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 1904 edition.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in field hockey, and basketball are not counted:

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):

Track and road events

Field events

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Badminton

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

Basketball

5×5 basketball

Summary

Women's tournament

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.

Team roster

A 14-player roster was announced on 24 May 2024.

Group play

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Boxing

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. 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.

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.

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.

Men

Women

Track

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. 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 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.

Sprint

Keirin

Team Pursuit

Omnium

Madison

Mountain biking

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; and for one women's quota place as a result of the re-allocation of unused quota places.

BMX

Race

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

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. 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.

Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

Fencing

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.

Field hockey

Summary

Men's tournament

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.

Team roster

• Men's team event – one team of 16 players

Group play

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Women's tournament

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.

Team roster

The squad was announced on 17 June 2024.

Head Coach: Raoul Ehren

Group play

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Golf

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.

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. Noah Kuavita earned the one available individual Paris 2024 quota spot for the parallel bars at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. 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. 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

Women

Individual

Judo

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.

Rowing

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.

Sailing

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. 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.

Medal race events

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

Sport climbing

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.

Boulder & lead combined

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)):

Table tennis

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.

Taekwondo

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.

Triathlon

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.

Individual

Relay

Weightlifting

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.

See also

• Belgium at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

References