Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BEL
Nocname:	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2020
Website:
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Competitors:	121
Sports:	20
Flagbearer Close:	Grégory Wathelet
Rank:	29
Gold:	3
Silver:	1
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto

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.

Competitors

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	16	13	29
Badminton	0	1	1
Basketball	4	12	16
Canoeing	2	2	4
Cycling	8	6	14
Equestrian	5	3	8
Field hockey	17	0	17
Golf	2	1	3
Gymnastics	0	4	4
Judo	3	1	4
Rowing	2	0	2
Sailing	1	3	4
Shooting	0	1	1
Skateboarding	1	1	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Tennis	2	2	4
Triathlon	2	2	4
Weightlifting	0	2	2
Total	68	55	123

Archery

See main article: article, Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Belgium archers booked an Olympic place in the men's individual recurve based on the world ranking.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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]}

• DNS = Did not start
• NM = No valid trial recorded

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Robin Vanderbemden	200 m	20.70	3 Q	21.00	7	Did not advance
Kevin Borlée	400 m	45.36 SB	2 Q			Did not advance
Jonathan Sacoor		45.41	3 Q	45.88	8	Did not advance
Eliott Crestan	800 m	1:46.19	2 Q	1:44.84 PB	4	Did not advance
Ismael Debjani	1500 m	3:36.00	1 Q	3:42.18	11	Did not advance
Robin Hendrix	5000 m	13:58.37	16	Did not advance
Isaac Kimeli	5000 m	13:57.36	17	Did not advance
10000 m	28:31.91	18
Michael Obasuyi	110 m hurdles	13.65	6	Did not advance
Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée Kévin Borlée Alexander Doom Jonathan Sacoor Robin Vanderbemden Julien Watrin	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.37 SB	3 Q	2:57.88 NR	4
Bashir Abdi	Marathon	2:10:00 SB
Dieter Kersten		2:22:06	59
Koen Naert		2:12:13 SB	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Imke Vervaet	200 m	23.05 PB	4 q	23.31	9	Did not advance
Cynthia Bolingo	400 m			Did not advance
Elise Vanderelst	1500 m	4:05.63	9 q	4:04.86	11	Did not advance
Anne Zagré	100 m hurdles	12.83 SB	3 Q	12.78 SB	8	Did not advance
Hanne Claes	400 m hurdles	56.38 SB	8	Did not advance
Paulien Couckuyt		54.90 NR	3 Q	54.47 NR	3	Did not advance
Paulien Couckuyt Camille Laus Naomi Van Den Broeck Imke Vervaet Hanne Claes Hanne Maudens	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.08 NR	3 Q	3:23.96 NR	7
Mieke Gorissen	Marathon	2:34:24	28
Hanne Verbruggen		2:38:03	49

Mixed

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ben Broeders	Men's pole vault	5.65	18	Did not advance
Fanny Smets	Women's pole vault	4.25	=14	Did not advance

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event											Final	Rank
Thomas van der Plaetsen	Result	11.05			—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Points	850	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Nafissatou Thiam	Result	13.54 SB	1.92 SB	14.82	24.90	6.60	54.68 SB	2:15.98 SB	6791 SB
Points	1044	1132	849	896	1040	951	879
align=left rowspan=2	Noor Vidts	Result	13.17 PB	1.83 SB	14.33 PB	23.70 PB	6.32	41.80 PB	2:09.05 PB	6571 PB	4
Points	1099	1016	816	1010	949	702	979

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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

See main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Indoor

Summary

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. 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

Group play--------

Quarterfinal

3×3 basketball

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament. Belgium men's national 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top finish at the 2021 Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[6]

Team rosterThe players were announced on 3 July 2021.^[7]

• Rafael Bogaerts
• Nick Celis
• Thierry Mariën
• Thibaut Vervoort

Group play------------------------

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

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.^[8]

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.^[9] 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.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Artuur Peters	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:41.967	3 QF	3:45.712	1 SF	3:26.773	5 FB	3:26.781	10
Lize Broekx	align=left rowspan=2	Women's K-1 500 m	1:52.476	7 QF	1:49.336	2 SF	1:54.489	5 FC	1:56.842	21
Hermien Peters	1:47.959	1 SF	1:52.829	2 FA	1:53.716	6
Lize Broekx Hermien Peters	Women's K-2 500 m	1:48.137	4 QF	1:47.649	1 SF	1:39.046	5 FB	1:38.475	9

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

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

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.^[11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tiesj Benoot	Road race	6:16:53	58
align=left rowspan=2	Remco Evenepoel	Road race	6:15:38	49
Time trial	57:21.27	9
align=left rowspan=2	Wout Van Aert	Road race	6:06:33
Time trial	56:44.72	6
Greg Van Avermaet	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	Did not finish
Mauri Vansevenant	6:21:46	77

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left	Valerie Demey	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	Did not finish
Lotte Kopecky	3:54:24	4
align=left rowspan=2	Julie Van de Velde	Road race	4:01:08	42
Time trial	34:23.49	19

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

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Kenny De Ketele	Men's omnium	11	20	7	28	10	22	0	6	70	13
Lotte Kopecky	Women's omnium	=13	16		0

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
	Men's madison	32	0	4
Jolien D'Hoore Lotte Kopecky	Women's madison	−18	−20	10

• 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.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jens Schuermans	Men's cross-country	1:29:07	18
Githa Michiels	Women's cross-country	(2 laps)	33

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.^[12] 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.^[13]

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.^[14]

Belgian equestrian squads for eventing and jumping were named on June 24, 2021.^[15] The dressage team was named on July 3, 2021.^[16]

Dressage

Alexa Fairchild and Dabanos have been named the travelling alternates.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Domien Michiels	Intermezzo van het Meerdaalhof	Individual	70.202	28	Did not advance
Larissa Pauluis	Flambeau	67.251	42	Did not advance
Laurence Roos	Fil Rouge	70.699	23	Did not advance
Domien Michiels Larissa Pauluis Laurence Roos	See above	Team	6702.5	10	Did not advance		Did not advance

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

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]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Niels Bruynseels	Delux van T & L	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	0	=1 Q	Eliminated
Jérôme Guery	Quel Homme de Hus	0	=1 Q	7	99.84	14
Gregory Wathelet	Nevados S	0	=1 Q	4	84.26	9
Pieter Devos Jérôme Guery Gregory Wathelet	See above	Team	4	=2 Q	12	242.02

Field hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 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.^[18]

Team roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Belgium entered a total of two male golfers and one female golfer into the Olympic tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Thomas Detry	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	70	67	68	69	274	−10	=22
Thomas Pieters	65	76	64	68	273	−11	=16
Manon De Roey	Women's	71	67	74	74	286	+2	=46

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

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.^[19]

Women

Team

Athlete	Qualification						Final
	Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Maellyse Brassart	13.766	13.366	13.033	12.766	52.931	35	14.033		10.933		colspan=2 rowspan=4
Nina Derwael	13.900	15.366 Q	13.766	13.566	56.598	7 Q		15.400	13.866	13.366
Lisa Vaelen	13.000	14.100	12.500	12.766	52.366	42	14.233	13.766		12.900
Jutta Verkest	13.400	13.633	13.666	12.933	53.632	26 Q	13.466	12.466	12.200	13.066
Total	41.066	43.099	40.465	39.265	163.895	5 Q	41.732	41.632	36.999	39.332	159.695	8

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Nina Derwael	All-around	See team results						13.900	15.266	13.366	13.433	55.965	6
Uneven bars		15.366	15.366	1 Q		15.200	15.200
Jutta Verkest	All-around	See team results						13.400	12.466	12.733	12.633	51.232	23

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jorre Verstraeten	Men's −60 kg		W 01–00	L 00–10	Did not advance
Matthias Casse	Men's −81 kg		W 11–01	W 11–01	W 10–00	L 00–01		W 10–00
Toma Nikiforov	Men's −100 kg		W 01–00	L 10–00	did not advance
Charline van Snick	Women's −52 kg		W 11–00	W 10–00	L 00–01	Did not advance	L 00–10	Did not advance	7

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.^[20]

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

See main article: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.^[21]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Wannes Van Laer	Men's Laser		25	20	14	28	31	14	18	13	17	EL	180	27
Emma Plasschaert	Women's Laser Radial	10		11	8	6	5	5	4	17	21	2	87	4
Anouk Geurts Isaura Maenhaut	Women's 49erFX	17	3	4	14			2	16	15	10	9	9	EL	121	14

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

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.^[22]

Skateboarding

See main article: Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Axel Cruysberghs	Men's street	24.81	13	Did not advance
Lore Bruggeman	Women's street	9.27	11	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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)):^{[23] [24]} 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.^[25]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Louis Croenen	Men's 100 m butterfly	52.23	28	Did not advance
Men's 200 m butterfly	1:55.78	14 Q	1:56.67	16	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Fanny Lecluyse	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:07.93	26	Did not advance
Women's 200 m breaststroke	2.23.42	11 Q	2:23.73	8 Q	2:24.57	8

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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

See main article: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	Men's doubles		L 3–6, 6–7^(5–7)	Did not advance
Elise Mertens	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	L 6–4, 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Alison Van Uytvanck	W 6–3, 6–2	W 5–7, 6–3, 6–0	L 4–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Elise Mertens Alison Van Uytvanck	Women's doubles		L 6–3, 7–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.^[26]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total
Jelle Geens	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	Withdrew due to positive COVID-19 test
Marten Van Riel	17:45	0:40	56:37	0:29	30:21	1:45:52	4
Valerie Barthelemy	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	19:18	0:41	1:03:07	0:31	35:12	1:58:49	10
Claire Michel	19:40	0:44	1:06:34	0:30	43:37	2:11:05	34

Relay

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (300 m)	Trans 1	Bike (7 km)	Trans 2	Run (2 km)	Total group
Jelle Geens	align=left rowspan=5	Mixed relay	4:11	0:38	9:39	0:26	5:36	20:34	rowspan=4
Marten Van Riel	4:04	0:37	9:23	0:26	5:38	20:08
Valerie Barthelemy	4:17	0:37	10:24	0:30	6:20	22:08
Claire Michel	3:53	0:40	10:31	0:29	6:17	21:50
Total	1:24:36	5

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Belgian weightlifters qualified for two quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021.^[27]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nina Sterckx	Women's −49 kg	81	7	99	5	180	5
Anna Van Bellinghen	Women's +87 kg	96	11	123	10	219	11

See also

• Belgium at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

References

Notes and References

1. News: Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee. 28 March 2020. Olympics. 24 March 2020.
2. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 8 April 2019.
3. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards. IAAF. 8 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190408160334/https://cdn.dosb.de/user_upload/Olympische_Spiele/Tokio_2020/internationale_Qualifikationskriterien/IAAF_-_Athletics_20180806.pdf. 8 April 2019. dead.
4. Web site: JO 2020: la Belge Lianne Tan assurée de son billet pour les Jeux de Tokyo . Olympic Games 2020: Belgian Lianne Tan guaranteed her ticket for the Tokyo Games . Le Soir . 28 May 2021 . 15 July 2021 . fr . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210528192022/https://www.lesoir.be/374932/article/2021-05-28/jo-2020-la-belge-lianne-tan-assuree-de-son-billet-pour-les-jeux-de-tokyo . 28 May 2021.
5. News: Belgium make history by taking first ever ticket to the Olympics. FIBA. 9 February 2020. 9 February 2020.
6. Web site: Belgium and Italy punch last ticket to Tokyo Olympics at FIBA 3x3 Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament. fiba.basketball. 6 June 2021. 6 June 2021.
7. Web site: La sélection des Lions 3X3 pour les Jeux Olympiques. basketballbelgium.be. 3 July 2021. 9 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183228/https://www.basketballbelgium.be/fr/news/la-selection-des-lions-3x3-pour-les-jeux-olympiques/. dead.
8. News: Slalomkajakker Gabriel De Coster mag naar Tokio. Slalom canoeist Gabriel De Coster received a ticket to Tokyo. sporza.be. 25 May 2021. 25 May 2021.
9. News: First round of Olympic canoe sprint quotas allocated. International Canoe Federation. 30 August 2019. 30 August 2019.
10. News: Tears flow as Olympic quotas decided in Szeged. International Canoe Federation. 13 May 2021. 19 May 2021.
11. News: Athletes' quotas for Road Cycling events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. UCI. 18 November 2019. 23 November 2019.
12. News: Parkes, Louise. Germany stays in silver medal spot and Britain bags the bronze. FEI. 24 August 2019. 25 August 2019.
13. News: Tokyo 2020 team and individual quota places confirmed by FEI. FEI. 17 February 2020. 1 March 2020.
14. Web site: Belgium Declares Five Candidates for Historic Olympic Dressage Team . en . Eurodressage . 2021-06-24 . 2021-06-24.
15. Web site: Tokio 2021: De Belgische selecties voor Jumping en Eventing zijn bekend! . nl . Belgium Equestrian Federation . 24 June 2021. 24 June 2021.
16. Web site: Het dressuurteam voor Tokio is bekend! . nl . Belgium Equestrian Federation . 3 July 2021. 3 July 2021.
17. Web site: Jumping: Pieter Devos remplacera Yves Vanderhasselt aux JO de Tokyo. 21 July 2021 . www.rtbf.be. 21 July 2021.
18. News: Les Red Lions écrasent l'Espagne (5–0) et sont champions d'Europe !. The Red Lions crushed Spain (5–0) to become the European champions. fr. RTBF International. 24 August 2019. 25 August 2019.
19. News: U.S., Biles top women's qualification at Stuttgart Worlds. FIG. 5 October 2019. 6 October 2019. 3 November 2019. https://archive.today/20191103060454/https://live.gymnastics.sport/news_display.php?idevent=14274&idnews=2688&keyword=. dead.
20. News: B-finals take on new meaning when Tokyo 2020 spots are available. International Rowing Federation. 31 August 2019. 31 August 2019.
21. News: First Laser, Radial and 49erFX nations confirmed for Tokyo 2020. World Sailing. 10 August 2018. 10 August 2018.
22. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 1 January 2018. www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 2 September 2018.
23. Web site: FINA – Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Qualification. . 23 March 2019.
24. News: Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System. . . 6 March 2021.
25. Web site: Olympic medalist Pieter Timmers to retire at the end of season. ESPN. 17 April 2020. 3 May 2021.
26. News: Doug. Gray. Team Belgium hammers home for Mixed Relay gold in Lisbon ahead of Italians and Swiss. World Triathlon. 21 May 2021. 29 May 2021.
27. https://www.iwf.net/qualif2/menu/ Tokyo 2020 Qualification (Weightlifting)