Belgium at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Medalists

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"

! Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

| || Filip Meirhaeghe || Cycling ||Men's Cross-country

| || Matthew Gilmore|| Cycling || Men's Madison

| || Ann Simons || Judo ||Women's −48kg

| || Gella Vandecaveye|| Judo || Women's −63kg

| || Dominique Van Roost|| Tennis || Women's Doubles

Archery

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

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Ranking round

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final /

|-style=font-size:95%

!Score

!Seed

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|align=left|Nico Hendrickx

|align=left|Men's Individual

|640

|10

| W 162–156

| L 141–154

|colspan=5|Did not advance

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|Nathan Kahan

|align=left|800 m

|1:47.69

|colspan=2

|colspan=4

|align=left rowspan=2|Mohammed Mourhit

|align=left|5000 m

|colspan=2| Did not start

|colspan=4

|colspan=2

|align=left|10.000 m

|27:45.73

|4 Q

|colspan=4

|colspan=2| Did not finish

|align=left|Jonathan Nsenga

|align=left|110 m hurdles

|13.57

|3 Q

|13.73

|colspan=4

;Track and road events

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

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

|-style=font-size:95%

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|align=left|Erik Nijs

|align=left|Long jump

|7.52

|37

|colspan=2

|align=left|Thibaut Duval

|align=left|Pole vault

|5.55

|=22

|colspan=2

|align=left|Erik Nijs

|align=left|Discus throw

|60.93

|22

|colspan=2

;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|Sandra Stals

|align=left|800 m

|2:02.33

|colspan=2

|colspan=4

|align=left|Veerle Dejaeghere

|align=left|1500 m

|4:10.68

|colspan=2

|4:07.87

|colspan=2

|align=left rowspan=2|Veerle Dejaeghere

|align=left|10.000 m

|colspan=2| Did not start

|colspan=4

|colspan=2

|align=left|Marathon

|colspan=6

|colspan=2| Did not finish

Badminton

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarter-finals

!Semi-finals

!Final

!Opposition Score

|align=left|Ruud Kuijten

|align=left|Men's Singles

| L 2–0 (15–8, 15–5)

|colspan="5"

Canoeing

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

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

|-style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left|Bob Maesen

|align=left|Men's K-1 1000 m

|3:37.587

|3 Q

|3:43.147

|colspan=2

Cycling

Mountain Biking

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

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|align=left|Filip Meirhaeghe

|align=left rowspan=3|Men's cross-country

|2:10:05.51

|align=left|Roel Paulissen

|2:16:54.82

|19

|align=left|Peter van den Abeele

|colspan=2| Did not finish

Road

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

!Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

|align=left|Axel Merckx

|align=left rowspan=5|Men's road race

|5:30:37

|12

|align=left|Nico Mattan

|5:30:46

|33

|align=left|Marc Wauters

|5:30:46

|67

|align=left|Rik Verbrugghe

|5:30:46

|71

|align=left|Peter Van Petegem

|5:36:14

|79

|align=left|Heidi van de Vijver

|align=left rowspan=3|Women's road race

|3:06:31

|align=left|Cindy Pieters

|3:06:31

|20

|align=left|Vanja Vonckx

|3:12:40

|40

Track

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

!Athlete

!Event

!Points

!Rank

|align=left|Matthew Gilmore

|align=left|Men's points race

|15

|align=left|Etienne de Wilde Matthew Gilmore

|align=left|Men's madison

|22

Equestrian

;Eventing

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

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Horse

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Dressage

!colspan=2|Cross-country

!colspan=2|Show jumping

!colspan=2|Total

|-style=font-size:95%

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

|align=left|Bruno Goyens de Heusch

|align=left|Graceland Cava

|align=left|Individual

|53.2

|26

|colspan=6| Did not finish

|align=left|Carl Bouckaert Karin Donckers Kurt Heyndrickx Constantin Van Rijckevorsel

|align=left|Urbane Des Pins Gormley Archimedes Withcote Nellie

|align=left|Team

|160.4

|1297.0

|10

|121.2

|2121.2

;Jumping

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

!rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Horse

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan=8|Qualification

!colspan=4|Final

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Total

|-style=font-size:95%

!colspan=2|Round 1

!colspan=3|Round 2

!colspan=3|Round 3

!colspan=2|Round A

!colspan=2|Round B

|-style=font-size:95%

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

|align=left|Ludo Philippaerts

|align=left|Otterongo

|align=left|Individual

|16.00

|=49

|8.00

|24.00

|45

|8.00

|32.00

|42 Q

|4.00

|=3

|4.00

|=3

|8.00

|=4

Gymnastics

;Artistic

Sigrid Persoon
Women's Individual All-Around – 43rd place
Horse Vault – 18th place
Floor Exercise – 54th place
Uneven Bars – 64th place
Balance Beam – 68th place

Judo

;Men

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

! rowspan=2 | Athlete

! rowspan=2 | Event

! Preliminary Round

! Round of 32

! Round of 16

! Quarterfinals

! Semifinals

! Repechage 1

! Repechage 2

! Repechage 3

! colspan=2 | Final /

! Opposition score

! Rank

|- align=center

| Cédric Taymans

| -60 kg

| W 0112-0010

| L 0000-1000

| colspan=8

|- align=center

| Harry Van Barneveld

| +100 kg

| W 1100-0001

| W 10210-0021

| L 1021-0021

| L 0010-1010

| colspan=3

;Women

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

! rowspan=2 | Athlete

! rowspan=2 | Event

! Round of 32

! Round of 16

! Quarterfinals

! Semifinals

! Repechage 1

! Repechage 2

! Repechage 3

! colspan=2 | Final /

! Opposition score

! Rank

|- align=center

| Ann Simons

| -48 kg

| W

| L

| W

|- align=center

| Inge Clement

| -52 kg

| L

| colspan=8

|- align=center

| Marisabel Lomba

| -57 kg

| W

| L

| colspan=3

|- align=center

| Gella Vandecaveye

| -63 kg

| W

| L

| W

|- align=center

| Ulla Werbrouck

| -70 kg

| L

| colspan=2

| W

| L

| 5

|- align=center

| Heidi Rakels

| -78 kg

| W

| L

| colspan=3

| L

| 5

|- align=center

| Brigitte Olivier

| +78 kg

| W

| L

| colspan=3

Rowing

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

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Repechage

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

|-style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left|Arnaud Duchesne Luc Goiris Björn Hendrickx Stijn Smulders

|align=left|Quadruple sculls

|5:56.79

|4 R

|6:10.11

|5:56.36

|5 FB

|5:54.17

Sailing

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

;Men

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

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=11|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Rank

|-style=font-size:95%

!10

!11

|align=left|Sebastien Godefroid

|align=left|Finn

| 13

| 3

| 10

| 1

| 14

| <s>17</s>

| 5

| 10

| 7

| <s>19</s>

| 2

| 65

| 7

|align=left|Philippe Bergmans

|align=left|Laser

| 13

| 4

| 24

| 23

| 9

| 19

| <s>25</s>

| 17

| <s>30</s>

| 6

| 1

| 116

| 16

;Women

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

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=11|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Rank

|-style=font-size:95%

!10

!11

|align=left|Sigrid Rondelez

|align=left|Mistral

| <s>21</s>

| 13

| 11

| 19

| 11

| 16

| 17

| <s>26</s>

| 12

| 9

| 19

| 127

| 16

|align=left|Min Dezillie

|align=left|Europe

| 8

| <s>26</s>

| 10

| 4

| 10

| <s>12</s>

| 10

| 7

| 68

| 6

Shooting

;Women

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

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

!colspan=2|Total

|-style=font-size:95%

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|align=left rowspan=2|Anne Focan

|align=left|Women's Trap

|67

|3 Q

|21

|88

|align=left|Women's Double trap

|99

|colspan=4

Swimming

;Men

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

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

|-style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left rowspan=2|Thierry Wouters

|align=left|50 m freestyle

|23.44

|39

|colspan=4

|align=left|100 m freestyle

|51.07

|32

|colspan=4

;Women

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

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

|-style=font-size:95%

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|align=left|Liesbet Dreesen

|align=left|50 m freestyle

|26.21

|28

|colspan=4

|align=left|Tine Bossuyt

|align=left|100 m freestyle

|58.02

|35

|colspan=4

|align=left|Nina van Koeckhoven

|align=left|200 m freestyle

|2:02.15

|22

|colspan=4

|align=left|Sofie Goffin

|align=left|400 m freestyle

|4:15.93

|20

|colspan=2

|align=left|Fabienne Dufour

|align=left|100 m butterfly

|1:01.15

|23

|colspan=4

|align=left rowspan=2|Brigitte Becue

|align=left|100 m breaststroke

|1:09.38

|9 Q

|1:09.47

|colspan=2

|align=left|200 m breaststroke

|2:31.27

|21

|colspan=4

|align=left|Sofie Wolfs

|align=left|100 m backstroke

|1:04.66

|27

|colspan=4

|align=left rowspan=3|Yseult Gervy

|align=left|200 m backstroke

|2:16.67

|22

|colspan=4

|align=left|200 m individual medley

|2:16.51

|12 Q

|2:17.19

|colspan=2

|align=left|400 m individual medley

|4:48.31

|18

|colspan=2

|align=left|Tine Bossuyt Liesbet Dreesen Sofie Goffin Nina Van Koeckhoven

|align=left|4 x 100 m freestyle relay

|3:46.91

|11

|colspan=2

|align=left| Fabienne Dufour Yseult Gervy Sofie Goffin Nina Van Koeckhoven

|align=left|4 x 200 m freestyle relay

|8:12.37

|12

|colspan=2

|align=left|Brigitte Becue Fabienne Dufour Nina van Koeckhoven Sofie Wolfs

|align=left|4 x 100 m medley relay

|4:10.98

|11

|colspan=2

Table Tennis

;Men

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="3"|Groupstage

!First Round

!Second Round

!Quarter-finals

!Semi-finals

!Final

!Opposition Score

!Rank

!Opposition Score

|align=left|Jean-Michel Saive

|align=left|Singles

|colspan=3

| W 3–0

| L 3–1

|colspan="3"

|align=left|Philippe Saive

|align=left|Singles

| W 3–0

| W 3–1

|1 Q

| L 3–2

|colspan="4"

|align=left|Jean-Michel Saive Philippe Saive

|align=left|Doubles

| L 0–2

| W 2–0

|colspan="5"

Tennis

;Women

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

!style="width:15em" rowspan="2"|Athlete

!style="width:10em" rowspan="2"|Event

!style="width:10em" |Round 1

!style="width:10em" |Round 2

!style="width:10em" |Round 3

!style="width:10em" |Quarter-finals

!style="width:10em" |Semi-finals

!style="width:10em" |Bronze Medal Match

!style="width:5em" rowspan="2"|Rank

!Opposition Score

|align=left|Sabine Appelmans

|align=left|Singles

| W 7–5, 6–2

| W 6–2, 6–2

| L 6–3, 6–1

|colspan="4"

|align=left|Els Callens

|align=left|Singles

| W 6–0, 6–4

| L 6–3, 6–2

|colspan="5"

|align=left|Dominique Van Roost

|align=left|Singles

| W 6–1, 6–1

| W 6–2, 6–3

| W 6–1, 7–5

| L 6–0, 6–2

|colspan="3"

|align=left|Els Callens Dominique Van Roost

|align=left|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

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

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

!Athlete

!Event

!Swim

!Trans. 1

!Cycle

!Trans. 2

!Run

!Total

!Rank

|align=left|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

|align=left|Mieke Suys

|20:17.98

|0:28.10

|colspan=5| Did not finish

Weightlifting

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:95%; text-align:center"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="3"|Snatch

!colspan="3"|Clean & Jerk

!rowspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|Rank

|align=left|François Demeure

|align=left|Men's 69 kg

|<s>140.0</s>

|145.0

|<s>145.0</s>

|170.0

|<s>175.0</s>

|310.0

|12

|align=left|Ingeborg Marx

|align=left|Women's 58 kg

|72.5

|77.5

|<s>82.5</s>

|<s>100.0</s>

|100.0

|105.0

|<s>177.5</s>

|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
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