Sporting event delegation
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]
Athletics
3 competitors:
Men
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
Kurt Vanraefelghem
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
Pursuits
Athlete
Class
Event
Qualifying
Final/ Bronze medal race
Time Speed (km/h)
Rank
Opposition Time Speed (km/h)
Rank
Jan Boyen
LC2
Track pursuit
4:56.261 48.605
3 Q
Novak (ROU ) W 4:56.630 48.545
Equestrian
2 competitors:
Individual
Goalball
6 competitors:
Men
Preliminary round - Group A
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
Table Tennis
3 competitors:
Men
Dimitri Ghion , 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
Hinson (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
References
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