Belgium at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BEL
Nocname:	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2000
Website:
Location:	Sydney
Competitors:	68 (36 men, 32 women)
Sports:	16
Flagbearer:	Ulla Werbrouck
Rank:	55
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Belgium competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

See main article: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's Cross-country
	Matthew Gilmore		Men's Madison
			Women's −48kg
	Gella Vandecaveye		Women's −63kg
	Dominique Van Roost		Women's Doubles

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nathan Kahan	800 m	1:47.69	6	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=2	Mohammed Mourhit	5000 m	Did not start		colspan=2
10.000 m	27:45.73	4 Q	Did not finish
Jonathan Nsenga	110 m hurdles	13.57	3 Q	13.73	6

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Erik Nijs	Long jump	7.52	37	colspan=2
Thibaut Duval	Pole vault	5.55	=22	colspan=2
Erik Nijs	Discus throw	60.93	22

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sandra Stals	800 m	2:02.33	4	colspan=4
Veerle Dejaeghere	1500 m	4:10.68	4	4:07.87	6	colspan=2
align=left rowspan=2	Veerle Dejaeghere	10.000 m	Did not start		colspan=2
Marathon	Did not finish

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

Mountain Biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Filip Meirhaeghe	align=left rowspan=3	Men's cross-country	2:10:05.51
Roel Paulissen	2:16:54.82	19
Peter van den Abeele	Did not finish

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Axel Merckx	align=left rowspan=5	Men's road race	5:30:37	12
Nico Mattan	5:30:46	33
Marc Wauters	5:30:46	67
Rik Verbrugghe	5:30:46	71
Peter Van Petegem	5:36:14	79
Heidi van de Vijver	align=left rowspan=3	Women's road race	3:06:31	8
Cindy Pieters	3:06:31	20
Vanja Vonckx	3:12:40	40

Track

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Matthew Gilmore	Men's points race	6	15
Etienne de Wilde Matthew Gilmore	Men's madison	22

Equestrian

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Show jumping		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Bruno Goyens de Heusch	Graceland Cava	Individual	53.2	26	Did not finish
	Urbane Des Pins Gormley Archimedes Withcote Nellie	Team	160.4	7	1297.0	10	121.2	9	2121.2	9

Jumping

Gymnastics

Artistic

• Sigrid Persoon
  1. Women's Individual All-Around – 43rd place
  2. Horse Vault – 18th place
  3. Floor Exercise – 54th place
  4. Uneven Bars – 64th place
  5. Balance Beam – 68th place

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Cédric Taymans	-60 kg	W 0112-0010	L 0000-1000	colspan=8
Harry Van Barneveld	+100 kg		W 1100-0001	W 10210-0021	L 1021-0021			L 0010-1010

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Ann Simons	-48 kg	W	W	L			W	W	W
Inge Clement	-52 kg	L	colspan=8
Marisabel Lomba	-57 kg	W	W	L			L	colspan=3
Gella Vandecaveye	-63 kg		W	L			W	W	W
Ulla Werbrouck	-70 kg		L	W	W	W	L	5
Heidi Rakels	-78 kg	W	W	W	L	L	5
Brigitte Olivier	+78 kg	W	W	L			L

Sailing

Two men and two women competed in the Sailing competition in four different events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Sebastien Godefroid	Finn	13	3	10	1	14	17	5	10	7	19	2	65	7
Philippe Bergmans	Laser	13	4	24	23	9	19	25	17	30	6	1	116	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Sigrid Rondelez	Mistral	21	13	11	19	11	16	17	26	12	9	19	127	16
Min Dezillie	Europe	8	8	26	10	4	4	10	12	10	7	7	68	6

Shooting

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Anne Focan	Women's Trap	67	3 Q	21	4	88	4
Women's Double trap	99	7

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Thierry Wouters	50 m freestyle	23.44	39	colspan=4
100 m freestyle	51.07	32

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Liesbet Dreesen	50 m freestyle	26.21	28	colspan=4
Tine Bossuyt	100 m freestyle	58.02	35	colspan=4
Nina van Koeckhoven	200 m freestyle	2:02.15	22	colspan=4
Sofie Goffin	400 m freestyle	4:15.93	20	colspan=2
Fabienne Dufour	100 m butterfly	1:01.15	23	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=2	Brigitte Becue	100 m breaststroke	1:09.38	9 Q	1:09.47	5	colspan=2
200 m breaststroke	2:31.27	21	colspan=4
Sofie Wolfs	100 m backstroke	1:04.66	27	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=3	Yseult Gervy	200 m backstroke	2:16.67	22	colspan=4
200 m individual medley	2:16.51	12 Q	2:17.19	7	colspan=2
400 m individual medley	4:48.31	18	colspan=2
Tine Bossuyt Liesbet Dreesen Sofie Goffin Nina Van Koeckhoven	4 x 100 m freestyle relay	3:46.91	11	colspan=2
Fabienne Dufour Yseult Gervy Sofie Goffin Nina Van Koeckhoven	4 x 200 m freestyle relay	8:12.37	12	colspan=2
Brigitte Becue Fabienne Dufour Nina van Koeckhoven Sofie Wolfs	4 x 100 m medley relay	4:10.98	11

Table Tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Groupstage			First Round	Second Round	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jean-Michel Saive	Singles	W 3–0	L 3–1	colspan="3"
Philippe Saive	Singles	W 3–0	W 3–1	1 Q	L 3–2	colspan="4"
Jean-Michel Saive Philippe Saive	Doubles	L 0–2	W 2–0	2

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Bronze Medal Match	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sabine Appelmans	Singles	W 7–5, 6–2	W 6–2, 6–2	L 6–3, 6–1	colspan="4"
Els Callens	Singles	W 6–0, 6–4	L 6–3, 6–2	colspan="5"
Dominique Van Roost	Singles	W 6–1, 6–1	W 6–2, 6–3	W 6–1, 7–5	L 6–0, 6–2	colspan="3"
Els Callens Dominique Van Roost	Doubles	W 6–2, 5–7, 6–2	W 6–3, 6–2		W 4–6, 7–5, 6–4	L 6–4, 6–1	W 4–6, 6–4, 6–1

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Belgium was represented by two women. One finished, placing sixteenth, while the other withdrew during the second phase.

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans. 1	Cycle	Trans. 2	Run	Total	Rank
Kathleen Smet	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	20:16.68	0:38.00	1:06:14.70	0:24.20	36:32.40	2:04:05	16
Mieke Suys	20:17.98	0:28.10	Did not finish

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
François Demeure	Men's 69 kg	140.0	145.0	145.0	170.0	175.0	175.0	310.0	12
Ingeborg Marx	Women's 58 kg	72.5	77.5	82.5	100.0	100.0	105.0	177.5	11

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site
• sports-reference