Olympic Summer Games 2008 / Participant (Belgium)

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In 2008 Belgium tookpart in the Olympic sports competitions in Beijing for the 24th time and with 96 athletes.

Soccer

Men

• goal

1 Logan Bailly

12 Yves Ma-Kalambay

22 Yves De Winter

• Defense

2 Sepp De Roover

3 Vincent Kompany

4 Thomas Vermaelen

5 Sébastien Pocognoli

13 Laurent Ciman

15 Jeroen Simaeys

• midfield

6 Marouane Fellaini

8 Faris Haroun

10 Jan Vertonghen

11 Maarten Martens

14 Landry Mulemo

16 Anthony Vanden Borre

19 Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe

• Storm

7 Tom De Mul

9 Kevin Mirallas

17 Stijn De Smet

18 Mousa Dembélé

• Trainer

Jean-François De Sart

• Results

Preliminary round

 Brazil : 0-1

 People's Republic of China : 2-0

 New Zealand : 1-0

Quarter finals

 Italy : 3-2

Semifinals

 Nigeria : 1: 4

Bronze game

 Brazil : 0-3

Weightlifting

Men:

• Tom Goegebuer (up to 56 kg)

hockey

Men

• goal

Cedric De Greve

David Van Rysselberghe

• Defense

Patrice Houssein

Gregory Gucassoff

Alexandre De Saedeleer

Thierry Renaer

Xavier Reckinger

Thomas Van Den Balck

• midfield

Philippe Goldberg

Felix Denayer

Maxim Luycx

John-John Dohmen

Loic Vandeweghe

• Storm

Charles Vandeweghe

Cedric Charlier

Jerome Truyens

Jerome Dekeyser

Thomas Briels

• Results

Preliminary round

 Spain : 2-4

 Germany : 1: 1

 New Zealand : 2-4

 South Korea : 1: 3

 People's Republic of China : 3: 1

Game for 9-10th place

 Canada : 3-0

Judo

Women:

• Ilse Heylen (up to 52 kg)
• Catherine Jacques (up to 70 kg)

Men:

• Dirk Van Tichelt (up to 73 kg)

canoe

discipline	Men	Women
K-2 1000 m	Kevin De Bont Bob Maesen

athletics

discipline	Men	Women
100 m		Kim Gevaert
200 m	Kristof Beyens	Kim Gevaert
400 m	Jonathan Borlée Kevin Borlée Cédric Van Branteghem
5000 m	Moon Rizki
10,000 m		Nathalie De Vos
3000 m obstacle	Pieter Desmet	Veerle Dejaeghere
4 × 100 m (gold )		Olivia Borlée Kim Gevaert Hanna Mariën Élodie Ouédraogo
4 × 400 m	Kristof Beyens Jonathan Borlée Kevin Borlée Cédric Van Branteghem
high jump		Tia Hellebaut (gold )
Pole vault	Kevin Rans
Decathlon	Hans Van Alphen Frédéric Xhonneux

On August 17, 2016, the Russian runners Julia Schermoschanskaja , Evgenia Polyakowa , Alexandra Fedoriwa and Julia Guschtschina were stripped of the gold medal in the 4 × 100 meter relay because of doping. The medals of Belgium (now gold), Nigeria (now silver) and Brazil (now bronze) have been gradually adjusted.

Cycling

discipline	Men	Women
Mountain biking	Filip Meirhaeghe Sven Nys Roel Paulissen
Street	Mario Aerts Christophe Brandt Maxime Monfort Jurgen Van Den Broeck Johan Vansummeren	Lieselot Decroix
Time trial	Iljo Keisse Kenny De Ketele

horse riding

Women:

• Karin Donckers

Men:

• Joris Van Springel

rowing

Men:

• Bart Poelvoorde
• Christophe Raes

swim

Men:

• Glenn Surgeloose
• Mathieu Fonteyn
• Yoris Granjean
• Francois Heersbrandt
• Tom Vangeneugden

Women:

• Elise Matthysen

sailing

Women:

• Evi Van Acker
• Carolijn Brouwer

Men:

• Sébastien Godefroid

tennis

Men:

• Olivier Rochus (singles and doubles)
• Steve Darcis (singles and doubles)

Table tennis

Men:

• Jean-Michel Saive

Triathlon

Men:

• Peter Croes
• Axel Zeebroek

volleyball

beach volleyball

Women:

• Liesbet Van Breedam / Liesbeth Mouha

Web links

• Belgian Olympic Team 2008 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Doping at the Olympics: IOC recognizes Russia's 2008 relay gold. Spiegel Online, August 17, 2016, accessed August 17, 2016 .