Belgium at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeBEL
NPCBelgian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.be
in London
Competitors42 in 9 sports
Medals
Ranked 36th
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
7
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Belgium competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012.[1]

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marieke Vervoort T52 100 m — 19.69 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
T52 200 m — 34.83 RR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

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 		1 Q —  Greece
L 0-7 		 South Korea
W 4-3 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Road

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Individual freestyle test grade IV 82.100 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 Paralympics

Men'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 3 Q
 Algeria L 2–5
 Iran W 8–6
 China D 0–0
 South Korea W 5–3
Group B
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
Source:[citation needed]
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
Quarter-final
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

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 		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

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Squad list
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) 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
Source:[citation needed]
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
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 4,404
Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Philip Washbourn (NZL)
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
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 6,225
Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Chris van de Riet (NED)
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
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 2,822
Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Chris van de Riet (NED)
5th–8th place semi-finals
Great Britain 54 – 49 Belgium
Report
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 1,567
Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

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

  1. ^ "Belgium - 2012 Paralympic News, Athletes, Medals". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
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