Belgium at the 2018 European Championships

Belgium at the
2018 European Championships
Belgium at the; 2018 European Championships
IOC code	BEL
in Glasgow; Berlin; 2 August 2018 – 12 August 2018
Competitors	116 in 57 sports
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 6 Silver 5 Bronze 8 Total 19
European Championships appearances
	2018; 2022;

Belgium competed at the inaugural 7 sports 2018 European Championships from 2 to 12 August 2018. It competed in all sports.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Nina Derwael	Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars	5 August
Gold	Robbe Ghys Kenny De Ketele	Cycling	Men's madison	6 August
Gold	Victor Campenaerts	Cycling	Men's road time trial	8 August
Gold	Nafissatou Thiam	Athletics	Women's heptathlon	10 August
Gold	Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Kevin Borlée Jonathan Sacoor Robin Vanderbemden Julien Watrin	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	11 August
Gold	Koen Naert	Athletics	Men's marathon	12 August
Silver	Nina Derwael	Gymnastics	Women's balance beam	5 August
Silver	Kenny De Ketele	Cycling	Men's points race	5 August
Silver	Nicky Degrendele	Cycling	Women's keirin	7 August
Silver	Bashir Abdi	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres	7 August
Silver	Kevin Borlée	Athletics	Men's 400 metres	10 August
Bronze	Jolien D'Hoore	Cycling	Women's scratch	3 August
Bronze	Axelle Klinckaert	Gymnastics	Women's floor exercise	5 August
Bronze	Githa Michiels	Cycling	Women's cross-country	8 August
Bronze	Kimberly Buys	Swimming	Women's 50 metre butterfly	9 August
Bronze	Marten Van Riel	Triathlon	Men's	10 August
Bronze	Jonathan Borlée	Athletics	Men's 400 metres	10 August
Bronze	Claire Michel Jelle Geens Valerie Barthelemy Marten Van Riel	Triathlon	Mixed team relay	11 August
Bronze	Wout Van Aert	Cycling	Men's road race	12 August

Aquatics

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jasper Aerents	100 metre freestyle	49.97	34	did not advance
Valentin Borisavljevic	100 metre freestyle	50.02	38	did not advance
Basten Caerts	100 metre breaststroke	1:01.73	32	did not advance
Louis Croenen	100 metre butterfly	53.39	27	did not advance
Louis Croenen	200 metre butterfly	1:57.11	8 Q	1:56.58	6 Q	1:56.33	4
Sebastien De Meulemeester	200 metre freestyle	1:50.52	42	did not advance
Alexandre Marcourt	200 metre freestyle	1:49.46	21	did not advance
Thomas Thijs	200 metre freestyle	1:49.69	28	did not advance
Pieter Timmers	50 metre freestyle	DNS		did not advance
Logan Vanhuys	10 kilometre open water	—	1:50:43.9	19
Emmanuel Vanluchene	100 metre freestyle	50.02	38	did not advance
Lorenz Weiremans	200 metre freestyle	1:50.35	40	did not advance
Sebastien De Meulemeester Emmanuel Vanluchene Valentin Borisavljevic Jasper Aerents	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:18.36	14	—	did not advance
Sebastien De Meulemeester Alexandre Marcourt Thomas Thijs Lorenz Weiremans	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	7:18.75	10	—	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Camille Bouden	400 metre freestyle	4:25.26	25	—	did not advance
Kimberly Buys	50 metre butterfly	25.80	3 Q	25.76	3 Q	25.74
Kimberly Buys	100 metre butterfly	58.23	4 Q	58.99	13	did not advance
Juliette Dumont	50 metre freestyle	26.56	42	did not advance
Valentine Dumont	100 metre freestyle	DNS
	200 metre freestyle	1:59.30	10 Q	1:58.89	9	did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:16.75	14	—	did not advance
Lotte Goris	200 metre freestyle	2:00.34	19 Q	2:00.69	15	did not advance
Fanny Lecluyse	50 metre breaststroke	31.43	16 Q	31.57	15	did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke	1:08.17	12 Q	1:07.95	10	did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:28.77	14 Q	2:25.76	5 Q	2:26.01	6
Valentine Dumont Juliette Dumont Lotte Goris Camille Bouden	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	8:08.59	9	—	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jasper Aerents Emmanuel Vanluchene Juliette Dumont Lotte Goris	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:31.76	10	did not advance
Emmanuel Vanluchene Basten Caerts Kimberly Buys Juliette Dumont	4 × 100 metre medley relay	3:51.22	10	did not advance

Athletics

Men
Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Robin Vanderbemden	200 metres	20.50	3 Q	20.62	14	did not advance
Dylan Borlée	400 metres	45.84	10 Q	45.63	17	did not advance
Jonathan Borlée		45.19 SB	1 Q	44.87 SB	2 Q	45.19
Kevin Borlée		45.29 SB	2 Q	45.07 SB	5 q	45.13
Elliott Crestan	800 metres	1:47.35	12	did not advance
Peter Callahan	1500 metres	3:54.23	30	—		did not advance
Ismael Debjani		3:41.09	9 q	3:39.48	8
Isaac Kimeli		3:42.77	15	did not advance
Soufiane Bouchikhi	5000 metres	—				13:25.22	10
Robin Hendrix		13:36.15	15
Isaac Kimeli		DQ
Bashir Abdi	10,00 metres	—				28:11.76
Soufiane Bouchikhi		28:19.04	6
Simon Debognies		29:00.98	15
Koen Naert	Marathon	—	2:09:51 CR
Michael Obasuyi	110 metres hurdles	13.78	13 q	13.78	23	did not advance
Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Kevin Borlée Jonathan Sacoor () Robin Vanderbemden Julien Watrin ()	4 × 400 metres relay	3:02.55	4 Q	—	2:59.47 EL

Field events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
Athletes	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Bram Ghuys	High jump	2.16	25	did not advance
Arnaud Art	Pole vault	5.61	9 q	5.65	9
Ben Broeders	Pole vault	NM		did not advance
Corentin Campener	Long jump	7.41	27	did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Thomas van der Plaetsen	Result	11.48	7.41	13.35	2.05	DNS	DNF
Thomas van der Plaetsen	Points	757	913	689	850	DNS	DNF

Women
Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Manon Depuydt	200 metres	23.59	9 q	23.60	20	did not advance
Cynthia Bolingo Mbongo	400 metres	51.69 PB	2 Q	51.92	16	did not advance
Camille Laus	400 metres	52.40	12 Q	52.40	21	did not advance
Renée Eykens	800 metres	2:56.24	32	did not advance
Elise Vanderelst	1500 metres	4:10.30	13	—	did not advance
Louise Carton	5000 metres	—	15:53.27	13
Eline Berings	100 metres hurdles	Bye	12.94	9	did not advance
Hanne Claes	400 metres hurdles	Bye	55.75	9 Q	55.75	4
Justien Grillet		56.94	8 Q	57.40	21	did not advance
Margo Van Puyvelde		56.70	6 Q	DNS		did not advance
Cynthia Bolingo Mbongo Hanne Claes Justien Grillet Camille Laus	4 × 400 metres relay	3:30.62	5 Q	—	3:27.69 NR	4

Field events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
Athletes	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Claire Orcel	High jump	1.81	23	did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Hanne Maudens	Result	14.04	1.73	12.90	24.10 PB	6.42	38.40	2:12.41	6104	10
Hanne Maudens	Points	973	891	721	971	981	637	930	6104	10
Nafissatou Thiam	Result	13.69	1.91	15.35 PB	24.81	6.60	57.91 CB	2:19.35	6816 WL
Nafissatou Thiam	Points	1023	1119	884	904	1040	1014	832	6816 WL
Noor Vidts	Result	14.08 SB	1.79 SB	11.83	24.80	6.04	24.81	2:16.69	5598	20
Noor Vidts	Points	967	966	650	905	862	379	869	5598	20

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Victor Campenaerts	Time trial	53:38.78
Dimitri Claeys	Road race	DNF
Yves Lampaert	Time trial	54:09.77	4
Xandro Meurisse	Road race	5:50:09	6
Jasper Stuyven	Road race	5:52:24	12
Wout Van Aert	Road race	5:50:02
Greg Van Avermaet	Road race	5:52:34	25
Tosh Van der Sande	Road race	5:54:56	47
Dries Van Gestel	Road race	DNF
Jelle Wallays	Road race	5:52:34	33

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sanne Cant	Road race	DNF
Sofie De Vuyst	Road race	3:28:21	22
Valerie Demey	Road race	DNF
Annelies Dom	Road race	3:34:09	59
Ann-Sophie Duyck	Time trial	44:08	9
Kaat Hannes	Road race	3:28:15	7
Ellen Van Loy	Road race	3:32:02	39

Track

Elimination race

Athlete	Event	Rank
Moreno De Pauw	Men's elimination race	8
Gilke Croket	Women's elimination race	19

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Ayrton De Pauw	Men's keirin	5 R	3	did not advance
Nicky Degrendele	Women's keirin	1 Q	—	1 Q

Madison

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kenny De Ketele Robbe Ghys	Men's madison	15	5 Q	60
Jolien D'Hoore Lotte Kopecky	Women's madison	—	10	6

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch Race		Tempo Race		Elimination Race		Points Race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total points	Rank
Robbe Ghys	Men's omnium	10	22	11	20	6	30	3	31	103	6
Lotte Kopecky	Women's omnium	6	30	3	36	13	16	14	1	83	7

Points race

Athlete	Event	Total points	Rank
Kenny De Ketele	Men's points race	83
Lotte Kopecky	Men's points race	23	6

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Sasha Weemaes	Men's individual pursuit	4:40.059	23	—	did not advance
Isabelle Beckers	Women's individual pursuit	3:50.632	21	—	did not advance
Annelies Dom	Women's individual pursuit	3:44.537	16	—	did not advance
Kenny De Ketele Lindsay De Vylder Robbe Ghys Sasha Weemaes	Men's team pursuit	4:00.022	7 Q	Germany L 3:59.319	7	did not advance
Shari Bossuyt Gilke Croket Annelies Dom Lotte Kopecky	Women's team pursuit	4:31.147	6 Q	Russia W 4:28.911	6	did not advance

Scratch

Athlete	Event	Laps down	Rank
Lindsay De Vylder	Men's scratch	0	10
Jolien D'Hoore	Women's scratch	0

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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)	Rank
Ayrton De Pauw	Men's sprint	10.272 70.093	20 Q	Dörnbach (GER) L	did not advance
Nicky Degrendele	Women's sprint	11.321 63.598	14 Q	Vece (ITA) W 11.482 62.706	Shmeleva (RUS) L	did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ayrton De Pauw	Men's 1 km time trial	1:02.708	14	did not advance

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kevin Panhuyzen	Men's cross-country	1:36:09	19
Jens Schuermans	Men's cross-country	1:34:51	13
Githa Michiels	Women's cross-country	1:34:56

External links

European Championships official site

Belgium at the 2018 European Championships

IOC code	BEL
in Glasgow Berlin 2 August 2018 (2018-08-02) – 12 August 2018 (2018-08-12)
Competitors	116 in 57 sports
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 6 Silver 5 Bronze 8 Total 19
European Championships appearances
2018 2022