Belgium at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Belgium at the 2026 Winter Olympics
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IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Website	www.teambelgium.be  (in Dutch and French)
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 6 February 2026 (2026-02-06) – 22 February 2026 (2026-02-22)
Competitors	30 (14 men and 16 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearers	Hanne Desmet & Maximilien Drion (Milan) [1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Belgium will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	1	3
Biathlon	4	4	8
Bobsleigh	0	1	1
Figure skating	0	2	2
Short-track speed skating	4	2	6
Skeleton	0	1	1
Ski mountaineering	1	0	1
Snowboarding	0	2	2
Speed skating	3	3	6
Total	14	16	30

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified one female and one male alpine skier through the basic quota (D.1) and a second male alpine skier through the Olympic Quota Allocation List (D.3). ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sam Maes	Men's giant slalom
Sam Maes	Men's slalom
Armand Marchant

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Vanreusel	Women's slalom

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified four female and four male biathletes through the 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup score. ^{[3] [4]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Florent Claude	Sprint
Thierry Langer
Florent Claude	Pursuit
Thierry Langer
Florent Claude	Individual
Thierry Langer
Florent Claude	Mass start
Thierry Langer
Florent Claude Thierry Langer Marek Mackels  [ pl ] Sam Parmantier	Relay

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Eve Bouvard  [ fr; de ]	Sprint
Maya Cloetens
Lotte Lie
Eve Bouvard  [ fr; de ]	Pursuit
Maya Cloetens
Lotte Lie
Eve Bouvard  [ fr; de ]	Individual
Maya Cloetens
Lotte Lie
Eve Bouvard  [ fr; de ]	Mass start
Maya Cloetens
Lotte Lie
Eve Bouvard  [ fr; de ] Maya Cloetens Marisa Emonts Lotte Lie	Relay

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
	Relay

Bobsleigh

Main articles: Bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium was allocated 1 quota place in the women's monobob on the basis of the Olympic Qualification System (QS) Milano Cortina 2026 for bobsleigh and skeleton. ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kelly Van Petegem  [ nl ]	Women's

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

In the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, the United States, Belgium secured one quota in the women's singles. ^[6] At the ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025 in Beijing, China, Belgium secured a second quota in the women's singles. ^{[7] [8]}

Athlete	Event	SP/SD		FP/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Loena Hendrickx	Women's singles
Nina Pinzarrone

Short-track speed skating

Main articles: Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified six short-track speed skaters (four men and two women) after the conclusion of the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour. ^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stijn Desmet	Men's 500 m
	Men's 1000 m
	Men's 1500 m
Stijn Desmet Adriaan Dewagtere  [ es ] Ward Pétré Warre Van Damme  [ es ]	5000 m relay	—N/a

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hanne Desmet	Women's 500 m
	Women's 1000 m
	Women's 1500 m
Tineke den Dulk  [ nl ]

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tineke den Dulk  [ nl ] Hanne Desmet Stijn Desmet Ward Pétré	2000 m relay

Key:FA = Qualified to medal round; FB = Qualified to consolation round; PEN = Penalty; Q = Qualified to next round based on position in heat; q = Qualified to next round based on time in field

Skeleton

Main articles: Skeleton at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium was allocated 1 quota place in the women's skeleton on the basis of the Olympic Qualification System (QS) Milano Cortina 2026 for bobsleigh and skeleton. ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Meylemans	Women's

Ski mountaineering

Main articles: Ski mountaineering at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Ski mountaineering at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified one male ski mountaineer through the Olympic ranking lists. ^[10]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maximilien Drion	Men's sprint

Snowboarding

Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified two female Slopestyle & Big Air snowboarders through the basic quota. ^[11]

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Evy Poppe	Big air
Sky Remans
Evy Poppe	Slopestyle			—N/a					—N/a
Sky Remans

Speed skating

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Following the conclusion of the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Competitions designated for qualification of event quota places for the XXV Olympic Winter Games 2026, Belgian women speed skaters were allocated 1 quota each for the 1000 metres, the 1500 metres, the 3000 metres, the 5000 metres, and the team sprint as well as 2 quota in the mass start. Belgian male speed skaters were allocated 1 quota each for the 1000 metres, the 1500 metres, the 5000 metres, and the 10000 metres, as well as 2 quota in the mass start. ^[12]

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Mathias Vosté	Men's 1000 m
	Men's 1500 m
Bart Swings	Men's 5000 m
	Men's 10,000 m
Isabelle van Elst  [ nl ]	Women's 1000 m
	Women's 1500 m
Sandrine Tas	Women's 3000 m
	Women's 5000 m

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Indra Médard  [ nl ]	Men's
Bart Swings
Sandrine Tas	Women's
Fran Vanhoutte

Team pursuit

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Sandrine Tas Isabelle van Elst  [ nl ] Fran Vanhoutte	Women's team pursuit

Key:FA = Qualified to gold medal round; FB = Qualified to bronze medal round; L = Lost; OR = Olympic record; Q = Qualified to next round; W = Won

See also

• Belgium at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

References

1. "Ontdek de vlaggendragers van Team Belgium voor Milano Cortina 2026!" [Discover Team Belgium's flag bearers for Milano Cortina 2026!] (in Dutch). Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee. 3 February 2026. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
2. "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Olympic Winter Games 2026". International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). Retrieved 19 January 2026.
3. "World Cup Standings 2024/25". Eurosport.com. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
4. "IBU qualifying points". International Biathlon Union . Retrieved 24 December 2024.
5. "IBSF publishes Olympic quota allocation list for Milano Cortina 2026". www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 19 January 2026. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
6. Jae-youl Kim; Colin Smith (4 April 2025). "Communication No. 2696 - ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION 2026 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (OWG) SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE" (pdf). International Skating Union . Retrieved 4 April 2025.
7. Lena Smirnova (20 September 2025). "ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025: Adeliia Petrosian tops women's event while Georgia, Belgium and PR China secure Olympic quotas". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 20 September 2025.
8. "ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025 preview: Full schedule and how to watch live". Olympics.com . Archived from the original on 20 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
9. "Communication No. 2755 XXV Olympic Winter Games 2026 Milano Cortina Qualified quota places Short Track" (PDF). www.isu.org. Lausanne, Switzerland: International Skating Union. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
10. "Olympic Winter Games". International Ski Mountaineering Federation . Archived from the original on 10 December 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
11. "Snowboard Slopestyle & Big Air quotas list for Olympic Winter Games 2026". International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). Retrieved 19 January 2026.
12. "Communication No. 2758 XXV Olympic Winter Games 2026 Milano Cortina Entries Speed Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union . 22 December 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.