Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ya wakilci Belgium a gasa biyu na duniya a kakar wasa mai zuwa: ya kasance dan wasan kusa da karshe a gasar IAAF ta Duniya ta 1997 a cikin mita 200 da kuma wasan kusa da na karshe a duka gajeren gudu a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1997. Ya sake lashe lambar zinare ta yanki a gasar zakarun Turai.
Taron gasar zakarun Turai. Wijmeersch ya kafa mafi kyawun mutum a duk nisan wannan shekarar: 6.74 seconds don mita 60, 10.17 seconds don mita 100, rikodin Belgian na cikin gida na 20.66 seconds don mita 200, 32.52 seconds don mita 300, da 47.57 seconds don mita 400. A cikin 1998 ya ɗauki 100/200 m sau biyu a Gasar zakarun Belgium kuma a cikin fitowar sa ta kasa da kasa ya kai wasan kusa da na karshe na mita 200 a gasar zakarun Turai ta 1998. Ya kasance cikin fitattun 'yan wasan Belgium a shekara mai zuwa amma ya kasa yin tasiri a duniya, an cire shi a matakin zazzabi a duka gasar zakarun duniya ta IAAF ta 1999 da kuma gasar zakarun duniya ta 1999.