Belgium at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Belgium at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Website	www.olympic.be (in Dutch and French)
in Atlanta
Competitors	61 (41 men, 20 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Jean-Michel Saive (table tennis)
Medals Ranked 31st	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 6
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ulla Werbrouck	Judo	Women's half-heavyweight (72 kg)	21 July
Gold	Fred Deburghgraeve	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	20 July
Silver	Gella Vandecaveye	Judo	Women's half-middleweight (61 kg)	23 July
Silver	Sébastien Godefroid	Sailing	Men's Finn class	2 August
Bronze	Harry Van Barneveld	Judo	Men's heavyweight (+95 kg)	20 July
Bronze	Marisabel Lomba	Judo	Women's lightweight (56 kg)	24 July

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Paul Vermeiren	Men's individual	659	21	Ram (IND) W 165–104	White (USA) W 159–158	Medved (SLO) W 161–159	Torres (FRA) W 111–106	Huish (USA) L 103–112	Oh (KOR) L 110–115	4

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Patrick Stevens	200 m	20.60	1 Q	20.43	2 Q	20.46	4 Q	20.27	7
Erik Wymeersch		20.68	1 Q	20.59	4	did not advance
Marc Dollendorf	400 m hurdles	—		49.49	2 Q	48.91	8	did not advance
Jean-Paul Bruwier				49.69	6	did not advance
Eddy Hellebuyck	Marathon	—						2:25.04	67

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ann Mercken	400 m hurdles	—		55.88	3 Q	54.95	6	did not advance
Marleen Renders	Marathon	—						2:36.27	25

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Roel Paulissen	Men's cross-country	2:33:53	17th

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Johan Museeuw	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

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Heidi Van De Vijver	Road race	02:37:06	20th

Track

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Etienne De Wilde	Points race	0 pts	24th

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Constantin Van Rijckevorsel	Otis	Individual	55.8	22	21.60	77.40	4	10.00	87.40	11	87.40	8

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Jump off	Rank
Eric Wauters	Bon Ami	Individual	4.00	=14	16.00	20.00	=45	37.50	57.50	67	did not advance
Stanny Van Paesschen	Mulga Bill		12.00	=58	12.00	24.00	=52	8.00	32.00	=50	did not advance
Michel Blaton	Revoulino		9.00	=54	17.75	26.75	=62	8.50	35.25	53	did not advance
Ludo Philippaerts	King Darco		0.00	=1	4.00	4.00	=5	0.00	4.00	3	16.00	—	20
Eric Wauters Stanny Van Paesschen Michel Blaton Ludo Philippaerts	See above	Team	—								48.50	—	13

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries						Semifinals						Final
		Rope	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Cindy Stollenberg	Individual	9.033	9.166	9.149	9.116	36.464	31	did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	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
Philip Laats	–65 kg	Bye	Revazishvili (GEO) W	Fuentes (USA) W	Lewak (POL) W	Quellmalz (GER) L	Bye			Guimarães (BRA) L	=5
Johan Laats	–78 kg	Bye	Radulović (YUG) W	Dott (GER) L	Did not advance		Ricky Dixon (NIC) W	Iraklı Uznadze (TUR) L	Did not advance
Harry Van Barneveld	+95 kg	Moreno (CUB) W	Douillet (BEL) L	Did not advance			Muller (LUX) W	Krieger (AUT) W	Papaioannou (GRE) W	Shenggang (CHN) W

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Heidi Goossens	–52 kg	Restoux (FRA) L	Did not advance
Marisabel Lomba	–56 kg	Bye	Jung (KOR) L	Did not advance		Bye	Mizoguchi (JPN) W	Huseynova (AZE) W	Liu (CHN) W
Gella Vandecaveye	–61 kg	Bye	Tbessi (TUN) W	Griffith (VEN) W	Jung (KOR) W	Bye			Emoto (JPN) L
Ulla Werbrouck	–72 kg	Bye	Galante (RUS) W	Curto (ESP) W	Beliaieva (UKR) W	Bye			Tanabe (JPN) W

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race										Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Sébastien Godefroid	Finn class	13	24	5	5	4	3	16	7	2	6	32 pts

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Philippe Dupont	Trap	119	=20	did not advance
	Double trap	128	=22	did not advance
Frans Peeters	Trap	114	=49	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Cindy Bouque	10 m air rifle	389	25	did not advance
Anne Focan	Double trap	91	20	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Key

• Q = Qualified for Final A
• q = Qualified for Final B

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fred Deburghgraeve	100m Breaststroke	1:00.60	1 Q	1:00.65
	200m Breaststroke	2:16.10	15 q	Withdrew

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brigitte Becue	100m breaststroke	1:09.83	8 Q	1:09.79	8
	200m breaststroke	2:29.62	6 Q	2:28.36	7
	200m individual medley	2:18.28	17 q	Withdrew
Sandra Cam	200m freestyle	2:04.90	26	did not advance
	400m freestyle	4:17.35	17 q	4:14.94	10
	800m freestyle	8:48.33	16	did not advance
Yseult Gervy	100m backstroke	1:05.72	25	did not advance
	200m backstroke	1:05.72	22	did not advance
	400m individual medley	4:53.11	16 q	4:52.89	15

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sabine Appelmans	Women's Singles	N Zvereva (BLR) L 7–5, 6-3	did not advance
Dominique Van Roost		A Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L 6–1, 7-5	did not advance
Laurence Courtois		A Kournikova (RUS) W 1–6, 6–2, 6-2	K Habšudová (SVK) L 7–5, 6-2	did not advance
Sabine Appelmans Laurence Courtois	Women's doubles	G Sabatini (ARG) /  P Tarabini (ARG) W 5–7, 6-3, 6-4	M Hingis (SUI) /  P Schnyder (SUI) L 2–6, 6-1, 7-5	—	did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	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	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jean-Pierre Wafflard	-82 kg	Tsilent (BLR) L 0-10	did not advance				Frinta (CZE) L 0-2	did not advance					17

References

• Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
• Digital Archive from the LA84 Foundation of Los Angeles
• Sports-reference