Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Website	www.olympic.be  (in Dutch and French)
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	121 in 20 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Nafissatou Thiam Félix Denayer
Flag bearer (closing)	Grégory Wathelet
Medals Ranked 29th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Belgium competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[1] Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Belgian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Nina Derwael	Gymnastics	Women's uneven bars	1 August
Gold	Belgium men's national field hockey team Arthur Van Doren John-John Dohmen Florent Van Aubel Sébastien Dockier Cédric Charlier Gauthier Boccard Nicolas De Kerpel Augustin Meurmans Alexander Hendrickx Thomas Briels Félix Denayer Vincent Vanasch Simon Gougnard Arthur De Sloover Antoine Kina Loïck Luypaert Victor Wegnez Tom Boon	Field hockey	Men's tournament	5 August
Gold	Nafissatou Thiam	Athletics	Women's heptathlon	5 August
Silver	Wout Van Aert	Cycling	Men's road race	24 July
Bronze	Matthias Casse	Judo	Men's 81 kg	27 July
Bronze	Pieter Devos Jérôme Guery Gregory Wathelet	Equestrian	Team jumping	7 August
Bronze	Bashir Abdi	Athletics	Men's marathon	8 August

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	16	13	29
Badminton	0	1	1
Basketball	4	12	16
Canoeing	2	2	4
Cycling	8	6	14
Equestrian	5	3	8
Field hockey	17	0	17
Golf	2	1	3
Gymnastics	0	4	4
Judo	3	1	4
Rowing	2	0	2
Sailing	1	3	4
Shooting	0	1	1
Skateboarding	1	1	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Tennis	2	2	4
Triathlon	2	2	4
Weightlifting	0	2	2
Total	68	55	123

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Belgium archers booked an Olympic place in the men’s individual recurve based on the world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jarno de Smedt	Men's individual	650	43	Kawata  (JPN) W 6–2	Li Jl  (CHN) L 5–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Belgian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ^{[2] [3]}

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

• DNS = Did not start
• NM = No valid trial recorded

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Robin Vanderbemden	200 m	20.70	3 Q	21.00	7	Did not advance
Kevin Borlée	400 m	45.36 SB	2 Q	DNS		Did not advance
Jonathan Sacoor		45.41	3 Q	45.88	8	Did not advance
Eliott Crestan	800 m	1:46.19	2 Q	1:44.84 PB	4	Did not advance
Ismael Debjani	1500 m	3:36.00	1 Q	3:42.18	11	Did not advance
Robin Hendrix	5000 m	13:58.37	16	—		Did not advance
Isaac Kimeli	5000 m	13:57.36	17			Did not advance
	10000 m	—				28:31.91	18
Michael Obasuyi	110 m hurdles	13.65	6	Did not advance
Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Kévin Borlée Alexander Doom Jonathan Sacoor Robin Vanderbemden* Julien Watrin*	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.37 SB	3 Q	—		2:57.88 NR	4
Bashir Abdi	Marathon	—				2:10:00 SB
Dieter Kersten						2:22:06	59
Koen Naert						2:12:13 SB	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Imke Vervaet	200 m	23.05 PB	4 q	23.31	9	Did not advance
Cynthia Bolingo	400 m	DNS		Did not advance
Elise Vanderelst	1500 m	4:05.63	9 q	4:04.86	11	Did not advance
Anne Zagré	100 m hurdles	12.83 SB	3 Q	12.78 SB	8	Did not advance
Hanne Claes	400 m hurdles	56.38 SB	8	Did not advance
Paulien Couckuyt		54.90 NR	3 Q	54.47 NR	3	Did not advance
Paulien Couckuyt Camille Laus Naomi Van Den Broeck Imke Vervaet Hanne Claes* Hanne Maudens*	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.08 NR	3 Q	—		3:23.96 NR	7
Mieke Gorissen	Marathon	—				2:34:24	28
Hanne Verbruggen						2:38:03	49

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Kevin Borlée Alexander Doom Camille Laus Imke Vervaet	4 × 400 m relay	3:12.75 NR	3 Q	3:11.51 NR	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ben Broeders	Men's pole vault	5.65	18	Did not advance
Fanny Smets	Women's pole vault	4.25	=14	Did not advance

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Thomas van der Plaetsen	Result	11.05	NM	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Points	850	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Nafissatou Thiam	Result	13.54 SB	1.92 SB	14.82	24.90	6.60	54.68 SB	2:15.98 SB	6791 SB
	Points	1044	1132	849	896	1040	951	879
Noor Vidts	Result	13.17 PB	1.83 SB	14.33 PB	23.70 PB	6.32	41.80 PB	2:09.05 PB	6571 PB	4
	Points	1099	1016	816	1010	949	702	979

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Belgium entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Set to compete at her third consecutive Games, Lianne Tan secured a spot in the women's singles at the Games based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings. ^[4]

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lianne Tan	Women's singles	Thuzar  (MYA) W (21–6, 21–8)	Tunjung  (INA) L (11–21, 17–21)	2	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Belgium women's	Women's tournament	Australia W 70–85	Puerto Rico W 87–52	China L 74–62	2 Q	Japan L 86–85	Did not advance		7

Women's tournament

Main articles: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Belgium women's basketball team qualified for the first time for the Olympics as one of two highest-ranked eligible squads at the Ostend meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. ^[5]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 4 July 2021. ^[6]

Belgium women's national basketball team – 2020 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 5 Kim Mestdagh 31 – (1990-03-12)12 March 1990 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) PF Schio SF 6 Antonia Delaere 26 – (1994-08-01)1 August 1994 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Zaragoza PG 9 Marjorie Carpréaux 33 – (1987-09-17)17 September 1987 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Castors Braine PF 11 Emma Meesseman 28 – (1993-05-13)13 May 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg C 12 Ann Wauters 40 – (1980-10-12)12 October 1980 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Free agent C 13 Kyara Linskens 24 – (1996-11-13)13 November 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Nadezhda Orenburg F 22 Hanne Mestdagh 28 – (1993-04-19)19 April 1993 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Namur-Capitale F 32 Heleen Nauwelaers 25 – (1996-03-14)14 March 1996 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Granada C 34 Billie Massey 21 – (2000-03-21)21 March 2000 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen PG 35 Julie Vanloo 28 – (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) BC Enisey PF 42 Jana Raman 30 – (1991-02-15)15 February 1991 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) CB Estudiantes PG 55 Julie Allemand 25 – (1996-07-07)7 July 1996 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) ASVEL Féminin	Head coach Philip Mestdagh [7] Assistant coach(es) Sven Van Camp Pierre Cornia Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 July 2021

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	247	191	+56	6	Quarterfinals
2	Belgium	3	2	1	234	196	+38	5
3	Australia	3	1	2	240	230	+10	4
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	176	280	−104	3

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 17:20 v

Boxscore

Australia	70–85	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 24–16, 16–19, 13–29
Pts: Magbegor 20 Rebs: George 10 Asts: Mitchell 7		Pts: Meesseman 32 Rebs: Meesseman 9 Asts: Allemand 11

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Amy Bonner (USA), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

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30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 10:00 v

Boxscore

Belgium	87–52	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter:23–16, 20–8, 17–13, 27–15
Pts: Meesseman 26 Rebs: Meesseman 15 Asts: Allemand 7		Pts: Gwathmey 20 Rebs: Gwathmey, Meléndez 5 Asts: Rosado 5

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Yu Jung (TPE), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGA)

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2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 17:20 v

Boxscore

China	74–62	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 21–16, 21–15, 15–10
Pts: Li Yue. 14 Rebs: Li Yue. 8 Asts: Wang 8		Pts: Meesseman 24 Rebs: Meesseman 7 Asts: Mestdagh 5

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Maj Forsberg (DEN)

Quarterfinal

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 17:20 v

Boxscore

Japan	86–85	Belgium
Scoring by quarter:19–16, 22–26, 20–26, 25–17
Pts: Miyazawa 21 Rebs: Akaho 7 Asts: Machida 14		Pts: Meesseman 25 Rebs: Meesseman 11 Asts: Allemand 8

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Yu Jung (TPE), Amy Bonner (USA), James Boyer (AUS)

3×3 basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage								Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Belgium men's 3×3	Men's 3×3 tournament	Latvia W 21–20	Japan L 16–18	ROC W 21–16	Serbia L 14–21	China L 20–21	Netherlands W 16–18 (OT)	Poland W 16–14	2	N/A	Latvia L 8–21	Serbia L 10–21	4

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament

Belgium men's national 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top finish at the 2021 Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament. ^[8]

Team roster

The players were announced on 3 July 2021. ^[9]

• Rafael Bogaerts
• Nick Celis
• Thierry Mariën
• Thibaut Vervoort

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Serbia	7	7	0	138	91	+47	Semifinals
2	Belgium	7	4 [lower-alpha 1]	3	126	127	−1
3	Latvia	7	4 [lower-alpha 1]	3	133	129	+4	Quarterfinals
4	Netherlands	7	4 [lower-alpha 1]	3	132	129	+3
5	ROC	7	3	4	116	125	−9
6	Japan (H)	7	2 [lower-alpha 2]	5	123	134	−11
7	Poland	7	2 [lower-alpha 2]	5	120	130	−10
8	China	7	2 [lower-alpha 2]	5	119	142	−23

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Belgium 2–0, Latvia 1–1, Netherlands 0–2
2. Japan 1–1, 123 PS; Poland 1–1, 120 PS; China 1–1, 119 PS

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 18:40 v

Report

Latvia	20–21	Belgium
Pts: Lasmanis 11		Pts: Vervoort 11

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Edmond Ho (HKG)

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24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 22:25 v

Report

Belgium	16–18 (OT)	Japan
Pts: Bogaerts 5		Pts: Yasuoka 7

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Su Yu-yen (TPE)

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 11:35 v

Report

ROC	16–21	Belgium
Pts: Karpenkov 7		Pts: Celis, Vervoort 7

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Cecília Tóth (HUN)

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 15:25 v

Report

Serbia	21–14	Belgium
Pts: Domović Bulut 13		Pts: Bogaerts 6

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Cecília Tóth (HUN)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 11:35 v

Report

Belgium	20–21	China
Pts: Vervoort 10		Pts: Hu 9

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Cecília Tóth (HUN)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 18:40 v

Report

Netherlands	17–18 (OT)	Belgium
Pts: Voorn 10		Pts: Vervoort 7

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS)

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 14:40 v

Report

Belgium	16–14	Poland
Pts: Vervoort 11		Pts: Hicks 8

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)

Semifinal

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 18:40 v

Report

Belgium	8–21	Latvia
Pts: Vervoort 5		Pts: Lasmanis 9

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

Bronze medal match

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 21:15 v

Report

Serbia	21–10	Belgium
Pts: Domović Bulut 7		Pts: Vervoort 5

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Slalom

Belgium entered one canoeist to compete in the men's K-1 class at the Games, as the International Canoe Federation accepted the nation's request to claim an unused berth from the 2020 Oceania Championships. ^[10]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriel De Coster	Men's K-1	152.94	24	98.67	17	98.67	22	Did not advance

Sprint

Belgium qualified a boat in the women's K-2 200 m for the Games by finishing fourth overall and second among those nations eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary. ^[11] Meanwhile, one additional boat was awarded to the Belgian canoeist in the men's K-1 1000 m by winning the gold medal at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta. ^[12]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Artuur Peters	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:41.967	3 QF	3:45.712	1 SF	3:26.773	5 FB	3:26.781	10
Lize Broekx	Women's K-1 500 m	1:52.476	7 QF	1:49.336	2 SF	1:54.489	5 FC	1:56.842	21
Hermien Peters		1:47.959	1 SF	Bye		1:52.829	2 FA	1:53.716	6
Lize Broekx Hermien Peters	Women's K-2 500 m	1:48.137	4 QF	1:47.649	1 SF	1:39.046	5 FB	1:38.475	9

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Belgium entered a squad of eight riders (five men and three women) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking. ^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tiesj Benoot	Road race	6:16:53	58
Remco Evenepoel	Road race	6:15:38	49
	Time trial	57:21.27	9
Wout Van Aert	Road race	6:06:33
	Time trial	56:44.72	6
Greg Van Avermaet	Road race	Did not finish
Mauri Vansevenant		6:21:46	77

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Valerie Demey	Road race	Did not finish
Lotte Kopecky		3:54:24	4
Julie Van de Velde	Road race	4:01:08	42
	Time trial	34:23.49	19

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Belgian riders accumulated spots for both men and women in madison and omnium based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Kenny De Ketele	Men's omnium	11	20	7	28	10	22	0	6	70	13
Lotte Kopecky	Women's omnium	=13	16	DNF	0	DNS				DNF

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Kenny De Ketele Robbe Ghys	Men's madison	32	0	4
Jolien D'Hoore Lotte Kopecky	Women's madison	−18	−20	10

* Lindsay De Vylder and Shari Bossuyt will travel as reserves

Mountain biking

Belgian mountain bikers qualified for one men's and one women's quota place each into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's thirteenth-place-finish for men and fourteenth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jens Schuermans	Men's cross-country	1:29:07	18
Githa Michiels	Women's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	33

BMX

Race

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elke Vanhoof	Women's race	12	4 Q	16	6	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Belgium fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the Olympic team jumping competition by winning the gold medal and securing the first of three available berths for Group A and B at the European Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands. ^[14] Meanwhile, two riders were added to the Spanish roster based on the following results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings: a top two finish outside the group selection for Group B (South Western Europe) in eventing and a highest overall placement outside the group and continental selection in dressage. ^[15]

With Ireland withdrawing from the team dressage competition, Belgium received an invitation from FEI to send a dressage team to the Games, as the highest-ranked composite team, not yet represented. Belgium is hence set to compete in team dressage for the first time since Amsterdam 1928. ^[16]

Belgian equestrian squads for eventing and jumping were named on June 24, 2021. ^[17] The dressage team was named on July 3, 2021. ^[18]

Dressage

Alexa Fairchild and Dabanos have been named the travelling alternates. ^[18]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Domien Michiels	Intermezzo van het Meerdaalhof	Individual	70.202	28	—		Did not advance
Larissa Pauluis	Flambeau		67.251	42			Did not advance
Laurence Roos	Fil Rouge		70.699	23			Did not advance
Domien Michiels Larissa Pauluis Laurence Roos	See above	Team	6702.5	10	Did not advance		—		Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Lara de Liedekerke-Meier	Alpaga d’Arville	Individual	37.20	33	Withdrawn

Jumping

Yves Vanderhasselt and Jeunesse were originally named as the travelling alternates, but for veterinary reasons were replaced by Pieter Devos and Claire Z. ^{[17] [19]}

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Niels Bruynseels	Delux van T & L	Individual	0	=1 Q	Eliminated
Jérôme Guery	Quel Homme de Hus		0	=1 Q	7	99.84	14
Gregory Wathelet	Nevados S		0	=1 Q	4	84.26	9
Pieter Devos Jérôme Guery Gregory Wathelet	See above	Team	4	=2 Q	12	242.02

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full-time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Belgium men's	Men's tournament	Netherlands W 3–1	Germany W 3–1	South Africa W 9–4	Canada W 9–1	Great Britain D 2–2	1 Q	Spain W 3–1	India W 5–2	Australia W 3–2P FT: 1–1

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Belgium men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2019 EuroHockey Nations Championships in Antwerp. ^[20]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 24 June 2021. ^[21]

Head coach: Shane McLeod ^[22]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
4	DF	Arthur Van Doren	(1994-10-01)1 October 1994 (aged 26)	197	9	Bloemendaal
7	MF	John-John Dohmen	(1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 33)	408	27	Orée
8	FW	Florent Van Aubel	(1991-10-25)25 October 1991 (aged 29)	246	47	Dragons
9	FW	Sébastien Dockier	(1989-12-28)28 December 1989 (aged 31)	208	60	Pinoké
10	FW	Cédric Charlier	(1987-11-27)27 November 1987 (aged 33)	328	50	Dragons
12	DF	Gauthier Boccard	(1991-08-26)26 August 1991 (aged 29)	233	13	Waterloo Ducks
13	FW	Nicolas De Kerpel	(1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (aged 28)	72	13	Herakles
14	MF	Augustin Meurmans	(1997-05-29)29 May 1997 (aged 24)	71	0	Racing
16	DF	Alexander Hendrickx	(1993-08-06)6 August 1993 (aged 27)	139	50	Pinoké
17	FW	Thomas Briels	(1987-08-23)23 August 1987 (aged 33)	352	40	Oranje-Rood
19	MF	Félix Denayer (Captain)	(1990-01-31)31 January 1990 (aged 31)	334	20	Dragons
21	GK	Vincent Vanasch	(1987-12-21)21 December 1987 (aged 33)	244	0	Rot-Weiss Köln
22	MF	Simon Gougnard	(1991-01-17)17 January 1991 (aged 30)	292	20	Leuven
23	DF	Arthur De Sloover	(1997-05-03)3 May 1997 (aged 24)	96	0	Beerschot
24	MF	Antoine Kina	(1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (aged 25)	80	6	Gantoise
25	DF	Loïck Luypaert	(1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 29)	254	44	Braxgata
26	MF	Victor Wegnez	(1995-12-25)25 December 1995 (aged 25)	101	11	Racing
27	FW	Tom Boon	(1990-01-25)25 January 1990 (aged 31)	304	124	Léopold

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	4	1	0	26	9	+17	13	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	5	3	0	2	19	10	+9	9
3	Great Britain	5	2	2	1	11	11	0	8
4	Netherlands	5	2	1	2	13	13	0	7
5	South Africa	5	1	1	3	16	24	−8	4
6	Canada	5	0	1	4	9	27	−18	1

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 11:45 v Netherlands   1–3   Belgium Hertzberger  35' Report Hendrickx  41', 44', 45' North Pitch Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Adam Kearns (AUS)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 09:30 v Germany   1–3   Belgium Häner  51' Report Charlier  5', 7' Hendrickx  35' North Pitch Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) David Tomlinson (NZL)

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 18:30 v Belgium   9–4   South Africa Dohmen  4', 15' Hendrickx  9', 18', 40' Briels  12' Van Doren  15' Gougnard  25' Charlier  41' Report D. Cassiem  5', 31' M. Cassiem  23' Ntuli  29' North Pitch Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 10:00 v Belgium   9–1   Canada Hendrickx  12', 40' Dockier  29', 32' Denayer  39' Gougnard  43', 45' Boon  51' Van Aubel  55' Report Pearson  15' South Pitch Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Peter Wright (RSA)

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30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 21:15 v Belgium   2–2   Great Britain Boon  36' Briels  43' Report Shipperley  17' Ansell  38' South Pitch Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

Quarterfinal

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 18:30 v Belgium   3–1   Spain Hendrickx  38', 57' Boon  41' Report Alegre  26' Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)

Semifinal

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) 10:30 v India   2–5   Belgium Harmanpreet  7' Mandeep  8' Report Luypaert  2' Hendrickx  19', 49', 53' Dohmen  60' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Coen van Bunge (NED)

Gold medal game

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05) 19:00 v Australia   1–1   Belgium Wickham  47' Report Van Aubel  32' Penalties Govers Ogilvie Brand Simmonds Whetton 2–3 Van Aubel De Sloover Denayer Hendrickx Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Marcin Grochal (POL)

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Belgium entered a total of two male golfers and one female golfer into the Olympic tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Thomas Detry	Men's	70	67	68	69	274	−10	=22
Thomas Pieters		65	76	64	68	273	−11	=16
Manon De Roey	Women's	71	67	74	74	286	+2	=46

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

Belgium fielded a full squad of four gymnasts in the women's artistic gymnastics events by finishing seventh out of nine nations eligible for qualification in the team all-around at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. ^[23]

Women

Team

Athlete	Qualification						Final
	Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
	V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Maellyse Brassart	13.766	13.366	13.033	12.766	52.931	35	14.033	—	10.933	—	—
Nina Derwael	13.900	15.366 Q	13.766	13.566	56.598	7 Q	—	15.400	13.866	13.366
Lisa Vaelen	13.000	14.100	12.500	12.766	52.366	42	14.233	13.766	—	12.900
Jutta Verkest	13.400	13.633	13.666	12.933	53.632	26 Q	13.466	12.466	12.200	13.066
Total	41.066	43.099	40.465	39.265	163.895	5 Q	41.732	41.632	36.999	39.332	159.695	8

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Nina Derwael	All-around	See team results						13.900	15.266	13.366	13.433	55.965	6
	Uneven bars	—	15.366	—	15.366	1 Q	—	15.200	—	15.200
Jutta Verkest	All-around	See team results						13.400	12.466	12.733	12.633	51.232	23

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Four Judoka have qualified through being in the top 18 of the IJF World Ranking List in their respective class. Additionally, Gabriella Willems received one of the additional places for European athletes, but was unable to compete due to a knee injury.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jorre Verstraeten	Men's −60 kg	—	Plafky  (GER) W 01–00	Takato  (JPN) L 00–10	Did not advance
Matthias Casse	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Gandía  (PUR) W 11–01	Pacek  (SWE) W 11–01	Khubetsov  (RUS) W 10–00	Nagase  (JPN) L 00–01	Bye	Grigalashvili  (GEO) W 10–00
Toma Nikiforov	Men's −100 kg	—	Buzacarini  (BRA) W 01–00	Fonseca  (POR) L 10–00	did not advance
Charline van Snick	Women's −52 kg	—	Guica  (CAN) W 11–00	Cohen  (ISR) W 10–00	Giuffrida  (ITA) L 00–01	Did not advance	Giles  (GBR) L 00–10	Did not advance	7

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified one boat in the men's lightweight double sculls for the Games by winning the B-final and securing the last of seven berths available at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria. ^[24]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tim Brys Niels van Zandweghe	Men's lightweight double sculls	6:26.51	2 SA/B	—		6:13.07	3 FA	6:18.10	5

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Belgian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas. ^[25]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Wannes Van Laer	Men's Laser	33	25	20	14	28	31	14	18	13	17	—		EL	180	27
Emma Plasschaert	Women's Laser Radial	10	17	11	8	6	5	5	4	17	21	—		2	87	4
Anouk Geurts Isaura Maenhaut	Women's 49erFX	17	3	4	14	DSQ	UFD	2	16	15	10	9	9	EL	121	14

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Belgian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) of June 5, 2021. ^[26]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jessie Kaps	Women's 10 m air rifle	623.4	27	Did not advance

Skateboarding

Main articles: Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Lore Bruggeman and Axel Cruysberghs have qualified for the games by finishing top 16 in the Olympic world skateboarding rankings for the women's street and men's street competitions respectively.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Axel Cruysberghs	Men's street	24.81	13	Did not advance
Lore Bruggeman	Women's street	9.27	11	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Belgian swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): ^{[27] [28]} Two-time Olympian Pieter Timmers originally qualified in 2019, however he officially announced his retirement from the sport at the end of 2020 swimming season and instead returned their quota spot. ^[29]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Louis Croenen	Men's 100 m butterfly	52.23	28	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m butterfly	1:55.78	14 Q	1:56.67	16	Did not advance
Fanny Lecluyse	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:07.93	26	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2.23.42	11 Q	2:23.73	8 Q	2:24.57	8

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Belgium entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Jaouad Achab qualified directly for the men's lightweight category (68 kg) by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jaouad Achab	Men's −68 kg	Pié  (DOM) L 11–18	Did not advance

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	Men's doubles	—	Koolhof / Rojer  (NED) L 3–6, 6–7(5–7)	Did not advance
Elise Mertens	Women's singles	Alexandrova  (ROC) L 6–4, 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Alison Van Uytvanck		Jorović  (SRB) W 6–3, 6–2	Kvitová  (CZE) W 5–7, 6–3, 6–0	Muguruza  (ESP) L 4–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Elise Mertens Alison Van Uytvanck	Women's doubles	—	Muguruza / Suárez Navarro  (ESP) L 6–3, 7–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified four triathletes for the following events at the Games by winning the gold medal and securing the first of three available berths at the 2021 ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Tournament in Lisbon, Portugal. ^[30]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total
Jelle Geens	Men's	Withdrew due to positive COVID-19 test
Marten Van Riel		17:45	0:40	56:37	0:29	30:21	1:45:52	4
Valerie Barthelemy	Women's	19:18	0:41	1:03:07	0:31	35:12	1:58:49	10
Claire Michel		19:40	0:44	1:06:34	0:30	43:37	2:11:05	34

Relay

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (300 m)	Trans 1	Bike (7 km)	Trans 2	Run (2 km)	Total group
Jelle Geens	Mixed relay	4:11	0:38	9:39	0:26	5:36	20:34	—
Marten Van Riel		4:04	0:37	9:23	0:26	5:38	20:08
Valerie Barthelemy		4:17	0:37	10:24	0:30	6:20	22:08
Claire Michel		3:53	0:40	10:31	0:29	6:17	21:50
Total		—					1:24:36	5

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Belgian weightlifters qualified for two quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021. ^[31]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nina Sterckx	Women's −49 kg	81	7	99	5	180	5
Anna Van Bellinghen	Women's +87 kg	96	11	123	10	219	11

See also

• Belgium at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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