Belgium at the 2010 European Athletics Championships

Belgium at the 2010 European Athletics Championships
WA code	BEL
National federation	Royal Belgian Athletics League
Website	www.belgian-athletics.be
in Barcelona
Medals	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
European Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
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Belgium was represented by 31 athletes (15 male/16 female) at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain, from 27 July to 1 August 2010.

Medals

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Kevin Borlée	400 m	30 July
Bronze	Svetlana Bolshakova	Triple jump	31 July
Bronze	Jonathan Borlée1 Kevin Borlée Arnaud Destatte1 Nils Duerinck2 Antoine Gillet2 Cédric Van Branteghem	4 × 400 m relay	1 August

¹only the final ²only the heats

Participants

Men

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
400 m	Jonathan Borlée	45.91	6 Q	44.71 (NR, EL)	1 Q	45.35	7
	Kevin Borlée	45.71	2 Q	45.32	7 Q	45.08
	Arnaud Destatte	46.42	18 Q	46.38	18	Did not advance
800 m	Andreas Smout	1:52.04	27	Did not advance
	Jan Van den Broeck	1:51.79	25	Did not advance
1500 m	Kim Ruell	3:42.94	16			Did not advance
	Kristof Van Malderen	3:42.80	14			Did not advance
10000 m	Monder Rizki					Did not finish
400 m hurdles	Michael Bultheel	50.48	11 Q	50.60	11	Did not advance
	Nils Duerinck	50.89	15 Q	50.46	9	Did not advance
	Stef Vanhaeren	50.71 PB	13 q	50.86	12	Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	Pieter Desmet	Did not finish				Did not advance
	Krijn Van Koolwijk	8:33.00	15			Did not advance
4 × 400 m relay	Jonathan Borlée Kevin Borlée Arnaud Destatte Nils Duerinck Antoine Gillet Cédric Van Branteghem	3:03.49	1 Q			3:02.60

Combined events

Decathlon	Event	Hans van Alphen
		Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	11.20	817	19
	Long jump	7.26 (SB)	876	17
	Shot put	15.08 (SB)	795	4
	High jump	1.89	705	20
	400 m	49.44	841	14
	110 m hurdles	14.89 (SB)	863	12
	Discus throw	47.67 (PB)	822	2
	Pole vault	4.75 (PB)	834	11
	Javelin throw	58.47	715	11
	1500 m	4:21.06	804	3
Final			8072 (PB)	5

Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
200 m	Olivia Borlée	23.59	10 Q	23.44	13	Did not advance
1500 m	Lindsey De Grande	4:10.24 PB	18			Did not advance
100 m hurdles	Eline Berings	13.27	17	Did not advance
	Elisabeth Davin	13.12 SB	9 Q	13.15	13	Did not advance
	Anne Zagré	13.31	19	Did not advance
400 m hurdles	Elodie Ouedraogo	55.80	9 Q	58.60	16	Did not advance
4 × 100 m relay	Olivia Borlée Hanna Mariën Elodie Ouedraogo Frauke Penen	43.82	6 q			Did not finish
4 × 400 m relay	Elke Bogemans Lindsy Cozijns Axelle Dauwens Wendy Den Haeze	3:37.56	13			Did not advance

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Triple jump	Svetlana Bolshakova	14.33	7 Q	14.55 (NR)
High jump	Hannelore Desmet	1.83	25	Did not advance
	Tia Hellebaut	1.92	12 Q	1.97 SB	5

Combined events

Heptathlon	Event	Sara Aerts
		Results	Points	Rank
	100 m	13.38	1068	3
	High jump	1.74	903	13
	Shot put	13.13	736	14
	200 m	24.62	922	9
	Long jump	6.17	902	11
	Javelin throw	40.30 =PB	673	17
	800 m	2.15.90 PB	880	13
	Final		6084 PB	12

References

• Participants list (men)
• Participants list (women)