Belgium at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Belgium at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeBEL
NPCBelgian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.be
in Athens
Competitors25 in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 36th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
7
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Belgium competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 25 athletes, 24 men and one woman.[1] Competitors from Belgium won 7 medals, including 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze to finish 36th in the medal table.[2]

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Dirk Boon Cycling Men's tricycle time trial CP 1/2
 Gold Mathieu Loicq Table tennis Men's singles class 8
 Gold Marc Ledoux
Mathieu Loicq
Nico Vergeylen		 Table tennis Men's teams class 8
 Silver Gino de Keersmaeker Athletics Men's discus throw F42
 Silver Marc Ledoux Table tennis Men's singles class 8
 Bronze Kurt van Raefelghem Athletics Men's pentathlon P13
 Bronze Bert Vermeir Equestrian Mixed individual dressage grade III

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Benny Govaerts T37 800m DNF did not advance
1500m N/A 4:45.86 7

Men's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Gino de Keersmaeker F42 Discus 45.34 - 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shot put 11.93 - 6
Kurt van Raefelghem F12 Long jump 6.35 - 15
P13 Pentathlon 2758 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Dirk Boon Men's tricycle road race CP div 1/2 50:26 5
Men's tricycle time trial CP div 1/2 8:37.97 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Equestrian

Athlete Event Total
Score Rank
Jos Knevels Mixed individual championship test grade IV 63.613 10
Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV 72.091 7
Bert Vermeir Mixed individual championship test grade III 70.960 4
Mixed individual freestyle test grade III 74.722 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Shooting

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Jan Boonen Men's 10m air pistol SH1 563 5 Q 99.8 652.8 8
Mixed 25m pistol SH1 555 11 did not advance
Mixed 50m pistol SH1 518 10 did not advance
Luc Dessart Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 596 16 did not advance
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 591 13 did not advance
Hans Peter Stamper Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 593 22 did not advance
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 589 19 did not advance

Swimming

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Wim de Paepe S9 100m freestyle 1:01.82 13 did not advance
400m freestyle 4:38.14 6 Q 4:37.52 6
Sven Decaesstecker S10 100m backstroke 1:09.63 7 Q 1:07.83 6
SB9 100m breaststroke 1:14.54 5 Q 1:14.12 5
SM10 200m individual medley 2:25.72 5 Q 2:24.03 6
Jonas Martens S9 50m freestyle 27.97 8 Q 27.84 7
100m freestyle 1:02.16 14 did not advance
100m backstroke 1:10.57 10 did not advance

Table tennis

Men

Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Dimitri Ghion Men's singles 4  Martin (FRA)
W 3–1 		 Lis (POL)
W 3–0 		 Park (KOR)
W 3–2 		1 Q N/A  Stefanu (CZE)
L 1–3 		did not advance
Marc Ledoux Men's singles 8  Soukup (CZE)
W 3-0 		 Lo (USA)
W 3-2 		 du Plooy (RSA)
W 3-0 		1 Q Bye  Schaller (FRA)
W 3-2 		 Csejtey (SVK)
W 3-1 		 Loicq (BEL)
L 0-3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mathieu Loicq  Csejtey (SVK)
L 0-3 		 Lee (KOR)
W 3-1 		 Kovacic (CRO)
W 3-1 		2 Q  Glikman (ISR)
W 3-0 		 Li (CHN)
W 3-2 		 Frommelt (LIE)
W 3-1 		 Ledoux (BEL)
W 3-0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nico Vergeylen  Frommelt (LIE)
L 0-3 		 Pichon (FRA)
W 3-1 		 Csonka (HUN)
L 2-3 		2 Q  Csejtey (SVK)
L 0-3 		did not advance
Marc Ledoux
Mathieu Loicq
Nico Vergeylen 		Men's team 8  China (CHN)
W 3-0 		 Spain (ESP)
L 1-3 		 Czech Republic (CZE)
W 3-0 		1 Q N/A  Slovakia (SVK)
W 3-0 		 France (FRA)
W 3-1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Women

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Myriam Muylaert Women's singles 9  Liu (CHN)
L 0–3 		 Kamkasomphou (FRA)
L 1–3 		 Grzelak (POL)
L 0–3 		4 did not advance

Wheelchair rugby

The men's rugby team didn't win any medals, they were 6th out of 8 teams.

Players

Tournament

Game Match Score Rank
1 Belgium vs.  Great Britain (GBR) 22 - 27 3
2 Belgium vs.  Canada (CAN) 30 - 32 (OT)
3 Belgium vs.  Germany (GER) 40 - 33
Quarterfinals Belgium vs.  New Zealand (NZL) 33 - 40 L
Semifinals Belgium vs.  Japan (JPN) 36 - 35 W
5th/6th classification Belgium vs.  Australia (AUS) 43 - 46 6

See also

References

  1. ^ "Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.