Belgium at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Belgium at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Website	www.olympic.be (in Dutch and French)
in Seoul
Competitors	59 (35 men, 24 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Dirk Crois
Medals Ranked 44th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Frans Peeters	Shooting	Trap	20 September
Bronze	Robert Van de Walle	Judo	Men's 95 kg	30 September

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	7	6	13
Canoeing	1	1	2
Cycling	4	2	6
Diving	1	0	1
Equestrian	1	0	1
Fencing	2	0	2
Gymnastics	0	2	2
Judo	4	–	4
Rowing	3	5	8
Shooting	4	2	6
Swimming	3	4	7
Synchronized swimming	–	1	1
Table tennis	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	–	1
Total	35	24	59

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)

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase

• William Van Dijck

1. Heat — 8:36.80
2. Semi Final — 8:15.63
3. 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)

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)

Two fencers, both men, represented Belgium in 1988.

Men's foil

• Thierry Soumagne

Men's épée

• Stefan Joos
• Thierry Soumagne

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage				Final
							Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Philip Laats	65 kg	Pawłowski (POL) L Yuko	Did not advance				Mortensen (DEN) W Ippon	Kostadinov (BUL) W Koka	Cooper (NZL) L Koka	Did not advance		7T
Johan Laats	78 kg	Ahn (KOR) L Ippon	Did not advance									34T
Luc Suplis	86 kg	White (GBR) L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance									33T
Robert Van de Walle	+95 kg	—	Ha (KOR) W Ippon	Poddubny (URS) W Ippon	Meiling (FRG) L Ippon	Did not advance	—		Bye	Berland (USA) W Ippon	Beutler (POL) W Ippon

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Jean-Marie Arnould
  1. Heat – 52.26 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Jean-Marie Arnould
  1. Heat – 1:53.73 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Jean-Marie Arnould
  1. Heat – 3:59.91 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Sidney Appelboom
  1. Heat – 1:05.21 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
• Luc Van de Vondel
  1. Heat – 1:06.24 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Sidney Appelboom
  1. Heat – 2:18.02
  2. B-Final – 2:18.08 (→ 11th place)
• Luc Van de Vondel
  1. Heat – 2:21.50 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Jean-Marie Arnould
  1. Heat – 2:03.76 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Sidney Appelboom
  1. Heat – 2:11.50 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Isabelle Arnould
  1. Heat – 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Isabelle Arnould
  1. Heat – 4:11.71
  2. Final – 4:11.73 (→ 6th place)
• Christelle Janssens
  1. Heat – 4:19.95 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

• Isabelle Arnould
  1. Heat – 8:34.56
  2. Final – 8:37.47 (→ 7th place)
• Christelle Janssens
  1. Heat – 8:51.22 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Ingrid Lempereur
  1. Heat – 1:11.00
  2. B-Final – 1:10.86 (→ 11th place)
• Brigitte Becue
  1. Heat – 1:12.90 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Ingrid Lempereur
  1. Heat – 2:30.07
  2. Final – 2:29.42 (→ 6th place)
• Brigitte Becue
  1. Heat – 2:33.13
  2. B-Final – 2:34.10 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Isabelle Arnould
  1. Heat – 2:20.74 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

One synchronized swimmer represented Belgium in 1988.

Women's solo

• Patricia Serneels