# Belgium at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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.
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.

## Medallists

The country won one medal, a bronze.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Jan Boyen | Cycling | Men's Individual Track Pursuit - LC2 | 8th |

## Athletics

3 competitors:

### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Points | Rank |
| Gino de Keersmaeker | F42 | Shot put | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 11.53 | - | 12 |
| Gino de Keersmaeker | F42 | Discus throw | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 41.84 | - | 5 |
| Frederic van den Heede | T46 | 5000 m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15:39.00 | - | 12 |
| Frederic van den Heede | T46 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2:37:03 | - | 7 |
Pentathlon
| Athlete | Class | Event | Long jump | Long jump | Long jump | Javelin throw | Javelin throw | Javelin throw | 100 m | 100 m | 100 m | Discus throw | Discus throw | Discus throw | 1500 m | 1500 m | 1500 m | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank | Result | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Result | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Total | 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
| Athlete | Class | Event | Time | Class Factor | Factorized Time | Rank |
| Jan Boyen | LC2 | Track time trial | 1:14.881 | - | - | 7 |
| Jan Boyen | LC2 | Road time trial | 35:39.55 (+ 2:02.85) | - | - | 4 |
| Jan Boyen | LC1-2/CP4 (LC2) | Road race | 1:46:03 (+ 0:00) | - | - | 4 |
| Marc Eymard | B&VI 1-3 | Road time trial | 33:58.30 (+ 1:57.18) | - | - | 12 |
| Marc Eymard | B&VI 1-3 | Road race | 2:23:17 (+ 8:33) | - | - | 10 |
Pursuits
| Athlete | Class | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final/ Bronze medal race | Final/ Bronze medal race |
| Athlete | Class | Event | 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

| Athlete | Class | Horse | Event | Result | Rank |
| José Lorquet | Grade Ib | Junior du Pré | Championship Test | 63.619 | 8 |
| José Lorquet | Grade Ib | Junior du Pré | Freestyle Test | 65.333 | 6 |
| Bert Vermeir | Grade III | Tiramisu | Championship Test | 64.000 | 7 |
| Bert Vermeir | Grade III | Tiramisu | Freestyle Test | 67.389 | 8 |

## Goalball

6 competitors:
Men
* Youssef Bihi (B3)
* Vincent Buisseret (B2)
* Bruno Vanhofe (B2)
* Johan de Rick (B2)
* Peter van Hout (B2)
* Danny van Eenooghe (B2)

### 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

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Sven Decaesstecker | S10 | 100 m backstroke | 1:05.44 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sven Decaesstecker | SB9 | 100 m breaststroke | 1:14.30 | 7 Q | 1:15.29 | 8 |
| Sven Decaesstecker | SM10 | 200 m individual medley | 2:19.57 | 3 Q | 2:16.21 | 4 |
| Kevin Lambrechts | S7 | 50 m butterfly | 33.57 | 5 Q | 33.80 | 5 |
| Kevin Lambrechts | S7 | 100 m backstroke | 1:20.50 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kevin Lambrechts | SM7 | 200 m individual medley | 2:53.93 | 3 Q | 2:54.98 | 6 |

## Table Tennis

3 competitors:

### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Group Match 1 | Group Match 2 | Group Match 3 | 1/8 Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final/ Bronze medal match |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Marc Ledoux | TT8 | Singles | Jambor (SVK) W 3-2 | Kent (CAN) W 3-0 | Glikman (ISR) L 2-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mathieu Loicq | TT8 | Singles | Pichon (FRA) W 3-1 | Grudzien (POL) L 0-3 | Hu (TPE) W 3-1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nico Vergeylen | TT8 | Singles | Skrzynecki (POL) L 1-3 | Csonka (HUN) L 0-3 | Chen (CHN) L 0-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marc Ledoux Mathieu Loicq Nico Vergeylen | TT6-8 | Team | N/A | N/A | N/A | Bye | Israel L 1-3 | did not advance | did not advance |
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 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance |