Belgium at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Belgium at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	68 (36 men, 32 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Ulla Werbrouck
Medals Rank: 55	Gold 0	Silver 2	Bronze 3	Total 5
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Belgium competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

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

Results by event

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's individual
	Nico Hendrickx
1/32 Eliminations	Defeated	Jubzang (BHU)	162-156
1/16 Eliminations	Lost to	Vadim Shikarev (KAZ)	151-154

Athletics

Men's 800 m

• Nathan Kahan
  1. Round 1 – 01:47.69 (did not advance)

Men's 5,000 m

• Mohammed Mourhit
  1. Round 1 – DNS (did not advance)

Men's 10,000 m

• Mohammed Mourhit
  1. Round 1 – 27:45.75
  2. Final – DNF

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Jonathan Nsenga
  1. Round 1 – 13.57
  2. Round 2 – 13.73 (did not advance)

Men's Discus

• Jo Van Daele
  1. Qualifying – 60.93 (did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Erik Nys
  1. Qualifying – 7.52 (did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Thibaut Duval
  1. Qualifying – 5.55 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m

• Sandra Stals
  1. Round 1 – 02:02.33 (did not advance)

Women's 1,500 m

• Veerle Dejaeghere
  1. Round 1 – 04:10.68
  2. Semifinal – 04:07.87 (did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

• Marleen Renders
  1. Round 1 – DNS (did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Marleen Renders
  1. Final – DNF

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

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

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

• Bob Maesen
  1. Qualifying Heat – 03:37.587
  2. Semifinal – 03:43.147 (did not advance)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

• Filip Meirhaeghe
  1. Final – 2:10:05.51 (Silver medal)
• Roel Paulissen
  1. Final – 2:16:54.82 (19th place)
• Peter van den Abeele
  1. Final – DNF

Road Cycling

Men's Road Race

• Axel Merckx
  1. Final – 5:30:37 (12th place)
• Nico Mattan
  1. Final – 5:30:46 (33rd place)
• Marc Wauters
  1. Final – 5:30:46 (67th place)
• Rik Verbrugghe
  1. Final – 5:30:46 (71st place)
• Peter Van Petegem
  1. Final – 5:36:14 (79th place)

Women's Road Race

• Heidi van de Vijver
  1. Final – 3:06:31 (8th place)
• Cindy Pieters
  1. Final – 3:06:31 (20th place)
• Vanja Vonckx
  1. Final – 3:12:40 (40th place)

Track Cycling

Men's Point Race

• Matthew Gilmore
  1. Points – 6
  2. Laps Down – 2 (15th place)

Men's Madison

• Etienne de Wilde, Matthew Gilmore
  1. Final – 22 (Silver medal)

Equestrian

Jumping

• Ludo Philippaerts
  1. Final – 8 pts (4th place)

Eventing

• Bruno Goyens de Heusch - DNF

Eventing Team

• Carl Bouckaert, Karin Donckers, Kurt Heyndrickx & Constantin Van Rijckevorsel - 9th place

Gymnastics

• 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's 60 kg

• Cédric Taymans
  1. 1st round – defeated Ruslan Mirzaliyev (UKR)
  2. Round of 32 – lost to Brandan Greczkowski (USA)

Men's +100 kg

• Harry Van Barneveld
  1. Round of 32 – defeated Ko Kyung-Doo (KOR)
  2. Round of 16 – defeated Abdullo Tangriev (UZB)
  3. Quarterfinals – lost to David Douillet (FRA)
  4. Repechage Quarterfinals – lost to Selim Tataroğlu (TUR)

Women's 48 kg

• Ann Simons
  1. Round of 32 – defeated Hayet Rouini (TUN)
  2. Round of 16 – defeated Jenny Hill (AUS)
  3. Quarterfinals – lost to Anna-Maria Gradante (GER)
  4. Repechage Quarterfinals – defeated Mariana Martins (BRA)
  5. Repechage Semifinals – defeated Amarylis Savon (CUB)
  6. Bronze Medal Final – defeated Hyon Hyang Cha (PRK)

Women's 52 kg

• Inge Clement
  1. Round of 32 – lost to Salima Souakri (ALG)

Women's 57 kg

• Marisabel Lomba
  1. Round of 32 – defeated Rose Marie Kouahoe (CIV)
  2. Round of 16 – defeated Orit Bar On (ISR)
  3. Quarterfinals – lost to Druilis González (CUB)
  4. Repechage Quarterfinals – lost to Barbara Harel (FRA)

Women's 63 kg

• Gella Vandecaveye
  1. Round of 32 – bye
  2. Round of 16 – defeated Kyong Sun Ji (PRK)
  3. Quarterfinals – lost to Li Shufang (CHN)
  4. Repechage Quarterfinals – defeated Olga Artamonova (KGZ)
  5. Repechage Semifinals – defeated Vania Ishii (BRA)
  6. Bronze Medal Final – defeated Anja von Rekowski (GER)

Women's 70 kg

• Ulla Werbrouck
  1. Round of 32 – bye
  2. Round of 16 – lost to Ursula Martin (ESP)
  3. Repechage 1st round – defeated Andrea Pazoutova (CZE)
  4. Repechage Quarterfinals – defeated Masae Ueno (JPN)
  5. Repechage Semifinals – defeated Edith Bosch (NED)
  6. Bronze Medal Final – lost to Cho-Min Sun (KOR)

Women's 78 kg

• Heidi Rakels
  1. Round of 32 – defeated Karin Keinhuis (NED)
  2. Round of 16 – defeated Akissi Monney (CIV)
  3. Quarterfinals – defeated Emanuela Pierantozzi (ITA)
  4. Semifinals – lost to Tang Lin (CHN)
  5. Bronze Medal Final – lost to Simone Marcela Richter (ROU)

Women's +78 kg

• Brigitte Olivier
  1. Round of 32 – defeated Beatriz Martin (ESP)
  2. Round of 16 – defeated Mara Kovacevic (YUG)
  3. Quarterfinals – lost to Daima Beltrán (CUB)
  4. Repechage Quarterfinals – lost to Seon-Young Kim (KOR)

Rowing

Men's Quadruple Sculls

• Arnaud Duchesne, Luc Goiris, Björn Hendrickx & Stijn Smulders - 9th place

Sailing

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

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

• Sébastien Godefroid
  1. Race 1 – 13
  2. Race 2 – 3
  3. Race 3 – 10
  4. Race 4 – 1
  5. Race 5 – 14
  6. Race 6 – (17)
  7. Race 7 – 5
  8. Race 8 – 10
  9. Race 9 – 7
  10. Race 10 – (19)
  11. Race 11 – 2
  12. Final – 65 (7th place)

Men's Laser

• Philippe Bergmans
  1. Race 1 – 13
  2. Race 2 – 4
  3. Race 3 – 24
  4. Race 4 – 23
  5. Race 5 – 9
  6. Race 6 – 19
  7. Race 7 – (25)
  8. Race 8 – 17
  9. Race 9 – (30)
  10. Race 10 – 6
  11. Race 11 – 1
  12. Final – 116 (16th place)

Women's Mistral

• Sigrid Rondelez
  1. Race 1 – (21)
  2. Race 2 – 13
  3. Race 3 – 11
  4. Race 4 – 19
  5. Race 5 – 11
  6. Race 6 – 16
  7. Race 7 – 17
  8. Race 8 – (26)
  9. Race 9 – 12
  10. Race 10 – 9
  11. Race 11 – 19
  12. Final – 127 (16th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

• Min Dezillie
  1. Race 1 – 8
  2. Race 2 – 8
  3. Race 3 – (26)
  4. Race 4 – 10
  5. Race 5 – 4
  6. Race 6 – 4
  7. Race 7 – 10
  8. Race 8 – (12)
  9. Race 9 – 10
  10. Race 10 – 7
  11. Race 11 – 7
  12. Final – 68 (6th place)

Shooting

Women's Trap

• Anne Focan
  1. Final – 88 (4th place)

Women's Double Trap

• Anne Focan
  1. Final – 99 (7th place)

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Thierry Wouters
  1. Heat – 23.44 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Thierry Wouters
  1. Heat – 51.07 (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Liesbet Dreesen
  1. Heat – 26.21 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Tine Bossuyt
  1. Heat – 58.02 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Nina van Koeckhoven
  1. Heat – 02:02.15 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Sofie Goffin
  1. Heat – 04:15.93 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Fabienne Dufour
  1. Heat – 01:01.15 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Brigitte Becue
  1. Heat – 01:09.38
  2. Semi-final – 01:09.47 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Brigitte Becue
  1. Heat – 02:31.27 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Sofie Wolfs
  1. Heat – 01:04.66 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

• Yseult Gervy
  1. Heat – 02:16.67 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Yseult Gervy
  1. Heat – 02:16.51
  2. Semi-final – 02:17.19 (did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Yseult Gervy
  1. Heat – 04:48.31 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Tine Bossuyt, Liesbet Dreesen, Sofie Goffin, Nina Van Koeckhoven
  1. Heat – 03:46.91 (did not advance)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Fabienne Dufour, Yseult Gervy, Sofie Goffin, Nina Van Koeckhoven
  1. Heat – 08:12.37 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Brigitte Becue, Fabienne Dufour, Nina van Koeckhoven, Sofie Wolfs
  1. Heat – 04:10.98 (did not advance)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Groups	First Round	Second Round	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jean-Michel Saive	Singles		P Korbel (CZE) W 3-0	J-O Waldner (SWE) L 3-1	Did not advance
Philippe Saive	Singles	A M Marengo (CHI) W 3-0  E Shchetinin (BLR) W 3-1	L Guozheng (CHN) L 3-2	Did not advance
Jean-Michel Saive Philippe Saive	Doubles	S Iseki (JPN)  T Tasaki (JPN) L 2-0	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
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sabine Appelmans	Singles	Jeyaseelan (CAN) W 7–5, 6–2	22x20px 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	N/A	22x20px 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

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

Women's Individual Competition:

• Kathleen Smet – 2:04:05.98 (16th place)
• Mieke Suys – DNF

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
François Demeure	– 69 kg	140.0	145.0	145.0	170.0	175.0	175.0	310.0	12

Women's Lightweight

• Ingeborg Marx - 11th place

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
• sports-reference