Belgium at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeBEL
NOCBelgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Websitewww.olympic.be (in Dutch and French)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors42 in 9 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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.

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 538
Boxing 112
Canoeing 123
Cycling 448
Equestrian TBDTBD9
Gymnastics 303
Sailing 134
Swimming 134
Taekwondo 011
Total161742

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
 
 
 
 
 		 See above 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 of 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.[10]

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)):[11][12]

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 —
Florine Gaspard Women's 50 m freestyle
Roos Vanotterdijk Women's 100 m backstroke

Taekwondo

Belgium qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Sarah Chaari 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 Chaari Women's –67 kg

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "First 25 Olympic quotas earned in Duisburg". International Canoe Federation. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Canter Leads GB to Double Euro Gold". FEI. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Belgium's Double Glory in Barcelona". FEI. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Final nine Men's Artistic Gymnastics teams solidify Olympic team qualification in Paris". FIG. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: All results and scores - complete list". IOC. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Sailing World Championships 2023 The Hague: All results, medals, and Paris 2024 qualification spots – complete list". International Olympic Committee. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "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.
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