Belgium at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Medalists

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

| || || Judo || Women's half-heavyweight (72 kg) ||

| || || Swimming || Men's 100 m breaststroke ||

| || || Judo || Women's half-middleweight (61 kg) ||

| || || Sailing || Men's Finn class ||

| || || Judo || Men's heavyweight (+95 kg) ||

| || || Judo || Women's lightweight (56 kg) ||

Archery

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.

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan="2"|Ranking round

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final /

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Seed

!Opposition Score

!Rank

|- align=center

|align=left|Paul Vermeiren

|Men's individual

|659

|21

| W 165–104

| W 159–158

| W 161–159

| W 111–106

| L 103–112

| L 110–115

Athletics

;Men

;Track and road events

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Quarterfinal

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

|-style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left|Patrick Stevens

|align=left rowspan=2|200 m

|20.60

|1 Q

|20.43

|2 Q

|20.46

|4 Q

|20.27

|align=left|Erik Wymeersch

|20.68

|1 Q

|20.59

|colspan=4|did not advance

|align=left|Marc Dollendorf

|align=left rowspan=2|400 m hurdles

|colspan=2 rowspan=2

|49.49

|2 Q

|48.91

|colspan=2|did not advance

|align=left|Jean-Paul Bruwier

|49.69

|colspan=4|did not advance

|align=left|Eddy Hellebuyck

|align=left|Marathon

|colspan=6

|2:25.04

|67

;Women

;Track and road events

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Quarterfinal

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

|-style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left|Ann Mercken

|align=left|400 m hurdles

|colspan=2

|55.88

|3 Q

|54.95

|colspan=2|did not advance

|align=left|Marleen Renders

|align=left|Marathon

|colspan=6

|2:36.27

|25

Cycling

Mountain biking

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|Roel Paulissen

|Men's cross-country

|2:33:53

|17th

Road

;Men

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|Johan Museeuw

|rowspan=5|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

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|Heidi Van De Vijver

|Road race

|02:37:06

|20th

Track

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

!Points

!Rank

|Etienne De Wilde

|Points race

|0 pts

|24th

Equestrian

Eventing

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Horse

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Dressage

!colspan="3"|Cross-country

!colspan="3"|Jumping

!colspan="2"|Total

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Constantin Van Rijckevorsel

|align=left|Otis

|align=left|Individual

|55.8

|22

|21.60

|77.40

|10.00

|87.40

|11

|87.40

Jumping

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Horse

!rowspan="3"|Event

!colspan="8"|Qualification

!colspan="3" rowspan=2 |Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!colspan="2"|Round 1

!colspan="3"|Round 2

!colspan="3"|Round 3

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Jump off

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Eric Wauters

|align=left|Bon Ami

| align=left rowspan=4|Individual

|4.00

|=14

|16.00

|20.00

|=45

|37.50

|57.50

|67

|colspan=3| did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Stanny Van Paesschen

|align=left|Mulga Bill

|12.00

|=58

|12.00

|24.00

|=52

|8.00

|32.00

|=50

|colspan=3| did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Michel Blaton

|align=left|Revoulino

|9.00

|=54

|17.75

|26.75

|=62

|8.50

|35.25

|53

|colspan=3| did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Ludo Philippaerts

|align=left|King Darco

|0.00

|=1

|4.00

|=5

|0.00

|4.00

|16.00

|20

|-align=center

|align=left|Eric Wauters Stanny Van Paesschen Michel Blaton Ludo Philippaerts

|See above

|align=left|Team

|colspan=8

|48.50

|13

Gymnastics

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="6"|Preliminaries

!colspan="6"|Semifinals

!colspan="6"|Final

!Rope

!Ball

!Clubs

!Ribbon

!Total

!Rank

!Rope

!Ball

!Clubs

!Ribbon

!Total

!Rank

!Rope

!Ball

!Clubs

!Ribbon

!Total

!Rank

|-align=center

|Cindy Stollenberg

|Individual

|9.033

|9.166

|9.149

|9.116

|36.464

|31

|colspan=12| did not advance

Judo

;Men

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Repechage 1

!Repechage 2

!Repechage 3

!colspan=2|Final /

|-style=font-size:95%

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|align=left|Philip Laats

|align=left|–65 kg

| W

| L

|colspan=3

| L

|=5

|align=left|Johan Laats

|align=left|–78 kg

| W

| L

|colspan=2|Did not advance

| W

| L

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|align=left|Harry Van Barneveld

|align=left|+95 kg

| W

| L

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| W

;Women

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Repechage 1

!Repechage 2

!Repechage 3

!colspan=2|Final /

|-style=font-size:95%

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|align=left|Heidi Goossens

|align=left|–52 kg

| L

|colspan=9|Did not advance

|align=left|Marisabel Lomba

|align=left|–56 kg

| L

|colspan=2|Did not advance

| W

|align=left|Gella Vandecaveye

|align=left|–61 kg

| W

|colspan=3

| L

|align=left|Ulla Werbrouck

|align=left|–72 kg

| W

|colspan=3

| W

Sailing

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="10"|Race

!rowspan="2"|Score

!rowspan="2"|Rank

!10

|Sébastien Godefroid

|Finn class

|13

|24

|16

|32 pts

|bgcolor=silver align=center|Image:Silver medal icon.svg

Shooting

;Men

{| class="wikitable" "text-align: center"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

|rowspan=2|Philippe Dupont

|Trap

|align="center"|119

|align="center"|=20

|align="center" colspan=2| did not advance

|Double trap

|align="center"|128

|align="center"|=22

|align="center" colspan=2| did not advance

|Frans Peeters

|Trap

|align="center"|114

|align="center"|=49

|align="center" colspan=2| did not advance

;Women

{| class="wikitable" "text-align: center"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

|Cindy Bouque

|10 m air rifle

|align="center"|389

|align="center"|25

|align="center" colspan=2| did not advance

|Anne Focan

|Double trap

|align="center"|91

|align="center"|20

|align="center" colspan=2| did not advance

Swimming

;Men

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Final

|-style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left rowspan=2|Fred Deburghgraeve

|align=left|100m Breaststroke

|1:00.60

|1 Q

|1:00.65

|align=left|200m Breaststroke

|2:16.10

|15 q

|colspan=2|Withdrew

;Women

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Final

|-style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left rowspan=3|Brigitte Becue

|align=left|100m breaststroke

|1:09.83

|8 Q

|1:09.79

|align=left|200m breaststroke

|2:29.62

|6 Q

|2:28.36

|align=left|200m individual medley

|2:18.28

|17 q

|colspan=2|Withdrew

|align=left rowspan=3|Sandra Cam

|align=left|200m freestyle

|2:04.90

|26

|colspan=2|did not advance

|align=left|400m freestyle

|4:17.35

|17 q

|4:14.94

|10

|align=left|800m freestyle

|8:48.33

|16

|colspan=2|did not advance

|align=left rowspan=3|Yseult Gervy

|align=left|100m backstroke

|1:05.72

|25

|colspan=2|did not advance

|align=left|200m backstroke

|1:05.72

|22

|colspan=2|did not advance

|align=left|400m individual medley

|4:53.11

|16 q

|4:52.89

|15

Tennis

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!1st Round

!2nd Round

!3rd Round

!Quarter-finals

!Semi-finals

!Final

!Opposition Score

|Sabine Appelmans

|rowspan=3|Women's Singles

|align=center| L 7–5, 6-3

|align=center colspan="5" |did not advance

|Dominique Van Roost

|align=center| L 6–1, 7-5

|align=center colspan="5" |did not advance

|Laurence Courtois

|align=center| W 1–6, 6–2, 6-2

|align=center| L 7–5, 6-2

|align=center colspan="4" |did not advance

|Sabine Appelmans Laurence Courtois

|Women's doubles

|align=center| / W 5–7, 6-3, 6-4

|align=center| / L 2–6, 6-1, 7-5

|align=center colspan="3" |did not advance

Wrestling

;Men's Greco-Roman

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round 1

!Eightfinals

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Final

!Repechage 2 Round

!Repechage 3 Round

!Repechage 4 Round

!Repechage 5 Round

!Repechage 6 Round

!Bronze Medal Finals

!rowspan="2"|Rank

!Opposition Result

|Jean-Pierre Wafflard

|-82 kg

|align=center| L 0-10

|align=center colspan=4|did not advance

|align=center| L 0-2

|align=center colspan=5|did not advance

|align=center| 17

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