Swimming
Women's 800m Freestyle
- Pascale Verbauwen
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- Final — 8.44,84 (→ 6th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
- Carine Verbauwen
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- Final — 1.03,82 (→ 5th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
- Yolande van der Straeten
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- Final — 2.15,58 (→ 5th place)
- Carine Verbauwen
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- Final — 2.16,66 (→ 6th place)
Women's 100m Breaststroke
- Brigitte Bosmans
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- Heats — 1:16.68 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Christel Fechner
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- Heats — 4:56.92 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
- Yolande van der Straeten, Brigitte Bosmans, Carine Verbauwen, and Pascale Verbauwen
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- Heats — 4.26,33 (→ did not advance)
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