Belgium_at_the_2024_Summer_Paralympics
Belgium at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Sporting event delegation
Belgium is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September.
| Belgium at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
| IPC code | BEL |
| NPC | Belgian Paralympic Committee |
| in Paris, France August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08) | |
| Competitors | 15 in 6 sports |
| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Badminton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Equestrian | TBD | TBD | 4 |
| Table tennis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 8 | 3 | 15 |
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 |
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| Men's individual compound | |||||||||
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
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Men's 100 m T51 | |||||
| Men's 400 m T52 | |||||
| Women's 400 m T54 | |||||
Belgium has qualified one para badminton player for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
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Rank | Opposition Score |
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| Man-Kei To | Women's singles WH1 | |||||||
Belgium entered two para-cyclists (one in each gender) after it finished among the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.[2]
Belgium entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition by finishing the top seven nation's at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark.[3][4]
- Team
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Individual score | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT | Score | Rank | |||
| See above | Team | ||||
Belgium entered three 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;[5] meanwhile Ben Ashok Despineux qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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Rank | Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
| Ben Ashok Despineux | Men's individual C7 | ||||||||
| Laurens Devos | Men's individual C9 | ||||||||
| Florian Van Acker | Men's individual C11 | ||||||||
- "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.
- "Para Equestrian - Paris 2024". Paris 2024. 20 January 2023.
- "FEI World Championships Herning Denmark 2022". FEI. 20 January 2023.
- "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.