Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Website	www.olympic.be (Dutch) (French)
in Beijing
Competitors	96 in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Sébastien Godefroid (opening) Tia Hellebaut (closing)
Medals Ranked 46th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 0 0 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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 medal, better than in 2004, when the country won 1 gold and 2 bronze medals.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Tia Hellebaut	Athletics	Women's high jump
Gold^[a]	Borlée, OliviaOlivia Borlée Kim Gevaert Hanna Mariën Élodie Ouédraogo	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay

• ^a Russian team's gold medals were stripped due to anti-doping rules violation by Yulia Chermoshanskaya.

Athletics

Key

• Note–Ranks 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

1. Cédric de Greve (GK)
2. Xavier Reckinger
4. Thierry Renaer
5. Jérôme Dekeyser
6. Loïc Vandeweghe (c)
7. John-John Dohmen
8. Thomas van den Balck
9. Maxime Luycx
10. Cédric Charlier
11. Charles Vandeweghe
14. Philippe Goldberg
15. Gregory Gucassoff
17. Thomas Briels
18. Patrice Houssein
19. Félix Denayer
28. Jérôme Truyens

Reserve:

21. David van Rysselberghe (GK)
23. Alexandre de Saedeleer

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	5	4	0	1	9	5	+4	12
Germany	5	3	2	0	12	6	+6	11
South Korea	5	2	1	2	13	11	+2	7
New Zealand	5	2	1	2	10	9	+1	7
Belgium	5	1	1	3	9	13	−4	4
China	5	0	1	4	7	16	−9	1

     Advanced to semifinals

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

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Logan Bailly	27 December 1985 (aged 22)	13	0	Racing Genk
2	DF	Sepp de Roover*	12 November 1984 (aged 23)	7	0	Groningen
3	DF	Vincent Kompany	10 April 1986 (aged 22)	1	0	Hamburg
4	DF	Thomas Vermaelen	14 November 1985 (aged 22)	16	1	Ajax
5	DF	Sébastien Pocognoli	1 August 1987 (aged 21)	19	1	AZ
6	MF	Marouane Fellaini	22 November 1987 (aged 20)	10	0	Standard Liège
7	FW	Tom de Mul	4 March 1986 (aged 22)	32	5	Sevilla
8	MF	Faris Haroun	22 September 1985 (aged 22)	30	5	Racing Genk
9	FW	Kevin Mirallas	5 October 1987 (aged 20)	12	6	Lille
10	MF	Jan Vertonghen	24 April 1987 (aged 21)	6	0	Ajax
11	MF	Maarten Martens* (c)	2 July 1984 (aged 24)	32	8	AZ
12	GK	Yves Makabu-Makalambay	31 January 1986 (aged 22)	9	0	Hibernian
13	DF	Laurent Ciman	5 August 1985 (aged 23)	22	1	Club Brugge
14	MF	Landry Mulemo	17 September 1986 (aged 21)	18	0	Standard Liège
15	DF	Jeroen Simaeys	12 May 1985 (aged 23)	3	0	Club Brugge
16	MF	Anthony Vanden Borre	24 October 1987 (aged 20)	15	2	Genoa
17	FW	Stijn de Smet	27 March 1985 (aged 23)	25	3	Cercle Brugge
18	FW	Mousa Dembélé	16 July 1987 (aged 21)	2	0	AZ
19	MF	Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe[n 1]	2 February 1989 (aged 19)	3	0	Hamburg
22	GK	Yves de Winter[n 2]	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

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
Belgium	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
China PR	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Brazil  v  Belgium

7 August 2008 17:00

Brazil	1–0	Belgium
Hernanes  79'	Report

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 39,661 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

Belgium  v  China PR

10 August 2008 19:45

Belgium	2–0	China PR
Dembélé  8' Mirallas  80'	Report

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang Attendance: 45,756 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

New Zealand  v  Belgium

13 August 2008 19:45

New Zealand	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Haroun  35'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 45,202 Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Quarterfinal

Italy  v  Belgium

16 August 2008 18:00

Italy	2–3	Belgium
Rossi  18' (pen.), 74' (pen.)	Report	Dembélé  23', 79' Mirallas  45+2'

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 50,802 Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

Semifinal

Nigeria  v  Belgium

19 August 2008 18:00

Nigeria	4–1	Belgium
Adefemi  17' Obasi  59', 72' Okonkwo  78'	Report	Ciman  88'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 56,312 Referee: Pablo Pozo (Chile)

Bronze medal game

Belgium  v  Brazil

22 August 2008 19:00

Belgium	0–3	Brazil
	Report	Diego  27' Jô  45', 90+2'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Attendance: 50,705 Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

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	Opposition 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	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition 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	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition 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), 2–3^r	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	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Liesbeth Mouha Liesbet van Breedam	Women's	Pool A  Maaseide – Glesnes (NOR) L 0 – 2 (22–24, 18–21)  Tian J – Wang J (CHN) L 1 – 2 (21–18, 19–21, 13–15)  Kuhn – Schwer (SUI) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–17) Lucky Losers  Saka – Rtvelo (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

• Belgium at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

1. 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.
2. "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Beijing – Belgium Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved October 22, 2012.