Belgium at the 1992 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BEL
Nocname:	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1992
Website:
Location:	Barcelona
Competitors:	68 (43 men, 25 women)
Sports:	18
Flagbearer:	Frans Peeters
Rank:	44
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Belgium competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 68 competitors, 43 men and 25 women, took part in 70 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				2 August
				29 July
				31 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	4	3	7
Badminton	1	0	1
Boxing	1	–	1
Canoeing	2	0	2
Cycling	6	1	7
Diving	1	0	1
Equestrian	6	2	8
Gymnastics	0	2	2
Judo	4	5	9
Rowing	6	3	9
Sailing	3	2	5
Shooting	1	3	4
Swimming	4	3	7
Table tennis	2	0	2
Tennis	0	1	1
Wrestling	1	–	1
Total	43	25	68

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Veteran Paul Vermeiren was the only Belgian archer to compete in the nation's sixth appearance in the modern Olympic archery tournament. He won his first elimination match, but was then defeated by the eventual silver medallist.

Men

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Patrick Stevens	100 metres	10.63	29 Q	10.69	31	Did not advance
200 metres	20.93	14 Q	20.67	18	Did not advance
Vincent Rousseau	10,000 metres	29:25.68	36	Did not advance
William Van Dijck	3000 metres steeplechase	8:27.23	5 Q	8:26.70	9 Q	8:22.51	9
Godfried De Jonckheere	50 kilometres walk

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Véronique Collard	align=left rowspan=2	10,000 metres			Did not advance
Lieve Slegers	32:40.59	19 q	32:14.17	15
Sylvia Dethiér	100 metres hurdles	13.19	13 Q	13.32	21	Did not advance

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Antoon De Brauwer Bart Stalmans	K-2 500 metres	1:41.84	7 R	1:33.51	5	Did not advance
K-2 1000 metres	3:23.48	4 R	3:21.73	3 SF	3:25.96	8	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Seven cyclists, six men and one woman, represented Belgium in 1992. Cédric Mathy won bronze in the men's point race.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Wim Omloop	align=left rowspan=3	Road race
Erwin Thijs
Michel Van Haecke

Women

Track

Sprint

Time trial

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Cédric Mathy	Men's individual pursuit	4:37.288	9 Q	W 4:33.942	Did not advance		6
Kristel Werckx	Women's individual pursuit	3:50.051	9	Did not advance

Points race

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Equestrianism

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jef Desmedt	Dolleman	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	64.60	39	38.80	103.40	13	5.00	108.40	9	108.40	10
Karin Donckers	Britt	75.40	69	24.00	99.40	5	5.00	104.40	9	104.40	8
Willy Sneyers	Drum	51.60	10	48.40	100.00	20	20.25	120.25	53	120.25	18
Dirk Van Der Elst	Fatal Love	74.80	67	81.60	156.40	41	10.00	166.40	24	166.40	40
Jef Desmedt Karin Donckers Willy Sneyers Dirk Van Der Elst	See above	Individual	191.00	12	111.20	302.80	3	20.00	333.05	3	333.05	4

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total		Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Evelyne Blaton	Careful	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	76.50	11	18.00	70	73.00	15	167.50	17 Q	8.00	14 Q	9.00	10	17.00	12
Dirk Demeersman	Edelbert	56.00	29	21.50	65			77.50	62	Did not advance
Ludo Philippaerts	Darco	82.50	1	48.00	39	76.00	12	206.50	5 Q	4.00	6 Q	8.25	7	12.25	7
Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe	Queen of Diamonds	18.00	70	21.50	65			39.50	75	Did not advance
Evelyne Blaton Dirk Demeersman Ludo Philippaerts Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe	See abovve	Team	8.75	3	48.50	17	57.25	12

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Women

Individual

Rhythmic

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage				Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Philip Laats	65 kg		W Yuko	W Yusei-gachi	L Ippon	Did not advance	W Ippon	W Ippon	L Yusei-gachi	5
Johan Laats	78 kg		W Yusei-gachi	W Ippon	W Ippon	L Ippon	L Waza-ari	5
Robert Van De Walle	95 kg		W w/o	L Ippon	Did not advance			W Ippon	W Yusei-gachi	L Ippon	Did not advance
Harry Van Barneveld	+95 kg		W w/o	W Ippon	L Ippon	Did not advance			W Ippon	W Ippon	L Waza-ari	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
						Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Heidi Goossens	52 kg	L Yuko	Did not advance
Nicole Flagothier	56 kg		W Waza-ari	W Yuko	L Yuko	L Ippon	5
Gella Vandecaveye	61 kg	W Ippon	W Ippon	L Waza-ari	Did not advance		L Waza-ari	Did not advance
Heidi Rakels	66 kg		W Ippon	L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance		W Yuko	W Shido	W Koka
Ulla Werbrouck	72 kg	W Yuko	W Ippon	L Kiken-gachi	Did not advance		L Ippon	Did not advance

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dirk Crois Alain Lewuillon Tom Symoens Wim Van Belleghem	Quadruple sculls	5:53.47	3 SF	6:05.87	6 FB	6:01.38	12
Jaak Van Driessche Luc Goiris	Coxless pair	6:38.49	1 SF	6:34.72	2 FA	6:38.20	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Annelies Bredael	Single sculls	7:50.02	1 SF	7:33.97	2 FA	7:26.64
Renée Govaert Ann Haesebrouck	Double sculls	7:41.32	3 SF	7:07.35	5 FB	7:06.98	9

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Paul Van Den Abeele	Lechner A-390	25	3	20	13	26	26	18	17	25	23	170	15
Dirk Bellemans Johan Bellemans	470	15	11.7	27	35	36	22	27	137.7	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Christ'l Smet	Lechner A-390	14	26	16	18	22	25	19	23	31	16	179	15
Min Dezillie	Europe	24	20	8	24	21	31	18	115	18

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Karin Biva	10 metre air rifle	385	31	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Anne Goffin	10 metre air pistol	377	15	Did not advance
25 metre pistol	562	39	Did not advance
Sonia Vettenburg	10 metre air pistol	369	42	Did not advance

Open

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Fred Deburghgraeve	100 metre breaststroke	1:05.10	34	Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke	2:16.93	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Stefaan Maene	200 metre freestyle	1:51.85	24	Did not advance
100 metre backstroke	56.34	12 FB	56.47	10
200 metre backstroke	1:59.64	4 FA	2:00.91	8
200 metre individual medley	2:06.16	24	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Yasuhiro Vandewalle	100 metre backstroke	56.20	10 FB	56.36	9
200 metre backstroke	2:01.46	13 FB	2:02.45	14
align=left rowspan=2	Marc Verbeeck	50 metre freestyle	24.85	53	Did not advance
100 metre freestyle	52.97	48	Did not advance
Yasuhiro Vandewalle Fred Deburghgraeve Stefaan Maene Marc Verbeeck	4 x 100 metre medley relay	3:47.64	16	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Isabelle Arnould	200 metre freestyle	2:04.06	20	Did not advance
400 metre freestyle	4:13.81	7 FA	4:13.75	6
800 metre freestyle	8:40.86	7 FA	8:41.86	8
align=left rowspan=3	Brigitte Becue	100 metre breaststroke	1:12.82	21	Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke	2:34.11	17	Did not advance
200 metre individual medley	2:21.98	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Sandra Cam	200 metre freestyle	2:04.72	25	Did not advance
400 metre freestyle	4:17.87	15 FB	4:14.11	10
800 metre freestyle	8:50.91	14	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jean-Michel Saive	Singles	W 2–0	W 2–1	W 2–0	1 Q	L 0–3	Did not advance
Jean-Michel Saive Philippe Saive	Doubles	W 2–0	L 0–2		2	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman

Notes and References

1. Web site: Belgium at the 1992 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043810/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BEL/summer/1992/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 19 July 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/BEL/editions/23 Belgium at the 1992 Summer Olympics