Belgium at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

{{infobox country at games

| NPC = BEL

| NPCname = Belgian Paralympic Committee

| games = Summer Paralympics

| year = 2004

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website = {{url|www.paralympic.be }}

| location = Athens

| competitors = 25

| sports = 7

| flagbearer =

| rank = 36

| gold = 3

| silver = 2

| bronze = 2

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year =

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso =

}}

Belgium competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 25 athletes, 24 men and one woman.{{cite web|title=Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games|url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=participation&games=2004PG&sport=all|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=8 June 2011}} Competitors from Belgium won 7 medals, including 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze to finish 36th in the medal table.{{cite web|title=Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games|url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=2004PG&sport=all|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=8 June 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110605182038/http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=2004PG&sport=all| archive-date= 5 June 2011 | url-status= live}}

Medallists

style="width:6em"\| Medal !style="width:10em"\| Name !style="width:7em"\| Sport !style="width:10em"\| Event
class="wikitable"
{{gold medal}}	Dirk Boon	Cycling	Men's tricycle time trial CP 1/2
{{gold medal}}	Mathieu Loicq	Table tennis	Men's singles class 8
{{gold medal}}	Marc Ledoux Mathieu Loicq Nico Vergeylen	Table tennis	Men's teams class 8
{{silver medal}}	Gino de Keersmaeker	Athletics	Men's discus throw F42
{{silver medal}}	Marc Ledoux	Table tennis	Men's singles class 8
{{bronze medal}}	Kurt van Raefelghem	Athletics	Men's pentathlon P13
{{bronze medal}}	Bert Vermeir	Equestrian	Mixed individual dressage grade III

Sports

=Athletics=

==Men's track==

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Class !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="2"\|Heats !colspan="2"\|Semifinal !colspan="2"\|Final
Result !Rank !Result !Rank !Result !Rank
rowspan="2"\|Benny Govaerts \|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\|T37 \|800m \| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\|DNF \| style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"\|did not advance
1500m \| style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"\|N/A \| style="text-align:center;"\|4:45.86 \| style="text-align:center;"\|7

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Class

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

rowspan="2"|Benny Govaerts

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|T37

|800m

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|DNF

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"|did not advance

1500m

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"|N/A

| style="text-align:center;"|4:45.86

| style="text-align:center;"|7

==Men's field==

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Class !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="3"\|Final
Result !Points !Rank
rowspan="2"\|Gino de Keersmaeker \|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\|F42 \|Discus \| style="text-align:center;"\|45.34 \| style="text-align:center;"
style="text-align:center;"\|{{silver02}}
Shot put \| style="text-align:center;"\|11.93 \| style="text-align:center;"
style="text-align:center;"\|6
rowspan="2"\|Kurt van Raefelghem \| style="text-align:center;"\|F12 \|Long jump \| style="text-align:center;"\|6.35 \| style="text-align:center;"
style="text-align:center;"\|15
style="text-align:center;"\|P13 \|Pentathlon \| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\|2758 \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{bronze03}}

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Class

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="3"|Final

Result

!Points

!Rank

rowspan="2"|Gino de Keersmaeker

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|F42

|Discus

| style="text-align:center;"|45.34

| style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:center;"|{{silver02}}

Shot put

| style="text-align:center;"|11.93

| style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:center;"|6

rowspan="2"|Kurt van Raefelghem

| style="text-align:center;"|F12

|Long jump

| style="text-align:center;"|6.35

| style="text-align:center;"

style="text-align:center;"|15

style="text-align:center;"|P13

|Pentathlon

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|2758

| style="text-align:center;"|{{bronze03}}

=Cycling=

==Men's road==

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
Athlete !Event !Time !Rank
rowspan="2"\|Dirk Boon \|Men's tricycle road race CP div 1/2 \| style="text-align:center;"\|50:26 \| style="text-align:center;"\|5
Men's tricycle time trial CP div 1/2 \| style="text-align:center;"\|8:37.97 \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{gold01}}

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

rowspan="2"|Dirk Boon

|Men's tricycle road race CP div 1/2

| style="text-align:center;"|50:26

| style="text-align:center;"|5

Men's tricycle time trial CP div 1/2

| style="text-align:center;"|8:37.97

| style="text-align:center;"|{{gold01}}

=Equestrian=

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="2"\|Total
Score !Rank
rowspan="2"\|Jos Knevels \|Mixed individual championship test grade IV \|align="center"\|63.613 \|align="center"\|10
Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV \|align="center"\|72.091 \|align="center"\|7
rowspan="2"\|Bert Vermeir \|Mixed individual championship test grade III \|align="center"\|70.960 \|align="center"\|4
Mixed individual freestyle test grade III \|align="center"\|74.722 \|align="center"\|{{bronze03}}

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Total

Score

!Rank

rowspan="2"|Jos Knevels

|Mixed individual championship test grade IV

|align="center"|63.613

|align="center"|10

Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV

|align="center"|72.091

|align="center"|7

rowspan="2"|Bert Vermeir

|Mixed individual championship test grade III

|align="center"|70.960

|align="center"|4

Mixed individual freestyle test grade III

|align="center"|74.722

|align="center"|{{bronze03}}

=Shooting=

==Men==

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="2"\|Qualification !colspan="3"\|Final
Score !Rank !Score !Total !Rank
rowspan="3"\|Jan Boonen \|Men's 10m air pistol SH1 \|align=center\|563 \|align=center\|5 Q \|align=center\|99.8 \|align=center\|652.8 \|align=center\|8
Mixed 25m pistol SH1 \|align=center\|555 \|align=center\|11 \|align=center colspan="3"\|did not advance
Mixed 50m pistol SH1 \|align=center\|518 \|align=center\|10 \|align=center colspan="3"\|did not advance
rowspan="2"\|Luc Dessart \|Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 \|align=center\|596 \|align=center\|16 \|align=center colspan="3"\|did not advance
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 \|align=center\|591 \|align=center\|13 \|align=center colspan="3"\|did not advance
rowspan="2"\|Hans Peter Stamper \|Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 \|align=center\|593 \|align=center\|22 \|align=center colspan="3"\|did not advance
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 \|align=center\|589 \|align=center\|19 \|align=center colspan="3"\|did not advance

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="3"|Final

Score

!Rank

!Score

!Total

!Rank

rowspan="3"|Jan Boonen

|Men's 10m air pistol SH1

|align=center|563

|align=center|5 Q

|align=center|99.8

|align=center|652.8

|align=center|8

Mixed 25m pistol SH1

|align=center|555

|align=center|11

|align=center colspan="3"|did not advance

Mixed 50m pistol SH1

|align=center|518

|align=center|10

|align=center colspan="3"|did not advance

rowspan="2"|Luc Dessart

|Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2

|align=center|596

|align=center|16

|align=center colspan="3"|did not advance

Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2

|align=center|591

|align=center|13

|align=center colspan="3"|did not advance

rowspan="2"|Hans Peter Stamper

|Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2

|align=center|593

|align=center|22

|align=center colspan="3"|did not advance

Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2

|align=center|589

|align=center|19

|align=center colspan="3"|did not advance

=Swimming=

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Class !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="2"\|Heats !colspan="2"\|Final
Result !Rank !Result !Rank
rowspan="2"\|Wim de Paepe \|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\|S9 \|100m freestyle \| style="text-align:center;"\|1:01.82 \| style="text-align:center;"\|13 \| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\|did not advance
400m freestyle \| style="text-align:center;"\|4:38.14 \| style="text-align:center;"\|6 Q \| style="text-align:center;"\|4:37.52 \| style="text-align:center;"\|6
rowspan="3"\|Sven Decaesstecker \| style="text-align:center;"\|S10 \|100m backstroke \| style="text-align:center;"\|1:09.63 \| style="text-align:center;"\|7 Q \| style="text-align:center;"\|1:07.83 \| style="text-align:center;"\|6
style="text-align:center;"\|SB9 \|100m breaststroke \| style="text-align:center;"\|1:14.54 \| style="text-align:center;"\|5 Q \| style="text-align:center;"\|1:14.12 \| style="text-align:center;"\|5
style="text-align:center;"\|SM10 \|200m individual medley \| style="text-align:center;"\|2:25.72 \| style="text-align:center;"\|5 Q \| style="text-align:center;"\|2:24.03 \| style="text-align:center;"\|6
rowspan="3"\|Jonas Martens \|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"\|S9 \|50m freestyle \| style="text-align:center;"\|27.97 \| style="text-align:center;"\|8 Q \| style="text-align:center;"\|27.84 \| style="text-align:center;"\|7
100m freestyle \| style="text-align:center;"\|1:02.16 \| style="text-align:center;"\|14 \| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\|did not advance
100m backstroke \| style="text-align:center;"\|1:10.57 \| style="text-align:center;"\|10 \| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"\|did not advance

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Class

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Final

Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

rowspan="2"|Wim de Paepe

|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|S9

|100m freestyle

| style="text-align:center;"|1:01.82

| style="text-align:center;"|13

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

400m freestyle

| style="text-align:center;"|4:38.14

| style="text-align:center;"|6 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|4:37.52

| style="text-align:center;"|6

rowspan="3"|Sven Decaesstecker

| style="text-align:center;"|S10

|100m backstroke

| style="text-align:center;"|1:09.63

| style="text-align:center;"|7 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|1:07.83

| style="text-align:center;"|6

style="text-align:center;"|SB9

|100m breaststroke

| style="text-align:center;"|1:14.54

| style="text-align:center;"|5 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|1:14.12

| style="text-align:center;"|5

style="text-align:center;"|SM10

|200m individual medley

| style="text-align:center;"|2:25.72

| style="text-align:center;"|5 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|2:24.03

| style="text-align:center;"|6

rowspan="3"|Jonas Martens

|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|S9

|50m freestyle

| style="text-align:center;"|27.97

| style="text-align:center;"|8 Q

| style="text-align:center;"|27.84

| style="text-align:center;"|7

100m freestyle

| style="text-align:center;"|1:02.16

| style="text-align:center;"|14

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

100m backstroke

| style="text-align:center;"|1:10.57

| style="text-align:center;"|10

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|did not advance

=Table tennis=

==Men==

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="4"\|Preliminaries !Round of 16 !Quarterfinals !Semifinals !colspan="2"\|Final / {{abbr\|BM\|Bronze medal match}}
Opposition Result !Opposition Result !Opposition Result !Rank !Opposition Result !Opposition Result !Opposition Result !Opposition Result !Rank
Dimitri Ghion \|Men's singles 4 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Martin\|FRA\|2004 Summer}} W 3–1 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Lis\|POL\|2004 Summer}} W 3–0 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Park\|KOR\|0000 Summer}} W 3–2 \|align="center"\|1 Q \|align="center"\|N/A \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Stefanu\|CZE\|2004 Summer}} L 1–3 \|align="center" colspan="3"\|did not advance
Marc Ledoux \|rowspan="3"\|Men's singles 8 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Soukup\|CZE\|2004 Summer}} W 3-0 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Lo\|USA\|2004 Summer}} W 3-2 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|du Plooy\|RSA\|2004 Summer}} W 3-0 \|align="center"\|1 Q \|align="center"\|Bye \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Schaller\|FRA\|2004 Summer}} W 3-2 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Csejtey\|SVK\|2004 Summer}} W 3-1 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Loicq\|BEL\|2004 Summer}} L 0-3 \|align="center"\|{{silver02}}
Mathieu Loicq \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Csejtey\|SVK\|2004 Summer}} L 0-3 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Lee\|KOR\|2004 Summer}} W 3-1 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Kovacic\|CRO\|2004 Summer}} W 3-1 \|align="center"\|2 Q \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Glikman\|ISR\|2004 Summer}} W 3-0 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Li\|CHN\|2004 Summer}} W 3-2 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Frommelt\|LIE\|2004 Summer}} W 3-1 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Ledoux\|BEL\|2004 Summer}} W 3-0 \|align="center"\|{{gold01}}
Nico Vergeylen \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Frommelt\|LIE\|2004 Summer}} L 0-3 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Pichon\|FRA\|2004 Summer}} W 3-1 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Csonka\|HUN\|2004 Summer}} L 2-3 \|align="center"\|2 Q \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Csejtey\|SVK\|2004 Summer}} L 0-3 \|align="center" colspan="4"\|did not advance
Marc Ledoux Mathieu Loicq Nico Vergeylen \|Men's team 8 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCteam\|CHN\|2004 Summer}} W 3-0 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCteam\|ESP\|2004 Summer}} L 1-3 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCteam\|CZE\|2004 Summer}} W 3-0 \|align="center"\|1 Q \|align="center" colspan="2"\|N/A \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCteam\|SVK\|2004 Summer}} W 3-0 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCteam\|FRA\|2004 Summer}} W 3-1 \|align="center"\|{{gold01}}

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="4"|Preliminaries

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

Dimitri Ghion

|Men's singles 4

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Martin|FRA|2004 Summer}}
W 3–1

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Lis|POL|2004 Summer}}
W 3–0

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Park|KOR|0000 Summer}}
W 3–2

|align="center"|1 Q

|align="center"|N/A

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Stefanu|CZE|2004 Summer}}
L 1–3

|align="center" colspan="3"|did not advance

Marc Ledoux

|rowspan="3"|Men's singles 8

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Soukup|CZE|2004 Summer}}
W 3-0

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Lo|USA|2004 Summer}}
W 3-2

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|du Plooy|RSA|2004 Summer}}
W 3-0

|align="center"|1 Q

|align="center"|Bye

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Schaller|FRA|2004 Summer}}
W 3-2

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Csejtey|SVK|2004 Summer}}
W 3-1

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Loicq|BEL|2004 Summer}}
L 0-3

|align="center"|{{silver02}}

Mathieu Loicq

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Csejtey|SVK|2004 Summer}}
L 0-3

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Lee|KOR|2004 Summer}}
W 3-1

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Kovacic|CRO|2004 Summer}}
W 3-1

|align="center"|2 Q

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Glikman|ISR|2004 Summer}}
W 3-0

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Li|CHN|2004 Summer}}
W 3-2

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Frommelt|LIE|2004 Summer}}
W 3-1

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Ledoux|BEL|2004 Summer}}
W 3-0

|align="center"|{{gold01}}

Nico Vergeylen

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Frommelt|LIE|2004 Summer}}
L 0-3

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Pichon|FRA|2004 Summer}}
W 3-1

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Csonka|HUN|2004 Summer}}
L 2-3

|align="center"|2 Q

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Csejtey|SVK|2004 Summer}}
L 0-3

|align="center" colspan="4"|did not advance

Marc Ledoux
Mathieu Loicq
Nico Vergeylen

|Men's team 8

|align="center"|{{flagIPCteam|CHN|2004 Summer}}
W 3-0

|align="center"|{{flagIPCteam|ESP|2004 Summer}}
L 1-3

|align="center"|{{flagIPCteam|CZE|2004 Summer}}
W 3-0

|align="center"|1 Q

|align="center" colspan="2"|N/A

|align="center"|{{flagIPCteam|SVK|2004 Summer}}
W 3-0

|align="center"|{{flagIPCteam|FRA|2004 Summer}}
W 3-1

|align="center"|{{gold01}}

==Women==

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"\|Athlete !rowspan="2"\|Event !colspan="4"\|Preliminaries !Quarterfinals !Semifinals !colspan="2"\|Final / {{abbr\|BM\|Bronze medal match}}
Opposition Result !Opposition Result !Opposition Result !Rank !Opposition Result !Opposition Result !Opposition Result !Rank
Myriam Muylaert \|Women's singles 9 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Liu\|CHN\|2004 Summer}} L 0–3 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Kamkasomphou\|FRA\|2004 Summer}} L 1–3 \|align="center"\|{{flagIPCathlete\|Grzelak\|POL\|2004 Summer}} L 0–3 \|align="center"\|4 \|align="center" colspan="4"\|did not advance

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="4"|Preliminaries

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

Myriam Muylaert

|Women's singles 9

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Liu|CHN|2004 Summer}}
L 0–3

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Kamkasomphou|FRA|2004 Summer}}
L 1–3

|align="center"|{{flagIPCathlete|Grzelak|POL|2004 Summer}}
L 0–3

|align="center"|4

|align="center" colspan="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==

class="wikitable"

style="text-align:center;"|Game

| style="text-align:center;"|Match

| style="text-align:center;"|Score

| style="text-align:center;"|Rank

style="text-align:center;"|1

| Belgium vs. {{flagIPCteam|GBR|2004 Summer}}

| style="text-align:center;"|22 - 27

|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|3

style="text-align:center;"|2

| Belgium vs. {{flagIPCteam|CAN|2004 Summer}}

| style="text-align:center;"|30 - 32 (OT)

style="text-align:center;"|3

| Belgium vs. {{flagIPCteam|GER|2004 Summer}}

| style="text-align:center;"|40 - 33

style="text-align:center;"|Quarterfinals

| Belgium vs. {{flagIPCteam|NZL|2004 Summer}}

| style="text-align:center;"|33 - 40

| style="text-align:center;"|L

style="text-align:center;"|Semifinals

| Belgium vs. {{flagIPCteam|JPN|2004 Summer}}

| style="text-align:center;"|36 - 35

| style="text-align:center;"|W

style="text-align:center;"|5th/6th classification

| Belgium vs. {{flagIPCteam|AUS|2004 Summer}}

| style="text-align:center;"|43 - 46

| style="text-align:center;"|6

References

Category:Nations at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

2004

Summer Paralympics

Belgium at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Medallists

Sports

=Athletics=

==Men's track==

==Men's field==

=Cycling=

==Men's road==

=Equestrian=

=Shooting=

==Men==

=Swimming=

=Table tennis=

==Men==

==Women==

=Wheelchair rugby=

==Players==

==Tournament==

See also

References