| 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.
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics- Men
| Athlete | Events | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Gino De Keersmaeker | F42 Discus throw | 40.17 | 6 |
| Frederic Van den Heede | T46 Marathon | 2.31.38 PR | 
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- Women
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Marieke Vervoort | T52 100 m | — | 19.69 PR | 
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| T52 200 m | — | 34.83 RR | 
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Boccia
Main article: Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics| 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
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1 Q | — |  Greece L 0-7 |
South Korea W 4-3 |
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Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer ParalympicsRoad
| 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 |
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| Men's Time trial H4 | 26:24.00 | 4 | |
Track
- Time Trial
| 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 |
- Pursuit
| 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 | |
Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics- Individual
| 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 |
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| Individual freestyle test grade IV | 82.100 |
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| 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 | ||
- Team
| 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 | ||||||
Goalball
Main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer ParalympicsMen's tournament
Main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament| 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
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3 Q | ||||
 Algeria L 2–5
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 Iran W 8–6
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 China D 0–0
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| South Korea W 5–3
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- Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 12 | Quarterfinals |
| China
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 10 | |
 Belgium
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 10 | |
| Algeria
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 6 | |
| South Korea
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Canada
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 3 |
| 30 August 2012 16:15 |
Canada
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2 – 4 | Belgium
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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
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5 – 2 | Belgium
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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
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8 – 6 | Iran
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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
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0 – 0 | China
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Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Warrick Jackes (AUS) |
| Report | ||||
| 3 September 2012 09:00 |
South Korea
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3 – 5 | Belgium
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Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Morten Hammershoi (DEN) |
| Kim C.-H. 2 Hong 1 |
Report | B. Vanhove 2 Bihi 2 Mapreni 1 | ||
- Quarter-final
| 5 September 2012 19:30 |
Brazil 
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3 – 0 | Belgium
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Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU) |
| Marques 2 Almeida Maciel Celente 1 |
Report | |||
Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics- Men
| 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 | |||
- Women
| 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 | |
Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics- Men
| 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
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2 | Did not advance | |||
| Marc Ledoux | Singles class 8 | P Salmin (BRA) W 3-0  M Skrzynecki (POL) L 1-3
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2 | Did not advance | |||
| Mathieu Loicq |  A McKibbin (GBR) W 3-2 C Sun (CHN) L 0-3
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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 | |||
Wheelchair rugby
Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics| 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 |
- Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia (AUS)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 142 | +40 | 6 | Semifinals |
| Canada (CAN)
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 163 | 166 | −3 | 4 | |
 Sweden (SWE)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 155 | −4 | 2 | Eliminated |
| Belgium (BEL)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 168 | −33 | 0 |
| Sweden | 52 – 42 | Belgium |
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| 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 |
- 5th–8th place semi-finals
| Great Britain | 54 – 49 | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Wheelchair tennis
Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics| 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 | |||
References
- "Belgium - 2012 Paralympic News, Athletes, Medals". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
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