Belgium at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Belgium at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Website	www.olympic.be (in Dutch and French)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	165 (83 men and 82 women) in 21 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Jérôme Guéry & Emma Meesseman
Flag bearer (closing)	Nafissatou Thiam
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 6 Total 10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Belgium competed 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 1904 edition.

On July 6th, 2024, Team Belgium announced a 172 strong squad (not including 8 reserves), composed of 87 men and 85 women.^[1][2] The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	23	20	43
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	0	12	12
Boxing	2	1	3
Canoeing	1	2	3
Cycling	11	10	21
Equestrian	5	5	10
Fencing	1	0	1
Field hockey	19	19	38
Golf	2	1	3
Gymnastics	3	2	5
Judo	3	1	4
Rowing	3	0	3
Sailing	4	4	8
Sport climbing	1	0	1
Swimming	1	3	4
Table tennis	2	0	2
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Tennis	3	0	3
Triathlon	2	2	4
Weightlifting	0	1	1
Total	87	85	172

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):^[3][4]

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dylan Borlée	Men's 400 m	—		45.36	5	45.51	4	Did not advance
Alexander Doom		—		45.01	2 Q	Bye		DNF		Did not advance
Jonathan Sacoor		—		45.08	4	DNS		Did not advance
Eliott Crestan	Men's 800 m	—		1:45.51	1 Q	Bye		1:43.72	5	Did not advance
Tibo De Smet		—		1:46.03	7	1:46.59	4	Did not advance
Pieter Sisk		—		1:46.60	6	1:45.49	3
Ruben Verheyden	Men's 1500 m	—		3:36.62	12	3:36.06	10	Did not advance
Jochem Vermeulen		—		3:36.66	7	3:36.14	6
John Heymans	Men's 5000 m	—		14:08.33	3 Q	—				13:19.25	11
Isaac Kimeli		—		13:52.18	3 Q	—				13:18.10	8
	Men's 10000 m	—								27:51.52	19
Michael Obasuyi	110 m hurdles	—		13.41	3 Q	Bye		13.36	5	Did not advance
Elie Bacari		—		13.66	7	14.13	7	Did not advance
Dylan Borlée Kevin Borlée Florent Mabille Jonathan Sacoor	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	—		2:59.84 =SB	2 Q	—				2:57.75 NR	4
Bashir Abdi	Men's marathon	—								2:06:47 SB
Koen Naert										2:16:33 SB	61
Michael Somers										2:10:32	22
Delphine Nkansa	Women's 100 m	Bye		11.20 =PB	3 Q	Bye		11.28	7	Did not advance
Rani Rosius		Bye		11.10 PB	4 q			11.29	8
Imke Vervaet	Women's 200 m	—		23.20	7	23.33	3	Did not advance
Cynthia Bolingo	Women's 400 m	—		52.77 SB	8	DNS
Helena Ponette		—		51.75	6	51.46 PB	5
Elise Vanderelst	Women's 1500 m	—		4:06.95	9	4:08.86	7
Lisa Rooms	Women's 5000 m	—		15:37.55	15	—				Did not advance
Hanne Claes	Women's 400 m hurdles	—		54.80 SB	4q	Bye		55.96	8
Paulien Couckuyt		—		54.90 SB	4q			54.64 SB	5
Naomi Van den Broeck		—		55.51 L	5	55.11	2 Q	54.94	6
Chloé Herbiet	Women's marathon	—								DNF
Hanne Verbruggen										2:29:03 SB	19
Elise Mehuys Delphine Nkansa Rani Rosius Rani Vincke	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	—		DSQ		—				Did not advance
Hanne Claes Camille Laus Helena Ponette Naomi Van den Broeck Imke Vervaet	Women's 4 × 400 m relay	—		3:24.92	4 q	—				3:22.40 SB	7
Kevin Borlée Alexander Doom Jonathan Sacoor Helena Ponette Naomi Van den Broeck	Mixed 4 × 400 m relay	—		3:10.74 NR	3 Q	—				3:09.36 NR	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Thomas Carmoy	Men's high jump	2.20	19	Did not advance
Ben Broeders	Men's pole vault	5.60	15
Philip Milanov	Men's discus throw	62.44	15
Timothy Herman	Men's javelin throw	79.42	20
Vanessa Sterckendries	Women's hammer throw	67.67	24

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Nafissatou Thiam	Result	13.56	1.92	15.54 =PB	24.46 SB	6.41	54.04 SB	2:10.62 PB	6880 SB
	Points	1041	1132	897	937	978	939	956
Noor Vidts	Result	13.10 PB	1.83	14.57	23.86	6.40	45.00 PB	2:06.38 PB	6707 PB
	Points	1109	1016	832	994	975	763	1018

Belgium entered two badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Julien Carraggi	Men's singles	Christie (INA) L (18-21, 21–11, 21–16)	Sen (IND) L (21–19, 21–14)	Cordón (GUA) -	3	Bye	Did not advance			27
Lianne Tan	Women's singles	Tai (TPE) L (21-15, 21–14)	Intanon (THA) L (21-8, 21–8)	—	3	Bye	Did not advance			27

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Belgium women's	Women's tournament	Germany L 69–83	United States L 74–87	Japan W 85–58	3q	Spain W 66–79	France L 81–75 (OT)	Australia L 81–85	4

The Belgium women's national basketball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top two eligible nations at the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Antwerp.^[5]

Team roster

A 14-player roster was announced on 24 May 2024.^[6] The final roster was revealed on 6 July 2024.^[7]

Belgium women's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Elise Ramette 25 – (1998-11-03)3 November 1998 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) AE Sedis Bàsquet SF 6 Antonia Delaere 29 – (1994-08-01)1 August 1994 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) CB Avenida SF 10 Laure Résimont 26 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen PF 11 Emma Meesseman (C) 31 – (1993-05-13)13 May 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Fenerbahçe C 13 Kyara Linskens 27 – (1996-11-13)13 November 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Lattes Montpellier PF 15 Nastja Claessens 19 – (2004-12-02)2 December 2004 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) KBT ION Waregem SF 22 Bethy Mununga 27 – (1997-07-22)22 July 1997 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq C 25 Becky Massey 24 – (2000-03-21)21 March 2000 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) IDK Euskotren SF 31 Maxuelle Lisowa-Mbaka 23 – (2001-05-14)14 May 2001 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq C 34 Billie Massey 24 – (2000-03-21)21 March 2000 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) CB Estudiantes PG 35 Julie Vanloo 31 – (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Washington Mystics F 99 Ine Joris 23 – (2001-07-25)25 July 2001 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) BC Castors Braine	Head coach Rachid Meziane[8] Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2024

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	276	218	+58	6	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	2	1	226	220	+6	5
3	Belgium	3	1	2	228	228	0	4
4	Japan	3	0	3	198	262	−64	3

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Belgium entered three 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.^[9] Victor Schelstraete (men's heavyweight) secured his spot following the triumph in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.^[10]

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 57 kg	Bye	Senior (AUS) L 1–4	Did not advance			9
Victor Schelstraete	Men's 92 kg	—	Plodzicki-Faoagali (SAM) W 5–0	Reyes (ESP) L 0–5	Did not advance		5
Oshin Derieuw	Women's 66 kg	Bye	Romeira (CPV) W 3–2	Yang (CHN) L 0–5	Did not advance		5

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.^[11][12] Both athletes having secured a quota place in the Women's K-2 500 m are eligible to compete in the Women's K-1 500 m.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Artuur Peters	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:31.55	4 QF	3:51.20	6	3:32.81	6 FB	3:30.29	13
Lize Broekx	Women's K-1 500 m	1:52.32	5 QF	1:49.78	1 SF	1:52.84	4 FB	1:53.67	14
Hermien Peters		1:51.46	2 SF	Bye		1:49.87	2 FA	1:52.26	7
Lize Broekx Hermien Peters	Women's K-2 500 m	1:41.80	2 SF			1:39.74	2 FA	1:39.84	5

Qualification Legend: QF = Qualify to quarterfinal; SF = Qualify to semifinal; FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Artuur Peters was impeded by an obstruction on the course during his Quarterfinal. At the time that he was obstructed, he was in first place. Pursuant to rule 7.3.1, the Chief Official has exercised his discretion to include this athlete in a spare lane in the Semifinals.

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.^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Remco Evenepoel	Road race	6:19:34
Jasper Stuyven		+2:20	21
Wout Van Aert		+3:47	37
Tiesj Benoot		+7:23	48
Remco Evenepoel	Time trial	36:12.16
Wout Van Aert		+0:25.63

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Justine Ghekiere	Road race	+5:00	24
Lotte Kopecky		+58
Julie Van de Velde		+7:58	53
Margot Vanpachtenbeke		+7:53	43
Lotte Kopecky	Time trial	41:34.82	6

Results from the final leg of the 2024 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup events in Milton ensured that the Belgium men's team pursuit team could not finish below tenth overall in the team pursuit world rankings, and were thus guaranteed a quota in all three men's track endurance events in Paris.^[15] The Belgium women's madison team secured a quota for the women's madison and omnium by securing a top 5 place in the 2022–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking of NOC's not having obtained a quota via the team pursuit world rankings^[16] and two quota for the women's sprint and keirin tournaments by a top 7 place in the 2022–2024 UCI Track Olympic Ranking of NOC's not having obtained a quota via the team sprint world rankings.^[17]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / BM
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Nicky Degrendele	Women's sprint	Did not start
Julie Nicolaes		10.809 PB	24 Q	Friedrich (GER) L	Vece (ITA)  Gaxiola (MEX) L	Did not advance

Team Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Tuur Dens Lindsay De Vylder Fabio Van den Bossche Noah Vandenbranden	Men's team pursuit	3:47.232 NR	7 Q	New Zealand (NZL) L 3:45.685 NR	2 Q7-8	Canada (CAN) L Overlapped	8

OVL = Overlapped

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Nicky Degrendele	Women's keirin	1 Q	Bye	3 Q1/2	4 Q7-12	11
Julie Nicolaes		5	3	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Fabio Van den Bossche	Men's omnium	3	36	1	40	6	30	25	6	131
Lotte Kopecky	Women's omnium	17	8	6	30	4	34	3	44	116	4

Madison

Athlete	Event	Sprint Points	Lap Points	Total Points	Rank
Lindsay De Vylder Fabio Van den Bossche	Men's madison	9	(-20)	(-11)	10
Katrijn De Clercq Hélène Hesters	Women's madison	5	0	5	10

Belgian mountain bikers qualified for two men's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's seventh-place-finish for men in the biennial UCI Mountain Bike Olympic Qualification period ranking;^[18] and for one women's quota place as a result of the re-allocation of unused quota places.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jens Schuermans	Men's cross-country	1:33:29	26
Pierre de Froidmont		1:30:21	18
Emeline Detilleux	Women's cross-country	-1 LAP	25

Belgium secured two quota places (one men's and one women's) race for Paris 2024 through the allocations of final Olympic BMX ranking.^[19][20]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Last Chance Race		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Ruben Gommers	Men's	15	13 q	1:36.250	7	Did not advance			19
Aiko Gommers	Women's	19	19 q	37.819	5	Did not advance			17

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.^[21] 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.^[22]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Flore De Winne	Flynn FRH	Individual	73.028	19	—		Did not advance		73.028	19
Domien Michiels	Intermezzo Van Het Meerdaalhof		72.531	22					72.531	22
Larissa Pauluis	Flambeau		72.127	23					72.127	23
Flore De Winne Domien Michiels Larissa Pauluis	See above	Team	217.686	6 Q	215.714	5	—		215.714	5

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Lara de Liedekerke	Origi	Individual	30.00	23	1.20	31.20	13	4.40	35.60	17 Q	0.00	35.60	13	35.60	13
Karin Donckers	Leipheimer van't Verahof		26.60	13	7.20	33.80	21	4.00	37.80	18 Q	0.40	38.20	16	38.20	16
Tine Magnus	Dia van het Lichterveld Z		44.00	61	2.00	46.00	34	4.00	50.00	28	Did not advance				28
Lara de Liedekerke Karin Donckers Tine Magnus	See above	Team	100.60	10	10.40	111.00	5	12.40	123.40	4	—			123.40	4

The Belgium team was disqualified from the Eventing team competition of the Paris Olympic Games after an adverse analytical finding (AAF) involving an equine prohibited substance was returned for Tine Magnus' horse.^[23]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Jérôme Guéry	Quel Homme de Hus	Individual	4	35	Did not advance
Gilles Thomas	Ermitage Kalone		0	15 Q	8	83.95	20
Gregory Wathelet	Bond Jamesbond de Hay		4	23 Q	8	78.76	15
Jérôme Guéry Gilles Thomas Wilm Vermeir	Quel Homme de Hus Ermitage Kalone IQ van 't Steentje	Team	8	4 Q	20	234.82	8

For the first time since the nation's last participation at the 2016 games in Rio, Belgium entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Neisser Loyola secured his quota place in men's individual épée event as one of two highest ranked individual fencers, eligible for the European zone through the release of the FIE Individual Adjusted Official Ranking for Paris 2024.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Neisser Loyola	Men's épée	Bye	Bayard (SUI) W 9–15	Siklósi (HUN) W 13–14	El-Sayed (EGY) L 8–9	Did not advance		8

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Belgium men's	Men's tournament	Ireland W 2–0	New Zealand W 2–1	Australia W 6–2	India W 1–2	Argentina D 3–3	1	Spain L 2–3	Did not advance		5
Belgium women's	Women's tournament	China W 2–1	France W 5–0	Japan W 3–0	Netherlands L 3–1	Germany W 0–2	2	Spain W 2–0	China L 2–3P FT: 1–1	Argentina L 3–1P FT: 2–2	4

Belgium men's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the final at the 2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia, Spain.^[24]

Team roster

Belgium announced their squad on 6 July 2024.^[25]

Head coach: Michel van den Heuvel^[26]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
2	GK	Loic Van Doren	(1996-09-14)14 September 1996 (aged 27)	58	Dragons
3	FW	Thibeau Stockbroekx	(2000-07-20)20 July 2000 (aged 24)	39	Oranje-Rood
4	DF	Arthur Van Doren	(1994-10-01)1 October 1994 (aged 29)	241	Bloemendaal
7	MF	John-John Dohmen	(1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 36)	475	Orée
8	FW	Florent van Aubel	(1991-10-25)25 October 1991 (aged 32)	295	Pinoké
10	FW	Cédric Charlier	(1987-11-27)27 November 1987 (aged 36)	380	Racing
12	DF	Gauthier Boccard	(1991-08-26)26 August 1991 (aged 32)	298	Léopold
13	FW	Nicolas De Kerpel	(1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (aged 31)	124	Herakles
16	DF	Alexander Hendrickx	(1993-08-06)6 August 1993 (aged 30)	192	Pinoké
19	MF	Félix Denayer (Captain)	(1990-01-31)31 January 1990 (aged 34)	396	Dragons
21	GK	Vincent Vanasch	(1987-12-21)21 December 1987 (aged 36)	283	Orée
23	DF	Arthur De Sloover	(1997-05-03)3 May 1997 (aged 27)	161	Oranje-Rood
24	MF	Antoine Kina	(1996-02-13)13 February 1996 (aged 28)	120	Gantoise
25	DF	Loïck Luypaert	(1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 32)	309	Braxgata
26	MF	Victor Wegnez	(1995-12-25)25 December 1995 (aged 28)	169	Racing
27	FW	Tom Boon	(1990-01-25)25 January 1990 (aged 34)	348	Léopold
29	DF	Maxime Van Oost	(1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (aged 24)	45	Waterloo Ducks
30	FW	Nelson Onana	(2000-03-01)1 March 2000 (aged 24)	35	Braxgata
31	MF	Arno Van Dessel	(2003-07-03)3 July 2003 (aged 21)	34	Herakles

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	4	1	0	15	7	+8	13	Advance to quarter-finals
2	India	5	3	1	1	10	7	+3	10
3	Australia	5	3	0	2	12	10	+2	9
4	Argentina	5	2	2	1	8	6	+2	8
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	4	9	−5	3
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	5	4	14	−10	0

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27) 10:30 v Belgium  2–0  Ireland Boon  25' Hendrickx  49' Report Pitch 2 Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) Gabriel Labate (ARG)

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28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 17:30 v Belgium  2–1  New Zealand Hendrickx  8' Van Aubel  44' Report Lane  43' Pitch 2 Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Dan Barstow (GBR)

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30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 19:45 v Australia  2–6  Belgium Sharp  28' Govers  44' Report Hendrickx  7' Boon  15', 30', 57' Van Aubel  35' Kina  38' Pitch 1 Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

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1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 10:00 v India  1–2  Belgium Abhishek  18' Report Stockbroekx  33' Dohmen  44' Pitch 1 Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Zeke Newman (AUS)

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2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 17:30 v Belgium  3–3  Argentina De Kerpel  34' Hendrickx  52' Stockbroekx  60' Report Casella  5' Domene  45' Rey  53' Pitch 2 Umpires: Steve Rogers (AUS) Martin Madden (GBR)

Quarterfinal

4 August 2024 (2024-08-04) 12:30 v Belgium  2–3  Spain De Sloover  41' Hendrickx  58' Report Basterra  40' Reyné  55' Miralles  57' Pitch 1 Umpires: Gabriel Labate (ARG) Jonas van 't Hek (NED)

Belgium women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the final at the 2024 Women's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers in Valencia, Spain.^[27][28]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 17 June 2024.^[29]

Head coach: Raoul Ehren^[30]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
3	FW	Justine Rasir	(2001-12-04)4 December 2001 (aged 22)	70	Racing
4	FW	Delphine Marien	(2002-03-27)27 March 2002 (aged 22)	37	Dragons
5		Abigail Raye	(1991-05-17)17 May 1991 (aged 33)	141
6	FW	Charlotte Englebert	(2001-05-20)20 May 2001 (aged 23)	70	Den Bosch
7	MF	Judith Vandermeiren	(1994-08-10)10 August 1994 (aged 29)	237	Braxgata
8	DF	Emma Puvrez	(1997-07-25)25 July 1997 (aged 27)	199	Tilburg
9	FW	Emily White	(2004-09-20)20 September 2004 (aged 19)	22	Waterloo Ducks
13	MF	Alix Gerniers (Captain)	(1993-06-29)29 June 1993 (aged 31)	269	Gantoise
15	DF	Vanessa Blockmans	(2002-04-04)4 April 2002 (aged 22)	44	Waterloo Ducks
17	MF	Michelle Struijk	(1998-06-24)24 June 1998 (aged 26)	121	Gantoise
19	MF	Barbara Nelen (Captain)	(1991-08-20)20 August 1991 (aged 32)	324	Gantoise
21	GK	Aisling D'Hooghe	(1994-08-25)25 August 1994 (aged 29)	229	Waterloo Ducks
22	DF	Stéphanie Vanden Borre	(1997-09-14)14 September 1997 (aged 26)	186	Braxgata
26	DF	Lien Hillewaert	(1997-11-27)27 November 1997 (aged 26)	137	Braxgata
29	GK	Elodie Picard	(1997-09-08)8 September 1997 (aged 26)	49	Royal Antwerp
30	FW	Ambre Ballenghien	(2000-12-13)13 December 2000 (aged 23)	83	Gantoise
31	DF	Lucie Breyne	(2000-10-05)5 October 2000 (aged 23)	64	Waterloo Ducks
36	DF	Hélène Brasseur	(2002-01-04)4 January 2002 (aged 22)	59	Gantoise
40	MF	Camille Belis	(2004-10-23)23 October 2004 (aged 19)	33	Braxgata

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	19	5	+14	15	Quarter-finals
2	Belgium	5	4	0	1	13	4	+9	12
3	Germany	5	3	0	2	12	7	+5	9
4	China	5	2	0	3	15	10	+5	6
5	Japan	5	1	0	4	2	15	−13	3
6	France (H)	5	0	0	5	4	24	−20	0

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 10:00 v Belgium  2–1  China Ballenghien  23' Englebert  55' Report Chen Ya.  46' Pitch 1 Umpires: Hannah Harrison (GBR) Amber Church (NZL)

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29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 20:15 v France  0–5  Belgium Report Rasir  7' Ballenghien  12', 52' Gerniers  18' Vanden Borre  37' Pitch 2 Umpires: Liu Xiaoying (CHN) Raghu Prasad (IND)

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31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 17:00 v Belgium  3–0  Japan Brasseur  28' Englebert  29' Ballenghien  52' Report Pitch 1 Umpires: Gabriel Labate (ARG) Ayanna McClean (TTO)

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2 August 2024 (2024-08-02) 12:45 v Belgium  1–3  Netherlands Ballenghien  35' Report Sanders  6' Jansen  13' Verschoor  30' Pitch 1 Umpires: Hannah Harrison (GBR) Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

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3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 19:45 v Germany  0–2  Belgium Report Struijk  13' Ballenghien  17' Pitch 1 Umpires: Irene Presenqui (ARG) Wanri Venter (RSA)

Quarterfinal

5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 20:00 v Belgium  2–0  Spain Marien  46' Englebert  49' Report Pitch 1 Umpires: Alison Keogh (IRE) Ayanna McClean (TTO)

Semifinal

7 August 2024 (2024-08-07) 19:00 v Belgium  1–1  China Puvrez  59' Report Penalty shootout report Zou  18' Penalties Englebert Blockmans Ballenghien Rasir Marien 2–3 Chen Ya. He Zou Ma Pitch 1 Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

Bronze medal game

9 August 2024 (2024-08-09) 14:00 v Argentina  2–2  Belgium Gorzelany  22' Albertarrio  27' Report Penalty shootout report Puvrez  8' Rasir  27' Penalties Casas Jankunas Díaz Cairo 3–1 Englebert Blockmans Rasir Vanden Borre Pitch 1 Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Alison Keogh (IRE)

Belgium entered three golfers into the Olympic tournament. Thomas Detry, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, and Manon De Roey; all qualified for the games, to compete in the individual competitions, based on their own position inside the top 60 eligible players on the IGF World Rankings.^[31]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Thomas Detry	Men's	71	63	69	69	272	−12	T9
Adrien Dumont de Chassart		70	70	70	73	283	−1	T40
Manon De Roey	Women's	72	75	71	72	290	+2	T29

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 of the highest-ranked eight All-Around gymnasts who did not have a pathway to Paris as part of a qualified team.^[32] Noah Kuavita earned the one available individual Paris 2024 quota spot for the parallel bars at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[33] Nina Derwael booked her Olympic ticket for the Women's artistic individual all-around competition by winning one of the two 2024 quota places destined for the top two eligible gymnasts on balance beam at the conclusion of the 2024 FIG Apparatus World Cup series.^[34] Maellyse Brassart joins the Belgian squads by becoming the highest ranked eligible gymnast, through the 2024 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rimini, Italy.

Men

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Noah Kuavita	All-around	—				13.700	11.866	—
Luka van den Keybus		13.533	12.266	12.700	14.166	13.033	13.400	79.098	37	Did not advance
Glen Cuyle		—		14.900 Q	—

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Glen Cuyle	Rings	—		13.833	—			13.833	8

Women

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Maellyse Brassart	All-around	13.300	13.766	11.600	12.533	51.119	37	Did not advance
Nina Derwael		—	14.733 Q	12.766	—

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Nina Derwael	Uneven bars	—	14.766	—		14.766	4

Belgium qualified four judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Jorre Verstraeten (men's extra-lightweight, 60 kg), Matthias Casse (men's half-middleweight, 81 kg) , Toma Nikiforov (men's heavyweight, 100kg) and Gabriella Willems (women's middleweight , 70 kg) qualified via quota based on IJF World Ranking List and continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jorre Verstraeten	Men's –60 kg	Bye	Moreno (ESA) W 01–00	Garrigos (ESP) L 00–01	Did not advance				9
Matthias Casse	Men's –81 kg	—	Arab (EOR) W 11–01	Ungvári (HUN) W 10–00	Nagase (JPN) L 00–01	Did not advance	Gauthier-Drapeau (CAN) W 01–00	Lee (KOR) L 00–01	5
Toma Nikiforov	Men's –100 kg	—	Sharkhan (KAZ) L 10–00	Did not advance					17
Gabriella Willems	Women's –70 kg	—	Perez (PUR) W 10–00	Teltsidou (GRE) W 10–00	Butkereit (GER) L 00–10	Did not advance	Gahié (FRA) W 10–00	van Dijke (NED) W 01–00

Belgium male rowers have qualified a boat in the men's single and lightweight double sculls, through the 2024 World Rowing European Olympic Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tim Brys	Men's single sculls	6:52.35	3 QF	Bye		6:46.26	2 SA/B	6:45.32	3 FA	6:48.44	4
Niels Van Zandweghe Tibo Vyvey	Men's lightweight double sculls	6:42.99	3 R	6:45.07	1 SA/B	—		6:30.49	5 FB	6:20.28	9

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Belgian sailors qualified one boat in the Men's Dinghy, the Women's Dinghy and the 49erFX classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands.^[35] Belgian sailors qualified one boat each in the Men's 49er and the mixed Nacra 17 classes through the French Olympic Week Last Chance Regatta in Hyères, France.^[36][37]

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
William de Smet	Men's ILCA 7	20	7	34	4	13	35	44	18	C		—		EL	131	22
Yannick Lefèbvre Jan Heuninck	Men's 49er	20	19	5	15	15	7	14	17	19	4	3	9	EL	127	16
Emma Plasschaert	Women's ILCA 6	25	10	11	6	9	16	8	7	15	C	—		16	99	7
Isaura Maenhaut Anouk Geurts	Women's 49erFX	17	18	11	5	7	4	4	18	6	7	20	19	EL	115	14
Lucas Claeyssens Eline Verstraelen	Mixed Nacra 17	15	15	16	18	19	18	20	16	18	15	19	17	EL	186	19

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; C = Race cancelled

Belgium qualified one climber for the olympic games. Hannes Van Duysen qualified for the Boulder & lead combined by finishing in the top 10 of the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series.^[38]

Boulder & lead combined

Athlete	Event	Qualification							Final
		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank	Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank
		Result	Place	Hold	Score	Place			Result	Place	Hold	Score	Place
Hannes Van Duysen [nl]	Men's	34.3	7		12.0	17	46.3	14	Did not advance

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)):^[39][40]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lucas Henveaux	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:46.04 NR	3 Q	1:46.20	11	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:46.76	12	—
	Men's 800 m freestyle	7:51.51 NR	19	—
Valentine Dumont	Women's 200 m freestyle	1:57.50	12 Q	1:57.50	13	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:08.25	12	—
Florine Gaspard	Women's 50 m freestyle	24.69	14 Q	24.82	15	Did not advance
Roos Vanotterdijk	Women's 100 m backstroke	59.68	9 Q	59.86	10	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m butterfly	57.54	10 Q	57.25 NR	10

For the first time since 2012, Belgium entered two table tennis players into Paris 2024. Martin Allegro and Cedric Nuytinck secured a spot through the International Table Tennis Federation World Singles Ranking list of June 18, 2024, both in the men's single classes.^[41]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Martin Allegro	Men's singles	Bye	Harimoto (JPN) L 0–4	Did not advance					=33
Cedric Nuytinck		Bye	Moregard (SWE) L 0–4

Belgium qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Sarah Chaâri qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in her division.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sarah Chaâri	Women's –67 kg	—	Rodríguez (DOM) W 6-2, 11-2	Shehata (EGY) W 0-0, 0-1	Márton (HUN) L 4-4, 11-10	—	Sobirjonova (UZB) W 16-2, 2-3, 4-5

Belgium entered three tennis players into the Olympic tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Zizou Bergs	Men's singles	S. Tsitsipas (GRE) L 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 1–6	Did not advance
Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	Men's doubles	—	Fils / Humbert (FRA) W 7–5, 6–4	Evans / Murray (GBR) L 3–6, 7–6(10–8), [9–11]	Did not advance

Belgium qualified four triathletes (2 men and 2 women) for the following events at the Games, by gaining the necessary slots in the World Triathlon Individual Olympic Qualification Ranking.^[42]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total
Jelle Geens	Men's	23:13	0:53	54:16	0:26	31:47	1:50:35	42
Marten Van Riel		20:34	0:56	51:53	0:26	32:22	1:46:11	22
Claire Michel	Women's	26:05	0:56	59:16	0:28	35:37	2:02:22	38
Jolien Vermeylen		22:42	0:54	59:16	0:29	36:23	1:59:44	24

Relay

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (300 m)	Trans 1	Bike (7 km)	Trans 2	Run (2 km)	Total group
Marten Van Riel	Mixed relay	Did not start						—
Jolien Vermeylen
Jelle Geens
Claire Michel
Total		—

Belgium entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Nina Sterckx secured one of the top ten slots in both the (women's 49 kg) and (women's 59 kg) weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings and chose to compete in the former.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nina Sterckx	Women's −49 kg	DNF				---	12

• Belgium at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics