Belgium at the Paralympics

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]

Belgium at the Paralympics
IPC code	BEL
NPC	Belgian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.be
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 88 Silver 93 Bronze 92 Total 273
Summer appearances
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998–2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

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.

Multi medallists

Belgian multi medallists who have won at least three medals.^[2]

No.	Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Paul Van Winkel	Athletics	1980-1988	3	F	7	4	1	12
2	Michèle George	Equestrian	2012-2024	4	F	7	1	0	8
3	Alex Hermans	Athletics	1980-2000	6	M	6	1	1	8
4	Benny Govaerts	Athletics	1988-2004	5	M	4	1	2	7
5	Peter Genyn	Athletics	2016-2024	3	M	3	2	1	6
6	Ingrid Borre	Table tennis	1984-1996	4	F	3	2	0	5
7	Laurens Devos	Table tennis	2016-2024	3	M	3	0	0	3
8	Kurt Van Raefelghem	Athletics	1992-2004	4	M	1	2	2	5
9	Gino De Keersmaeker	Athletics	1996-2008	4	M	1	2	0	3
	Steve Orens	Athletics	1996-2000	2	M	1	2	0	3
11	Ewoud Vromant	Cycling	2020-2024	2	M	0	3	0	3
12	Alain Ledoux	Table tennis	1984-1996	4	M	0	0	3	3

Medals

Summer Paralympic Games

All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1960 Summer Paralympics	1	1	1	3	14th
1964 Summer Paralympics	1	0	2	3	14th
1968 Summer Paralympics	0	3	3	6	20th
1972 Summer Paralympics	1	1	2	4	23rd
1976 Summer Paralympics	7	7	8	22	17th
1980 Summer Paralympics	13	12	17	42	13th
1984 Summer Paralympics	21	23	14	58	13th
1988 Summer Paralympics	15	18	8	41	17th
1992 Summer Paralympics	5	5	7	17	21st
1996 Summer Paralympics	8	10	7	25	22nd
2000 Summer Paralympics	1	4	4	9	42nd
2004 Summer Paralympics	3	2	2	7	36th
2008 Summer Paralympics	0	0	1	1	69th
2012 Summer Paralympics	3	1	3	7	36th
2016 Summer Paralympics	5	3	3	11	25th
2020 Summer Paralympics	4	3	8	15	31st
2024 Summer Paralympics	7	4	3	14	20th
Total	95	97	93	285	25th

Winter Paralympic Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1976 Winter Paralympics	0	0	0	0	—
1984 Winter Paralympics	0	0	0	0	—
1988 Winter Paralympics	0	0	0	0	—
1992 Winter Paralympics	0	0	0	0	—
1994 Winter Paralympics	0	0	1	1	22nd
1998 Winter Paralympics	did not compete
2002 Winter Paralympics	did not compete
2006 Winter Paralympics	0	0	0	0	—
2010 Winter Paralympics	0	0	0	0	—
2014 Winter Paralympics	0	0	0	0	—
2018 Winter Paralympics	0	0	1	1	25th
2022 Winter Paralympics	0	0	0	0	—
Total	0	0	2	2	32

See also

• Belgium at the Olympics