Belgium at the Paralympics

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Medals
Ranked 27th
Gold
88
Silver
93
Bronze
92
Total
273
Belgium at the
Paralympics
IPC codeBEL
NPCBelgian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.be
Medals
Ranked 27th
Gold
88
Silver
93
Bronze
92
Total
273
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.[2]

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 [2] and Eléonor Sana won a bronze medal in the women's visually impaired downhill in 2018.

All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Summer Paralympic Games

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking
Italy 1960 Rome111314th
Japan 1964 Tokyo102314th
Israel 1968 Tel Aviv033620th
West Germany 1972 Heidelberg112423rd
Canada 1976 Toronto7782217th
Netherlands 1980 Arnhem1312174213th
United States 1984 New York City
United Kingdom 1984 Stoke Mandeville
2123145813th
South Korea 1988 Seoul151884117th
Spain 1992 Barcelona5571721st
United States 1996 Atlanta81072522nd
Australia 2000 Sydney144942nd
Greece 2004 Athens322736th
China 2008 Beijing001169th
United Kingdom 2012 London313736th
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro5331125th
Japan 2020 Tokyo4381531st
France 2024 Paris7431420th
Total95979328525th

Winter Paralympic Games

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking
Sweden 1976 Örnsköldsvik0000
Austria 1984 Innsbruck0000
Austria 1988 Innsbruck0000
France 1992 Tignes-Albertville0000
Norway 1994 Lillehammer001122nd
Japan 1998 Naganodid not compete
United States 2002 Salt Lake Citydid not compete
Italy 2006 Turin0000
Canada 2010 Vancouver0000
Russia 2014 Sochi0000
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang001125th
China 2022 Beijing0000
Italy 2026 Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo
Total002232

Multi medallists

See also

References

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