Belgium at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
Belgium at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Belgium
IPC codeBEL
NPCBelgian Paralympic Committee
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors29 (21 men and 8 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Manon Claeys
Joachim Gerard
Flag bearers (closing)Léa Bayekula
Laurens Devos
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
7
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
14
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Belgium are competing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Maxime Carabin Athletics 400m T52 30 August
 Gold Michèle George Equestrian Individual championship test grade V 4 September
 Gold Léa Bayekula Athletics 100m T54 4 September
 Gold Léa Bayekula Athletics 400m T54 5 September
 Gold Maxime Carabin Athletics 100m T52 6 September
 Gold Michèle George Equestrian Individual freestyle test grade V 7 September
 Gold Laurens Devos Table tennis Men's individual – Class 9 7 September
 Silver Ewoud Vromant Cycling Individual pursuit C2 30 August
 Silver Ewoud Vromant Cycling Road time trial C2 4 September
 Silver Maxime Hordies Cycling Men's road time trial H1 4 September
 Silver Peter Genyn Athletics 100m T51 6 September
 Bronze Peter Genyn Athletics 200m T51 3 September
 Bronze Tim Celen Cycling Men's road time trial T1–2 4 September
 Bronze Jonas Van de Steene Cycling Men's road time trial H4 4 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 0 1
Athletics 4 3 8
Badminton 0 1 1
Boccia 1 0 1
Cycling 6 0 6
Equestrian 1 3 4
Paratriathlon 1 0 1
Swimming 2 1 3
Table tennis 4 0 4
Wheelchair tennis 1 0 1
Total 21 8 29

Archery

Belgium secured a quota place in the men's compound event by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic.[1]

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Piotr Van Montagu Men's individual compound 694 8  Atamanenko (UKR)
W 139-140 		 Kadhim (IRQ)
W 141-143 		 AI (CHN)
L 140-148 		Did not advance 8

Athletics

Belgian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • PR = Paralympic Record
  • AR = Area (or continental) Record
  • NR = National Record
  • SB = Season's Best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men's track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Maxime Carabin Men's 100 m T52 16.21 PR 1 Q 16.70 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 400 m T52 54.48 PR 1 Q 55.10 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Martin Clobert
Guide:Nathan de Bilderling
Sebastien Thirion 		Men's marathon T12 — 2:38:34 11
Peter Genyn Men's 100m T51 — 20.47 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 200 m T51 — 38.65 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Roger Habsch Men's 100 m T51 — 22.41 6
Men's 200 m T51 — 42.35 5
Women's track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Léa Bayekula Women's 100 m T54 15.87 1 Q 15.50 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's 400 m T54 52.25 1 Q 53.05 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Wome's 800 m T54 1:45.42 1 Q 1:43.63 PB 5
Kiara Maene Women's 400 m T20 1:06.25 7 Did not advance
Selma van Kerm Womens' 400 m T37 — 1:14.80 8

Badminton

Belgium has qualified one para badminton player for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking; also marking nation's debut at the para sport.

Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Man-Kei To Women's singles WH1  Koosz (AUT)
W (21–7, 21–6) 		 Kwon (KOR)
W (21–12, 21–10) 		— 1 Q  Kwon (KOR)
W (6–21, 14–21) 		 Pookkham (THA)
L (13-21, 15-21) 		 Yin (CHN)
L (21-9, 21-9) 		4

Boccia

The World Boccia Competition Committee, in association with the International Paralympic Committee, granted Belgium's Francis Rombouts a qualification spot via the bi-partite slot allocation process.[2]

Athlete Event Pool matches Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Francis Rombouts Men's individual BC2  Seo M-k (KOR)
L 2–5 		 Ben Youb (TUN)
W 7–0 		 Saengampa (THA)
L 0–11 		2 Q  Herlangga (INA)
L 1–7 		Did not advance 12

Cycling

Belgium has qualified 6 para-cyclists (six men) based on the UCI Nations Rankings for 2024.[3]

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Maxime Hordies Time trial H1 35:11.13 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Road race H1–2 DNF
Tim Celen Time trial T1-2 23:27.64 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Road race T1-2 1:21:25 6
Marvin Odent Time trial H3 46:20.51 4
Road race H3 1:40:00 6
Jonas Van de Steene Time trial H4 41:52.22 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Road race H4 DNF
Ewoud Vromant Time trial C2 19:26.61 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Road race C1–2–3 1:50:33 8
Louis Clincke Time trial C4 38:22.70 4
Road race C4-5 2:32:24 12
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Maxime Hordies
Marvin Odent
Jonas Van de Steene 		Mixed team relay H1–5 DNS

Track

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Ewoud Vromant Individual pursuit C2 3:27.640 2 QG 3:28.062 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Equestrian

Belgium entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition by finishing in the top seven nation's at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark.[4][5]

Individual
Athlete Horse Event Score Rank
Manon Claeys Katharina Sollenburg Individual championship test grade IV 67.667 6 Q
Individual freestyle test grade IV 75.995 6
Michèle George Best of 8 Individual championship test grade V 76.692 1st place, gold medalist(s) Q
Individual freestyle test grade V 81.470 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Barbara Minneci Stuart Individual championship test grade III 66.667 7 Q
Individual freestyle test grade III 72.281 7
Kevin Van Ham Eros Van Ons Heem Individual championship test grade V 69.692 6 Q
Individual freestyle test grade V 73.010 5
Team
Athlete Horse Event Individual score Total
TT Score Rank
Manon Claeys See above Team 72.621 219.189 7
Michèle George 77.868
Barbara Minneci 68.700

Paratriathlon

Belgium athletes earned 1 quota place in paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics by having a top nine ranking in the World Paratriathlon rankings for their classification on 1 July 2024; also marking the nations debut in the para sport.

Athlete Event Swim Trans 1 Bike Trans 2 Run Total time Rank
Wim De Paepe Men's PTS2 11:06 1:17 33.34 1:16 22:03 1:09:16 5

Swimming

Belgium have qualified three swimmers, two male and one female, to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Sam de Visser Men's 400m freestyle S9 4:25.22 5 Q 4:21.23 6
Aymeric Parmentier Men's 100m breaststroke SB14 1:08.92 9 Did not advance 9
Tatyana Lebrun Women's 100m breaststroke SB9 1:18.25 5 Q 1:18.39 5
Women's 100m butterfly S10 1:16.67 14 Did not advance 14
Women's 200m individual medley SM10 2:35.55 5 Q 2:32.79 4

Table tennis

Belgium entered four athletes for the Paralympic games. Laurens Devos and Florian Van Acker qualified for their games by virtue of their gold medal results, in their respective class, through the 2023 European Para Championships held in Sheffield, Great Britain;[6] meanwhile Marc Ledoux and Ben Ashok Despineux qualified for the games through the doubles slot allocation resp. the bipartite selection process.[7]

Athlete Event First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ben Ashok Despineux Men's individual C7 —  Montanus (NED)
L 1-3 		Did not advance
Marc Ledoux Men's individual C8  Makhulbekov (KAZ)
W 3-1 		 Zhao (CHN)
L 3-0 		Did not advance
Laurens Devos Men's individual C9 — Bye  Gustafsson (SWE)
W 3-0 		 Cepas (ESP)
W 3-0 		 Didier (FRA)
W 3-0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Florian Van Acker Men's individual C11 — Bye  Chen (TPE)
L 3-1 		Did not advance
Laurens Devos
Marc Ledoux 		Men's doubles MD18 —  Didukh /
Nikolenko (UKR)
W 3-1 		 Lian /
Zhao (CHN)
L 0-3 		Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Belgium qualified one player entry for wheelchair tennis by the world rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Joachim Gérard Men's singles Bye  Menguy (FRA)
L 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 		Did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ "Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final". World Archery. 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Final selections for Paris 2024". www.worldboccia.com. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  3. ^ https://assets.ctfassets.net/761l7gh5x5an/7Hw76OUe2CavIu7wpRYuxX/9ebfe9cb7e248b114d7d311994c48ef7/Paris_2024_-_Quota_allocation_Para_cycling.pdf
  4. ^ "Para Equestrian - Paris 2024". Paris 2024. 20 January 2023.
  5. ^ "FEI World Championships Herning Denmark 2022". FEI. 20 January 2023.
  6. ^ "21 men and women qualify for 2024 Paralympics with victories in European Para Table Tennis Championship". European Table Tennis Union. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  7. ^ "PARALYMPIC GAMES - Paris 202" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
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