2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Belgium)

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Belgium took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Australian metropolis of Sydney with 68 athletes, 32 women and 36 men, in 16 sports.

Since 1900 it was the twentieth participation of the Western European state in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

The judoka Ulla Werbrouck carried the flag of Belgium during the opening ceremony at the australia stadium .

Medalist

With two won silver and three bronze Belgian team finished 55th in the medals table .

silver

Name / s	sport	competition
Filip Meirhaeghe	Cycling	Gentlemen, Madison
Etienne De Wilde & Matthew Gilmore	Cycling	Gentlemen, Madison

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Ann Simons	Judo	Women, ultra-light
Gella Vandecaveye	Judo	Ladies, light middleweight
Els Callens & Dominique Van Roost	tennis	Ladies, doubles

Participants by sport

badminton

• Ruud Kuijten

  Men, singles: 2nd round

Archery

• Nico Hendrickx

  Men, singles: 27th place

Weightlifting

• François Demeure

  Men, lightweight (up to 69 kg): 12th place

• Ingeborg Marx

  Women, lightweight (up to 58 kg): 11th place

Judo

• Inge Clement

  Women, half light weight (up to 52 kg): 1st round

• Marisabel Lomba

  Women, lightweight (up to 57 kg): 9th place

• Brigitte Olivier

  Women, heavyweight (over 78 kg): 9th place

• Heidi Rakels

  Women, light heavyweight (up to 78 kg): 5th place

• Ann Simons

  Women, super light weight (up to 48 kg): bronze

• Cédric Taymans

  Men, super light weight (up to 60 kg): 2nd round

• Harry Van Barneveld

  Men, heavyweight (over 100 kg): 9th place

• Gella Vandecaveye

  Women, medium weight (up to 63 kg): bronze

• Ulla Werbrouck

  Women, middleweight (up to 70 kg): 5th place

canoe

• Bob Maesen

  Men, single kayak 1000 meters: semi-finals

athletics

• Veerle Dejaeghere

  Women, 1,500 meters: heats

• Thibaut Duval

  Men, pole vault: 22nd place in qualification

• Nathan Kahan

  Men, 800 meters: prelims

• Mohammed Mourhit

  Men, 10,000 meters: DNF (final)

• Jonathan N'Senga

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

• Erik Nys

  Long jump: 37th place in qualification

• Marleen Renders

  Women, marathon: DNF

• Sandra Stals

  Women, 800 meters: heats

• Jo Van Daele

  Men, discus throw: 22nd place in qualification

Cycling

• Nico Mattan

  Men, road races: 32nd place

• Axel Merckx

  Men, road races: 12th place

• Etienne De Wilde

  Gentlemen, Madison: silver

• Matthew Gilmore

  Men, points race: 15th place

  Gentlemen, Madison: silver

• Filip Meirhaeghe

  Men, mountain bike, cross country: silver

• Roel Paulissen

  Men, mountain bike, cross country: 19th place

• Cindy Pieters

  Women, road races: 20th place

• Heidi Van De Vijver

  Women, road races: 8th place

• Peter Van Den Abeele

  Men, mountain bike, cross country: DNF

• Peter Van Petegem

  Men, road races: 78th place

• Rik Verbrugghe

  Men, road races: 70th place

• Vanja Vonckx

  Women, road races: 40th place

• Marc Wauters

  Men, street races: 66th Paltz

horse riding

• Carl Bouckaert , Karin Donckers , Kurt Heyndrickx & Constantin Van Rijckevorsel

  Versatility, team: 9th place

• Ludo Philippaerts

  Show jumping, singles: 4th place

• Bruno Goyens de Heusch

  Versatility, Individual: DNF

rowing

• Arnaud Duchesne , Luc Goiris , Björn Hendrickx & Stijn Smulders

  Men, double fours: 9th place

shoot

• Anne Focan

  Women, Trap: 4th place

  Women, double trap: 7th place

sailing

• Philippe Bergmans

  Men, laser: 16th place

• Min decillie

  Women, Europe: 6th place

• Sébastien Godefroid

  Men, Finn Dinghy: 7th place

• Sigrid Rondelez

  Women, windsurfing: 16th place

swim

• Brigitte Becue

  Women, 100 m chest: 9th place

  Women, 200 m chest: 21st place

  Women, 4 × 100 m medley relay: 11th place

• Tine Bossuyt

  Women, 100 m freestyle: 35th place

  Women, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay: 11th place

• Liesbet Dreesen

  Women, 50 m freestyle: 28th place

  Women, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay: 11th place

• Fabienne Dufour

  Women, 100 m butterfly: 23rd place

  Women, 4 × 100 m medley relay: 11th place

  Women, 4 × 200 m freestyle relay: 12th place

• Yseult Gervy

  Women, 200 m back: 22nd place

  Women, 200 m medley: 14th place

  Women, 400 m individual medley: 18th place

  Women, 4 × 200 m freestyle relay: 12th place

• Sofie Goffin

  Women, 400 m freestyle: 20th place

  Women, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay: 11th place

  Women, 4 × 200 m freestyle relay: 12th place

• Nina Van Koeckhoven

  Women, 200 m freestyle: 22nd place

  Women, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay: 11th place

  Women, 4 × 200 m freestyle relay: 12th place

  Women, 4 × 100 m medley relay: 11th place

• Sofie Wolfs

  Women, 100 m back: 27th place

  Women, 4 × 100 m medley relay: 11th place

• Thierry Wouters

  Men, 50 m freestyle: 39th place

  Men, 100 m freestyle: 32nd place

tennis

• Sabine Appelmans

  Women, Singles: Round of 16

• Els Callens

  Women, singles: 2nd round

  Women, doubles: bronze

• Dominique Van Roost

  Women, Singles: Quarter Finals

  Women, doubles: bronze

Table tennis

• Jean-Michel Saive

  Men, Singles: Round of 16

  Men, doubles: preliminary round

• Philippe Saive

  Men, Singles: Round of 32

  Men, doubles: preliminary round

Triathlon

• Kathleen Smet

  Women, Olympic distance: 16th place

• Mieke Suys

  Women, Olympic distance: DNF (task in cycling)

do gymnastics

• Sigrid Persoon

  Women, individual all-around: 43rd place in qualification

  Women, floor: 54th place in qualification

  Women, horse jump: 18th place in qualification

  Women, balance beam: 67th place in qualification

  Women, uneven bars: 63rd place in qualification

Web links

• Belgian Olympic team from 2000 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )