History

Belgium made its first Summer Olympic Games appearance in 1900. The nation missed the next games, but returned in 1908 and has competed ever since. Belgium hosted the 1920 Summer Olympic Games in Antwerp. The nation competes with a decent sized team, but more recently competed with around a 100 in the past three games and in a variety of sports including cycling and equestrian along with team sports such as field hockey and historically water polo.

Belgium has earned medals at every Summer Olympics it has competed in with the exception of the 1932 games. They have won a total of 148 medals in 18 sports, including the defunct sport of tug of war. The most successful sports include cycling (26) and archery (20) while 12 medals were also won in athletics, equestrian and judo. The most successful athlete was archer Hubert van Innis whom won 10 medals at the 1900 and 1920 games. During the 2016 Olympics Belgium won six medals.

Qualified Quotas

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 5000m	Isaac Kimeli
Men’s 4x400m Relay	Jonathan Sacoor Robin Vanderbemden Dylan Borlee Kevin Borlee Julien Watrin
Men’s Marathon	Bashir Abdi
	Koen Naert

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 400m Hurdles	Hanne Claes
Women’s 4x400m Relay	Hanne Claes Imke Vervaet Paulien Couckuyt Camille Laus
Women’s Marathon	Nina Laiwaert
Women’s High Jump	Nafissatou Thiam
Women’s Long Jump	Nafissatou Thiam
Women’s Heptathlon	Nafissatou Thiam

Mixed Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Mixed 4x400m Relay	Dylan Borlee Hanne Claes Camille Laus Kevin Borlee Robin Vanderbemden Imke Vervaet

Canoeing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s K2 500m	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx

Cycling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Road Race	Qualified Via Rankings
Women’s Road Race	Qualified Via Rankings
Men’s Time Trial (1) (2)	Remco Evenepoel
	Qualified Via Rankings
Women’s Time Trial	Qualified Via Rankings

Equestrian

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Individual Dressage	Laurence Roos Horse: Fil Rouge
Individual Eventing	Karin Donckers Horse: Fletcha van ‘t Verahof
Individual Jumping	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Team Jumping	Pieter Devos Horse: Claire Z Jos Verlooy Horse: Igor Jerome Guery Horse: Quel Homme de Hus Gregory Wathelet Horse: MJT Nevados S

Field Hockey

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Tournament	Loic Van Doren Arthur Van Doren John-John Dohmen Florent van Aubel Cedric Charlier Gauthier Boccard Nicolas De Kerpel Emmanuel Stockbroekx Alexander Hendrickx Thomas Briels Felix Denayer Vincent Vanasch Simon Gougnard Arthur De Sloover Antoine Kina Loick Luypaert Victor Wegnez Tom Boon

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Artistic Individual Events	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Women’s Artistic Team All-Around	Maellyse Brassart Margaux Daveloose Nina Derwael Senna Deriks Jade Vansteenkiste

Rowing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls	Tim Brys Niels van Zandweghe

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Laser Radial	Emma Passchaert

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 100m Freestyle	Pieter Timmers
Men’s 200m Butterfly	Louis Croenen

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m Breaststroke	Fanny Lecluyse
Women’s 200m Breaststroke	Fanny Lecluyse

Taekwondo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -68kg	Jaouad Achab