# Belgium at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Belgium competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Filip Meirhaeghe | Cycling | Men's Cross-country |
| Silver | Etienne De Wilde Matthew Gilmore | Cycling | Men's Madison |
| Bronze | Ann Simons | Judo | Women's −48kg |
| Bronze | Gella Vandecaveye | Judo | Women's −63kg |
| Bronze | Els Callens Dominique Van Roost | Tennis | Women's Doubles |

## Archery

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Nico Hendrickx | Men's Individual | 640 | 10 | Jubzang (BHU) W 162–156 | Shikarev (KAZ) L 141–154 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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 |
| Nathan Kahan | 800 m | 1:47.69 | 6 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohammed Mourhit | 5000 m | Did not start | Did not start | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohammed Mourhit | 10.000 m | 27:45.73 | 4 Q | — | — | — | — | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Jonathan Nsenga | 110 m hurdles | 13.57 | 3 Q | 13.73 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Erik Nijs | Long jump | 7.52 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thibaut Duval | Pole vault | 5.55 | =22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Erik Nijs | Discus throw | 60.93 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sandra Stals | 800 m | 2:02.33 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Veerle Dejaeghere | 1500 m | 4:10.68 | 4 | — | — | 4:07.87 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Veerle Dejaeghere | 10.000 m | Did not start | Did not start | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Veerle Dejaeghere | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | Did not finish | Did not finish |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score |
| Ruud Kuijten | Men's Singles | Bye | Jonassen (DEN) L 2–0 (15–8, 15–5) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Bob Maesen | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:37.587 | 3 Q | 3:43.147 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### Mountain Biking

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Filip Meirhaeghe | Men's cross-country | 2:10:05.51 | |
| Roel Paulissen | Men's cross-country | 2:16:54.82 | 19 |
| Peter van den Abeele | Men's cross-country | Did not finish | Did not finish |

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Axel Merckx | Men's road race | 5:30:37 | 12 |
| Nico Mattan | Men's road race | 5:30:46 | 33 |
| Marc Wauters | Men's road race | 5:30:46 | 67 |
| Rik Verbrugghe | Men's road race | 5:30:46 | 71 |
| Peter Van Petegem | Men's road race | 5:36:14 | 79 |
| Heidi van de Vijver | Women's road race | 3:06:31 | 8 |
| Cindy Pieters | Women's road race | 3:06:31 | 20 |
| Vanja Vonckx | Women's road race | 3:12:40 | 40 |

### Track

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Matthew Gilmore | Men's points race | 6 | 15 |
| Etienne de Wilde Matthew Gilmore | Men's madison | 22 | |

## Equestrian
### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Show jumping | Show jumping | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Bruno Goyens de Heusch | Graceland Cava | Individual | 53.2 | 26 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Carl Bouckaert Karin Donckers Kurt Heyndrickx Constantin Van Rijckevorsel | Urbane Des Pins Gormley Archimedes Withcote Nellie | Team | 160.4 | 7 | 1297.0 | 10 | 121.2 | 9 | 2121.2 | 9 |

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round A | Round A | Round B | Round B | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Ludo Philippaerts | Otterongo | Individual | 16.00 | =49 | 8.00 | 24.00 | 45 | 8.00 | 32.00 | 42 Q | 4.00 | =3 | 4.00 | =3 | 8.00 | =4 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

* Sigrid Persoon
** Women's Individual All-Around – 43rd place
** Horse Vault – 18th place
** Floor Exercise – 54th place
** Uneven Bars – 64th place
** Balance Beam – 68th place

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary Round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank |
| Cédric Taymans | -60 kg | Mirzaliyev (UKR) W 0112-0010 | Greczkowski (USA) L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Harry Van Barneveld | +100 kg | Bye | Ko (KOR) W 1100-0001 | Tangriev (UZB) W 10210-0021 | Douillet (FRA) L 1021-0021 | Did not advance | Bye | Tataroğlu (TUR) L 0010-1010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank |
| Ann Simons | -48 kg | Rouini (TUN) W | Hill (AUS) W | Gradante (GER) L | Did not advance | Bye | Martins (BRA) W | Savon (CUB) W | Cha (PRK) W | |
| Inge Clement | -52 kg | Souakri (ALG) 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 | -57 kg | Kouahoe (CIV) W | Bar-On (ISR) W | González (CUB) L | Did not advance | Bye | Harel (FRA) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gella Vandecaveye | -63 kg | Bye | Ji (PRK) W | Li (CHN) L | Did not advance | Bye | Artamonova (KGZ) W | Ishii (BRA) W | von Rekowski (GER) W | |
| Ulla Werbrouck | -70 kg | Bye | Martín (ESP) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Pazoutova (CZE) W | Ueno (JPN) W | Bosch (NED) W | Cho (KOR) L | 5 |
| Heidi Rakels | -78 kg | Keinhuis (NED) W | Monney (CIV) W | Pierantozzi (ITA) W | Tang (CIV) L | Bye | Bye | Bye | Richter (ROU) L | 5 |
| Brigitte Olivier | +78 kg | Martin (ESP) W | Kovacevic (YUG) W | Beltrán (CUB) L | Did not advance | Bye | Kim (KOR) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Arnaud Duchesne Luc Goiris Björn Hendrickx Stijn Smulders | Quadruple sculls | 5:56.79 | 4 R | 6:10.11 | 3 | 5:56.36 | 5 FB | 5:54.17 | 9 |

## Sailing

Two men and two women competed in the Sailing competition in four different events.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Rank |
| Sebastien Godefroid | Finn | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 65 | 7 |
| Philippe Bergmans | Laser | 13 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 116 | 16 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Rank |
| Sigrid Rondelez | Mistral | 21 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 127 | 16 |
| Min Dezillie | Europe | 8 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 68 | 6 |

## Shooting
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Anne Focan | Women's Trap | 67 | 3 Q | 21 | 4 | 88 | 4 |
| Anne Focan | Women's Double trap | 99 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Thierry Wouters | 50 m freestyle | 23.44 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thierry Wouters | 100 m freestyle | 51.07 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Liesbet Dreesen | 50 m freestyle | 26.21 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tine Bossuyt | 100 m freestyle | 58.02 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nina van Koeckhoven | 200 m freestyle | 2:02.15 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sofie Goffin | 400 m freestyle | 4:15.93 | 20 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fabienne Dufour | 100 m butterfly | 1:01.15 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Brigitte Becue | 100 m breaststroke | 1:09.38 | 9 Q | 1:09.47 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Brigitte Becue | 200 m breaststroke | 2:31.27 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sofie Wolfs | 100 m backstroke | 1:04.66 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yseult Gervy | 200 m backstroke | 2:16.67 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yseult Gervy | 200 m individual medley | 2:16.51 | 12 Q | 2:17.19 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Yseult Gervy | 400 m individual medley | 4:48.31 | 18 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tine Bossuyt Liesbet Dreesen Sofie Goffin Nina Van Koeckhoven | 4 x 100 m freestyle relay | 3:46.91 | 11 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Fabienne Dufour Yseult Gervy Sofie Goffin Nina Van Koeckhoven | 4 x 200 m freestyle relay | 8:12.37 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Brigitte Becue Fabienne Dufour Nina van Koeckhoven Sofie Wolfs | 4 x 100 m medley relay | 4:10.98 | 11 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table Tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Groupstage | Groupstage | Groupstage | First Round | Second Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score |
| Jean-Michel Saive | Singles | Bye | Bye | Bye | Korbel (CZE) W 3–0 | Waldner (SWE) L 3–1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Philippe Saive | Singles | Marengo (CHI) W 3–0 | Shchetinin (BLR) W 3–1 | 1 Q | L Guozheng (CHN) L 3–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jean-Michel Saive Philippe Saive | Doubles | Iseki / Tasaki (JPN) L 0–2 | Gambra / Tasaki (CHI) W 2–0 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Bronze Medal Match | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Sabine Appelmans | Singles | Jeyaseelan (CAN) W 7–5, 6–2 | Vento (VEN) W 6–2, 6–2 | Coetzer (RSA) L 6–3, 6–1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Els Callens | Singles | Asagoe (JPN) W 6–0, 6–4 | Zuluaga (COL) L 6–3, 6–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dominique Van Roost | Singles | Gerši (CZE) W 6–1, 6–1 | Myskina (RUS) W 6–2, 6–3 | Farina Elia (ITA) W 6–1, 7–5 | Seles (USA) L 6–0, 6–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Els Callens Dominique Van Roost | Doubles | Majoli & Talaja (CRO) W 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 | Habšudová & Husárová (SVK) W 6–3, 6–2 | — | Sequera & Vento (VEN) W 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 | Williams & Williams (USA) L 6–4, 6–1 | Barabanschikova & Zvereva (BLR) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 | |

## Triathlon

At the inaugural Olympic triathlon competition, Belgium was represented by two women. One finished, placing sixteenth, while the other withdrew during the second phase.
| Athlete | Event | Swim | Trans. 1 | Cycle | Trans. 2 | Run | Total | Rank |
| Kathleen Smet | Women's | 20:16.68 | 0:38.00 | 1:06:14.70 | 0:24.20 | 36:32.40 | 2:04:05 | 16 |
| Mieke Suys | Women's | 20:17.98 | 0:28.10 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Rank |
| François Demeure | Men's 69 kg | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 310.0 | 12 |
| Ingeborg Marx | Women's 58 kg | 72.5 | 77.5 | 82.5 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 177.5 | 11 |