Belgium at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Belgium at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	BEL
NPC	Belgian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.be
in Beijing
Competitors	21 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Nico Vergeylen
Medals Ranked 69th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Belgium sent a delegation of 21 athletes (20 male, 1 female) to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The nominated athletes are listed below with their individual classification and disciplines.^[1]

Belgium's overall result of just one bronze medal was its poorest ever at the Summer Paralympics. Its rank of 69th on the medal table was a sharp decline from four years earlier, where 3 gold medals, 2 silver and 2 bronze had placed it 36th. The 2008 Games were the first since 1968 at which Belgium failed to win at least one gold medal.^[2]

Medallists[]

The country won one medal, a bronze.^[3]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze		Cycling	Men's Individual Track Pursuit - LC2	8th

Athletics[]

3 competitors:

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Points	Rank
Gino de Keersmaeker	F42	Shot put	N/A				11.53	-	12
		Discus throw	N/A				41.84	-	5
Frederic van den Heede	T46	5000 m	N/A				15:39.00	-	12
		Marathon	N/A				2:37:03	-	7

Pentathlon

Athlete	Class	Event	Long jump			Javelin throw			100 m			Discus throw			1500 m			Total	Rank
			Result	Points	Rank	Result	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Result	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
	P12	Pentathlon	6.33	659	7	44.35	505	5	12.02	647	9	33.12	526	4	4:43.32	660	8	2997	8

Cycling[]

2 competitors:

Men

Time trials & Road races

Athlete	Class	Event	Time	Class Factor	Factorized Time	Rank
	LC2	Track time trial	1:14.881	-	-	7
		Road time trial	35:39.55 (+ 2:02.85)	-	-	4
	LC1-2/CP4 (LC2)	Road race	1:46:03 (+ 0:00)	-	-	4
	B&VI 1-3	Road time trial	33:58.30 (+ 1:57.18)	-	-	12
		Road race	2:23:17 (+ 8:33)	-	-	10

Pursuits

Athlete	Class	Event	Qualifying		Final/ Bronze medal race
			Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
	LC2	Track pursuit	4:56.261 48.605	3 Q	Novak (ROU) W 4:56.630 48.545

Equestrian[]

2 competitors:

Individual

Athlete	Class	Horse	Event	Result	Rank
	Grade Ib	Junior du Pré	Championship Test	63.619	8
			Freestyle Test	65.333	6
Bert Vermeir	Grade III	Tiramisu	Championship Test	64.000	7
			Freestyle Test	67.389	8

Goalball[]

6 competitors:

Men

• (B3)
• (B2)
• (B2)
• (B2)
• (B2)
• (B2)

Preliminary round - Group A

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Group table

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Slovenia (SLO)	5	5	0	0	35	24	+11	15
Lithuania (LTU)	5	4	1	0	50	18	+32	12
Denmark (DEN)	5	2	2	1	29	26	+3	7
Finland (FIN)	5	2	3	0	26	41	-15	6
Belgium (BEL)	5	1	4	0	33	42	-9	3
Spain (ESP)	5	0	4	1	20	42	-22	1

9th place match

Swimming[]

2 competitors:

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sven Decaesstecker	S10	100 m backstroke	1:05.44	9	Did not advance
	SB9	100 m breaststroke	1:14.30	7 Q	1:15.29	8
	SM10	200 m individual medley	2:19.57	3 Q	2:16.21	4
	S7	50 m butterfly	33.57	5 Q	33.80	5
		100 m backstroke	1:20.50	9	Did not advance
	SM7	200 m individual medley	2:53.93	3 Q	2:54.98	6

Table Tennis[]

3 competitors:

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Group Match 1	Group Match 2	Group Match 3	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/ Bronze medal match
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Marc Ledoux	TT8	Singles	Jambor (SVK) W 3-2	Kent (CAN) W 3-0	Glikman (ISR) L 2-3	Did not advance
Mathieu Loicq	TT8	Singles	Pichon (FRA) W 3-1	Grudzien (POL) L 0-3	Hu (TPE) W 3-1	Did not advance
Nico Vergeylen	TT8	Singles	Skrzynecki (POL) L 1-3	Csonka (HUN) L 0-3	Chen (CHN) L 0-3	Did not advance
Marc Ledoux Mathieu Loicq Nico Vergeylen	TT6-8	Team	N/A			Bye	Israel L 1-3	Did not advance

, who had been nominated as a Singles player in the TT4 category, had to withdraw his start due to injury.

Wheelchair Tennis[]

2 competitors:

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
			Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Joachim Gérard	Open	Singles	Gergely (SVK) W 6-1, 6-0	(USA) W 6-2, 6-0	Jeremiasz (FRA) L 4-6, 1-6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
			Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Annick Sevenans	Open	Singles	Martinez (COL) W 6-0, 6-0	Arnoult (USA) L 6-1, 3-6, 4-6	Did not advance

See also[]

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Belgium at the Paralympics
• Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References[]

External links[]

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee