Belgium_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics

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 (in Dutch and French)
in Beijing
Competitors	96 in 16 sports
Flag bearers	Sébastien Godefroid (opening); Tia Hellebaut (closing)
Medals; Ranked 46th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

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.^{[citation needed]} Belgium won 2 gold medals, better achievement than in 2004, when the country won 1 gold and 2 bronze medals.

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the team of Belgium at the Opening Ceremony

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Replaces Stijn De Smet who was injured during the competition

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Replaces Vincent Kompany who was returned to his club during the competition

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2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.

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"Men's Olympic Football Tournament Beijing – Belgium Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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	—		45.11	5	Did not advance
Kévin Borlée	400 m	45:43	4 q	—		44.88 NR	3	Did not advance
Pieter Desmet	3000 m steeplechase	8:37.99	11	—				Did not advance
Monder Rizki	5000 m	13:54.41	8	—				Did not advance
Cédric van Branteghem	400 m	45:54	3 Q	—		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	—				2:59.37 NR	5

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Kevin Rans	Pole vault	5.45	28	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final
Hans van Alphen	Result	11.28	6.55	14.86	1.84	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
Hans van Alphen	Points	799	709	781	661	0	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
Frédéric Xhonneux	Result	11.41	6.94	13.99	1.90	DNF	DNS	—	—	—	—	DNF
Frédéric Xhonneux	Points	776	799	728	714	0	0	—	—	—	—	DNF

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nathalie de Vos	10000 m	—						32:33.45	24
Veerle Dejaeghere	3000 m steeplechase	9:54.65	10	—				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	—				42.54 NR

Belgium_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics

Belgium at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Athletics

Canoeing

Cycling

Road

Track

Mountain biking

Equestrian

Eventing

Show jumping

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Football

Men's tournament

Gymnastics

Artistic

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Weightlifting

See also

References

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Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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

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

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

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

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			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	Individual	52.00	38	66.40	118.40	49	15.00	133.40	47	Did not advance			133.40	46

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	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

Pos	Team v t e	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	Semi-finals
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

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	Hamburger SV
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 Ma-Kalambay	(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	Hamburger SV
22	1GK	Yves de Winter^{[n 2]}	(1987-05-25)25 May 1987 (aged 21)	6	0	Westerlo

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualified for the quarterfinals
3	China	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Koen van Damme	All-around	12.575	14.200	14.325	14.450	14.600	14.475	84.625	43	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Evi van Acker	Laser Radial	1	10	16	10	12	6	12	4	18	CAN	10	91	8

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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	Men's singles	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	—	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

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	Men's	18:30	0:27	57:48	0:30	33:15	1:50:30.90	13