Belgium at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

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 3 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 7
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

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	-
		Shot put	11.93	-	6
Kurt van Raefelghem	F12	Long jump	6.35	-	15
	P13	Pentathlon	2758

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

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

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
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

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

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

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

• Belgium at the Paralympics
• Belgium at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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.