Prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics, Belisle applied to compete for the Honduras under the name Apolineria Belisle Gomez. Belisle told the Honduras Olympic Committee that he had been born in Honduras and moved to the United States when he was six; he omitted to mention that he had spent some of his childhood in Belize, and also that he had competed for Belize at the 1988 Olympics. Belisle also mentioned his time at the Los Angeles marathon, which was quicker than any Honduran athlete had run, and Belisle even offered to pay for his own travel expenses to the Games. On July 15, Belisle swore an oath to the Honduras Olympic Team, and was entered to compete in the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and marathon events at the 1992 Olympics. On July 29, Belisle was noticed by the Belize Olympic team, who informed Ned Pitts, the president of the Belizean Olympic Committee. After being reported to the Honduras Olympic Committee, Belisle was removed from the team, and thrown out of the Olympic Village, although he kept his identity card and race number. As a result, Belisle was still able to compete in the marathon race, running with the leaders for the first mile before dropping back. He did not finish the race. He is believed to have been the first unauthorized runner to compete at the Olympics since 1984, when Margaret de Jesús competed in place of her sister Madeline in a qualifying heat of the 4×400 metres race. Later in the year, Belisle won the Dam Tough Run around Lake Isabella. The race was long, and Belisle had never run further than a marathon distance before. During the race, Belisle was heckled, and after the race, it was disputed whether Belisle had run the whole race distance. He had passed through all 19 checkpoints on the course, though it was alleged that he had not gone through many of the water points.