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Belgium at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	BEL
NOC:	Comité Olympique et Interfédéral Belge external link (French) (Dutch)
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	51 (31 men, 20 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Jean-Michel Saive
Medals Rank: 51	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 2	Total 3
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
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Belgium competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Canoeing 2.3 Cycling 2.3.1 Road cycling 2.3.2 Mountain biking 2.4 Equestrian 2.5 Fencing 2.6 Gymnastics 2.7 Judo 2.8 Rowing 2.9 Taekwondo 2.10 Tennis 2.11 Triathlon 3 Officials

• Justine Henin — Tennis, women's singles

• Axel Merckx — Cycling, men's road race
• Ilse Heylen — Judo, women's half-lightweight (52 kg)

Men's 400 metres:

• Cédric 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)

Women's K1 500 metres:

• Petra Santy - semifinal, 10th place

Men's K2 1000 metres:

• Wouter D'Hane and Bob Maesen - final, 5th place

Men's road race:

• Axel Merckx - bronze medal, 5:41:52
• Peter Van Petegem - 40th place, 5:42:03
• Philippe Gilbert - 49th place, 5:44:13
• Win Vansevenant - did not finish
• Marc Wauters - did not finish

Women's road race:

• Sharon Vandromme - 21st place, 3:25:42

Men's time trial:

• Marc Wauters - 13th place, 59:59.63
• Peter Van Petegem - 18th place, 1:00:31.49

Men's cross country:

• Roel Paulissen - 4th place, 2:18:10

• 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)

Men's foil individual:

• Cedric Gohy - defeated in round of 32

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

• Ilse Heylen: Women's 52 kg - bronze
• Catherine Jacques: Women's 70 kg - 5th
• Gella Vandecaveye: Women's 63 kg - defeated in quarterfinals

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

• Laurence Rase: Women's over 67 kg - defeated in quarterfinals

• Justine Henin: Women's Singles - gold

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 Competition:

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

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

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