Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BEL
Nocname:	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	96
Sports:	16
Flagbearer:	Sébastien Godefroid (opening) Tia Hellebaut (closing)
Rank:	46
Gold:	2
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

thumb|400px|the team of Belgium at the Opening CeremonyBelgium 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. Belgium won 2 gold medals, better achievement than in 2004, when the country won 1 gold and 2 bronze medals.

Medalists

See main article: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Women's high jump
			Women's 4 × 100 m relay

• Russian team's gold medals were stripped due to anti-doping rules violation by Yulia Chermoshanskaya.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kristof Beyens	200 m	20.69	3 Q	20.50	3 Q	20.69	8	Did not advance
Jonathan Borlée	align=left rowspan=2	400 m	45:25	4 q	45.11	5	Did not advance
Kévin Borlée	45:43	4 q	44.88 NR	3	Did not advance
Pieter Desmet	3000 m steeplechase	8:37.99	11	Did not advance
Monder Rizki	5000 m	13:54.41	8	Did not advance
Cédric van Branteghem	400 m	45:54	3 Q	45.81	8	Did not advance
Jonathan Borlée Kévin Borlée Arnaud Ghislain Cédric van Branteghem	4 × 400 m relay	3:00:67 NR	3 Q	2:59.37 NR	5

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Hans van Alphen	Result	11.28	6.55	14.86	1.84		—	—	—	—	—
Points	799	709	781	661	0	—	—	—	—	—
Frédéric Xhonneux	Result	11.41	6.94	13.99	1.90			—	—	—	—
Points	776	799	728	714	0	0	—	—	—	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nathalie de Vos	10000 m	32:33.45	24
Veerle Dejaeghere	3000 m steeplechase	9:54.65	10	Did not advance
Kim Gevaert	100 m	11.33	1 Q	11.10	3 Q	11.30	6	Did not advance
Olivia Borlée Kim Gevaert Hanna Mariën Élodie Ouédraogo	4 × 100 m relay	42.92	3 Q	42.54 NR

Field events

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mario Aerts	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	6:24:01	7
Christophe Brandt	Did not finish
align=left rowspan=2	Maxime Monfort	Road race	Did not finish
Time trial	1:07:12	26
Jurgen van den Broeck	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	Did not finish
Johan van Summeren	6:26:27	42

Women

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Iljo Keisse	Men's points race	8	0	12
Kenny de Ketele Iljo Keisse	Men's madison	17	−1	4

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Filip Meirhaeghe	align=left rowspan=3	Men's cross-country	Did not finish
Sven Nys	2:01:00	9
Roel Paulissen	2:03:30	19

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Karin Donckers	Gazelle De La Brasserie	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	31.70	2	25.60	57.30	9	4.00	61.30	12 Q	4.00	65.30	9	65.30	9
Joris van Springel	Bold Action	52.00	38	66.40	118.40	49	15.00	133.40	47	Did not advance			133.40	46

Show jumping

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Belgium managed to qualify a team to the men's tournament. They won one, drew one, and lost three games in the group play. This qualified them to a match for 9th/10th place, which they won, finishing 9th for the tournament.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

9th–10th place

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Women

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ilse Heylen	−52 kg	W 0001–0000	W 1000–0000	L 0000–0001	Did not advance		W 0002–0000	L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Catherine Jacques	−70 kg		L 0000–0010	Did not advance

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tim Maeyens	Single sculls	7:16.60	1 QF	6:52:70	2 SA/B	6:59:65	3 FA	7:03:40	4
Bart Poelvoorde Christophe Raes	Double sculls	6:31.84	4 R	6:24:01	2 SA/B	6:29:91	5 FB	6:35:55	8

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Women

Open

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mathieu Fonteyn	200 m butterfly	1:56.65 NR	19	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Yoris Grandjean	50 m freestyle	22.45 NR	28	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	48.82 NR	19	Did not advance
François Heersbrandt	100 m butterfly	53.33	37	Did not advance
Brian Ryckeman	10 km open water	1:52.10	7
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

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Elise Matthysen	100 m breaststroke	1:08.37 NR	16 Q	1:09.00	13	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:27.04 NR	15 Q	2:29.64	16	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Steve Darcis	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	L 4–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Olivier Rochus	W 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	W 7–6^(7–5), 2–3^r	L 0–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Steve Darcis Olivier Rochus	Men's doubles		W 6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–5), 6–3	L 6–7^(6–8), 2–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Peter Croes	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	18:26	0:26	58:51	0:32	33:25	1:51:40.94	27
Axel Zeebroek	18:30	0:27	57:48	0:30	33:15	1:50:30.90	13

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

See also

• Belgium at the 2008 Summer Paralympics