| Belgium at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships | |
|---|---|
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| FINA code | BEL |
| National federation | Royal Belgian Swimming Federation |
| Website | belswim |
| in Doha, Qatar | |
| Competitors | 11 in 3 sports |
| Medals |
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| World Aquatics Championships appearances | |
Belgium competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar from 2 to 18 February.
The following is the list of competitors in the Championships. [1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artistic swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Open water swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Total | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Renaud Barral | Solo technical routine | 167.4516 | 12 Q | 166.4566 | 12 |
| Solo free routine | 118.8895 | 8 Q | 117.4333 | 8 | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Vanhuys | Men's 5 km | 53:23.4 | 22 |
| Men's 10 km | 1:51:25.0 | 33 |
Belgium entered 9 swimmers. [2]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Lucas Henveaux | 200 metre freestyle | 1:46.93 | 9 Q | 1:46.75 | 11 | Did not advance | |
| 400 metre freestyle | 3:46.15 NR | 7 Q | — | 3:44.61 NR | 5 | ||
| 800 metre freestyle | 7:52.10 NR | 19 | — | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Valentine Dumont | 200 metre freestyle | 1:58.40 | 11 Q | 1:58.57 | 13 | Did not advance | |
| 400 metre freestyle | 4:10.96 | 13 | — | ||||
| Lucie Hanquet | 1500 metre freestyle | 16:48.23 | 21 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Grace Palmer | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:29.03 | 18 | Did not advance | |||
| Alisée Pisane | 800 metre freestyle | 8:45.28 | 18 | — | Did not advance | ||
| 1500 metre freestyle | 16:37.91 | 19 | |||||
| Roos Vanotterdijk | 50 metre backstroke | 28.98 | 24 | Did not advance | |||
| 50 metre butterfly | 26.47 | 17 | |||||
| Fleur Vermeiren | 50 metre breaststroke | 31.08 | 14 Q | 31.60 | 16 | Did not advance | |
| Valentine Dumont Camille Henveaux Lucie Hanquet Lotte Vanhauwaert | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 8:06.56 | 15 | — | Did not advance | ||
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