two independent entities namely the Hong Kong Paralympic Committee and Hong Kong Sports Association for the Physically Disabled on 1 April 2022.^[5]^[6]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Leung Yuk Wing Lau Wai Yan Vivian Wong Kwan Hang	Boccia	Mixed pairs BC4	4 September
Silver	Chu Man Kai	Badminton	Men's singles SH6	5 September
Bronze	Wong Ting Ting	Table tennis	Women's individual C11	28 August
Bronze	Leung Yuk Wing	Boccia	Mixed individual BC4	1 September
Bronze	Chan Ho Yuen	Badminton	Men's singles WH2	5 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	1	1	2
Badminton	2	0	2
Boccia	3	4	7
Equestrian	1	2	3
Swimming	2	2	4
Table Tennis	0	2	2
Wheelchair fencing	0	3	3
Total	10	14	24

Archery

Hong Kong has entered one archer at Men's Individual Compound Open.^[7]


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Ngai Ka Chuen	Men's individual compound	667	30	Sulaiman Sulaiman (IRQ) W 140-138	Rakesh Kumar (IND) L 131-144	Did not advance

Athletics

Two Hong Kong athletes has successfully entered the paralympic slot in athletics.^[8]

Track events
Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yam Kwok Fan	100 metres T36	16.15	10	Did not advance
Yam Kwok Fan	200 metres T36	34.79	10	Did not advance

Field events
Men

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Nikki Tang	Long jump T20	5.74	11

Badminton

Hong Kong has qualified a total of two para-badminton players for each of the following events into the Paralympic tournament based on the Para Badminton World Rankings.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chan Ho Yuen	Singles WH2	Jakobs (FRA) W (21–10, 21–8)	Kajiwara (JPN) L (21–13, 12–21, 13–21)	2 Q	Rooke (GBR) W (21–9, 21–11)	Kim J-j (KOR) L (21–15, 15–21, 15–21)	Kim K-h (KOR) W (24–22, 21–10)
Chu Man Kai	Singles SH6	Coombs (GBR) W (21–15, 21–10)	Shephard (GBR) L (11–21, 24–22, 10–21)	1 Q	—	Tavares (BRA) W (15–21, 21–18, 21–10)	Nagar (IND) L (17–21, 21–16, 17–21)

Boccia

Six Hong Kong athletes get a ticket in Individual BC3, BC4 & Individual BC2 events.^[10]

Individual

Athletes	Events	Pool matches				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Events	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yeung Hiu Lam	Mixed BC2	Kurilák (SVK) W 7−1	Hirose (JPN) W 6−1	Valente (POR) W 4−3	1 Q	Santos (BRA) L 5−6	Did not advance		5
Ho Yuen Kei	Mixed BC3	Kim (KOR) L 2−4	Soares da Silva Calado (BRA) W 8−1	Macedo (POR) W 3−1	2	Did not advance			9
Tse Tak Wah	Mixed BC3	Jeong (KOR) L 1−8	Carvalho (BRA) W 3*−3	Kawamoto (JPN) W 3−2	2	Did not advance			12
Lau Wai Yan Vivian	Mixed BC4	Komar (CRO) W 4−3	Levine (CAN) W 3−2	Strehársky (SVK) W 8−1	1 Q	Andrejčík (SVK) L 1−4	Did not advance		7
Leung Yuk Wing	Mixed BC4	Safin (RPC) W 3−1	M dos Santos (BRA) W 14−0	E dos Santos (BRA) L 4−6	2 Q	Balcová (SVK) W 8−0	Larpyen (THA) L 3−6	Zheng (CHN) W 5−4
Wong Kwan Hang	Mixed BC4	McGuire (GBR) W 4−1	Grisales (COL) L 3−7	Esaki (JPN) W 5−3	2	Did not advance			10

Pairs

Athletes	Events	Pool matches					Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Events	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ho Yuen Kei Liu Wing Tung^[11] Tse Tak Wah	Mixed BC3	Portugal W 4–1	Japan W 4*–4	Brazil L 3–5	Australia W 3*–3	1 Q	South Korea L 2–5	Greece L 0–7	4
Lau Wai Yan Vivian Leung Yuk Wing Wong Kwan Hang^[11]	Mixed BC4	Japan W 7–1	Colombia W 6–2	RPC W 8–2	Thailand W 5–1	1 Q	Portugal W 4–2	Slovakia L 2–3

Equestrian

Hong Kong sent two athlete after qualified.^[12]

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Tse Pui Ting Natasha	Baxo	Individual championship test grade I	63.786	16
Tse Pui Ting Natasha	Baxo	Individual freestyle test grade I	Did not advance
Fleur Schrader	Caraat	Individual championship test grade III	67.706	14
Fleur Schrader	Caraat	Individual freestyle test grade III	Did not advance
Tsang Tin Chi Timothy	Cethegus M	Individual championship test grade III	Did not start
Tsang Tin Chi Timothy	Cethegus M	Individual freestyle test grade III	Did not advance

Swimming

Four Hong Kong swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS.^[13]^[14]

Men's events

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hui Ka Chun	100 m backstroke S14	1:02.74	11	Did not advance
Tang Wai Lok	100 m butterfly S14	1:02.53	18	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle S14	1:59.77	10	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM14	2:18.87	14	Did not advance

Women's events

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chan Yui-lam	100 m backstroke S14	1:12.57	6 Q	1:12.49	6
	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:25.02	11	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S14	1:07.20	3 Q	1:06.65	4
	200 m freestyle S14	2:20.37	9	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM14	2:37.70	10	Did not advance
Cheung Ho Ching	100 m butterfly S14	1:10.68	8 Q	1:11.29	8
Cheung Ho Ching	200 m individual medley SM14	2:38.46	11	Did not advance

Table tennis

Hong Kong entered two athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Ng Mui Wui qualified from 2019 ITTF Asian Para Championships which was held in Taichung, Taiwan and Wong Ting Ting qualified via World Ranking allocation.^[15]

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ng Mui Wui	Individual C11	Maki Ito (JPN) W 3-1	Elena Prokofeva (RPC) L 0-3	Krystyna Lysiak (POL) L 2-3	3	—		Did not advance
Wong Ting Ting	Individual C11	Léa Ferney (FRA) W 3-1	Natalya Kosmina (UKR) W 3-1	Kanami Furukawa (JPN) L 1-3	2 Q	—		Elena Prokofeva (RPC) L 1-3	Did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

Women

Athlete	Event	Pool round		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ng Justine Charissa	Épée A	2–2	9	Krajnyak (HUN) L 12–15	Did not advance
Yu Chui Yee	Épée A	3–1	6	Mandryk (UKR) W 15–10	Rong (CHN) L 11–15	Did not advance
Chung Yuen Ping	Épée B	1–5	13	Did not advance
Ng Justine Charissa Yu Chui Yee Chung Yuen Ping	Team épée	Poland W 45–40 RPC L 22–45	2 Q	—		Ukraine L 27–45	RPC L 34–45	4
Ng Justine Charissa	Foil A	1–3	11	Hajmasi (HUN) L 10–15	Did not advance
Yu Chui Yee	Foil A	4–1	6	—	Rong (CHN) L 10–15	Did not advance
Chung Yuen Ping	Foil B	1–5	13	Did not advance
Ng Justine Charissa Yu Chui Yee Chung Yuen Ping	Team foil	Ukraine W 45–34 United States W 45–14 Italy L 32–45	2 Q	—		China L 33–45	Hungary L 44–45	4

References

^ Ho, Kelly (6 September 2021). "Hong Kong team wraps up Tokyo Paralympics with five medals". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
^ "Hong Kong flag bearers for Paralympics announced". The Standard. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.
^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ Geoff Berkeley (24 March 2022). "Hong Kong Paralympic Committee to run as sole entity after HKSAPD segregation". Retrieved 8 September 2024.
^ "Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled Announced Segregation - China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee". 23 March 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
^ "Tokyo 2020 Slot Allocation Overview" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 23 June 2021.
^ "Paralympics Badminton Ranking" (PDF). Para Badminton World Federation. 26 June 2019.
^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b The athlete did not participate in any of the pairs matches, but is still counted as one of the participants in the final scores.
^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
^ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

External links

Hong Kong Delegation's Official Website

[1] Ho, Kelly (6 September 2021). "Hong Kong team wraps up Tokyo Paralympics with five medals". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[2] "Hong Kong flag bearers for Paralympics announced". The Standard. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

[3] "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 16 June 2019.

[4] "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[5] Geoff Berkeley (24 March 2022). "Hong Kong Paralympic Committee to run as sole entity after HKSAPD segregation". Retrieved 8 September 2024.

[6] "Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled Announced Segregation - China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee". 23 March 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

[7] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.

[8] "Tokyo 2020 Slot Allocation Overview" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 23 June 2021.

[9] "Paralympics Badminton Ranking" (PDF). Para Badminton World Federation. 26 June 2019.

[10] "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[abs-11] The athlete did not participate in any of the pairs matches, but is still counted as one of the participants in the final scores.

[12] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.

[13] "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.

[14] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.

[15] "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

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