Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Belgium 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.

Belgium at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBEL
NOCBelgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Websitewww.olympic.be (in Dutch and French)
in Beijing
Competitors96 in 16 sports
Flag bearer Sébastien Godefroid (opening)
Tia Hellebaut (closing)
Medals
Ranked 46th
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldTia HellebautAthleticsWomen's high jump
 Gold[a]Olivia Borlée
Kim Gevaert
Hanna Mariën
Élodie Ouédraogo
AthleticsWomen's 4 × 100 m relay

Athletics

Key
  • NoteRanks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
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 400 m 45:25 4 q N/A 45.11 5 Did not advance
Kévin Borlée 45:43 4 q N/A 44.88 NR 3 Did not advance
Pieter Desmet 3000 m steeplechase 8:37.99 11 N/A Did not advance
Monder Rizki 5000 m 13:54.41 8 N/A Did not advance
Cédric van Branteghem 400 m 45:54 3 Q N/A 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 N/A 2:59.37 NR 5
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Kevin Rans Pole vault 5.45 28 Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Hans van Alphen Result 11.28 6.55 14.86 1.84 DNS DNF
Points 799 709 781 661 0
Frédéric Xhonneux Result 11.41 6.94 13.99 1.90 DNF DNS DNF
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 N/A 32:33.45 24
Veerle Dejaeghere 3000 m steeplechase 9:54.65 10 N/A 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 N/A 42.54 NR
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Tia Hellebaut High jump 1.93 1 Q 2.05 NR

Canoeing

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kevin de Bont
Bob Maesen
Men's K-2 1000 m 3:21.604 4 QS 3:24.148 4 Did not advance

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

Cycling

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Mario Aerts Road race 6:24:01 7
Christophe Brandt Did not finish
Maxime Monfort Road race Did not finish
Time trial 1:07:12 26
Jurgen van den Broeck Road race Did not finish
Johan van Summeren 6:26:27 42
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Lieselot Decroix Road race 3:36:35 44

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 Men's cross-country Did not finish
Sven Nys 2:01:00 9
Roel Paulissen 2:03:30 19

Equestrian

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 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

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Jos Lansink Cumano Individual 1 =14 Q 1 2 4 Q 2 4 2 Q 0 =1 Q 8 8 =9 8 =9

Field hockey

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

Roster

The following is the Belgian roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

Head Coach: Adam Commens


Reserve:

  1. David van Rysselberghe (GK)
  2. Alexandre de Saedeleer
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 4 0 1 9 5 +4 12 Semi-finals
2  Germany 5 3 2 0 12 6 +6 11
3  South Korea 5 2 1 2 13 11 +2 7 Fifth place game
4  New Zealand 5 2 1 2 10 9 +1 7 Seventh place game
5  Belgium 5 1 1 3 9 13 4 4 Ninth place game
6  China (H) 5 0 1 4 7 16 9 1 Eleventh place game
Source: FIH
(H) Host.
11 August 2008
20:30
Spain  4–2  Belgium
Amat  8'
Freixa  20'
Ribas  41'
Sojo  49'
Report Truyens  26'
Dekeyser  63'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Roel van Eert (NED)
13 August 2008
18:30
Belgium  1–1  Germany
Charlier  22' Report Witthaus  19'
Umpires:
Rob ten Cate (NED)
David Gentles (AUS)
15 August 2008
18:00
Belgium  2–4  New Zealand
Dekeyser  43'
Gucassoff  69'
Report Child  19', 20'
Brooks  30'
McAleese  60'
Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Xavier Adell (ESP)
17 August 2008
10:30
South Korea  3–1  Belgium
You Hyo-sik  46', 51'
Jang Jong-hyun  50'
Report Dekeyser  20'
Umpires:
Rob ten Cate (NED)
Satinder Kumar (IND)
19 August 2008
21:00
China  1–3  Belgium
Song Yi  4' Report Reckinger  28'
Truyens  32'
Dohmen  48'
Umpires:
Murray Grime (AUS)
Gary Simmonds (RSA)
9th–10th place
21 August 2008
08:30
Belgium  3–0  Canada
Dekeyser  2', 70'
Dohmen  23'
Report
Umpires:
David Leiper (GBR)
Xavier Adell (ESP)

Football

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Belgium squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2]

Head coach: Jean-François de Sart

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Logan Bailly (1985-12-27)27 December 1985 (aged 22) 13 0 Racing Genk
2 2DF Sepp de Roover* (1984-11-12)12 November 1984 (aged 23) 7 0 Groningen
3 2DF Vincent Kompany (1986-04-10)10 April 1986 (aged 22) 1 0 Hamburg
4 2DF Thomas Vermaelen (1985-11-14)14 November 1985 (aged 22) 16 1 Ajax
5 2DF Sébastien Pocognoli (1987-08-01)1 August 1987 (aged 21) 19 1 AZ
6 3MF Marouane Fellaini (1987-11-22)22 November 1987 (aged 20) 10 0 Standard Liège
7 4FW Tom de Mul (1986-03-04)4 March 1986 (aged 22) 32 5 Sevilla
8 3MF Faris Haroun (1985-09-22)22 September 1985 (aged 22) 30 5 Racing Genk
9 4FW Kevin Mirallas (1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 20) 12 6 Lille
10 3MF Jan Vertonghen (1987-04-24)24 April 1987 (aged 21) 6 0 Ajax
11 3MF Maarten Martens* (c) (1984-07-02)2 July 1984 (aged 24) 32 8 AZ
12 1GK Yves Makabu-Makalambay (1986-01-31)31 January 1986 (aged 22) 9 0 Hibernian
13 2DF Laurent Ciman (1985-08-05)5 August 1985 (aged 23) 22 1 Club Brugge
14 3MF Landry Mulemo (1986-09-17)17 September 1986 (aged 21) 18 0 Standard Liège
15 2DF Jeroen Simaeys (1985-05-12)12 May 1985 (aged 23) 3 0 Club Brugge
16 3MF Anthony Vanden Borre (1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 20) 15 2 Genoa
17 4FW Stijn de Smet (1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 23) 25 3 Cercle Brugge
18 4FW Mousa Dembélé (1987-07-16)16 July 1987 (aged 21) 2 0 AZ
19 3MF Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe[n 1] (1989-02-02)2 February 1989 (aged 19) 3 0 Hamburg
22 1GK Yves de Winter[n 2] (1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 21) 6 0 Westerlo

* Over-aged player.

Notes
  1. Replaces Stijn De Smet who was injured during the competition
  2. Replaces Vincent Kompany who was returned to his club during the competition
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  Belgium 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
3  China PR 3 0 1 2 1 6 5 1
4  New Zealand 3 0 1 2 1 7 6 1
Source:
Brazil 1–0 Belgium
Hernanes  79' Report
Belgium 2–0 China PR
Dembélé  8'
Mirallas  80'
Report
New Zealand 0–1 Belgium
Report Haroun  35'
Attendance: 45,202
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Quarterfinal
Italy 2–3 Belgium
Rossi  18' (pen.), 74' (pen.) Report Dembélé  23', 79'
Mirallas  45+2'
Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 50,802
Semifinal
Nigeria 4–1 Belgium
Adefemi  17'
Obasi  59', 72'
Okonkwo  78'
Report Ciman  88'
Attendance: 56,312
Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)
Bronze medal game
Belgium 0–3 Brazil
Report Diego  27'
 45', 90+2'
Attendance: 50,705

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Koen van Damme All-around 12.575 14.200 14.325 14.450 14.600 14.475 84.625 43 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Gaëlle Mys All-around 14.125 14.050 14.175 14.800 57.150 31 Q 13.975 14.000 12.875 13.100 53.950 24

Judo

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dirk van Tichelt −73 kg Bye  Mammadli (AZE)
L 0000–1000
Did not advance  Siamionau (BLR)
W 1021–0020
 Kim C-S (PRK)
W 1011–0000
 Kanamaru (JPN)
W 0211–0000
 Boqiev (TJK)
L 0000–0011
5
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
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Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ilse Heylen −52 kg  La Rizza (FRA)
W 0001–0000
 Ryder (AUS)
W 1000–0000
 Nakamura (JPN)
L 0000–0001
Did not advance Bye  Tarangul (GER)
W 0002–0000
 Kaliyeva (KAZ)
L 0000–1000
Did not advance
Catherine Jacques −70 kg Bye  Scapin (ITA)
L 0000–0010
Did not advance

Rowing

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 N/A 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 N/A 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

Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Evi van Acker Laser Radial 1 10 16 10 12 6 12 4 18 CAN 10 91 8
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Carolijn Brouwer
Sébastien Godefroid
Tornado 11 11 5 6 3 8 13 6 16 9 EL 72 12

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

Swimming

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
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 N/A 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 N/A Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
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

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
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Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jean-Michel Saive Men's singles Bye  Toriola (NGR)
L 2–4
Did not advance

Tennis

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Steve Darcis Men's singles  Massú (CHI)
L 4–6, 5–7
Did not advance
Olivier Rochus  Minář (CZE)
W 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
 Tipsarević (SRB)
W 7–6(7–5), 2–3r
 González (CHI)
L 0–6, 3–6
Did not advance
Steve Darcis
Olivier Rochus
Men's doubles N/A  Cañas /
Nalbandian (ARG)
W 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 6–3
 Andreev /
Davydenko (RUS)
L 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Peter Croes 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

Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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Score
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Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Liesbeth Mouha
Liesbet van Breedam
Women's Pool A
 MaaseideGlesnes (NOR)
L 0 – 2 (22–24, 18–21)
 Tian JWang J (CHN)
L 1 – 2 (21–18, 19–21, 13–15)
 KuhnSchwer (SUI)
W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–17)
Lucky Losers
 SakaRtvelo (GEO)
W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–19)
3 Q  May-Treanor
Walsh (USA)
L 0 – 2 (22–24, 10–21)
Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Tom Goegebuer Men's −56 kg 114 12 137 13 251 13

See also

References

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