Belgium at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | BEL |
NOC | Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee |
Website | www |
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
Competitors | 104 in 13 sports |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Belgium is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the country's debut in 1900, Belgian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for the sparsely attended St. Louis 1904.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in field hockey, football, and handball are not counted:
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Basketball | 0 | 12 | 12 |
Boxing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Canoeing | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Cycling | 8 | 8 | 16 |
Equestrian | TBD | TBD | 9 |
Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Field hockey | 16 | 16 | 32 |
Gymnastics | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Sailing | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Swimming | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 42 | 53 | 104 |
Belgian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): [1]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Alexander Doom | Men's 400 m | ||||||||
Tibo De Smet | Men's 800 m | ||||||||
John Heymans | Men's 5000 m | ||||||||
Isaac Kimeli | Men's 10,000 m | — | |||||||
Bashir Abdi | Men's marathon | — | |||||||
Koen Naert | |||||||||
Michael Somers | |||||||||
Cynthia Bolingo | Women's 400 m | ||||||||
Hanne Claes | Women's 400 m hurdles | ||||||||
Chloé Herbiet | Women's marathon | — | |||||||
Hanne Verbruggen |
Summary
Team | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Belgium women's | Women's tournament |
The Belgium women's national basketball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top two eligible nations at the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Antwerp. [2]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
2 | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible quarterfinals, based on ranking |
4 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Belgium entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament for the first time since Barcelona 1992. Romanian-born Vasile Usturoi (men's featherweight), with Oshin Derieuw (women's welterweight) slated to become the country's first female boxer in history at the Games, secured the spots on the Belgian squad in their respective weight divisions by advancing to the semifinal match at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland. [3]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Vasile Usturoi | Men's featherweight | ||||||
Oshin Derieuw | Women's welterweight |
Belgium qualified a boat in the Men's K-1 1000 m and the Women's K-2 500 m for the Games by finishing sixth resp. fourth at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany. [4] [5]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Artuur Peters | Men's K-1 1000 m | ||||||||
Lize Broekx Hermien Peters | Women's K-2 500 m |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Belgium entered a full team of eight road cyclists (four per gender). Belgium qualified four male athletes by finishing 1st in the UCI Nation Ranking, while the women qualified four athletes, by finishing 3rd. [6]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Road race | |||
Time trial | |||
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Road race | |||
Time trial |
Results from the final leg of the 2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup events in Milton ensured that the Belgium men's team pursuit team could not finish below tenth overall in the team pursuit world rankings, and were thus guaranteed a quota in all three men's track endurance events in Paris. [7] The Belgium women's madison team secured a quota for the women's madison and omnium by securing a top 5 place in the 2022–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking of NOC's not having obtained a quota via the team pursuit world rankings [8] and two quota for the women's sprint and keirin tournaments by a top 7 place in the 2022–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking of NOC's not having obtained a quota via the team sprint world rankings. [9]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Round 3 | Repechage 3 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals / BM | ||
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Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | ||
Women's sprint | |||||||||||||
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
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Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | ||
Women's keirin | ||||||
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | ||
| Men's team pursuit |
Athlete | Event | Scratch race | Tempo race | Elimination race | Points race | Total | |||||
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Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Points | Rank | ||
Men's omnium | |||||||||||
Women's omnium |
Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
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| Men's madison | |||
| Women's madison |
Belgium entered a full squad of equestrian riders to the dressage competition by finishing 8th at the 2023 FEI European Dressage Championships in Riesenbeck, Germany, picking up one of the three qualifying spots on offer at the event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with six of the top 8 teams already qualifying earlier in the 2022 FEI World Championships. Belgium entered a full squad of equestrian riders to the eventing competition by finishing 7th at the 2023 European Eventing Championships in Le Pin-au-Haras, France, picking up one of the two qualifying spots on offer for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. [10] Belgium entered a full squad of equestrian riders to the jumping competition by winning the gold medal at the 2022 Jumping Nations Cup Final in Barcelona, Spain. [11]
Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | ||||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank | |||
Individual | — | |||||||||
| See above | Team | — |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | |||||||||
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Qualifier | Final | ||||||||||||||
Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
Individual | |||||||||||||||
| See above | Team | — |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
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Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Time | Rank | |||
Individual | |||||||
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Belgium entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Neisser Loyola secured his quota place in men's individual épée event as one of two highest ranked individual fencers, eligible for the European zone through the release of the FIE Individual Adjusted Official Ranking for Paris 2024.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Neisser Loyola | Men's épée |
Key:
Team | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Belgium men's | Men's tournament | ||||||||||
Belgium women's | Women's tournament |
Belgium men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the final at the 2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia, Spain. [12]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
2 | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Belgium women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the final at the 2024 Women's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia, Spain. [13] [14]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
2 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | France (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Belgium's men team earned the right to send an individual gymnast to the Games by finishing as one of the three strongest non-qualified nations at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Luka Van den Keybus also officially booked his Olympic ticket at the same championships as one of the highest-ranked eight All-Around gymnasts who did not have a pathway to Paris as part of a qualified team. [15] Noah Kuavita earned the one available individual Paris 2024 quota spot for the parallel bars at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. [16] Nina Derwael booked her Olympic ticket for the Women's artistic individual all-around competition by winning one of the two 2024 quota places destined for the top two eligible gymnasts on balance beam at the conclusion of the 2024 FIG Apparatus World Cup series. [17]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
Luka Van den Keybus | All-around | ||||||||||||||||
Noah Kuavita | Parallel bars | — | — | — | — |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | F | ||||||
Nina Derwael | All-around |
Belgian sailors qualified one boat in the Men's Dinghy, the Women's Dinghy and the 49erFX classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands. [18] Belgian sailors qualified one boat each in the Men's 49er and the mixed Nacra 17 classes through the French Olympic Week Last Chance Regatta in Hyères, France. [19] [20]
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
William de Smet | ILCA7 | — | ||||||||||||||
Yannick Lefèbvre Jan Heuninck | 49er |
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
Emma Plasschaert | ILCA6 | — | ||||||||||||||
Anouk Geurts Isaura Maenhaut | 49er FX |
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
| Nacra 17 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Belgian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)): [21] [22]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Lucas Henveaux | Men's 400 m freestyle | — | |||||
Valentine Dumont | Women's 200 m freestyle | ||||||
Women's 400 m freestyle | — | ||||||
Florine Gaspard | Women's 50 m freestyle | ||||||
Roos Vanotterdijk | Women's 100 m backstroke | ||||||
Women's 100 m butterfly |
Belgium qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Sarah Chaâri qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in her division.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Sarah Chaâri | Women's –67 kg |
Belgium entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Nina Sterckx secured one of the top ten slots in both the (women's 49 kg) and (women's 59 kg) weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Nina Sterckx |
Belgium competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Belgian athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. The Belgian team consisted of 108 athletes, 70 men and 38 women, across nineteen sports.
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. 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.
The Netherlands 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. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Dutch athletes have competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
The team of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, which competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, represented athletes from both the Republic of Ireland and those from Northern Ireland who choose it instead of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the team's twenty-second appearance at the Summer Olympics, having attended every edition since 1924 except the 1936 Summer Olympics in Germany.
France is the host nation of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. French athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland.
South Africa is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-apartheid era and twenty-first overall in Summer Olympic history.
Great Britain, the team of the British Olympic Association (BOA) which represents the United Kingdom, is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. British athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, Greece, and Switzerland.
Australia is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Australian athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside France, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland. As Brisbane will stage the 2032 Summer Olympics, Australia and the United States, the next nation to host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, will march before the homebound French team enters Place du Trocadéro during the parade of nations segment of the opening ceremony.
Germany is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympic Games after its reunification in 1990.
Japan is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Japanese athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1912 onwards, except for two occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, to which they were not invited because of the nation's role in World War II, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, as part of the United States-led boycott.
The United States of America, represented by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from July 26 to August 11, 2024. U.S. athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, except for the 1980 edition in Moscow, when America led a sixty-six-nation boycott in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. As Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics, the United States will march penultimately before the homebound French team enters Place du Trocadéro during the parade of nations segment of the opening ceremony. Additionally, an American segment will be performed during the closing ceremony.
The Netherlands is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Dutch athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for two occasions: the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Ireland is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024, commemorating its centenary of the team's debut as an independent country in the same venue. Irish athletes have competed in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, either in its own right or as part of a Great Britain and Ireland team before 1924, except for the Nazi-ruled Berlin 1936.
Canada is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Since Canada's debut in 1900, Canadian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the country's support for United States-led boycott.
Argentina is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Argentine athletes have competed in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for three occasions: the sparsely attended St. Louis 1904 and Stockholm 1912; and Moscow 1980 as part of the United States-led boycott.
Switzerland is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Swiss athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games edition of the modern era, except for a partial boycott of Melbourne 1956 as a protest to the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
New Zealand is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the country's twenty-fifth appearance as an independent nation at the Summer Olympics, having made its debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and competed at every Games since.
Spain is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Spanish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1920 onwards, except for two occasions: the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany because of the nation's civil war and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne as a protest against the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
The People's Republic of China is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1952.
South Korea is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except for Moscow 1980 as part of the United States-led boycott.