1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Belgium)

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Belgium took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in the US metropolis of Atlanta with 61 athletes, 20 women and 41 men, in 55 competitions in 14 sports.

It was Belgium's 22nd participation in the Summer Olympics since 1900 .

Flag bearer

Table tennis player Jean-Michel Saive carried the flag of Belgium during the opening ceremony on July 19 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

With two won gold, silver and bronze medals, the Belgian team was ranked 31 in the medal count .

gold

• Fred Deburghgraeve : swimming , 100 meter chest
• Ulla Werbrouck : Judo , light heavyweight

silver

• Sébastien Godefroid : Sailing , Finn Dinghy
• Gella Vandecaveye : Judo, light middleweight

bronze

• Marisabel Lomba : Judo, lightweight
• Harry Van Barneveld : Judo, heavyweight

Attendees

The youngest participant in Belgium was the swimmer Yseult Gervy at 17 years and 182 days, the oldest participant of the riders Eric Wauters at 45 years and 81 days.

Surname	Age	gender	sport	Result (s)
Sabine Appelmans	24	Female	tennis	9th place in doubles; 33rd place in the individual
Brigitte Becue	23	Female	swim	8th place over 100 meter chest; 7th place over 200-meter chest; 18th place over 200-meter locations
Ingrid Bellemans	29	Female	sailing	21st place in Europe
Philippe Bergmans	22nd	male	sailing	19th place in the laser
Michel Blaton	29	male	Equestrian sport	13th place in the team competition; 53rd place in the individual qualification in show jumping
Cindy Bouque	21st	Female	shoot	25th place with the air rifle
Annelies Bredael	31	Female	rowing	7th place in the individual
Jean-Paul Bruwier	25th	male	athletics	6th place in the second heat over the 400 meter hurdles
Johan Bruyneel	31	male	Cycling	60th place in the road race; 24th place in the time trial
Sandra Cam	24	Female	swim	26th place in the 200-meter freestyle; 10th place in the 400-meter freestyle; 16th place in the 800-meter freestyle
Laurence Courtois	25th	Female	tennis	9th place in doubles; 17th place in the individual
Fred Deburghgraeve	23	male	swim	Gold over 100-meter chest; 17th place over 200-meter chest
Etienne De Wilde	37	male	Cycling	24th place in the points race
Marc Dollendorf	30th	male	athletics	8th place in the second semifinals over 400 meter hurdles
Philippe Dupont	32	male	shoot	20th place in the trap; 19th place in the double trap
Anne Focan	34	Female	shoot	20th place in the trap
Yseult Gervy	17th	Female	swim	25th place over 100 meter backs; 22nd place on the 200-meter back; 15th place over 400 meter locations
Sébastien Godefroid	25th	male	sailing	Silver in the Finn Dinghy
Luc Goiris	28	male	rowing	8th place in two without a helmsman
Heidi Goossens	27	Female	Judo	18th place in the semi-lightweight
Eddy Hellebuyck	35	male	athletics	67th place in the marathon
Bjorn Hendrickx	22nd	male	rowing	10th place in the double scull
Arlette holsters	35	Female	Equestrian sport	18th place in the dressage singles
Christophe Impens	26th	male	athletics	8th place in the second semi-final over 1500 meters
Johan Laats	29	male	Judo	9th place in the light middleweight division
Philip Laats	33	male	Judo	5th place in the semi-lightweight
Johan Lisabeth	25th	male	athletics	Semi-finals over 110-meter hurdles
Marisabel Lomba	21st	Female	Judo	Lightweight bronze
Ann Mercken	22nd	Female	athletics	6th place in the first semifinals over 400-meter hurdles
Johan Museeuw	30th	male	Cycling	10th place in the road race
Jonathan Nsenga	23	male	athletics	7th place in the second intermediate run over 110-meter hurdles
Erik Nys	22nd	male	athletics	12th place in the long jump
Roel Paulissen	20th	male	Cycling	17th place with a mountain bike
Frans Peeters	39	male	shoot	49th place in the trap; 22nd place in the double trap
Wilfried Peeters	32	male	Cycling	15th place in the road race
Ludo Philippaerts	33	male	Equestrian sport	13th place in the team competition; 20th place in the individual qualification in show jumping
Sven Peters	20th	male	athletics	7th place in the first semi-final over 110 meter hurdles
Marleen Renders	27	Female	athletics	25th place in the marathon
Jean-Michel Saive	26th	male	Table tennis	5th place in the individual
Philippe Saive	25th	male	Table tennis	33rd place in the individual
Tom Steels	24	male	Cycling	109th place in the road race
Patrick Stevens	28	male	athletics	4th place in the fourth intermediate run over 100 meters; 7th place over 200 meters
Cindy Stollenberg	19th	Female	Rhythmic sports gymnastics	31st place in the individual preliminaries
Tom Symoens	27	male	rowing	10th place in the double scull
David Taboureau	28	male	Canoe racing	8th place in the second semifinals in K2 over 500 meters; 6th place in the second intermediate run in K2 over 1000 meters
Gella Vandecaveye	23	Female	Judo	Silver in the light middleweight division
Dolphins Van de Venne	21st	Female	Canoe racing	6th place in the second semi-final in the K1 over 500 meters
Heath Van de Vijver	26th	Female	Cycling	20th place in the road race
Peter Van den Abeele	30th	male	Cycling	Mountain bike
Frank Vandenbroucke	21st	male	Cycling	25th place in the road race
Harry Van Barneveld	29	male	Judo	Heavyweight bronze
Jaak Van Driessche	27	male	rowing	8th place in two without a helmsman
Stanny Van Paesschen	39	male	Equestrian sport	13th place in the team competition; Place 50 in the individual qualification for show jumping
Constantin Van Rijckevorsel	20th	male	Equestrian sport	8th place in eventing
Dominique Van Roost	23	Female	tennis	33rd place in the individual
Mark Vendeweyer	23	male	Canoe racing	8th place in the second semifinals in K2 over 500 meters; 6th place in the second intermediate run in K2 over 1000 meters
Paul Vermeiren	32	male	Archery	4th place in the individual
Jean-Pierre Wafflard	27	male	Wrestling	17th place in the Greco-Roman middleweight division
Eric Wauters	45	male	Equestrian sport	13th place in the team competition; 67th place in the individual qualification of show jumping
Ulla Werbrouck	24	Female	Judo	Gold in the light heavyweight division
Erik Wymeersch	26th	male	athletics	5th place in the second intermediate run over 100 meters; 4th place in the first intermediate run over 200 meters

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
• Official report on the 1996 Summer Olympics. Part three. ( PDF file; 26.90 MB )

Web links

• Belgian Olympic Team 1996 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )