Belgium at the 2018 European Athletics Championships

Belgium at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
WA code	BEL
National federation	Royal Belgian Athletics League
Website	www.belgian-athletics.be
in Berlin
Competitors	34 (20 men and 14 women) in 23 events
Medals Ranked =5th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 6
European Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
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Belgium competed at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany, between 7 and 12 August 2018. A delegation of 34 athletes were sent to represent the country.

The following athletes were selected to compete by the Royal Belgian Athletics League.

Medals

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Nafissatou Thiam	Heptathlon	10 August
Gold	Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Kevin Borlée Jonathan Sacoor Robin Vanderbemden* Julien Watrin*	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	11 August
Gold	Koen Naert	Men's marathon	12 August
Silver	Bashir Abdi	Men's 10,000 metres	7 August
Silver	Kevin Borlée	Men's 400 metres	10 August
Bronze	Jonathan Borlée	Men's 400 metres	10 August

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Results

Men

Track and road

Athletes	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		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		—	3:39.48	8
Isaac Kimeli		—	Disqualified
Bashir Abdi	10,000 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

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Field events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
		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		No mark		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	did not finish
	Points	757	913	689	850	0

Women

Track and road

Athletes	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		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		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
Elise Berings	100 metres hurdles	—	12.94	9	did not advance
Hanne Claes	400 metres hurdles	—	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	did not start		did not advance
Cynthia Bolingo Mbongo Hanne Claes Manon Depuydt* Justien Grillet Camille Laus Margo van Puyvelde*	4 × 400 metres relay	3:30.62	5 Q	—	3:27.69 NR	4

* – Did not run in either the heats or the finals

Field events

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Final
		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
	Points	973	891	721	971	981	637	930
Nafissatou Thiam	Result	13.69	1.91	15.35 PB	24.81	6.60	57.91 CB	2:19.35	6816 WL
	Points	1023	1119	884	904	1040	1014	832
Noor Vidts	Result	14.08 SB	1.79 SB	11.83	24.80	6.04	24.81	2:16.69	5598	20
	Points	967	966	650	905	862	379	869