Belgium at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Belgium at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Belgium at the; 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Website	www.teambelgium.be (in Dutch and French)
in Barcelona
Competitors	68 (43 men, 25 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Frans Peeters
Medals ; Ranked 44th	Gold0Silver1Bronze2Total3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Last updated July 24, 2025

Belgium competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 68 competitors, 43 men and 25 women, took part in 70 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Annelies Bredael	Rowing	Women's single sculls	2 August
Bronze	Heidi Rakels	Judo	Women's 66 kg	29 July
Bronze	Cédric Mathy	Cycling	Men's points race	31 July

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	4	3	7
Badminton	1	0	1
Boxing	1	–	1
Canoeing	2	0	2
Cycling	6	1	7
Diving	1	0	1
Equestrian	6	2	8
Gymnastics	0	2	2
Judo	4	5	9
Rowing	6	3	9
Sailing	3	2	5
Shooting	1	3	4
Swimming	4	3	7
Table tennis	2	0	2
Tennis	0	1	1
Wrestling	1	–	1
Total	43	25	68

Archery

Veteran Paul Vermeiren was the only Belgian archer to compete in the nation's sixth appearance in the modern Olympic archery tournament. He won his first elimination match, but was then defeated by the eventual silver medallist.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Paul Vermeiren	Individual	1294	17 Q	Toft (DEN) W 101–97	Chung (KOR) L 102–111	Did not advance

Athletics

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Patrick Stevens	100 metres	10.63	29 Q	10.69	31	Did not advance
Patrick Stevens	200 metres	20.93	14 Q	20.67	18	Did not advance
Vincent Rousseau	10,000 metres	29:25.68	36	—	Did not advance
William Van Dijck	3000 metres steeplechase	8:27.23	5 Q	—	8:26.70	9 Q	8:22.51	9
Godfried De Jonckheere	50 kilometres walk	—	DQ

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Véronique Collard	10,000 metres	DNF		—	Did not advance
Lieve Slegers	10,000 metres	32:40.59	19 q	—	32:14.17	15
Sylvia Dethiér	100 metres hurdles	13.19	13 Q	13.32	21	Did not advance

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pedro Vanneste	Singles	Khan (SGP) L (11–15, 3–15)	Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdelkader Wahabi	Light welterweight	Fulanse (ZAM) L 3–13	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Antoon De Brauwer Bart Stalmans	K-2 500 metres	1:41.84	7 R	1:33.51	5	Did not advance
Antoon De Brauwer Bart Stalmans	K-2 1000 metres	3:23.48	4 R	3:21.73	3 SF	3:25.96	8	Did not advance

Cycling

Seven cyclists, six men and one woman, represented Belgium in 1992. Cédric Mathy won bronze in the men's point race.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time
Wim Omloop	Road race	DNF
Erwin Thijs		DNF
Michel Van Haecke		DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kristel Werckx	Road race	2:05:03	15

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage		Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Qualification		Round 1	Round 1	Round 2	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Erik Schoefs	Men's sprint	10.819	9	Ķiksis (LAT) W	Bye	Fiedler (GER), Ķiksis (LAT) L	Kovsh (EUN) L	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tom Steels	Time trial	1:07.085	19

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Cédric Mathy	Men's individual pursuit	4:37.288	9 Q	Ehara (JPN) W 4:33.942	Did not advance		6
Kristel Werckx	Women's individual pursuit	3:50.051	9	Did not advance

Points race

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Laps	Points	Rank	Laps	Points	Rank
Cédric Mathy	Points race	−1 lap	13	10 Q	0 laps	41

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alexei Kogalev	3 m springboard	323.46	26	Did not advance

Equestrianism

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jef Desmedt	Dolleman	Individual	64.60	39	38.80	103.40	13	5.00	108.40	9	108.40	10
Karin Donckers	Britt		75.40	69	24.00	99.40	5	5.00	104.40	9	104.40	8
Willy Sneyers	Drum		51.60	10	48.40	100.00	20	20.25	120.25	53	120.25	18
Dirk Van Der Elst	Fatal Love		74.80	67	81.60	156.40	41	10.00	166.40	24	166.40	40
Jef Desmedt Karin Donckers Willy Sneyers Dirk Van Der Elst	See above	Team	191.00	12	111.20	302.80	3	20.00	333.05	3	333.05	4

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total		Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Evelyne Blaton	Careful	Individual	76.50	11	18.00	70	73.00	15	167.50	17 Q	8.00	14 Q	9.00	10	17.00	12
Dirk Demeersman	Edelbert		56.00	29	21.50	65	DNS		77.50	62	Did not advance
Ludo Philippaerts	Darco		82.50	1	48.00	39	76.00	12	206.50	5 Q	4.00	6 Q	8.25	7	12.25	7
Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe	Queen of Diamonds		18.00	70	21.50	65	DNS		39.50	75	Did not advance
Evelyne Blaton Dirk Demeersman Ludo Philippaerts Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe	See abovve	Team	—	8.75	3	48.50	17	57.25	12

Gymnastics

Artistic

Women

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Bénédicte Evrard	All-around	19.474	19.412	19.312	18.962	77.160	48 q	9.650	9.787	9.775	9.762	38.974	23

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ball	Total	Rank	Qualification	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ball	Total	Rank
Cindy Stollenberg	Individual	8.925	8.875	8.550	8.600	34.950	39	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage				Final
		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Final
		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	Bye	Traavik (NOR) W Yuko	Maralgerel (MGL) W Yusei-gachi	Csák (HUN) L Ippon	Did not advance	Bye	Petřikov (TCH) W Ippon	Maruyama (JPN) W Ippon	Quellmalz (GER) L Yusei-gachi	5
Johan Laats	78 kg	Bye	Birch (GBR) W Yusei-gachi	Zsoldos (HUN) W Ippon	Damaisin (FRA) W Ippon	Yoshida (JPN) L Ippon	Bye	Kim (KOR) L Waza-ari	5
Robert Van De Walle	95 kg	Bye	Caya (CAF) W w/o	Nastula (POL) L Ippon	Did not advance		—	Yun (KOR) W Ippon	Baljinnyam (MGL) W Yusei-gachi	Pertelson (EST) L Ippon	Did not advance
Harry Van Barneveld	+95 kg	—	Al Aoua (SYR) W w/o	Muller (LUX) W Ippon	Ogawa (JPN) L Ippon	Did not advance	—	Bye	Obwoge (KEN) W Ippon	Pérez (ESP) W Ippon	Csősz (HUN) L Waza-ari	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final
		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Heidi Goossens	52 kg	Giungi (ITA) L Yuko	Did not advance
Nicole Flagothier	56 kg	Bye	Donahoo (USA) W Waza-ari	Cavalleri (POR) W Yuko	Fairbrother (GBR) L Yuko	Bye	Tateno (JPN) L Ippon	5
Gella Vandecaveye	61 kg	Thant Phyu Phyu (MYA) W Ippon	Hämmerling (SUI) W Ippon	Eickhoff (GER) L Waza-ari	Did not advance	Bye	Petrova (EUN) L Waza-ari	Did not advance
Heidi Rakels	66 kg	Bye	Campos (BRA) W Ippon	Howey (GBR) L Yusei-gachi	Did not advance	Bye	Leng (CHN) W Yuko	Jividen (USA) W Shido	Schreiber (GER) W Koka
Ulla Werbrouck	72 kg	Godinho (POR) W Yuko	Lesivakaruakitotoiya (FIJ) W Ippon	de Kok (NED) L Kiken-gachi	Did not advance	Bye	Meignan (FRA) L Ippon	Did not advance

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dirk Crois Alain Lewuillon Tom Symoens Wim Van Belleghem	Quadruple sculls	5:53.47	3 SF	Bye	6:05.87	6 FB	6:01.38	12
Jaak Van Driessche Luc Goiris	Coxless pair	6:38.49	1 SF	Bye	6:34.72	2 FA	6:38.20	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Annelies Bredael	Single sculls	7:50.02	1 SF	Bye	7:33.97	2 FA	7:26.64
Renée Govaert Ann Haesebrouck	Double sculls	7:41.32	3 SF	Bye	7:07.35	5 FB	7:06.98	9

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Net points	Final rank
Paul Van Den Abeele	Lechner A-390	25	3	20	13	26	26	18	17	25	23	170	15
Dirk Bellemans Johan Bellemans	470	15	11.7	27	35	36	22	27	—	137.7	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Net points	Final rank
Christ'l Smet	Lechner A-390	14	26	16	18	22	25	19	23	31	16	179	15
Min Dezillie	Europe	24	20	8	24	21	31	18	—	115	18

Shooting

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Karin Biva	10 metre air rifle	385	31	Did not advance
Anne Goffin	10 metre air pistol	377	15	Did not advance
Anne Goffin	25 metre pistol	562	39	Did not advance
Sonia Vettenburg	10 metre air pistol	369	42	Did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Frans Peeters	Trap	192	14	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fred Deburghgraeve	100 metre breaststroke	1:05.10	34	Did not advance
Fred Deburghgraeve	200 metre breaststroke	2:16.93	19	Did not advance
Stefaan Maene	200 metre freestyle	1:51.85	24	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke	56.34	12 FB	56.47	10
	200 metre backstroke	1:59.64	4 FA	2:00.91	8
	200 metre individual medley	2:06.16	24	Did not advance
Yasuhiro Vandewalle	100 metre backstroke	56.20	10 FB	56.36	9
Yasuhiro Vandewalle	200 metre backstroke	2:01.46	13 FB	2:02.45	14
Marc Verbeeck	50 metre freestyle	24.85	53	Did not advance
Marc Verbeeck	100 metre freestyle	52.97	48	Did not advance
Yasuhiro Vandewalle Fred Deburghgraeve Stefaan Maene Marc Verbeeck	4 x 100 metre medley relay	3:47.64	16	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Isabelle Arnould	200 metre freestyle	2:04.06	20	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:13.81	7 FA	4:13.75	6
	800 metre freestyle	8:40.86	7 FA	8:41.86	8
Brigitte Becue	100 metre breaststroke	1:12.82	21	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:34.11	17	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:21.98	25	Did not advance
Sandra Cam	200 metre freestyle	2:04.72	25	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:17.87	15 FB	4:14.11	10
	800 metre freestyle	8:50.91	14	Did not advance

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jean-Michel Saive	Singles	Al-Idokht (IRI) W 2–0	Mazunov (EUN) W 2–1	Hoyama (BRA) W 2–0	1 Q	Ding (AUT) L 0–3	Did not advance
Jean-Michel Saive Philippe Saive	Doubles	Hoyama / Kano (BRA) W 2–0	Kim / Yoo (KOR) L 0–2	—	2	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sabine Appelmans	Singles	McQuillan (AUS) W 6-3, 6-3	Provis (AUS) W 6-2, 6-1	Maniokova (EUN) W 6-1, 6-3	Graf (GER) L 1-6, 0-6	Did not advance

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Group Stage							Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Jean-Pierre Wafflard	82 kg	Fredriksson (SWE) L 0–1	Park (KOR) L 0–1	Did not advance				8	Did not advance

References

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