Belgium at the Olympics explained

Noc:	BEL
Nocname:	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Games:	Olympics
Website:
Rank:	31
Gold:	49
Silver:	59
Bronze:	68
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Belgium has competed at most editions of the Olympic Games after making its first appearance at the 1900 Games. The nation was host to the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.

The National Olympic Committee for Belgium was created and recognized in 1906.

Hosted Games

Belgium has hosted the Games on one occasion.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	width:3em; font-weight:bold;"		width:3em; font-weight:bold;"		width:3em; font-weight:bold;"	Total	Rank
	did not participate
		6	7	4	17	6
	did not participate
		1	5	2	8	10
		2	1	3	6	13
		14	11	11	36	5
		3	7	3	13	10
		0	1	2	3	29
		0	0	0	0	–
		0	0	2	2	29
		2	2	3	7	15
		2	2	0	4	14
		0	2	0	2	28
		0	2	2	4	26
		2	0	1	3	20
		0	1	1	2	36
		0	2	0	2	29
		0	3	3	6	28
		1	0	0	1	23
		1	1	2	4	21
		0	0	2	2	44
		0	1	2	3	44
		2	2	2	6	31
		0	2	3	5	55
		1	0	2	3	51
		2	0	0	2	37
		0	1	2	3	60
		2	2	2	6	35
		3	1	3	7	29
		3	1	6	10	25


Total		47	57	63	167	28

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	width:3em; font-weight:bold;"		width:3em; font-weight:bold;"		width:3em; font-weight:bold;"	Total	Rank
		0	0	1	1	10
		0	0	1	1	8
		0	0	0	0	–
		0	0	0	0	–
		1	1	0	2	9
		0	0	0	0	–
		0	0	0	0	–
	did not participate
		0	0	0	0	–
	did not participate
		0	0	0	0	–
		0	0	0	0	–
		0	0	0	0	–
		0	0	0	0	–
		0	0	0	0	–
		0	0	0	0	–
		0	0	0	0	–
		0	0	1	1	22
		0	0	0	0	–
		0	0	0	0	–
		0	0	0	0	–
		0	0	0	0	–
		0	1	0	1	25
		1	0	1	2	21
	future event


Total		2	2	4	8	36

Medals by gender

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

Name	Sport	Event
		Sur la Perche à la Herse
		Au Cordon Doré 33 metres
		Au Chapelet 33 metres
		Jumping
		Long jump
		Mail coach
		Sur la Perche à la Herse
		Au Cordon Doré 50 metres
		Championnat du Monde
		Jumping
		Men's eight
		Water polo
		Men's trap
		Sur la Perche à la Pyramide
		High jump
		300 metre free rifle, standing
		300 metre free rifle, three positions
	Shooting	Men's 50 yd free pistol
	Rowing	Men's eight
	Sailing	6 m class
	Shooting	Men's 50 yd free pistol
	Shooting	Men's 50 yd free pistol, team
	Water polo	Men's tournament
	Cycling	Men's 20 km
	Fencing	Men's team épée
	Fencing	Men's épée
		Men's team épée
		Men's single sculls
		Individual jumping
		Men's épée
		Men's tournament
	Archery	Men's individual fixed large bird
		Men's team fixed large bird
		Men's team fixed small bird
		Men's Individual fixed small bird
		Men's team moving bird 33 m
		Men's team moving bird 50 m
		Men's individual moving bird 28 m
		Men's individual moving bird 33 m
		Men's 50 km
		Individual vaulting
Daniel Bouckaert Louis Finet Maurice Van Ranst van Schauwbroeck Albert van Cauwenberg^[1]		Team vaulting
		Men's tournament
		Men's 6 m class
		Featherweight
		Men's individual fixed large bird
		Men's individual fixed small bird
		Men's team moving bird 28 m
		Men's individual moving bird 50 m
		Team jumping
		Men's team épée
	Gymnastics	Men's team all-around
		6 m class (1919 rating)
		Men's Team clay pigeons
		Men's team competition
		Men's lightweight
		Men's individual fixed large bird
		Men's individual fixed small bird
		Men's Team Time Trial
		Men's Team three-day event
		Individual vaulting
		Men's team Swedish system
		Men's tournament
		8 metre class (1919 rating)
		Men's 100 m backstroke
Men's team	Tug of war	Men's
		Men's lightweight
		Men's welterweight
		Men's épée
		Monotype Class
		Men's individual time trial
		Men's team time trial
		Men's team épée
		Men's team foil
		Men's 200 m breaststroke
		Men's team competition
		Men's freestyle middleweight
		Men's middleweight
		Men's team pursuit
		Men's foil
		Men's freestyle bantamweight
		Men's middleweight
		Men's coxed pair
		Men's team road race
		Men's team competition
		Men's 5,000 m
		Men's team road race
		Men's 1,000 m time trial
		Men's lightweight
		Men's marathon
		Men's individual race
	Fencing	Men's foil team competition
		Men's individual race
		Men's team race
		Men's individual race
		Men's coxless pairs
		Men's finn individual competition
		Men's freestyle featherweight
		Men's 800 m
		Men's sprint
		Men's individual road race
		Men's finn class
		Men's 3,000 m steeplechase
		Men's 1,000 m time trial
		Men's individual road race
		Men's heavyweight
		Men's tandem
		Men's 10,000 m
		Men's marathon
		Men's 800 m
		Men's 1500 m
		Men's 1000 m time trial
		Men's marathon
		Individual jumping
	Equestrian	Men's team jumping
		Men's 95 kg
		Men's points race
		Men's double sculls
	Rowing	Women's single sculls
		Women's 200 m breaststroke
		Men's 95 kg
		Men's trap
		Women's single sculls
		Men's points race
		Women's 66 kg
	Judo	Women's 72 kg
		Men's 100 m breaststroke
		Women's 61 kg
		Men's finn class
Harry Van Barneveld	Judo	Men's +95 kg
	Judo	Women's 56 kg
		Men's mountain biking
Matthew Gilmore		Men's madison
		Women's 48kg
Gella Vandecaveye		Women's 63kg
Dominique Van Roost		Women's doubles


		Women's 52 kg
	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay
		Women's high jump

		Women's 48 kg
		Women's laser radial
	Athletics




		Men's 73 kg
	Athletics

		Women's uneven bars
		Men's road race
		Men's marathon
	Equestrian	Men's team jumping
		Men's 81 kg
		Men's road time trial
		Men's individual road race
	Athletics
		Men's marathon
		Men's road time trial
		Women's 70 kg
		Women's individual road race
		Men's omnium
	Athletics	Women's heptathlon
	Taekwondo

Russian team's gold medals were stripped due to anti-doping rules violation by Yulia Chermoshanskaya.

Winter Olympics

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
				Four/five-man
				Men's singles
				Pairs
				Four-man
				Men's 5,000 m
				Men's mass start
				Men's mass start

Summary by sport

Aquatics

Diving

Games	Divers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	1	1/2	0	0	0	0
	3	2/5	0	0	0	0
	2	3/5	0	0	0	0
	1	2/4	0	0	0	0
	1	2/4	0	0	0	0
	1	1/4	0	0	0	0
Total	9	11/138	0	0	0	0

Swimming

Belgium's Olympic debut included one swimmer, who entered the men's 4000 metre freestyle and did not finish the first round (semifinals).

Games	Swimmers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	1	1/7	0	0	0	0
	7	3/6	0	0	0	0
	12	7/10	0	0	1	1
	6	3/11	0	1	0	1
	5	4/11	0	0	0	0
	6	5/11	0	0	0	0
	10	6/11	0	0	0	0
	6	4/13	0	0	0	0
	3	3/15	0	0	0	0
	2	2/18	0	0	0	0
	6	9/29	0	0	0	0
	4	8/29	0	0	0	0
	10	17/26	0	0	0	0
	7	15/26	0	0	0	0
	4	5/29	0	0	1	1
	7	13/31	0	0	0	0
	7	18/31	0	0	0	0
	4	11/32	1	0	0	1
	9	16/32	0	0	0	0
	7	9/34	0	0	0	0
	13	12/34	0	0	0	0
	10	11/34	0	1	0	1
	2	4/37	0	0	0	0
	4	8/37	0	0	0	0
Total	152	193/626	1	2	2	5

Water polo

Games	waterpolo teams	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	1	1/1	0	1	0	1
	1	1/1	0	1	0	1
	1	1/1	0	0	1	1
	1	1/1	0	1	0	1
	1	1/1	0	1	0	1
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	1	1
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
Total	11	11/36	0	4	2	6

Archery

Archery was one of the sports in which Belgium competed in the nation's first appearance in 1900. The Belgian archers took the gold medal in 3 of the 7 events in Paris, finishing with 7 medals total.

Games	Archers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	18	7/7	3	3	1	7
	14	10/10	8	4	2	14
	3	1/2	0	0	0	0
	2	1/2	0	0	0	0
	2	1/2	0	0	0	0
	4	2/2	0	0	0	0
	3	1/4	0	0	0	0
	1	1/4	0	0	0	0
	1	1/4	0	0	0	0
	1	1/4	0	0	0	0
	1	1/4	0	0	0	0
	1	1/5	0	0	0	0
Total	52	28/76	11	7	3	21

Boxing

Games	Boxers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	13	7/8	0	0	0	0
	10	7/8	1	0	1	2
	6	6/8	0	0	1	1
	8	8/8	0	0	0	0
	8	8/8	0	1	0	1
	5	5/10	0	0	0	0
	4	4/10	0	0	0	0
	1	1/11	0	0	0	0
	1	1/12	0	0	0	0
	3	3/13	0	0	0	0
Total	59	50/278	1	1	2	4

Cycling

Belgium's debut in 1900 included one cyclist.

Games	Cyclists	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	1	1/3	0	0	0	0
	6	6/7	0	0	1	1
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	15	6/6	1	0	1	2
	9	5/6	0	2	1	3
	8	5/6	0	0	0	0
	8	6/6	0	0	1	1
	12	6/6	1	1	1	3
	11	6/6	2	1	0	3
	7	5/6	0	0	0	0
	13	5/6	0	1	1	2
	10	6/7	1	0	1	2
	15	7/7	0	0	1	1
	14	7/7	0	0	0	0
	7	5/6	0	1	0	1
	12	5/6	0	0	0	0
	8	5/8	1	0	0	0
	6	3/9	0	0	0	0
	7	6/10	0	0	1	1
	9	4/14	0	0	0	1
	13	4/18	0	2	0	2
	9	6/18	0	0	1	1
	11	6/18	0	0	0	0
	16	9/18	0	0	0	0
	14	9/18	1	0	1	2
	15	11/22	0	1	0	1
	21	15/22	2	0	3	5
Total	278	160/286	9	9	14	32

Equestrian

Belgium competed at the first equestrian events in 1900, winning gold medals in three of the five events.

Games	Riders	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	15	5/5	3	1	1	5
	4	5/5	0	0	1	1
	18	7/7	2	1	2	5
	11	5/5	0	0	0	0
	9	6/6	0	0	0	0
	3	2/6	0	0	0	0
	3	2/6	0	0	0	0
	2	1/6	0	0	0	0
	4	2/6	0	0	0	0
	4	2/6	0	0	2	2
	3	2/6	0	0	0	0
	1	1/6	0	0	0	0
	8	4/6	0	0	0	0
	5	3/6	0	0	0	0
	6	3/6	0	0	0	0
	9	4/6	0	0	0	0
	3	2/6	0	0	0	0
	10	5/6	0	0	0	0
	5	3/6	0	0	0	0
	8	5/6	0	0	1	1
	9	6/6	0	0	0	0
Total	140	75/160	5	2	7	14

Fencing

Belgium's Olympic debut in 1900 included five fencers, one of whom reached the final pool but who won no medals.

Games	Fencers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	5	4/7	0	0	0	0
	0	0/5	0	0	0	0
	18	4/4	0	0	1	1
	12	4/5	2	0	1	3
	22	6/6	0	1	0	1
	21	6/7	1	2	1	4
	21	7/7	0	0	0	0
	7	5/7	0	0	0	0
	20	6/7	0	0	0	0
	18	6/7	0	0	1	1
	14	6/7	0	0	0	0
	6	5/7	0	0	0	0
	16	7/8	0	0	0	0
	2	2/8	0	0	0	0
	3	3/8	0	0	0	0
	1	1/8	0	0	0	0
	4	3/8	0	0	0	0
	3	3/8	0	0	0	0
	4	3/8	0	0	0	0
	3	3/8	0	0	0	0
	1	1/10	0	0	0	0
	1	1/10	0	0	0	0
	1	1/12	0	0	0	0
Total	203		3	3	4	10

Field hockey

Belgium's Olympic debut was in 1920 as the host nation. They won the bronze medal. Their best result was the gold medal in 2020.

Games	Teams	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	1	1/1	0	0	1	1
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/2	0	0	0	0
	2	2/2	0	0	0	0
	1	1/2	0	1	0	1
	1	1/2	1	0	0	1
	2	2/2	0	0	0	0
Total	18	18/32	1	1	1	3

Football

Belgium's Olympic debut in 1900 included a men's football team, which is currently recognized as bronze medalists. The team's next appearance was as the host of the 1920 Games, at which the Belgian men won gold. Belgium competed again at the next two Games (1924 and 1928), but then did not appear again until 2008. That year, Belgium reached the semifinals but then lost twice to finish fourth.

Belgium has not appeared at the Olympics in women's soccer.

Games	Teams	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	1	1/1	0	0	1	1
	1	1/1	1	0	0	1
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/2	0	0	0	0
Total	5	5/36	1	0	1	2

Gymnastics

Artistic

Belgium's Olympic debut in 1900 included two gymnasts who competed in the men's individual all-around.

Games	Gymnasts	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	2	1/1	0	0	0	0
	2	1/2	0	0	0	0
	48	3/4	0	1	1	2
	8	1/9	0	0	0	0
	3	7/15	0	0	0	0
	5	12/15	0	0	0	0
	1	5/14	0	0	0	0
	2	5/14	0	0	0	0
	2	1/14	0	0	0	0
	1	1/14	0	0	0	0
	1	1/14	0	0	0	0
	1	1/14	0	0	0	0
	1	1/14	0	0	0	0
	1	1/14	0	0	0	0
	2	2/14	0	0	0	0
	2	2/14	0	0	0	0
	6	4/14	0	0	0	0
	4	3/14	1	0	0	1
	5	4/14	0	0	0	0
Total	97	56/344	1	1	1	3

Rhythmic

Games	Gymnasts	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
	1	1/1	0	0	0	0
Total	3	3/19	0	0	0	0

Trampoline

Games	Gymnasts	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Total	0	0/4	0	0	0	0

Judo

Games	No. judokas	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
	0	0/4	0	0	0	0
	Not Scheduled
	0	0/6	0	0	0	0
	2	2/6	0	0	0	0
	1	1/8	1	0	0	1
	3	3/8	0	0	0	0
	4	4/7	0	0	1	1
	5	5/14	0	0	1	1
	7	7/14	1	1	2	4
	9	9/14	0	0	2	2
	3	3/14	0	0	1	1
	3	3/14	0	0	0	0
	5	5/14	0	0	1	1
	5	5/14	0	0	1	1
	4	4/15	0	0	1	1
	4	4/15	0	0	1	1
			2	1	11	14	21

Rowing

Belgium competed at the first Olympic rowing regatta in 1900; the Royal Club Nautique de Gand men's eight took silver.

Games	Rowers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	11	2/4	0	1	0	1
	3	2/14	0	0	0	0
Total			0	6	2	8

Sailing

Games	No. Sailors	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
	Scheduled but event wasn't held
	0	0/13	0	0	0	0
	Not Scheduled
	3	1/4	0	1	0	1	2
	0	0/4	0	0	0	0
	Games Cancelled
	14	4/14	1	1	1	3	5
	9	3/3	1	0	0	1	2
	6	2/3	0	0	0	0
	0	0/4	0	0	0	0
	3	2/4	0	0	0	0
	Games Cancelled
	Games Cancelled
	12	3/5	0	0	0	0
	4	2/5	0	0	0	0
	1	1/5	0	1	0	1	7=
	3	2/5	0	0	1	1	8=
	1	1/5	0	0	0	0
	3	2/5	0	0	0	0
	4	2/6	0	0	0	0
	3	2/6	0	0	0	0
	0	0/6	0	0	0	0
	1	1/7	0	0	0	0
	0	0/8	0	0	0	0
	5	4/10	0	0	0	0
	3	3/10	0	1	0	1	12=
	4	4/11	0	0	0	0
	4	4/11	0	0	0	0
	3	2/11	0	0	0	0
	3	3/10	0	0	1	1	12=
	4	3/10	0	0	0	0
	4	3/10	0	0	0	0
	8	5/10	0	0	0	0
		205	2	4	3	9	18

Shooting

Belgium debuted in shooting in 1900.

Games	Shooters	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	10	7/9	0	1	2	3
Total			1	5	3	9

Sport climbing

Games	No. Sport climbers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
	1	1/4	0	0	0	0
	1	1/6	0	0	0	0

Taekwando

Games	No. Taekwondoin	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
	1	1/8	0	0	0	0
	3	3/8	0	0	0	0
	1	1/8	0	0	0	0
	1	1/8	0	0	1	1
	6	6/48	0	0	1	1

Tennis

Games	Tenissers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	16	5/5	0	0	0	0
	8	5/5	0	0	0	0
	3	2/4	0	0	0	0
	3	2/4	0	0	1	1
	3	3/4	1	0	0	0
	2	2/4	0	0	0	0
	5	2/5	0	0	0	0
	3	3/5	0	0	0	0
	4	3/5	0	0	0	0
	3	2/5	0	0	0	0
Total	50	29/76	1	0	1	2

Weightlifting

Games	Weightlifters	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	7	4/5	1	1	1	3
	8	5/5	0	0	0	0
	8	5/5	0	0	0	0
	3	3/6	0	0	0	0
	2	2/7	0	0	0	0
	1	1/7	0	0	0	0
	2	2/7	0	0	0	0
	1	1/7	0	0	0	0
	2	2/7	0	1	0	1
	1	1/9	0	0	0	0
	1	1/9	0	0	0	0
	1	1/10	0	0	0	0
	2	2/15	0	0	0	0
	1	1/15	0	0	0	0
	1	1/15	0	0	0	0
	1	1/15	0	0	0	0
	2	2/14	0	0	0	0
	1	1/10	0	0	0	0
Total	45	36/237	1	2	1	4

Wrestling

Games	Wrestlers	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
	4	2/9	0	0	0	0
	1	1/5	0	0	0	0
	12	8/10	0	0	0	0
	17	12/13	0	1	0	1
	13	13/13	0	1	0	1
	11	11/14	0	0	0	0
	9	9/16	0	0	0	0
	8	8/16	0	0	0	0
	3	3/16	0	1	0	1
	5	5/16	0	0	0	0
	3	3/16	0	0	0	0
	2	2/16	0	0	0	0
	2	2/20	0	0	0	0
	2	2/20	0	0	0	0
	1	1/20	0	0	0	0
	1	1/20	0	0	0	0
	1	1/20	0	0	0	0
Total	95	84/446	0	3	0	3

External links

Web site: Belgium . International Olympic Committee .
Web site: Belgium . Olympedia.com .
Web site: Olympic Analytics/BEL . olympanalyt.com .
BOIC – Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee official website

Notes and References

The IOC medal database showns two more team members van Schauwbroeck (perhaps van Schauwenbroeck)
and van Cauwenberg (perhaps Albert van Cauwenberg), however all other serious databases show only three medalists.