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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 |
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Men’s 5000m | Isaac Kimeli | |
Men’s 4x400m Relay | Jonathan Sacoor Robin Vanderbemden Dylan Borlee Kevin Borlee Julien Watrin |
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Men’s Marathon | Bashir Abdi | |
Koen Naert | ||
Men’s Pole Vault | Ben Broeders |
Women’s Events
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s 400m Hurdles | Hanne Claes | |
Women’s 4x400m Relay | Hanne Claes Imke Vervaet Paulien Couckuyt Camille Laus |
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Women’s Marathon | Hanne Verbruggen | |
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 |
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Mixed 4x400m Relay | Dylan Borlee Hanne Claes Camille Laus Kevin Borlee Robin Vanderbemden Imke Vervaet |
Basketball
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s Tournament | Julie Allemand Marjorie Carpreaux Antonia Delaere Kyara Linskens Billie Massey Emma Meesseman Hanne Mestdagh Kim Mestdagh Heleen Nauwelaers Jana Raman Laure Resimont Ann Wauters |
Canoeing
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s K2 500m | Hermien Peters Lize Broekx |
Cycling
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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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 | |
Men’s Madison | Qualified Via Rankings | |
Women’s Madison | Qualified Via Rankings | |
Men’s Omnium | Eligible to Compete | |
Women’s Omnium | Eligible to Compete |
Equestrian
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Individual Dressage | Laurence Roos Horse: Fil Rouge |
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Individual Eventing | Karin Donckers Horse: Fletcha van ‘t Verahof |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls | Tim Brys Niels van Zandweghe |
Sailing
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s Laser Radial | Emma Passchaert |
Swimming
Men’s Events
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s 100m Freestyle | Pieter Timmers | |
Men’s 200m Butterfly | Louis Croenen |
Women’s Events
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Women’s 100m Breaststroke | Fanny Lecluyse | |
Women’s 200m Breaststroke | Fanny Lecluyse |
Taekwondo
Event | Qualifying Athletes | Selected Athletes |
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Men’s -68kg | Jaouad Achab |