Belgium at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Belgium is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the country's debut in 1900, Belgian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for the sparsely attended St. Louis 1904.
| Belgium at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BEL |
| NOC | Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
| Competitors | 40 in 8 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in field hockey, football, and handball are not counted:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Boxing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canoeing | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Cycling | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Equestrian | TBD | TBD | 9 |
| Gymnastics | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sailing | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Swimming | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 16 | 15 | 40 |
Athletics
Belgian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1]
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Track and road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Alexander Doom | Men's 400 m | ||||||||
| Tibo De Smet | Men's 800 m | ||||||||
| Bashir Abdi | Men's marathon | — | |||||||
| Koen Naert | |||||||||
| Michael Somers | |||||||||
| Cynthia Bolingo | Women's 400 m | ||||||||
| Hanne Claes | Women's 400 m hurdles | ||||||||
| Hanne Verbruggen | Women's marathon | — | |||||||
Boxing
Belgium entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament for the first time since Barcelona 1992. Romanian-born Vasile Usturoi (men's featherweight), with Oshin Derieuw (women's welterweight) slated to become the country's first female boxer in history at the Games, secured the spots on the Belgian squad in their respective weight divisions by advancing to the semifinal match at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.[2]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Vasile Usturoi | Men's featherweight | ||||||
| Oshin Derieuw | Women's welterweight | ||||||
Canoeing
Sprint
Belgium qualified a boat in the Men's K-1 1000 m and the Women's K-2 500 m for the Games by finishing sixth resp. fourth at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.[3][4]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Artuur Peters | Men's K-1 1000 m | ||||||||
| Lize Broekx Hermien Peters |
Women's K-2 500 m | ||||||||
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road
Belgium entered a full team of eight road cyclists (four per gender). Belgium qualified four male athletes by finishing 1st in the UCI Nation Ranking, while the women qualified four athletes, by finishing 3rd.[5]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race | |||
| Time trial | |||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race | |||
| Time trial |
Equestrian
Belgium entered a full squad of equestrian riders to the dressage competition by finishing 8th at the 2023 FEI European Dressage Championships in Riesenbeck, Germany, picking up one of the three qualifying spots on offer at the event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with six of the top 8 teams already qualifying earlier in the 2022 FEI World Championships. Belgium entered a full squad of equestrian riders to the eventing competition by finishing 7th at the 2023 European Eventing Championships in Le Pin-au-Haras, France, picking up one of the two qualifying spots on offer for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.[6] Belgium entered a full squad of equestrian riders to the jumping competition by winning the gold medal at the 2022 Jumping Nations Cup Final in Barcelona, Spain.[7]
Dressage
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank | |||
| Individual | — | |||||||||
| |
See above | Team | — | |||||||
Eventing
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifier | Final | ||||||||||||||
| Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
| Individual | |||||||||||||||
| |
See above | Team | — | ||||||||||||
Jumping
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Time | Rank | |||
| Individual | |||||||
| |
Team | ||||||
Gymnastics
Artistic
Belgium's men team earned the right to send an individual gymnast to the Games by finishing as one of the three strongest non-qualified nations at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Luka Van den Keybus also officially booked his Olympic ticket at the same championships as one the highest-ranked eight All-Around gymnasts who did not have a pathway to Paris as part of a qualified team.[8] Noah Kuavita earned the one available individual Paris 2024 quota spot for the parallel bars at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[9]
- Men
- Individual
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Luka Van den Keybus | All-around | ||||||||||||||||
| Noah Kuavita | Parallel bars | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Sailing
Belgian sailors qualified one boat in the 49erFX classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| William de Smet | Laser | |||||||||||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | ||||
| Emma Plasschaert | Laser Radial | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Anouk Geurts Isaura Maenhaut |
49erFX | ||||||||||||||||||
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Swimming
Belgian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[10][11]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Lucas Henveaux | Men's 400 m freestyle | — | |||||
| Valentine Dumont | Women's 200 m freestyle | ||||||
| Women's 400 m freestyle | — | ||||||
| Roos Vanotterdijk | Women's 100 m backstroke | ||||||
| Women's 100 m butterfly | |||||||
References
- "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". Olympics. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- "First 25 Olympic quotas earned in Duisburg". International Canoe Federation. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- "ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2023: All final results, Paris 2024 qualification berths, and medals table - complete list". International Olympic Committee. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- "Canter Leads GB to Double Euro Gold". FEI. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- "Belgium's Double Glory in Barcelona". FEI. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- "Final nine Men's Artistic Gymnastics teams solidify Olympic team qualification in Paris". FIG. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- "2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: All results and scores - complete list". IOC. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- "Championnats de Belgique de natation: recordnational sur 400m libre pour Lucas Henveaux, qualifié pour les JO comme Roos Vanotterdijk" [Belgian National Championships: Lucas Henveaux breaks the 400 m freestyle record, qualifies with Roos Vanotterdijk for the Olympics] (in French). Le Soir. 22 April 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.