# Belgium at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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

## Athletics
### Men

| Athlete | Events | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Result | Rank |
| Gino De Keersmaeker | F42 Discus throw | 40.17 | 6 |
| Frederic Van den Heede | T46 Marathon | 2.31.38 PR | |

### Women

| Athlete | Events | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Marieke Vervoort | T52 100 m | — | — | — | — | 19.69 PR | |
| Marieke Vervoort | T52 200 m | — | — | — | — | 34.83 RR | |

## Boccia

| Athlete | Event | Seeding matches | Seeding matches | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kirsten De Laender | Mixed individual BC3 | — | — | — | S Pena (ESP) W 8-2 | J Macedo (POR) L 1-4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | |

## Cycling
### 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 | DNF |
| Koen Reyserhove | Men's Time trial C4 | 37:15.51 | 12 |
| Christophe Hindricq | Men's Road race H1 | 1:55:06 | 4 |
| Christophe Hindricq | Men's Time trial H1 | 39:46.68 | 7 |
| Wim Decleir | Men's Road race H4 | 2:00:35 | |
| Wim Decleir | 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 | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank |
| Kris Bosmans | Men's C3 Pursuit | 3:52.453 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Koen Reyserhove | Men's C4 Pursuit | 5:27.624 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrian
### Individual

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
| Ulricke Dekeyzer | Cleverboy van d'Abel | Individual championship test grade IV | 68.000 | 8 |
| Ulricke Dekeyzer | Cleverboy van d'Abel | Individual freestyle test grade IV | 69.550 | 9 |
| Michèle George | Rainman | Individual championship test grade IV | 77.065 | |
| Michèle George | Rainman | Individual freestyle test grade IV | 82.100 | |
| Barbara Minneci | Barilla | Individual championship test grade II | 70.095 | 8 |
| Barbara Minneci | Barilla | Individual freestyle test grade II | 73.100 | 6 |
| Ciska Vermeulen | Whooney Tunes | Individual championship test grade IV | 71.613 | 4 |
| Ciska Vermeulen | Whooney Tunes | Individual freestyle test grade IV | 75.000 | 5 |

### Team

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Test round | Test round | Final round | Final round | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Barbara Minneci | See above | II Team | 68.571 | 5 | | | | |
| Ulricke Dekeyzer | See above | IV Team | 68.625 | 6 | | | | |
| Michèle George | See above | IV Team | 72.906 | 2 | | | | |
| Ciska Vermeulen | See above | IV Team | 66.750 | 9 | | | | |

## Goalball
### Men's tournament

| Squad list | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Squad list | 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 | | | | |
| Youssef Bihi Johan De Rick Klison Mapreni Bruno Vanhove Tom Vanhove Glenn Van Thournhout | Algeria L 2–5 | 3 Q | | | | |
| Youssef Bihi Johan De Rick Klison Mapreni Bruno Vanhove Tom Vanhove Glenn Van Thournhout | Iran W 8–6 | 3 Q | | | | |
| Youssef Bihi Johan De Rick Klison Mapreni Bruno Vanhove Tom Vanhove Glenn Van Thournhout | China D 0–0 | 3 Q | | | | |
| Youssef Bihi Johan De Rick Klison Mapreni Bruno Vanhove Tom Vanhove Glenn Van Thournhout | South Korea W 5–3 | 3 Q | | | | |

#### Group B

| Teamvte | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| Belgium | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| Algeria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| South Korea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 3 | Eliminated |
| Canada | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 3 | Eliminated |
| 30 August 2012 16:15 | Canada | 2 – 4 | Belgium | Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER) Shinji Mizuno (JPN) |
| 30 August 2012 16:15 | Caron 2 | Report | de Rick 2 Vanhove 1 Bihi 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER) Shinji Mizuno (JPN) |
| 31 August 2012 21:00 | Algeria | 5 – 2 | Belgium | Copper Box, London Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| 31 August 2012 21:00 | Mokrane 3 Larbi 2 | Report | de Rick 1 Bihi 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Ali Aldarsony (KSA), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| 1 September 2012 18:30 | Belgium | 8 – 6 | Iran | Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| 1 September 2012 18:30 | de Rick 3 Bihi 3 Vanhove 1 Mapreni 1 | Report | Sayahi 3 Jafari 2 Shahbazi 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Juha Vuokila (FIN) |
| 2 September 2012 15:00 | Belgium | 0 – 0 | China | Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Warrick Jackes (AUS) |
| 2 September 2012 15:00 | | Report | | Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Warrick Jackes (AUS) |
| 3 September 2012 09:00 | South Korea | 3 – 5 | Belgium | Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Morten Hammershoi (DEN) |
| 3 September 2012 09:00 | Kim C.-H. 2 Hong 1 | Report | B. Vanhove 2 Bihi 2 Mapreni 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Morten Hammershoi (DEN) |

#### Quarter-final

| 5 September 2012 19:30 | Brazil | 3 – 0 | Belgium | Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU) |
| 5 September 2012 19:30 | Marques 2 Almeida Maciel Celente 1 | Report | | Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Connolly (USA), Vilma Venckutonyte (LTU) |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Events | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sven Decaesstecker | 100 m backstroke S10 | 1:04.63 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sven Decaesstecker | 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 | Did not advance |
| Yannick Vandeput | 100 m backstroke S14 | 1:09.02 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yannick Vandeput | 100 m breaststroke SB14 | 1:18.57 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Events | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Tamara Medarts | 200 m freestyle S14 | 2:30.10 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tamara Medarts | 100 m backstroke S14 | 1:20.61 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tamara Medarts | 100 m breaststroke SB14 | 1:23.51 | 6 Q | 1:24.58 | 7 |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marc Ledoux | Singles class 8 | P Salmin (BRA) W 3-0 M Skrzynecki (POL) L 1-3 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mathieu Loicq | Singles class 8 | A McKibbin (GBR) W 3-2 C Sun (CHN) L 0-3 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ben Despineux Marc Ledoux Mathieu Loicq | Team class 6-8 | France W 3-2 | France W 3-2 | Poland L 2-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Wheelchair rugby

* 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

| Teamvte | 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 | Semifinals |
| Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 155 | −4 | 2 | Eliminated |
| Belgium (BEL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 168 | −33 | 0 | Eliminated |

### 5th–8th place semi-finals
## Wheelchair tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joachim Gérard (11) | Men's singles | 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 | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |