# Belgium at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Belgium competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Ulla Werbrouck | Judo | Women's half-heavyweight (72 kg) | 21 July |
| Gold | Fred Deburghgraeve | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 20 July |
| Silver | Gella Vandecaveye | Judo | Women's half-middleweight (61 kg) | 23 July |
| Silver | Sébastien Godefroid | Sailing | Men's Finn class | 2 August |
| Bronze | Harry Van Barneveld | Judo | Men's heavyweight (+95 kg) | 20 July |
| Bronze | Marisabel Lomba | Judo | Women's lightweight (56 kg) | 24 July |

## Archery

Veteran Paul Vermeiren was once again the only Belgian archer to compete in the nation's seventh appearance in the modern Olympic archery tournament. He advanced all the way to the semifinals before being defeated. In the bronze medal match, he was again defeated to finish with fourth place.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Paul Vermeiren | Men's individual | 659 | 21 | Ram (IND) W 165–104 | White (USA) W 159–158 | Medved (SLO) W 161–159 | Torres (FRA) W 111–106 | Huish (USA) L 103–112 | Oh (KOR) L 110–115 | 4 |

## Athletics
### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round by position in race or, in field events, by achieving the automatic qualification target
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Patrick Stevens | 200 m | 20.60 | 1 Q | 20.43 | 2 Q | 20.46 | 4 Q | 20.27 | 7 |
| Erik Wymeersch | 200 m | 20.68 | 1 Q | 20.59 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marc Dollendorf | 400 m hurdles | — | — | 49.49 | 2 Q | 48.91 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jean-Paul Bruwier | 400 m hurdles | — | — | 49.69 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eddy Hellebuyck | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:25.04 | 67 |

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ann Mercken | 400 m hurdles | — | — | 55.88 | 3 Q | 54.95 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marleen Renders | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:36.27 | 25 |

## Cycling
### Mountain biking

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Roel Paulissen | Men's cross-country | 2:33:53 | 17th |

### Road
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Johan Museeuw | Road race | 04:55:25 | 10th |
| Wilfried Peeters | Road race | 04:56:28 | 15th |
| Frank Vandenbroucke | Road race | 04:56:44 | 25th |
| Johan Bruyneel | Road race | 04:56:47 | 60th |
| Tom Steels | Road race | 04:56:56 | 109th |
| Johan Bruyneel | Time Trial | 01:10:12 | 24th |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Heidi Van De Vijver | Road race | 02:37:06 | 20th |

### Track

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Etienne De Wilde | Points race | 0 pts | 24th |

## Equestrian
### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Constantin Van Rijckevorsel | Otis | Individual | 55.8 | 22 | 21.60 | 77.40 | 4 | 10.00 | 87.40 | 11 | 87.40 | 8 |

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | | | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Jump off | Rank |
| Eric Wauters | Bon Ami | Individual | 4.00 | =14 | 16.00 | 20.00 | =45 | 37.50 | 57.50 | 67 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stanny Van Paesschen | Mulga Bill | Individual | 12.00 | =58 | 12.00 | 24.00 | =52 | 8.00 | 32.00 | =50 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Michel Blaton | Revoulino | Individual | 9.00 | =54 | 17.75 | 26.75 | =62 | 8.50 | 35.25 | 53 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ludo Philippaerts | King Darco | Individual | 0.00 | =1 | 4.00 | 4.00 | =5 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 3 | 16.00 | — | 20 |
| Eric Wauters Stanny Van Paesschen Michel Blaton Ludo Philippaerts | See above | Team | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48.50 | — | 13 |

## Gymnastics

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rope | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Rope | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Rope | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Cindy Stollenberg | Individual | 9.033 | 9.166 | 9.149 | 9.116 | 36.464 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Philip Laats | –65 kg | Bye | Revazishvili (GEO) W | Fuentes (USA) W | Lewak (POL) W | Quellmalz (GER) L | Bye | Bye | Bye | Guimarães (BRA) L | =5 |
| Johan Laats | –78 kg | Bye | Radulović (YUG) W | Dott (GER) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Ricky Dixon (NIC) W | Iraklı Uznadze (TUR) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Harry Van Barneveld | +95 kg | Moreno (CUB) W | Douillet (BEL) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Muller (LUX) W | Krieger (AUT) W | Papaioannou (GRE) W | Shenggang (CHN) W | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Heidi Goossens | –52 kg | Restoux (FRA) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marisabel Lomba | –56 kg | Bye | Jung (KOR) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bye | Mizoguchi (JPN) W | Huseynova (AZE) W | Liu (CHN) W | |
| Gella Vandecaveye | –61 kg | Bye | Tbessi (TUN) W | Griffith (VEN) W | Jung (KOR) W | Bye | Bye | Bye | Emoto (JPN) L | |
| Ulla Werbrouck | –72 kg | Bye | Galante (RUS) W | Curto (ESP) W | Beliaieva (UKR) W | Bye | Bye | Bye | Tanabe (JPN) W | |

## Sailing

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Score | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Score | Rank |
| Sébastien Godefroid | Finn class | 13 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 32 pts | |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Philippe Dupont | Trap | 119 | =20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Philippe Dupont | Double trap | 128 | =22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Frans Peeters | Trap | 114 | =49 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Cindy Bouque | 10 m air rifle | 389 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anne Focan | Double trap | 91 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming
### Key

* Q = Qualified for Final A
* q = Qualified for Final B

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Fred Deburghgraeve | 100m Breaststroke | 1:00.60 | 1 Q | 1:00.65 | |
| Fred Deburghgraeve | 200m Breaststroke | 2:16.10 | 15 q | Withdrew | Withdrew |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Brigitte Becue | 100m breaststroke | 1:09.83 | 8 Q | 1:09.79 | 8 |
| Brigitte Becue | 200m breaststroke | 2:29.62 | 6 Q | 2:28.36 | 7 |
| Brigitte Becue | 200m individual medley | 2:18.28 | 17 q | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| Sandra Cam | 200m freestyle | 2:04.90 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sandra Cam | 400m freestyle | 4:17.35 | 17 q | 4:14.94 | 10 |
| Sandra Cam | 800m freestyle | 8:48.33 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yseult Gervy | 100m backstroke | 1:05.72 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yseult Gervy | 200m backstroke | 1:05.72 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yseult Gervy | 400m individual medley | 4:53.11 | 16 q | 4:52.89 | 15 |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score |
| Sabine Appelmans | Women's Singles | N Zvereva (BLR) L 7–5, 6-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dominique Van Roost | Women's Singles | A Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L 6–1, 7-5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Laurence Courtois | Women's Singles | A Kournikova (RUS) W 1–6, 6–2, 6-2 | K Habšudová (SVK) L 7–5, 6-2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sabine Appelmans Laurence Courtois | Women's doubles | G Sabatini (ARG) / P Tarabini (ARG) W 5–7, 6-3, 6-4 | M Hingis (SUI) / P Schnyder (SUI) L 2–6, 6-1, 7-5 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Wrestling
### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Eightfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Repechage 2 Round | Repechage 3 Round | Repechage 4 Round | Repechage 5 Round | Repechage 6 Round | Bronze Medal Finals | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jean-Pierre Wafflard | -82 kg | Tsilent (BLR) L 0-10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | Frinta (CZE) L 0-2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 17 |