Hong Kong at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Hong Kong at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeHKG
NPCHong Kong Paralympic Committee and Sports Association for the Physically Disabled
Websitewww.hkparalympic.org
in Tokyo
Competitors24 in 8 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Yam Kwok Fan and Hui Ka Chun[2]
Flag bearer (closing)Chu Man Kai[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
5
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
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

Main article: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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
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

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Track events
Women
Athlete Events Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Yam Kwok Fan 100 metres T36 16.15 10 Did not advance
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

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

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
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) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Individual
Athletes Events Pool matches Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
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 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
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 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Hong Kong sent two athlete after qualified.[12]

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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

Men's events
Athlete Events Heats Final
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
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
200 m individual medley SM14 2:38.46 11 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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
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  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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Women
Athlete Event Pool round Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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 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 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

See also

References

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