Arnaud Ghislain (born 2 December 1988) is a Belgian sprinter, who specialized in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. He is an indoor national senior champion for his category, and also a member of the Belgian national track relay team. Ghislain was originally selected as a reserve for the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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. He was finally named to the national relay team at the start of the heats, when his teammate

Kristof Beyens Kristof Beyens (born 13 July 1983 in Herentals) is a Belgian Sprint (running), sprint Track and field athletics, athlete, who specialises in the 100 metres, 100 and 200 metres. His personal best time over 200 metres is 20.44 s, achieved in Osaka ...

decided to pull out from the competition to focus on his race for the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

. Ghislain set an astonishing national record of 3:00:67, along with his teammates Cedric van Branteghem and twins Kévin and

Jonathan Borlée Jonathan Borlée (; born 22 February 1988) is a Belgian sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres. He is a member of the Borlée family. He qualified for the finals of the 400 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was a semi-finalist at ...

, with a third-place finish in the first heat, giving them a qualifying place for the final round. By the following day, he and his team placed fifth in the finals, with another record-breaking time of 2:59.37.

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* * * * Belgian male sprinters Living people Olympic athletes for Belgium Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1988 births 21st-century Belgian people {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub