| Belgium at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | BEL |
| NPC | Belgian Paralympic Committee |
| in Paris, France August 28, 2024 – September 8, 2024 | |
| Competitors | 29 (21 men and 8 women) in 10 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Manon Claeys Joachim Gerard |
| Flag bearers (closing) | Léa Bayekula Laurens Devos |
| Medals Ranked 20th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Belgium competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Maxime Carabin | Athletics | 400m T52 | 30 August |
| Gold | Michèle George | Equestrian | Individual championship test grade V | 4 September |
| Gold | Léa Bayekula | Athletics | 100m T54 | 4 September |
| Gold | Léa Bayekula | Athletics | 400m T54 | 5 September |
| Gold | Maxime Carabin | Athletics | 100m T52 | 6 September |
| Gold | Michèle George | Equestrian | Individual freestyle test grade V | 7 September |
| Gold | Laurens Devos | Table tennis | Men's individual – Class 9 | 7 September |
 Silver | Ewoud Vromant | Cycling | Individual pursuit C2 | 30 August |
| Silver | Ewoud Vromant | Cycling | Road time trial C2 | 4 September |
| Silver | Maxime Hordies | Cycling | Men's road time trial H1 | 4 September |
| Silver | Peter Genyn | Athletics | 100m T51 | 6 September |
 Bronze | Peter Genyn | Athletics | 200m T51 | 3 September |
| Bronze | Tim Celen | Cycling | Men's road time trial T1–2 | 4 September |
| Bronze | Jonas Van de Steene | Cycling | Men's road time trial H4 | 4 September |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Badminton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boccia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cycling | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Paratriathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Table tennis | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Wheelchair tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 21 | 8 | 29 |
Belgium secured a quota place in the men's compound event by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic. [1]
| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Piotr Van Montagu | Men's individual compound | 694 | 8 |  Atamanenko (UKR)W 139-140 |  Kadhim (IRQ)W 141-143 |  AI (CHN)L 140-148 | Did not advance | 8 | |
Belgian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Maxime Carabin | Men's 100 m T52 | 16.21 PR | 1 Q | 16.70 | |
| Men's 400 m T52 | 54.48 PR | 1 Q | 55.10 | | |
| Martin Clobert Guide:Nathan de Bilderling Sebastien Thirion | Men's marathon T12 | — | 2:38:34 | 11 | |
| Peter Genyn | Men's 100m T51 | — | 20.47 | | |
| Men's 200 m T51 | — | 38.65 | | ||
| Roger Habsch | Men's 100 m T51 | — | 22.41 | 6 | |
| Men's 200 m T51 | — | 42.35 | 5 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Léa Bayekula | Women's 100 m T54 | 15.87 | 1 Q | 15.50 PR | |
| Women's 400 m T54 | 52.25 | 1 Q | 53.05 | | |
| Wome's 800 m T54 | 1:45.42 | 1 Q | 1:43.63 PB | 5 | |
| Kiara Maene | Women's 400 m T20 | 1:06.25 | 7 | Did not advance | |
| Selma van Kerm | Women's 400 m T37 | — | 1:14.80 | 8 | |
Belgium has qualified one para badminton player for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking; also marking nation's debut at the para sport.
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Man-Kei To | Women's singles WH1 |  Koosz (AUT)W (21–7, 21–6) |  Kwon (KOR)W (21–12, 21–10) | — | 1 Q | Kwon (KOR) W (6–21, 14–21) |  Pookkham (THA)L (13-21, 15-21) | Yin (CHN) L (21-9, 21-9) | 4 |
The World Boccia Competition Committee, in association with the International Paralympic Committee, granted Belgium's Francis Rombouts a qualification spot via the bi-partite slot allocation process. [2]
| Athlete | Event | Pool matches | Playoffs | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Francis Rombouts | Men's individual BC2 | Seo M-k (KOR) L 2–5 |  Ben Youb (TUN)W 7–0 | Saengampa (THA) L 0–11 | 2 Q |  Herlangga (INA)L 1–7 | Did not advance | 12 | ||
Belgium has qualified 6 para-cyclists (six men) based on the UCI Nations Rankings for 2024. [3]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxime Hordies | Time trial H1 | 35:11.13 | |
| Road race H1–2 | DNF | ||
| Tim Celen | Time trial T1-2 | 23:27.64 | |
| Road race T1-2 | 1:21:25 | 6 | |
| Marvin Odent | Time trial H3 | 46:20.51 | 4 |
| Road race H3 | 1:40:00 | 6 | |
| Jonas Van de Steene | Time trial H4 | 41:52.22 | |
| Road race H4 | DNF | ||
| Ewoud Vromant | Time trial C2 | 19:26.61 | |
| Road race C1–2–3 | 1:50:33 | 8 | |
| Louis Clincke | Time trial C4 | 38:22.70 | 4 |
| Road race C4-5 | 2:32:24 | 12 | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxime Hordies Marvin Odent Jonas Van de Steene | Mixed team relay H1–5 | DNS | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Ewoud Vromant | Individual pursuit C2 | 3:27.640 | 2 QG | 3:28.062 | |
Belgium entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition by finishing in the top seven nation's at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark. [4] [5]
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manon Claeys | Katharina Sollenburg | Individual championship test grade IV | 67.667 | 6 Q |
| Individual freestyle test grade IV | 75.995 | 6 | ||
| Michèle George | Best of 8 | Individual championship test grade V | 76.692 | Q |
| Individual freestyle test grade V | 81.470 | | ||
| Barbara Minneci | Stuart | Individual championship test grade III | 66.667 | 7 Q |
| Individual freestyle test grade III | 72.281 | 7 | ||
| Kevin Van Ham | Eros Van Ons Heem | Individual championship test grade V | 69.692 | 6 Q |
| Individual freestyle test grade V | 73.010 | 5 |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Individual score | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT | Score | Rank | |||
| Manon Claeys | See above | Team | 72.621 | 219.189 | 7 |
| Michèle George | 77.868 | ||||
| Barbara Minneci | 68.700 | ||||
Belgium athletes earned 1 quota place in paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics by having a top nine ranking in the World Paratriathlon rankings for their classification on 1 July 2024; also marking the nations debut in the para sport.
| Athlete | Event | Swim | Trans 1 | Bike | Trans 2 | Run | Total time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wim De Paepe | Men's PTS2 | 11:06 | 1:17 | 33.34 | 1:16 | 22:03 | 1:09:16 | 5 |
Belgium have qualified three swimmers, two male and one female, to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Sam de Visser | Men's 400m freestyle S9 | 4:25.22 | 5 Q | 4:21.23 | 6 |
| Aymeric Parmentier | Men's 100m breaststroke SB14 | 1:08.92 | 9 | Did not advance | 9 |
| Tatyana Lebrun | Women's 100m breaststroke SB9 | 1:18.25 | 5 Q | 1:18.39 | 5 |
| Women's 100m butterfly S10 | 1:16.67 | 14 | Did not advance | 14 | |
| Women's 200m individual medley SM10 | 2:35.55 | 5 Q | 2:32.79 | 4 | |
Belgium entered four athletes for the Paralympic games. Laurens Devos and Florian Van Acker qualified for their games by virtue of their gold medal results, in their respective class, through the 2023 European Para Championships held in Sheffield, Great Britain; [6] meanwhile Marc Ledoux and Ben Ashok Despineux qualified for the games through the doubles slot allocation resp. the bipartite selection process. [7]
| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ben Ashok Despineux | Men's individual C7 | — |  Montanus (NED)L 1-3 | Did not advance | |||
| Marc Ledoux | Men's individual C8 |  Makhulbekov (KAZ)W 3-1 | Zhao (CHN) L 3-0 | Did not advance | |||
| Laurens Devos | Men's individual C9 | — | Bye |  Gustafsson (SWE)W 3-0 |  Cepas (ESP)W 3-0 |  Didier (FRA)W 3-0 | |
| Florian Van Acker | Men's individual C11 | — | Bye |  Chen (TPE)L 3-1 | Did not advance | ||
| Laurens Devos Marc Ledoux | Men's doubles MD18 | — | Didukh / Nikolenko (UKR) W 3-1 | Lian / Zhao (CHN) L 0-3 | Did not advance | ||
Belgium qualified one player entry for wheelchair tennis by the world rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Joachim Gérard | Men's singles | Bye | Menguy (FRA) L 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 | Did not advance | ||||
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