| Belgium at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | BEL |
| NPC | Belgian Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in London | |
| Competitors | 42 in 9 sports |
| Medals Ranked 36th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Belgium competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012. [1]
| Athlete | Events | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Gino De Keersmaeker | F42 Discus throw | 40.17 | 6 |
| Frederic Van den Heede | T46 Marathon | 2.31.38 PR |  |
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Marieke Vervoort | T52 100 m | — | 19.69 PR |  | |||
| T52 200 m | — | 34.83 RR |  | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Seeding matches | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Pieter Cilissen | Mixed individual BC3 | — |  K Kato (JPN)W 5-1 |  Kim H-S (KOR)L 2-5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Kirsten De Laender | — |  S Pena (ESP)W 8-2 |  J Macedo (POR)L 1-4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Pieter Cilissen Kirsten De Laender Pieter Verlinden | Mixed pairs BC3 |  Thailand W 7-1 Spain W 12-1 Portugal W 3-2 | 1 Q | — |  Greece L 0-7 | South Korea W 4-3 | | ||
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Bosmans | Men's Road race C1-3 | 1:42:51 | 5 |
| Koen Reyserhove | Men's Road race C4-5 | DNF | |
| Men's Time trial C4 | 37:15.51 | 12 | |
| Christophe Hindricq | Men's Road race H1 | 1:55:06 | 4 |
| Men's Time trial H1 | 39:46.68 | 7 | |
| Wim Decleir | Men's Road race H4 | 2:00:35 | |
| Men's Time trial H4 | 26:24.00 | 4 | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Bosmans | Men's C1-3 Kilometre | 1:12.825 | 14 |
| Koen Reyserhove | Men's C4-5 Kilometre | 1:14.689 | 19 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | ||
| Kris Bosmans | Men's C3 Pursuit | 3:52.453 | 10 | Did not advance | |
| Koen Reyserhove | Men's C4 Pursuit | 5:27.624 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | |||
| Ulricke Dekeyzer | Cleverboy van d'Abel | Individual championship test grade IV | 68.000 | 8 |
| Individual freestyle test grade IV | 69.550 | 9 | ||
| Michèle George | Rainman | Individual championship test grade IV | 77.065 | |
| Individual freestyle test grade IV | 82.100 | | ||
| Barbara Minneci | Barilla | Individual championship test grade II | 70.095 | 8 |
| Individual freestyle test grade II | 73.100 | 6 | ||
| Ciska Vermeulen | Whooney Tunes | Individual championship test grade IV | 71.613 | 4 |
| Individual freestyle test grade IV | 75.000 | 5 | ||
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Test round | Final round | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||
| Barbara Minneci | See above | II Team | 68.571 | 5 | ||||
| Ulricke Dekeyzer | IV Team | 68.625 | 6 | |||||
| Michèle George | 72.906 | 2 | ||||||
| Ciska Vermeulen | 66.750 | 9 | ||||||
| Squad list | Group stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |
| Youssef Bihi Johan De Rick Klison Mapreni Bruno Vanhove Tom Vanhove Glenn Van Thournhout |  Canada W 4–2 | 3 Q | ||||
 Algeria L 2–5 | ||||||
 Iran W 8–6 | ||||||
 China D 0–0 | ||||||
| South Korea W 5–3 | ||||||
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| China | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 10 | |
 Belgium | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 10 | |
| Algeria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 6 | |
| South Korea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Canada | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 3 |
| 30 August 2012 16:15 | Canada | 2 – 4 | Belgium | Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER) Shinji Mizuno (JPN) |
| Caron 2 | Report | de Rick 2 Vanhove 1 Bihi 1 | ||
| 31 August 2012 21:00 | Algeria | 5 – 2 | Belgium | Copper Box, London Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| Mokrane 3 Larbi 2 | Report | de Rick 1 Bihi 1 | ||
| 1 September 2012 18:30 | Belgium | 8 – 6 | Iran | Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| de Rick 3 Bihi 3 Vanhove 1 Mapreni 1 | Report | Sayahi 3 Jafari 2 Shahbazi 1 | ||
| 2 September 2012 15:00 | Belgium | 0 – 0 | China | Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Warrick Jackes (AUS) |
| Report | ||||
| 3 September 2012 09:00 | South Korea | 3 – 5 | Belgium | Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Morten Hammershoi (DEN) |
| Kim C.-H. 2 Hong 1 | Report | B. Vanhove 2 Bihi 2 Mapreni 1 | ||
| 5 September 2012 19:30 | Brazil  | 3 – 0 | Belgium | Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU) |
| Marques 2 Almeida Maciel Celente 1 | Report | |||
| Athlete | Events | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Sven Decaesstecker | 100 m backstroke S10 | 1:04.63 | 10 | Did not advance | |
| 200 m individual medley SM10 | 2:17.51 | 5 Q | 2:15.99 | 5 | |
| Yannick Vandeput | 200 m freestyle S14 | 2:07.47 | 13 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m backstroke S14 | 1:09.02 | 15 | |||
| 100 m breaststroke SB14 | 1:18.57 | 14 | |||
| Athlete | Events | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Tamara Medarts | 200 m freestyle S14 | 2:30.10 | 15 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m backstroke S14 | 1:20.61 | 13 | |||
| 100 m breaststroke SB14 | 1:23.51 | 6 Q | 1:24.58 | 7 | |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ben Despineux | Singles class 7 |  C Dettoni (CHI)W 3-1  M Nikolenko (UKR)L 0-3 | 2 | Did not advance | |||
| Marc Ledoux | Singles class 8 | P Salmin (BRA)W 3-0  M Skrzynecki (POL)L 1-3 | 2 | Did not advance | |||
| Mathieu Loicq |  A McKibbin (GBR)W 3-2 C Sun (CHN)L 0-3 | 2 | Did not advance | ||||
| Ben Despineux Marc Ledoux Mathieu Loicq | Team class 6-8 |  France W 3-2 | Poland L 2-3 | Did not advance | |||
| Squad list |
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| Ludwig Budeners David Duquenne Peter Genyn Raf Hendrix Bieke Ketelbuters Gunther Meersschaut Lars Mertens Ive Theuwissen Bob Vanacker Ronald Verhaegen Frederik Windey |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia (AUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 142 | +40 | 6 | Semifinals |
| Canada (CAN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 163 | 166 | −3 | 4 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 155 | −4 | 2 | Eliminated |
| Belgium (BEL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 168 | −33 | 0 |
| Sweden | 52 – 42 | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| Uhlmann 15 Hjert 9 Jansson 7 Sandberg 6 Kulle 5 Norlin 4 Team 4 Collin 2 | Report | Mertens 20 Verhaegen 9 Genyn 6 Vanacker 3 Team 2 Budeners 1 Meersschaut 1 |
| Canada | 58 – 50 | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| Madell 18 Hickling 9 Hirschfield 9 Lavoie 5 Chan 4 Whitehead 3 Simard 3 Team 3 Willsie 2 Funk 1 | Report | Mertens 24 Genyn 10 Verhaegen 5 Budeners 4 Team 4 Vanacker 3 |
| Australia | 58 – 43 | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| Batt 29 Carr 11 Bond 9 Smith 4 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 Harrison 1 Team 1 | Report | Mertens 14 Genyn 11 Verhaegen 5 Hendrix 4 Team 4 Budeners 3 Vanacker 2 |
| Great Britain | 54 – 49 | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Mike Denayer | Men's singles | S Olsson (6) (SWE) L 0-6 0-6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Joachim Gérard (11) | C Santos (BRA) W 6-3 6-2 |  S Welch (USA)W 7-6(4) 6-2 | N Peifer (8) (FRA) W 6-3 2-6 7-5 |  R Vink (4) (NED)L 6(4)-7 6-2 3-6 | Did not advance | |||
| Annick Sevenans (7) | Women's singles | — |  H Koosz (AUT)W 6-0 6-1 | Y Kamiji (JPN) L 6(3)-7 2-6 | Did not advance | |||
| Mike Denayer Joachim Gérard | Men's doubles | — |  Maripa / Mathonsi (RSA)W 6-2 6-3 | McCarroll / Reid (7) (GBR) L 4-6 3-6 | Did not advance | |||
Belgium competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. 96 Belgians took part in Beijing, the biggest delegation for the country since 1976. Belgium won 2 gold medals, better achievement than in 2004, when the country won 1 gold and 2 bronze medals.
Germany competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.
Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in the Basketball Arena, London from 5 September to 9 September. There was one event where 8 teams competed. Though a mixed gender event the vast majority of competitors at the games were male.
Football 7-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in London at the Olympic Hockey Centre, from 1 September to 9 September. Football 7-a-side is played by athletes with cerebral palsy, a condition characterized by impairment of muscular coordination. 96 footballers are expected to compete for one set of medals.
Great Britain competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012 as the host nation. A total of 288 athletes were selected to compete along with 13 other team members such as sighted guides. The country finished third in the medals table, behind China and Russia, winning 120 medals in total; 34 gold, 43 silver and 43 bronze. Multiple medallists included cyclist Sarah Storey and wheelchair athlete David Weir, who won four gold medals each, and swimmer Stephanie Millward who won a total of five medals. Storey also became the British athlete with the most overall medals, 22, and equal-most gold medals, 11, in Paralympic Games history.
The United States competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from August 29 to September 9, 2012.
Australia competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Games in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. The London Games were the biggest Games with 164 nations participating, 19 more than in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic. Australia has participated at every Summer Paralympic Games and hosted the 2000 Sydney Games. As such, the 2000 Sydney Games, regarded as one of the more successful Games, became a point-of-reference and an inspiration in the development of the 2012 London Games.
Canada competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. A total of 145 athletes were sent by the Canadian Paralympic Committee to compete in 15 sports. The country won 31 medals in total and finished twentieth in the medals table, below the CPC's goal on a top eight finish in total gold medals. The total medals and total golds are the lowest totals for Canada since the 1972 Games.
France competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.
The Netherlands competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.
Turkey competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.
Sweden competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.
Brazil competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. Brazil was the next host of the Summer Paralympics, holding the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. A Brazilian segment was performed in Closing Ceremony.
China competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.
Argentina competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. The country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony was the swimmer Guillermo Marro.
Russia competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. A total of 182 athletes were sent by the Russian Paralympic Committee to compete in twelve disciplines: athletics, archery, cycling, swimming, wheelchair fencing, table tennis, powerlifting, shooting, rowing, judo, 7-aside football and sitting volleyball.
Spain competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.
Ukraine competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.
Japan competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Japan's team consisted of 116 competitors.
Iran competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.
