Belgium at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BEL
Nocname:	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1996
Website:
Location:	Atlanta
Competitors:	61 (41 men, 20 women)
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Jean-Michel Saive (table tennis)
Rank:	31
Gold:	2
Silver:	2
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Belgium competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Veteran Paul Vermeiren was once again the only Belgian archer to compete in the nation's seventh appearance in the modern Olympic archery tournament. He advanced all the way to the semifinals before being defeated. In the bronze medal match, he was again defeated to finish with fourth place.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Patrick Stevens	align=left rowspan=2	200 m	20.60	1 Q	20.43	2 Q	20.46	4 Q	20.27	7
Erik Wymeersch	20.68	1 Q	20.59	4	did not advance
Marc Dollendorf	align=left rowspan=2	400 m hurdles	49.49	2 Q	48.91	8	did not advance
Jean-Paul Bruwier	49.69	6	did not advance
Eddy Hellebuyck	Marathon	2:25.04	67

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ann Mercken	400 m hurdles	55.88	3 Q	54.95	6	did not advance
Marleen Renders	Marathon	2:36.27	25

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Johan Museeuw	Road race	04:55:25	10th
Wilfried Peeters		04:56:28	15th
Frank Vandenbroucke		04:56:44	25th
Johan Bruyneel		04:56:47	60th
Tom Steels		04:56:56	109th
Johan Bruyneel	Time Trial	01:10:12	24th

Women

Track

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Jump off	Rank
Eric Wauters	Bon Ami	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	4.00	=14	16.00	20.00	=45	37.50	57.50	67	did not advance
Stanny Van Paesschen	Mulga Bill	12.00	=58	12.00	24.00	=52	8.00	32.00	=50	did not advance
Michel Blaton	Revoulino	9.00	=54	17.75	26.75	=62	8.50	35.25	53	did not advance
Ludo Philippaerts	King Darco	0.00	=1	4.00	4.00	=5	0.00	4.00	3	16.00		20
Eric Wauters Stanny Van Paesschen Michel Blaton Ludo Philippaerts	See above	Team	48.50		13

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Philip Laats	–65 kg		W	W	W	L	L	=5
Johan Laats	–78 kg		W	L	Did not advance		W	L	Did not advance
Harry Van Barneveld	+95 kg	W	L	Did not advance			W	W	W	W

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Heidi Goossens	–52 kg	L	Did not advance
Marisabel Lomba	–56 kg		L	Did not advance			W	W	W
Gella Vandecaveye	–61 kg		W	W	W	L
Ulla Werbrouck	–72 kg		W	W	W	W

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Philippe Dupont	Trap	119	=20	did not advance
	Double trap	128	=22	did not advance
Frans Peeters	Trap	114	=49	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Cindy Bouque	10 m air rifle	389	25	did not advance
Anne Focan	Double trap	91	20	did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Fred Deburghgraeve	100m Breaststroke	1:00.60	1 Q	1:00.65
200m Breaststroke	2:16.10	15 q	Withdrew

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Brigitte Becue	100m breaststroke	1:09.83	8 Q	1:09.79	8
200m breaststroke	2:29.62	6 Q	2:28.36	7
200m individual medley	2:18.28	17 q	Withdrew
align=left rowspan=3	Sandra Cam	200m freestyle	2:04.90	26	did not advance
400m freestyle	4:17.35	17 q	4:14.94	10
800m freestyle	8:48.33	16	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Yseult Gervy	100m backstroke	1:05.72	25	did not advance
200m backstroke	1:05.72	22	did not advance
400m individual medley	4:53.11	16 q	4:52.89	15

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sabine Appelmans	Women's Singles	L 7–5, 6-3	align=center colspan="5"	did not advance
Dominique Van Roost		L 6–1, 7-5	align=center colspan="5"	did not advance
Laurence Courtois		W 1–6, 6–2, 6-2	L 7–5, 6-2	align=center colspan="4"	did not advance
Sabine Appelmans Laurence Courtois	Women's doubles	/ W 5–7, 6-3, 6-4	/ L 2–6, 6-1, 7-5		align=center colspan="3"	did not advance

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's Greco-Roman

References

• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results . Watkins, Ginger T. . Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta . 1997 . 1-56145-150-9 . PDF . 2008-02-05.
• Digital Archive from the LA84 Foundation of Los Angeles
• Sports-reference