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Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Belgium competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Belgian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Belgium archers booked an Olympic place in the men’s individual recurve based on the world ranking.

Athletics

Belgian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[2][3]

Key
  • DNS = Did not start
  • NM = No valid trial recorded
    • Track & road events
    Men
    Women
    Mixed
    Field events
    Combined events – Men's decathlon
    Combined events – Women's heptathlon

    Badminton

    Belgium entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Set to compete at her third consecutive Games, Lianne Tan secured a spot in the women's singles at the Games based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings.[4]

    Basketball

    Indoor

    Summary

    Women's tournament

    Belgium women's basketball team qualified for the first time for the Olympics as one of two highest-ranked eligible squads at the Ostend meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[5]

    Team roster

    The roster was announced on 4 July 2021.[6]

    Group play
    Source: TOCOG and FIBA
    Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
    Quarterfinal

    3×3 basketball

    Summary

    Men's tournament

    Belgium men's national 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top finish at the 2021 Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[8]

    Team roster

    The players were announced on 3 July 2021.[9]

    Group play
    Source: TOCOG and FIBA
    Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
    (H) Hosts
    Notes:
    1. ^ a b c Belgium 2–0, Latvia 1–1, Netherlands 0–2
    2. ^ a b c Japan 1–1, 123 PS; Poland 1–1, 120 PS; China 1–1, 119 PS
    Semifinal
    Bronze medal match

    Canoeing

    Slalom

    Belgium entered one canoeist to compete in the men's K-1 class at the Games, as the International Canoe Federation accepted the nation's request to claim an unused berth from the 2020 Oceania Championships.[10]

    Sprint

    Belgium qualified a boat in the women's K-2 200 m for the Games by finishing fourth overall and second among those nations eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.[11] Meanwhile, one additional boat was awarded to the Belgian canoeist in the men's K-1 1000 m by winning the gold medal at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta.[12]

    Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

    Cycling

    Road

    Belgium entered a squad of eight riders (five men and three women) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.[13]

    Men
    Women

    Track

    Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Belgian riders accumulated spots for both men and women in madison and omnium based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

    Omnium
    Madison

    * Lindsay De Vylder and Shari Bossuyt will travel as reserves

    Mountain biking

    Belgian mountain bikers qualified for one men's and one women's quota place each into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's thirteenth-place-finish for men and fourteenth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.

    BMX

    Race

    Equestrian

    Belgium fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the Olympic team jumping competition by winning the gold medal and securing the first of three available berths for Group A and B at the European Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[14] Meanwhile, two riders were added to the Spanish roster based on the following results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings: a top two finish outside the group selection for Group B (South Western Europe) in eventing and a highest overall placement outside the group and continental selection in dressage.[15]

    With Ireland withdrawing from the team dressage competition, Belgium received an invitation from FEI to send a dressage team to the Games, as the highest-ranked composite team, not yet represented. Belgium is hence set to compete in team dressage for the first time since Amsterdam 1928.[16]

    Belgian equestrian squads for eventing and jumping were named on June 24, 2021.[17] The dressage team was named on July 3, 2021.[18]

    Dressage

    Alexa Fairchild and Dabanos have been named the travelling alternates.[18]

    Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

    Eventing

    Jumping

    Yves Vanderhasselt and Jeunesse were originally named as the travelling alternates, but for veterinary reasons were replaced by Pieter Devos and Claire Z.[17][19]

    Field hockey

    Summary

    Key:

    Men's tournament

    Belgium men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2019 EuroHockey Nations Championships in Antwerp.[20]

    Team roster

    The squad was announced on 24 June 2021.[21]

    Head coach: New Zealand Shane McLeod[22]

    Group play

    Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
    Quarterfinal
    Semifinal
    Gold medal game

    Golf

    Belgium entered a total of two male golfers and one female golfer into the Olympic tournament.

    Gymnastics

    Artistic

    Belgium fielded a full squad of four gymnasts in the women's artistic gymnastics events by finishing seventh out of nine nations eligible for qualification in the team all-around at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[23]

    Women
    Team
    Individual finals

    Judo

    Four Judoka have qualified through being in the top 18 of the IJF World Ranking List in their respective class. Additionally, Gabriella Willems received one of the additional places for European athletes, but was unable to compete due to a knee injury.

    Rowing

    Belgium qualified one boat in the men's lightweight double sculls for the Games by winning the B-final and securing the last of seven berths available at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.[24]

    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

    Sailing

    Belgian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.[25]

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

    Shooting

    Belgian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) of June 5, 2021.[26]

    Skateboarding

    Lore Bruggeman and Axel Cruysberghs have qualified for the games by finishing top 16 in the Olympic world skateboarding rankings for the women's street and men's street competitions respectively.

    Swimming

    Belgian swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[27][28] Two-time Olympian Pieter Timmers originally qualified in 2019, however he officially announced his retirement from the sport at the end of 2020 swimming season and instead returned their quota spot.[29]

    Taekwondo

    Belgium entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Jaouad Achab qualified directly for the men's lightweight category (68 kg) by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings.

    Tennis

    Triathlon

    Belgium qualified four triathletes for the following events at the Games by winning the gold medal and securing the first of three available berths at the 2021 ITU Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Tournament in Lisbon, Portugal.[30]

    Individual
    Relay

    Weightlifting

    Belgian weightlifters qualified for two quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021.[31]

    See also

    References

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