1988 Summer Olympics / Participant (Belgium)

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Belgium took part in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea , with a delegation of 59 athletes (35 men and 24 women).

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the rower Dirk Crois .

Medalist

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Robert Van de Walle	Judo	Gentlemen, light heavyweight
Frans Peeters	shoot	Gentlemen, trap

Participants by sport

Archery

• Patrick DeKoning

  Men, singles: 44th place

  Men, team: 15th place

• Francis note boom

  Men, singles: 53rd place

  Men, team: 15th place

• Paul Vermeiren

  Men, singles: 17th place

  Men, team: 15th place

fencing

• Stefan Joos

  Men, swords, singles: 22nd place

• Thierry Soumagne

  Men, swords, singles: 52nd place

  Men, foil, singles: 22nd place

Judo

• Johan Laats

  Women, light middleweight: 34th place

• Philip Laats

  Women, half light weight: 7th place

• Luc Suplis

  Men, middleweight: 33rd place

• Robert Van de Walle

  Men, light heavyweight: bronze

canoe

• Inge Coeck

  Women, single kayak, 500 meters: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Geert Deldaele

  Men, single kayak, 500 meters: eliminated in the semi-finals

athletics

• Alain Cuypers

  Men, 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals

  Men, 400 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Godfried De Jonckheere

  Men, 50 km walking: DNF

• Sylvia Dethiér

  Women, 100 meter hurdles: prelims

• Didier Falise

  Men, triple jump: 11th place

• Jacqueline Hautenauve

  Women, heptathlon: 20th place

• Magda Ilands

  Women, marathon: 35th place

• Agnes Pardaens

  Women, marathon: DNF

• Marleen Renders

  Women, 10,000 meters: heats

• Vincent Rousseau

  Men, 5000 meters: semi-finals

• Lieve Slegers

  Women, 10,000 meters: heats

• Patrick Stevens

  Men, 100 meters: prelims

  Men, 200 meters: prelims

• William Van Dijck

  Men, 3,000 m obstacle: 5th place

• Dirk Vanderherten

  Men, marathon: DNF

Cycling

• Johnny Dauwe

  Men, road races: 19th place

• Agnes Dusart

  Women, road races: 36th place

• Frank Francken

  Men, road races: 88th place

• Jan Mattheus

  Men, road races: 11th place

• Erik Schoefs

  Men, Sprint: 6th place

• Kristel Werckx

  Women, road races: 23rd place

horse riding

• Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe

  Show jumping, singles: eliminated in the final round

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

• Laurence Brihaye

  Women, singles: 27th place in qualification

Wrestling

• Hubert Bindels

  Men, light heavyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary round

rowing

• Dirk Crois

  Gentlemen, one: preliminary

• Rita Defauw

  Women, one: 9th place

• Alain Lewuillon & Wim Van Belleghem

  Men, double sculls: 4th place

• Annelies Bredael , Lucia Focque , Ann Haesebrouck & Marie-Anne Vandermoere

  Women, double fours: 6th place

shoot

• Frank Arens

  Men, air rifle: 38th place

• Karin Biva

  Ladies, air rifle: 28th place

• Jean Bogaerts

  Gentlemen, air pistol: 33rd place

  Gentlemen, Free Pistol: 16th place

• Michel Demoulin

  Open class, Skeet: 40th place

• Anne Goffin

  Ladies, air pistol: 4th place

  Ladies, combination pistol: 12th place

• Frans Peeters

  Open class, trap: bronze

swim

• Sidney Appelboom

  Men, 100 m chest: 33rd place

  Men, 200 m chest: 11th place

  Men, 200 m medley: 33rd place

• Isabelle Arnould

  Women, 200 m freestyle: 18th place

  Women, 400 m freestyle: 6th place

  Women, 800 m freestyle: 7th place

  Women, 200 m butterfly: 24th place

• Jean-Marie Arnould

  Men, 100 m freestyle: 34th place

  Men, 200 m freestyle: 33rd place

  Men, 400 m freestyle: 29th place

  Men, 200 m butterfly: 25th place

• Brigitte Becue

  Women, 100 m chest: 21st place

  Women, 200 m chest: 16th place

• Christelle Janssens

  Women, 400 m freestyle: 25th place

  Women, 800 m freestyle: 20th place

• Ingrid Lempereur

  Women, 100 m chest: 11th place

  Women, 200 m chest: 6th place

• Luc Van de Vondel

  Men, 100 m chest: 45th place

  Men, 200 m chest: 28th place

Synchronized swimming

• Patricia Serneels

  Women, singles: 17th place

Table tennis

• Karina Bogaerts

  Women, singles: 25th place

• Jean-Michel Saive

  Men, singles: 25th place

do gymnastics

• Mauricette Geller

  Women, individual all-around: 90th place in qualification

  Women, floor: 90th place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 89th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 90th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 90th place in qualification

Diving

• Tom Lemaire

  Men, jumping: 15th place in the qualification

  Men, high diving: 24th place in qualification

Web links

• Belgian Olympic team from 1988 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )