Belgium at the Paralympics

Belgium at the
Paralympics
IPC code BEL
NPC Belgian Paralympic Committee
Website www.paralympic.be
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Belgium made its Paralympic Games début at the inaugural Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960, and has participated in every edition of the Summer Paralympics. It also took part in the inaugural Winter Paralympics in 1976 in Örnsköldsvik, and has competed in every edition of the Winter Games except 1980, 1998 and 2002.[1]

Belgian athletes have won a total of 98 Paralympic medals, of which 27 gold, 37 silver and 34 bronze, placing it 25th on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.[2]

Belgium's best result at the Summer Games came in 1984, when it finished 12th on the medal table, with its largest ever haul of medals: 57, of which 22 gold. Its worst result came in 2008, with just one bronze medal, placing it 69th on the medal table.[3]

At the Winter Games, Belgium has only ever won one medal: a bronze obtained by Willy Mercier in the Men's Super-G (B1 category) in alpine skiing in 1994.[4]

Gold medallists

Belgium's gold medallists to date are:[5]

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

[6]

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1960 Rome 1 1 1 3 14
1964 Tokyo 1 0 2 3 14
1968 Tel-Aviv 0 3 3 6 20
1972 Heidelberg 1 1 2 4 23
1976 Toronto 7 7 8 22 17
1980 Arnhem 13 12 17 42 13
1984 Stoke Mandeville & New York 22 21 14 57 12
1988 Seoul 15 18 8 41 17
1992 Barcelona 5 5 7 17 21
1996 Atlanta 8 10 7 25 22
2000 Sydney 1 4 4 9 42
2004 Athens 3 2 2 7 36
2008 Beijing 0 0 1 1 69
2012 London 3 1 3 7 36
Total 80 85 79 244

Winter Paralympics

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking
1976 Winter Paralympics 0 0 0 0 10th
1984 Winter Paralympics 0 0 0 0 15th
1988 Winter Paralympics 0 0 0 0 16th
1992 Winter Paralympics 0 0 0 0 20th
1994 Winter Paralympics 0 0 1 1 22nd
2006 Winter Paralympics 0 0 0 0 20th
2010 Winter Paralympics 0 0 0 0 22nd

See also

References

  1. ↑ Belgium at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. ↑ Belgium at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  3. ↑ Belgium at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  4. ↑ Belgium at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  5. ↑ Belgium at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  6. ↑ "Belgium Summer Paralympics". Retrieved 26 August 2012.
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