Belgium at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Belgium at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Belgium competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 59 competitors, 35 men and 24 women, took part in 65 events in 16 sports.
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Archery
In the fifth appearance of Belgium at the Olympic archery contest, the nation returned to sending just men. The three men placed 15th in the team round, with Paul Vermeiren leading the individual rankings with a 17th place.
Men's Individual Competition:
Paul Vermeiren — Quarterfinals (→ 17th place)
Patrick DeKoning — Preliminary Round (→ 44th place)
Francis Noteboom — Preliminary Round (→ 53rd place)
Men's Team Competition:
Vermeiren, DeKoning, and Noteboom — Preliminary Round (→ 15th place)
Athletics
Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
William Van Dijck
Heat — 8:36.80
Semi Final — 8:15.63
Final — 8:13.99 (→ 5th place)
Men's 20 km Walk
Godfried Dejonckheere
Final — 1:27:14 (→ 35th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
Godfried Dejonckheere
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon
Magda Ilands
Final — 2:38:02 (→ 35th place)
Agnes Pardaens
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Heptathlon
Jacqueline Hautenauve
Final Result — 5734 points (→ 20th place)
Canoeing
Cycling
Six cyclists, four men and two women, represented Belgium in 1988.
Men's road race
Jan Mattheus
Johnny Dauwe
Frank Francken
Men's sprint
Erik Schoefs
Women's road race
Kristel Werckx — 2:00:52 (→ 23rd place)
Agnes Dusart — 2:00:52 (→ 36th place)
Diving
Equestrianism
Fencing
Two fencers, both men, represented Belgium in 1988.
Men's foil
Thierry Soumagne
Men's épée
Stefan Joos
Thierry Soumagne
Gymnastics
Judo
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
Jean-Marie Arnould
Heat – 52.26 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
Jean-Marie Arnould
Heat – 1:53.73 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
Jean-Marie Arnould
Heat – 3:59.91 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Sidney Appelboom
Heat – 1:05.21 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Luc Van de Vondel
Heat – 1:06.24 (→ did not advance, 45th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Sidney Appelboom
Heat – 2:18.02
B-Final – 2:18.08 (→ 11th place)
Luc Van de Vondel
Heat – 2:21.50 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
Jean-Marie Arnould
Heat – 2:03.76 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
Sidney Appelboom
Heat – 2:11.50 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
Isabelle Arnould
Heat – 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
Isabelle Arnould
Heat – 4:11.71
Final – 4:11.73 (→ 6th place)
Christelle Janssens
Heat – 4:19.95 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle
Isabelle Arnould
Heat – 8:34.56
Final – 8:37.47 (→ 7th place)
Christelle Janssens
Heat – 8:51.22 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
Ingrid Lempereur
Heat – 1:11.00
B-Final – 1:10.86 (→ 11th place)
Brigitte Becue
Heat – 1:12.90 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 200m Breaststroke
Ingrid Lempereur
Heat – 2:30.07
Final – 2:29.42 (→ 6th place)
Brigitte Becue
Heat – 2:33.13
B-Final – 2:34.10 (→ 16th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley
Isabelle Arnould
Heat – 2:20.74 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Synchronized swimming
One synchronized swimmer represented Belgium in 1988.
Women's solo
Patricia Serneels
Table tennis
Wrestling
References
Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988
Olympics