on the 4 × 400 m relay, with teammates jonathan borlée, cédric van branteghem and arnaud ghislain, they qualified for the final with a new national record of 3:00.67s. they finished 5th in the final with yet again a national record of 2:59.37s. the race was won by the us team in 2:55.39s, a new olympic record. the russian team, who had finished 3rd, were later disqualified promoting belgium to fourth place.