Belgium at the Paralympics explained

Npc:BEL
Npcname:Belgian Paralympic Committee
Games:Paralympics
Rank:27
Gold:88
Silver:93
Bronze:92

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 won two bronze medals: a bronze obtained by Willy Mercier in the Men's Super-G (B1 category) in alpine skiing in 1994 [4] and Eléonor Sana won a bronze medal in the women's visually impaired downhill in 2018.

Multi medallists

Belgian multi medallists who have won at least three medals.[5]

No.AthleteSportYearsGamesGenderGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Alex Hermans1980-20006M6118
2Michèle George2012-20203F5106
3Benny Govaerts1988-20045M4127
4Ingrid Borre1984-19964F3205
5Kurt Van Raefelghem1992-20044M1225
6Gino De Keersmaeker1996-20084M1203
Steve Orens1996-20002M1203
8Alain Ledoux1984-19964M0033

Medals

Summer Paralympic Games

EventGoldSilverBronzeTotalRanking
1 1 1 3 14th
1 0 2 3 14th
0 3 3 6 20th
1 1 2 4 23rd
7 7 8 22 17th
13 12 17 42 13th
21 23 14 58 13th
15 18 8 41 17th
5 5 7 17 21st
8 10 7 25 22nd
1 4 4 9 42nd
3 2 2 7 36th
0 0 1 1 69th
3 1 3 7 36th
5 3 3 11 25th
4 3 8 15 31st
Total 88 93 90 271 26

Winter Paralympic Games

EventGoldSilverBronzeTotalRanking
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 1 1 22nd
did not compete
did not compete
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 1 1 25th
0 0 0 0 -
Total 0 0 2 2 32

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=BEL&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Belgium at the Paralympics
  2. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=BEL&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Belgium at the Paralympics
  3. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=BEL&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Belgium at the Paralympics
  4. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=BEL&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Belgium at the Paralympics
  5. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=BEL&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Belgium at the Paralympics