Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Belgium at the Olympic Games
Belgium at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgisch Olympisch en Interfederaal Comité; Comité Olympique et Interfédéral Belge
Website	www.olympic.be (French) (Dutch)
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	96 (73 men, 23 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Sébastien Godefroid (opening); Tia Hellebaut (closing)
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Belgium competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. 96 Belgians took part in Beijing, the biggest delegation for the country since 1976.^{[citation needed]} Belgium won 1 gold and 1 silver medal, better than in 2004, when the country won 1 gold and 2 bronze medals.

[edit] Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Tia Hellebaut	Athletics	Women's high jump
2 Silver	Borlée, OliviaOlivia Borlée Kim Gevaert Hanna Mariën Élodie Ouédraogo	Athletics	Women's 4x100m relay

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kristof Beyens	200 metres	20:69	19 Q	20:50	16 Q	20.69	15	Did not advance
Jonathan Borlée	400 metres	45:25	16 Q			45.11	15	Did not advance
Kévin Borlée	400 metres	45:43	21 Q			44.88 NR	9	Did not advance
Cédric Van Branteghem	400 metres	45:54	23 Q			45.81	24	Did not advance
Pieter Desmet	3000 metre steeplechase	08:37:99	32					Did not advance
Monder Rizki	5000 metres	13:54:41	26					Did not advance
Hans Van Alphen	Decathlon							Did not finish
Frédéric Xhonneux	Decathlon							Did not finish
Kevin Rans	Pole vault	5.45	28					Did not advance
Jonathan Borlée Kévin Borlée Cédric Van Branteghem Arnaud Ghislain	4x400 metre relay	3:00:67 NR	6 Q					2:59:37 NR	5

[edit] Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kim Gevaert	100 metres	11.33	10 Q	11.10	6 Q	11.30	11	Did not advance
Nathalie De Vos	10000 metres							32:33.45	24
Veerle Dejaeghere	3000 metre steeplechase	9:54.65	39					Did not advance
Tia Hellebaut	High jump	1.93	1 Q					2.05 NR
Olivia Borlée Kim Gevaert Hanna Mariën Élodie Ouédraogo	4x100 metre relay	42.92	3 Q					42.54 NR

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kevin De Bont Bob Maesen	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:21.604	8th Q	3:24.148	10th	Did not advance

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Filip Meirhaeghe	Men's cross-country	DNF	32nd
Sven Nys	Men's cross-country	2:01:00	9th
Roel Paulissen	Men's cross-country	2:03:30	19th

[edit] Road

[edit] Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mario Aerts	Road race	06:24:01 (+0:12)	8th
Christophe Brandt	Road race	did not finish
Maxime Monfort	Road race	did not finish
Maxime Monfort	Time trial	01:07:12 (+5:01)	26th
Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Road race	did not finish
Johan Van Summeren	Road race	06:26:27 (+2:38)	42nd

[edit] Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lieselot Decroix	Road race	03:36:35 (+4:11)	44th

[edit] Track

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Iljo Keisse	Points race	8 pts	12th
Kenny De Ketele Iljo Keisse	Madison	17 pts	4th

[edit] Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping			Total
			Dressage		Cross-country		Qualifier		Final	Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Penalties	Rank
Karin Donckers	Gazelle De La Brasserie	Individual	31.7 pts	2nd	25.6 pts	9th	4 pts	12th	4 pts	65.3 pts	9th
Joris Vanspringel	Bold Action	Individual	52 pts	38th	66.4 pts	49th	15 pts	47th	Did not advance	133.4 pts	46th

Individual Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Ind. Round 1		Ind. Round 2			Ind. Round 3			Final
			Ind. Round 1		Ind. Round 2			Ind. Round 3			Round A		Round B		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jos Lansink	Cumano	Individual	1 pt	14th	1 pt	2 pts	4th	2 pts	4 pts	2nd Q	0 pts	1st	8 pts	14th	8 pts	10th

[edit] Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Squad list	Group stage		Classification round 9–10		Final
Squad list	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Thomas Briels Cédric Charlier Cédric De Greve (GK) Jérôme Dekeyser Félix Denayer John-John Dohmen Philippe Goldberg Grégory Gucassoff Patrice Houssein Max Luyckx Xavier Reckinger Thierry Renaer Jérôme Truyens Thomas Van den Balck (c) Charles Vandeweghe Loïc Vandeweghe David Van Rysselberghe (GK-res.) Alexandre De Saedeleer (res.)	Spain L 2 - 4	5th	Canada W 3 - 0	9th	Did not advance
	Germany D 1 - 1
	New Zealand L 2 - 4
	Korea L 1 - 3
	China W 3 - 1

[edit] Football

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Squad list	Group stage		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Bronze Final
Squad list	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Logan Bailly (GK) Yves Ma-Kalambay (GK) Laurent Ciman Sepp De Roover Vincent Kompany Landry Mulemo Sébastien Pocognoli Thomas Vermaelen Jan Vertonghen Marouane Fellaini Faris Haroun Maarten Martens Jeroen Simaeys Anthony Vanden Borre Moussa Dembele Tom De Mul Stijn De Smet Kevin Mirallas Yves De Winter (res.) Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (res.)	Brazil L 0 - 1	2nd Q	Italy W 3 - 2	Nigeria L 1 - 4	Brazil L 0 - 3	4th
	China W 2 - 0
	New Zealand W 1 - 0

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Artistic Gymnastics

[edit] Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Vault	Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Koen Van Damme	All-around	14.450 (73rd)	12.575 (76th)	14.200 (38th)	14.325 (49th)	14.600 (59th)	14.475 (45th)	84.625	43rd	Did not advance

[edit] Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Vault	Uneven Bars	Balance Beam	Floor	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Gaëlle Mys	All-around	14.050 (68th)	14.175 (55th)	14.800 (29th)	14.125 (44th)	57.150	31st Q	53.950	24th

[edit] Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Repechage 1st round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Bronze medal match
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Dirk Van Tichelt	−73 kg	L E Mammadli (AZE)	W K Semenov (BLR)	W K Chol Su (PRK)	W Y Kanamaru (JPN)	L R Boqiev (TJK)

[edit] Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinal	Bronze medal match
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ilse Heylen	-52 kg	W A La Rizza (FRA)	W KA Ryder (AUS)	L M Nakamura (JPN)	W Tarangul (GER)	L S Kaliyeva (KAZ)	Did not advance
Catherine Jacques	-70 kg	L Y Scapin (ITA)	Did not advance

[edit] Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tim Maeyens	Single sculls	7:16.60	3rd Q	6:52:70	5th Q	6:59:65	3rd Q	7:03:40	4th

Athletes	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final B
Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bart Poelvoorde Christophe Raes	Double sculls	6:31.84	9th Q	6:24:01	2nd Q	6:29:91	10th	6:35:55	2nd 8th

[edit] Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete^[1]	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete^[1]	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
Evi Van Acker	Women's Laser Radial	1	10	16	10	12	6	12	4	18	CAN	10	91 pts	8th
Carolijn Brouwer Sébastien Godefroid	Open Tornado	11	11	5	6	3	8	13	6	16	9	Did not advance	72 pts	12th

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yoris Grandjean	50 m freestyle	22:45 NR	28	Did not advance
Yoris Grandjean	100 m freestyle	48:82 NR	19	Did not advance
Glenn Surgeloose	200 m freestyle	1:48:92 NR	30	Did not advance
Tom Vangeneugden	1500 m freestyle	15:11:04 NR	20			Did not advance
François Heersbrandt	100 m butterfly	53:33	37	Did not advance
Mathieu Fonteyn	200 m butterfly	1:56:65 NR	19	Did not advance
Brian Ryckeman	10 km open water					1:52:10	7

[edit] Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elise Matthysen	100 m breaststroke	1:08:37 NR	16 Q	1:09:00	13	Did not advance
Elise Matthysen	200 m breaststroke	2:27:04 NR	15 Q	2:29:64	16	Did not advance

[edit] Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Steve Darcis	Singles	N Massú (CHI)	4/6 5/7	Did not advance
Olivier Rochus	Singles	I Minář (CZE)	6/3 3/6 6/3	J Tipsarević (SRB)	7/6 2/3 ret.	F González (CHI)	0/6 3/6	Did not advance
Steve Darcis Olivier Rochus	Doubles			G Cañas - D Nalbandian (ARG)	6/7 7/6 6/3	I Andreev - N Davydenko (RUS)	6/7 2/6	Did not advance

[edit] Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jean-Michel Saive	Singles			S Toriola (NGR) L 2–4 (8–11, 7–11, 11–8, 11–9, 3–11, 10–12)	Did not advance

[edit] Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's race

Athlete	Swim	Cycle	Run	Total Time	Rank
Peter Croes	18:26	1:17:43	33:25	1:51:40 (+2:47)	27th
Axel Zeebroek	18:30	1:16:45	33:15	1:50:30 (+1:37)	13th

[edit] Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Standing	Lucky Loser	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Liesbeth Mouha Liesbet Van Breedam Seed 15	Doubles	Maaseide - Glesnes (NOR) L 0 - 2 (22–24, 18–21) Tian Jia - Wang (CHN) L 1 - 2 (21–18, 19–21, 13–15) Kuhn - Schwer (SUI) W 2 - 0 (21–18, 21–17)	3rd Q	Saka - Rtvelo (GEO) W 2 - 0 (21–13, 21–19)	May-Treanor - Walsh (USA) L 0 - 2 (22–24, 10–21)	Did not advance

[edit] Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Tom Goegebuer	-56 kg	114 kg (NR)	12th	137 kg (=NR)	13th	251 kg (NR)	13th

[edit] See also

Belgium at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

[edit] References

^ British Olympic Association > Summer Games > Beijing 2008>

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Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Contents

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men

[edit] Women

[edit] Canoeing

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Mountain biking

[edit] Road

[edit] Men

[edit] Women

[edit] Track

[edit] Equestrian

[edit] Field hockey

[edit] Football

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Artistic Gymnastics

[edit] Men

[edit] Women

[edit] Judo

[edit] Men

[edit] Women

[edit] Rowing

[edit] Men

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Men

[edit] Women

[edit] Tennis

[edit] Table tennis

[edit] Triathlon

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Weightlifting

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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