Belgium at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Belgium competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 25 athletes, 24 men and one woman. Competitors from Belgium won 7 medals, including 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze to finish 36th in the medal table.

Medallists Medal Name Sport Event Dirk Boon Cycling Men's tricycle time trial CP 1/2 Mathieu Loicq Table tennis Men's singles class 8 Marc Ledoux Mathieu Loicq Nico Vergeylen Table tennis Men's teams class 8 Gino de Keersmaeker Athletics Men's discus throw F42 Marc Ledoux Table tennis Men's singles class 8 Kurt van Raefelghem Athletics Men's pentathlon P13 Bert Vermeir Equestrian Mixed individual dressage grade III

Sports Athletics Men's track AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankBenny GovaertsT37800mDNFdid not advance1500mN/A4:45.867

Men's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankGino de KeersmaekerF42Discus45.34-Shot put11.93-6Kurt van RaefelghemF12Long jump6.35-15P13Pentathlon2758

Cycling Men's road AthleteEventTimeRankDirk BoonMen's tricycle road race CP div 1/250:265Men's tricycle time trial CP div 1/28:37.97

Equestrian AthleteEventTotalScoreRankJos KnevelsMixed individual championship test grade IV63.61310Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV72.0917Bert VermeirMixed individual championship test grade III70.9604Mixed individual freestyle test grade III74.722

Shooting Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreTotalRankJan BoonenMen's 10m air pistol SH15635 Q99.8652.88Mixed 25m pistol SH155511did not advanceMixed 50m pistol SH151810did not advanceLuc DessartMixed 10m air rifle prone SH259616did not advanceMixed 10m air rifle standing SH259113did not advanceHans Peter StamperMixed 10m air rifle prone SH259322did not advanceMixed 10m air rifle standing SH258919did not advance

Swimming AthleteClassEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankWim de PaepeS9100m freestyle1:01.8213did not advance400m freestyle4:38.146 Q4:37.526Sven DecaessteckerS10100m backstroke1:09.637 Q1:07.836SB9100m breaststroke1:14.545 Q1:14.125SM10200m individual medley2:25.725 Q2:24.036Jonas MartensS950m freestyle27.978 Q27.847100m freestyle1:02.1614did not advance100m backstroke1:10.5710did not advance

Table tennis Men AthleteEventPreliminariesRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDimitri GhionMen's singles 4W 3–1W 3–0W 3–21 QN/AL 1–3did not advanceMarc LedouxMen's singles 8W 3-0W 3-2W 3-01 QByeW 3-2W 3-1L 0-3Mathieu LoicqL 0-3W 3-1W 3-12 QW 3-0W 3-2W 3-1W 3-0Nico VergeylenL 0-3W 3-1L 2-32 QL 0-3did not advanceMarc Ledoux Mathieu Loicq Nico VergeylenMen's team 8W 3-0L 1-3W 3-01 QN/AW 3-0W 3-1

Women AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMyriam MuylaertWomen's singles 9L 0–3L 1–3L 0–34did 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 GameMatchScoreRank1 Belgium vs. 22 - 2732 Belgium vs. 30 - 32 (OT)3 Belgium vs. 40 - 33Quarterfinals Belgium vs. 33 - 40LSemifinals Belgium vs. 36 - 35W5th/6th classification Belgium vs. 43 - 466

See also Belgium at the Paralympics Belgium at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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