| Belgium at the 2004 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | BEL |
| NPC | Belgian Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Athens | |
| Competitors | 25 in 7 sports |
| Medals Ranked 36th |
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| 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]
| 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 |
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | | |
| 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 | |||
The men's rugby team didn't win any medals, they were 6th out of 8 teams.
| 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 |
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