Belgium at the 2000 Summer Olympics

IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Website	www.olympic.be (in Dutch and French)
in Sydney
Competitors	68 (36 men, 32 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Ulla Werbrouck
Medals Ranked 55th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 5
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1906 Intercalated Games

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

Medalists

Main article: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Filip Meirhaeghe	Cycling	Men's Cross-country
Silver	Etienne De Wilde Matthew Gilmore	Cycling	Men's Madison
Bronze	Ann Simons	Judo	Women's −48kg
Bronze	Gella Vandecaveye	Judo	Women's −63kg
Bronze	Els Callens Dominique Van Roost	Tennis	Women's Doubles

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nico Hendrickx	Men's Individual	640	10	Jubzang (BHU) W 162–156	Shikarev (KAZ) L 141–154	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round by position in race or, in field events, by achieving the automatic qualification target
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

Men
Track and road events

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

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Erik Nijs	Long jump	7.52	37	Did not advance
Thibaut Duval	Pole vault	5.55	=22	Did not advance
Erik Nijs	Discus throw	60.93	22	Did not advance

Women
Track and road events

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

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ruud Kuijten	Men's Singles	Bye	Jonassen (DEN) L 2–0 (15–8, 15–5)	Did not advance

Canoeing

Further information: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bob Maesen	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:37.587	3 Q	3:43.147	5	Did not advance

Cycling

Further information: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Mountain Biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Filip Meirhaeghe	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	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	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

Further information: Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Eventing

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

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final				Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Ludo Philippaerts	Otterongo	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

Further information: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Further information: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Cédric Taymans	-60 kg	Mirzaliyev (UKR) W 0112-0010	Greczkowski (USA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Harry Van Barneveld	+100 kg	Bye	Ko (KOR) W 1100-0001	Tangriev (UZB) W 10210-0021	Douillet (FRA) L 1021-0021	Did not advance	Bye	Tataroğlu (TUR) L 0010-1010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Ann Simons	-48 kg	Rouini (TUN) W	Hill (AUS) W	Gradante (GER) L	Did not advance	Bye	Martins (BRA) W	Savon (CUB) W	Cha (PRK) W
Inge Clement	-52 kg	Souakri (ALG) L	Did not advance
Marisabel Lomba	-57 kg	Kouahoe (CIV) W	Bar-On (ISR) W	González (CUB) L	Did not advance	Bye	Harel (FRA) L	Did not advance
Gella Vandecaveye	-63 kg	Bye	Ji (PRK) W	Li (CHN) L	Did not advance	Bye	Artamonova (KGZ) W	Ishii (BRA) W	von Rekowski (GER) W
Ulla Werbrouck	-70 kg	Bye	Martín (ESP) L	Did not advance		Pazoutova (CZE) W	Ueno (JPN) W	Bosch (NED) W	Cho (KOR) L	5
Heidi Rakels	-78 kg	Keinhuis (NED) W	Monney (CIV) W	Pierantozzi (ITA) W	Tang (CIV) L	Bye			Richter (ROU) L	5
Brigitte Olivier	+78 kg	Martin (ESP) W	Kovacevic (YUG) W	Beltrán (CUB) L	Did not advance	Bye	Kim (KOR) L	Did not advance

Rowing

Further information: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arnaud Duchesne Luc Goiris Björn Hendrickx Stijn Smulders	Quadruple sculls	5:56.79	4 R	6:10.11	3	5:56.36	5 FB	5:54.17	9

Sailing

Further information: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Rank
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
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Rank
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

Further information: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anne Focan	Women's Trap	67	3 Q	21	4	88	4
Anne Focan	Women's Double trap	99	7	Did not advance

Swimming

Further information: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thierry Wouters	50 m freestyle	23.44	39	Did not advance
Thierry Wouters	100 m freestyle	51.07	32	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Liesbet Dreesen	50 m freestyle	26.21	28	Did not advance
Tine Bossuyt	100 m freestyle	58.02	35	Did not advance
Nina van Koeckhoven	200 m freestyle	2:02.15	22	Did not advance
Sofie Goffin	400 m freestyle	4:15.93	20	—		Did not advance
Fabienne Dufour	100 m butterfly	1:01.15	23	Did not advance
Brigitte Becue	100 m breaststroke	1:09.38	9 Q	1:09.47	5	Did not advance
Brigitte Becue	200 m breaststroke	2:31.27	21	Did not advance
Sofie Wolfs	100 m backstroke	1:04.66	27	Did not advance
Yseult Gervy	200 m backstroke	2:16.67	22	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:16.51	12 Q	2:17.19	7	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:48.31	18	—		Did not advance
Tine Bossuyt Liesbet Dreesen Sofie Goffin Nina Van Koeckhoven	4 x 100 m freestyle relay	3:46.91	11	—		Did not advance
Fabienne Dufour Yseult Gervy Sofie Goffin Nina Van Koeckhoven	4 x 200 m freestyle relay	8:12.37	12	—		Did not advance
Brigitte Becue Fabienne Dufour Nina van Koeckhoven Sofie Wolfs	4 x 100 m medley relay	4:10.98	11	—		Did not advance

Table Tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Groupstage			First Round	Second Round	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jean-Michel Saive	Singles	Bye			Korbel (CZE) W 3–0	Waldner (SWE) L 3–1	Did not advance
Philippe Saive	Singles	Marengo (CHI) W 3–0	Shchetinin (BLR) W 3–1	1 Q	L Guozheng (CHN) L 3–2	Did not advance
Jean-Michel Saive Philippe Saive	Doubles	Iseki / Tasaki (JPN) L 0–2	Gambra / Tasaki (CHI) W 2–0	2	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Bronze Medal Match	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sabine Appelmans	Singles	Jeyaseelan (CAN) W 7–5, 6–2	Vento (VEN) W 6–2, 6–2	Coetzer (RSA) L 6–3, 6–1	Did not advance
Els Callens	Singles	Asagoe (JPN) W 6–0, 6–4	Zuluaga (COL) L 6–3, 6–2	Did not advance
Dominique Van Roost	Singles	Gerši (CZE) W 6–1, 6–1	Myskina (RUS) W 6–2, 6–3	Farina Elia (ITA) W 6–1, 7–5	Seles (USA) L 6–0, 6–2	Did not advance
Els Callens Dominique Van Roost	Doubles	Majoli & Talaja (CRO) W 6–2, 5–7, 6–2	Habšudová & Husárová (SVK) W 6–3, 6–2	—	Sequera & Vento (VEN) W 4–6, 7–5, 6–4	Williams & Williams (USA) L 6–4, 6–1	Barabanschikova & Zvereva (BLR) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–1

Triathlon

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	Women's	20:16.68	0:38.00	1:06:14.70	0:24.20	36:32.40	2:04:05	16
Mieke Suys	Women's	20:17.98	0:28.10	Did not finish

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total	Rank
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. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
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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