Belgium competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. 63 competitors, 47 men and 16 women, took part in 48 events in 14 sports.

Medalists

Archery

Women competed for the first time in Belgium's fourth appearance in the modern archery competition. Marnix Vervinck was only the second Belgian to place in the top eight, and the first since 1972.

Belgium at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Women's Individual Competition: Marie Claire van Stevens — 2431 points (→ 22nd place) Raymonda Verlinden — 2288 points (→ 40th place)

Belgium at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition: Marnix Vervinck — 2519 points (→ 7th place) Patrick DeKoning — 2486 (→ 14th place) Willy van den Bossche — 2454 points (→ 26th place)

Belgium at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athletics

Men's 5,000 metres

Bob Verbeeck

Heat — 13:46.27

Semifinals — 13:46.03 (→ did not advance) Vincent Rousseau Heat — 13:57.96 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Karel Lismont — 2:17:07 (→ 24th place) Armand Parmentier — 2:18:10 (→ 30th place) Johan Geirnaert — 2:21:35 (→ 41st place)

Men's High Jump

Eddy Annys

Qualification — 2.21m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

Ronald Desruelles

Qualification — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's Marathon

Ria Van Landeghem

Final — 2:37:11 (→ 21st place) Marie-Christine Deurbroeck Final — 2:38:01 (→ 24th place) Francine Peeters Final — 2:42:22 (→ 29th place)

Women's High Jump

Christine Soetewey

Qualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Canoeing

Cycling

Eight cyclists represented Belgium in 1984.

Individual road race

Carlo Bomans

Ronny Van Sweevelt

Frank Verleyen

Sprint

Frank Orban

Individual pursuit

Rudi Ceyssens

Team pursuit

Rudi Ceyssens

Roger Ilegems

Peter Roes

Joseph Smeets

Points race

Roger Ilegems

Final — 37 points (→ Gold Medal) Rudi Ceyssens Final — 16 points (→ 11th place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

Tom Lemaire

Preliminary Round — 515.16 points (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Four fencers, all men, represented Belgium in 1984.

Men's foil

Thierry Soumagne

Peter Joos

Stefan Joos

Men's team foil

Thierry Soumagne, Peter Joos, Stefan Joos, Stéphane Ganeff

Men's épée

Stéphane Ganeff

Thierry Soumagne

Stefan Joos

Judo

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 400m Freestyle

Marc Van De Weghe

Heat — 4:00.01 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

Marc Van De Weghe

Heat — 15:45.50 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

Sabine Pauwels

Heat — 1:05.17

B-Final — 1:05.33 (→ 15th place) Yolande Van Der Straeten Heat — 1:07.07 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

Yolande Van Der Straeten

Heat — 2:18.49

B-Final — 2:18.63 (→ 13th place) Sabine Pauwels Heat — 2:21.36 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Sabine Pauwels

Heat — 2:22.86 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Synchronized swimming

References

Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984

Olympics