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. 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 Marnix Vervinck (born 9 August 1959) is a Belgian archer. He competed in the men's individual event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an ...

was only the second Belgian to place in the top eight, and the first since 1972. Women's Individual Competition: * Marie Claire van Stevens — 2431 points (→ 22nd place) * Raymonda Verlinden — 2288 points (→ 40th place) Men's Individual Competition: *

— 2519 points (→ 7th place) * Patrick DeKoning — 2486 (→ 14th place) * Willy van den Bossche — 2454 points (→ 26th place)

Athletics

Men's 5,000 metres * Bob Verbeeck ** Heat — 13:46.27 ** Semifinals — 13:46.03 (→ did not advance) *

Vincent Rousseau Vincent Rousseau (born 29 July 1962 in Mons, Hainaut) is a former long-distance runner from Belgium, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1984. In 1993, he had his biggest success by winning the ...

** Heat — 13:57.96 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon *

Karel Lismont Karel Lismont (; born 8 March 1949) is a former Belgian long-distance runner. He competed at the 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 Olympics in the marathon and 10,000 m events. He won two marathon medals: a silver in 1972 and a bronze in 1976, finishing ...

— 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 Ronald Desruelles (14 February 1955 – 1 November 2015) was a Belgian Track and field athletics, athlete. He started as a long jumper, and achieved a personal best of 8.08 in 1979, a national record that stood for 17 years. He then concentr ...

** 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 Maria-Christine Soetewey (married Van Vlierberghe) (born 19 August 1957 in Kapellen) is a retired Belgian high jumper. She finished ninth at the 1980 European Indoor Championships, twelfth at the 1980 Olympic Games, ninth at the 1982 Europea ...

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

Canoeing

Cycling

Eight cyclists represented Belgium in 1984. ; Individual road race *

Carlo Bomans Carlo Bomans (born 10 June 1963) is a Belgian former racing cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles ...

* Ronny Van Sweevelt * Frank Verleyen ; Sprint * Frank Orban ;

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* Rudi Ceyssens ;

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* Rudi Ceyssens *

Roger Ilegems Roger Ilegems (born 13 December 1962) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Belgium, who was a professional rider from 1984 to 1991. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California ...

Peter Roes Peter Roes (born 4 May 1964) is a Belgian former racing cyclist. He rode in three editions of the Tour de France. He also competed in the team pursuit event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXI ...

* Joseph Smeets ;

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** 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

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