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

MedalNameSportEventDate Shooting Trap 20 September Judo Men's 95 kg 30 September

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Belgium at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 0 3Athletics 7 6 13Canoeing 1 1 2Cycling 4 2 6Diving 1 0 1Equestrian 1 0 1Fencing 2 0 2Gymnastics 0 2 2Judo 4 – 4Rowing 3 5 8Shooting 4 2 6Swimming 3 4 7Synchronized swimming – 1 1Table tennis 1 1 2Wrestling 1 – 1 Total 35 24 59

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

Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTom Lemaire3 m springboard549.0915Did not advance10 m platform433.6824Did not advance

Equestrianism

Fencing

Two fencers, both men, represented Belgium in 1988.

Men's foil Thierry Soumagne

Men's épée Stefan Joos Thierry Soumagne

Gymnastics

Judo

Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinalRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankPhilip Laats65 kgL Yuko Did not advanceW IpponW KokaL Koka Did not advance7TJohan Laats78 kgL Ippon Did not advance34TLuc Suplis86 kgL Yusei-gachi Did not advance33TRobert Van de Walle+95 kgW IpponW IpponL IpponDid not advancecolspan=2 W IpponW Ippon

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 Butterfly 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

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