Belgium at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Belgium at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Medals

Gold

• Tennis (Women's singles): Justine Henin-Hardenne

Silver

• none

Bronze

• Cycling (Men's Road Race): Axel Merckx
• Judo (Women's 48–52 kg): Ilse Heylen

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 400 metres:

• Cedric van Branteghem – Semifinal, 46.03 s (did not advance)

Men's 800 metres:

• Joeri Jansen – Round 1, 1:46.7 (did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres:

• Tom Compernolle – Round 1, 13:43.44 (did not advance)
• Monder Rizki – Round 1, 14:03.58 (did not advance)

Women's 100 metres:

• Kim Gevaert – Semifinal, 11.40 s (did not advance)

Women's 200 metres:

• Kim Gevaert – Round 1: 22.76 s, Round 2: 22.68 s, Semifinal: 22.48 s (NR), Final: 22.84 s (6th place)

Women's 4x100 metre relay:

• Kim Gevaert, Elodie Ouedraogo, Lien Huyghebaert, and Katleen de Caluwe – Round 1: 43.08 s (NR), Final: 43.11 s (6th place)

Women's high jump:

• Tia Hellebaut: Women's high jump, Final: 1.85 m (12th place; she jumped 1.95 m in qualification)

Canoeing

• Wouter D'Haene and Bob Maesen: Men's Flatwater 1000 m K2 – 5th

Equestrian

• Dirk Demeersman, Jos Lansink, Ludo Philippaerts, Stanny van Paesschen: show jumping (team) – 6th (28 penalties)
• Karin Donckers, Constantin Van Rijckevorsel, Hendrik Degros, Dolf Desmedt, Joris Vanspringel: dressage (team) – 7th (193 points, 160.40 penalties)
• Dirk Demeersman (Clinton): show jumping (individual) – 5th (12 penalties)
• Ludo Philippaerts (Parco): show jumping (individual) – 5th (12 penalties)

Cycling

• Axel Merckx: Men's Road Race – bronze
• Roel Paulissen: Men's cross country mountain biking – 4th

Fencing

Men's foil individual:

• Cedric Gohy – defeated in round of 32

Gymnastics

• Aagje Van Walleghem: Women's Artistic Individual All-around – 23rd (34.862)

Judo

• Ilse Heylen: Women's 52 kg – bronze
• Catherine Jacques: Women's 70 kg – 5th

Rowing

• Tim Maeyens: Single Sculls Men, Final A – 6th

Tennis

• Justine Henin-Hardenne: Women's Singles – gold

Triathlon

The same two women competed for Belgium that did four years earlier. Both did better in 2004 than they had in the first competition, with Kathleen Smet missing a medal by only 27 seconds.

Women's:

• Kathleen Smet – 2:05:35 (4th place)
• Mieke Suys – 2:09:12.57 (22nd place)

Officials

• President: Baron François Narmon
• Secretary General: Guido De Bondt