Belgium at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Belgium at the
2004 Summer Paralympics

IPC code| BEL
NPC| Belgian Paralympic Committee
Website| www.paralympic.be
in Athens
Competitors| 25 in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 36th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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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

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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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

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### Athletics

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#### Men's track

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Benny Govaerts | T37  | 800m | DNF  | did not advance
1500m | N/A  | 4:45.86  | 7

#### Men's field

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Points  | Rank
Gino de Keersmaeker | F42  | Discus | 45.34  | \-  |
Shot put | 11.93  | \-  | 6
Kurt van Raefelghem | F12  | Long jump | 6.35  | \-  | 15
P13  | Pentathlon | 2758  |

### Cycling

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#### Men's road

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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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  |

### Equestrian

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Athlete  | Event  | Total

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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  |

### Shooting

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#### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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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

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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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

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#### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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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  |
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  |
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  |

#### Women

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Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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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

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

#### Players

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* Ludwig Budeners
* Koen Delen
* Peter Genyn
* Christophe Hindricq
* Lars Mertens
* Guy Michem
* Bob Vanacker
* Ronny Verhaegen

#### Tournament

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Game  | Match  | Score  | Rank

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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

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* Belgium at the Paralympics
* Belgium at the 2004 Summer Olympics

## References

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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.

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