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| Belgium at the European Athletics Championships | |
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| WA code | BEL |
| National federation | Royal Belgian Athletics Federation |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 18th |
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| European Athletics Championships appearances (overview) | |
These are the results of the Belgian athletes at the European Athletics Championships.
| Medal | Athlete | Championship | Discipline |
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 Silver | Kim Gevaert | 2002 Munich | 100 m |
| Silver | Kim Gevaert | 2002 Munich | 200 m |
 Gold | Kim Gevaert | 2006 Gothenburg | 100 m |
| Gold | Kim Gevaert | 2006 Gothenburg | 200 m |
| Gold | Tia Hellebaut | 2006 Gothenburg | High jump |
 Bronze | Svetlana Bolshakova | 2010 Barcelona | Triple jump |
| Bronze | Nafissatou Thiam | 2014 Zürich | Heptathlon |
| Gold | Nafissatou Thiam | 2018 Berlin | Heptathlon |
| Gold | Nafissatou Thiam | 2022 Munich | Heptathlon |
| Gold | Nafissatou Thiam | 2024 Rome | Heptathlon |
| Bronze | Noor Vidts | 2024 Rome | Heptathlon |
| Bronze | Cynthia Bolingo Camille Laus Helena Ponette Naomi Van Den Broeck Imke Vervaet | 2024 Rome | 4 × 400 metres relay |
Tia Hellebaut is a retired Belgian track and field athlete, as well as a chemist, who started out in her sports career in the heptathlon, and afterwards specialized in the high jump event. She has cleared 2.05 metres both indoors and outdoors.
Jonathan Nsenga is a retired Belgian hurdler.
Maria-Christine Soetewey is a retired Belgian high jumper.
Kevin Borlée is a Belgian sprinter, who specializes in the 400 metres. He is a member of the Borlée family.
Alfons ("Fons") Brydenbach was a Belgian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He is a former world indoor record holder.
Eline Berings is a Belgian retired athlete, who competed in the 100 m hurdles. She is the 2005 European junior champion, and took her first medal as a senior by winning the 2009 European Indoor Championships. Her personal best times are 12.72 and 7.92 in the 100 and 60 m hurdles respectively.
Svetlana Bolshakova is a Russian-born triple jumper of who competes for Belgium internationally. She married Belgian high jumper Stijn Stroobants in August 2006 and acquired the Belgian nationality in July 2008.
Adrien Deghelt is a Belgian hurdler.
Nafissatou "Nafi" Thiam is a Belgian athlete specialising in multi-event competition. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning the heptathlon event at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Thiam is the only Belgian athlete, male or female, to successfully defend an Olympic title and only the second woman after Jackie Joyner-Kersee to win back-to-back Olympic titles in the event.
Erik Wijmeersch is a Belgian former track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events. His greatest success was a gold medal in the 200 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1996. His best time of 20.66 remains the Belgian indoor record for the event. He also holds bests of 10.17 seconds for the 100 metres and 6.69 seconds for the indoor 60 metres.
The 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 5 to 8 March 2015 in the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.
Dylan Borlée is a Belgian sprinter who competes in the 400 metres. He is a member of the Borlée family.
Julien Watrin is a Belgian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. In 2023, he won his first individual major senior medal, with silver at the European Indoor Championships. Watrin earned several major medals with national men's 4 × 400 m relays, including bronzes at the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships.
Didied Falise is a retired Belgian triple jumper.
Sandrine Hennart is a retired Belgian long jumper who also excelled in the sprints.
Jonathan Sacoor is a Belgian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.
Noor Vidts is a Belgian athlete competing in the combined events. She won the gold medal in the pentathlon at the 2022 and 2024 World Indoor Championships. Vidts placed fourth in the heptathlon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She earned silver and bronze for the pentathlon at the 2021 and 2023 European Indoor Championships respectively.
Isaac Kimeli is a Kenyan born Belgian middle- and long-distance runner. He won the silver medal in the 3000 metres at the European Indoor Championships. Kimeli earned a silver in the 5000 metres at the European U23 Championships. He took four individual medals at the European Cross Country Championships.
Alexander Doom is a Belgian sprinter specializing in the 400 metres. In 2024, he became the first male athlete to win the individual 400 metres and 4×400 metres relay at the same World Athletics Indoor Championships He has won several medals in international competitions with the Belgian 4 × 400 metres relay team and holds a personal best of 44.15 over the 400 metres.
The 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held from 2 to 5 March 2023 at the Ataköy Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, the first time the event took place in this country although the venue did stage the 2012 World Indoor Championships for which this 7000-seater was specifically built. The four-day competition was held during the centenary year of the Republic of Turkey, and featured 13 men's and 13 women's athletics events over three morning and four afternoon sessions.