| Belgium at the 2012 European Athletics Championships | |
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| WA code | BEL |
| National federation | Royal Belgian Athletics League |
| Website | www |
| in Zürich | |
| Medals |
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| European Athletics Championships appearances (overview) | |
Belgium competed at the 2012 European Athletics Championships held in Helsinki, Finland, between 27 June to 1 July 2012.
| Medal | Name | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Antoine Gillet Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert Kevin Borlée | 4 × 400 m relay | 1 July |
| Event | Athletes | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| 200 m | Jonathan Borlée | 20.61 | 1 Q | 20.74 | 4 Q | 20.99 | 4 |
| 400 m | Jonathan Borlée | 46.37 | 13 Q | DQ | did not advance | ||
| Antoine Gillet | 46.62 | 17 Q | 47.15 | 19 | did not advance | ||
| 800 m | Jan van den Broeck | 1:48.35 | 22 Q | 1:50.63 | 23 | did not advance | |
| 5000 m | Bashir Abdi | — | 13:39.01 | 8 | |||
| Mats Lunders | — | 14:06.55 | 21 | ||||
| 10000 m | Bashir Abdi | — | 28:23.72 | 4 | |||
| Mats Lunders | — | 29:16.46 | 16 | ||||
| Koen Naert | — | 29:02.08 | 11 | ||||
| 110 m hurdles | Adrien Deghelt | 13.66 | 14 q | DNF | did not advance | ||
| Dario Seghers | 13.95 | 22 Q | 13.81 | 21 | did not advance | ||
| 400 m hurdles | Michaël Bultheel | 49.65 | 1 Q | 49.98 | 10 | did not advance | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Nils Duerinck Antoine Gillet Jonathan Borlée Jente Bouckaert Kevin Borlée | 3:05.29 | 1 Q | — | 3:01.09 | | |
| Decathlon | Event | Cédric Nolf | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results | Points | Rank | ||
| 100 m | 10.93 | 876 | 5 | |
| Long jump | 7.13 | 845 | 14 | |
| Shot put | 13.07 | 672 | 21 | |
| High jump | 1.88 | 696 | 19 | |
| 400 m | 49.74 | 827 | 13 | |
| 110 m hurdles | 14.79 | 875 | 16 | |
| Discus | 37.90 | 622 | 20 | |
| Pole vault | 4.60 | 790 | 14 | |
| Javelin | DNS | |||
| 1500 m | DNS | |||
| Final | DNF | |||
| Event | Athletes | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| 200 m | Olivia Borlée | 23.77 | 20 Q | 23.66 | 17 | did not advance | |
| Hanne Claes | 23.26 | 9 Q | 23.68 | 19 | did not advance | ||
| 5000 m | Almensh Belete | — | 15:22.15 | 8 | |||
| Barbara Maveau | — | 15:33.68 | 13 | ||||
| 100 m hurdles | Eline Berings | 13.09 | 7 Q | 13.17 | 9 | did not advance | |
| Anne Zagré | 13.14 | 13 q | 13.08 | 4 Q | 13.02 | 5 | |
| 400 m hurdles | Axelle Dauwens | 57.19 | 17 | did not advance | |||
| Élodie Ouédraogo | 55.39 | 3 Q | 55.77 | 6 Q | 55.95 | 6 | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Olivia Borlée Hanna Mariën Hanne Claes Anne Zagré | 43.81 | 9 | — | did not advance | ||
| Event | Athletes | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Triple jump | Svetlana Bolshakova | 14.09 | 11 q | 14.07 | 9 |
| Heptathlon | Event | Sara Aerts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results | Points | Rank | ||
| 100 m hurdles | 14.25 | 943 | 17 | |
| High jump | DNS | |||
| Shot Put | DNS | |||
| 200 m | DNS | |||
| Long jump | ||||
| Javelin throw | ||||
| 800 m | ||||
| Final | DNF | |||
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