Belgium at the Olympics

Belgium at the
Olympics
Belgium at the; Olympics
IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Website	www.olympic.be (in Dutch and French)
Medals	Gold 41 Silver 55 Bronze 58 Total 154
Summer appearances
	1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Winter appearances
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Belgium has been in most Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Belgium is BEL.^[1]

History

Athletes from Belgium competed for the first time was at the 1900 Games. The nation was host to the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. Belgian athletes have won 142 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another five at the Winter Olympic Games.

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

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Jean Delarge	1924 Paris	Boxing	Men's welterweight
1 Gold	Charles Delporte	1924 Paris	Fencing	Men's épée individual
2 Silver	Henri Hoevenaers	1924 Paris	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
2 Silver	Henri Hoevenaers Alphonse Parfondry Jean Van Den Bosch	1924 Paris	Cycling (Road)	Men's team time trial
2 Silver	Paul Anspach Joseph De Craecker Charles Delporte Orphile Fernand De Montigny Ernest Gevers Léon Tom	1924 Paris	Fencing	Men's épée team
2 Silver	Désiré Beurain Charles Crahay	1924 Paris	Fencing	Men's foil team
3 Bronze	Joseph Jules Beecken	1924 Paris	Boxing	Men's middleweight
3 Bronze	Gustave Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Ferdinand Saive Jean Van Den Bosch	1924 Paris	Cycling (Track)	Men's team pursuit (4000m)
3 Bronze	Maurice Van Damme	1924 Paris	Fencing	Men's foil individual
2 Silver	Edmond Spapen	1928 Amsterdam	Wrestling	Men's Bantamweight Freestyle
3 Bronze	Léonard Steyaert	1928 Amsterdam	Boxing	Men's middleweight
3 Bronze	Georges Anthony François De Coninck Léon Flament	1928 Amsterdam	Rowing	Men's pair-oared shell with coxswain
3 Bronze	Auguste Garrebeek Armand Putzeys François Vandermotte	1936 Berlin	Cycling (Road)	Men's team time trial
3 Bronze	National water polo team Gerard Blitz, Albert Casteleyns, Pierre Coppieters, Henri Disy, Joseph De Combe, Henri De Pauw, Fernand Issele, Edmond Michiels, Henri Stoelen	1936 Berlin	Water polo	Men's competition
1 Gold	Gaston Reiff	1948 London	Athletics	Men's 5,000m
1 Gold	Lode Wouters Leon Delathouwer Eugene Van Rososbroeck	1948 London	Cycling (Road)	Men's team time trial
2 Silver	Joseph Vissers	1948 London	Boxing	Men's lightweight
2 Silver	Pierre Nihant	1948 London	Cycling (Track)	Men's 1 km time trial
3 Bronze	Etienne Gailly	1948 London	Athletics	Men's marathon
3 Bronze	Lode Wouters	1948 London	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
3 Bronze	Raymond Bru Georges Camille De Bourgignon Henri Paternoster André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer Paul Louis Jean Valcke Edouard Yves	1948 London	Fencing	Men's foil team
1 Gold	André Noyelle	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
1 Gold	André Noyelle Robert Grondelaers Lucien Victor	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Road)	Men's team time trial
2 Silver	Robert Grondelaers	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
2 Silver	Jules Michel Robert Baetens	1952 Helsinki	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
2 Silver	André Nelis	1956 Melbourne	Sailing	Men's finn
2 Silver	Joseph Mewis	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's Featherweight Freestyle
2 Silver	Roger Moens	1960 Rome	Athletics	Men's 800m
2 Silver	Leo Sterckx	1960 Rome	Cycling (Track)	Men's individual spring
3 Bronze	Willy van den Berghen	1960 Rome	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
3 Bronze	André Nelis	1960 Rome	Sailing	Men's finn
1 Gold	Gaston Roelants	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's 3000m steeplechase
1 Gold	Patrick Sercu	1964 Tokyo	Cycling (Track)	Men's 1 km time trial
3 Bronze	Walter Godefroot	1964 Tokyo	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
2 Silver	Serge Reding	1968 Mexico City	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
3 Bronze	Daniel Goens Robert Van Lancker	1968 Mexico City	Cycling (Track)	Men's 2000m tandem
2 Silver	Emiel Puttemans	1972 Munich	Athletics	Men's 10,000m
2 Silver	Karel Lismont	1972 Munich	Athletics	Men's marathon
2 Silver	Ivo Van Damme	1976 Montreal	Athletics	Men's 800m
2 Silver	Ivo Van Damme	1976 Montreal	Athletics	Men's 1,500m
2 Silver	Michel Vaarten	1976 Montreal	Cycling (Track)	Men's 1 km time trial
3 Bronze	Karel Lismont	1976 Montreal	Athletics	Men's marathon
1 Gold	Robert Van de Walle	1980 Moscow	Judo	Men's half-heavyweight
1 Gold	Roger Ilegems	1984 Los Angeles	Cycling (Track)	Men's points race
2 Silver	Pierre Marie Deloof Dirk Crois	1984 Los Angeles	Rowing	Men's double sculls
3 Bronze	Ann Haesebrouck	1984 Los Angeles	Rowing	Women's single sculls
3 Bronze	Ingrid Lempereur	1984 Los Angeles	Swimming	Women's 200m breaststroke
3 Bronze	Robert Van de Walle	1988 Seoul	Judo	Men's half-heavyweight
3 Bronze	Frans Peeters	1988 Seoul	Shooting	Men's trap
2 Silver	Annelies Bredael	1992 Barcelona	Rowing	Women's single sculls
3 Bronze	Cedric Mathy	1992 Barcelona	Cycling (Track)	Men's points race
3 Bronze	Heidi Rakels	1992 Barcelona	Judo	Women's middleweight
1 Gold	Ulla Werbrouck	1996 Atlanta	Judo	Women's half-heavyweight
1 Gold	Frederik Deburghgraeve	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke
2 Silver	Gella Vandecaveye	1996 Atlanta	Judo	Women's half-middleweight
2 Silver	Sébastien Godefroid	1996 Atlanta	Sailing	Men's finn
3 Bronze	Harry Van Barneveld	1996 Atlanta	Judo	Men's heavyweight
3 Bronze	Marisabel Lomba	1996 Atlanta	Judo	Women's lightweight
2 Silver	Filip Meirhaeghe	2000 Sydney	Cycling (Mountain bike)	Men's cross-country
2 Silver	Etienne De Wilde Matthew Gilmore	2000 Sydney	Cycling (Track)	Men's madison
3 Bronze	Ann Simons	2000 Sydney	Judo	Women's extra-lightweight
3 Bronze	Gella Vandecaveye	2000 Sydney	Judo	Women's half-middleweight
3 Bronze	Els Callens Dominique Van Roost	2000 Sydney	Tennis	Women's doubles
1 Gold	Justine Henin-Hardenne	2004 Athens	Tennis	Women's singles
3 Bronze	Axel Merckx	2004 Athens	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
3 Bronze	Ilse Heylen	2004 Athens	Judo	Women's half-lightweight
1 Gold	Tia Hellebaut	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's high jump
1 Gold	Olivia Borlée Kim Gevaert Hanna Mariën Élodie Ouédraogo	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay
2 Silver	Lionel Cox	2012 London	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle prone
3 Bronze	Charline Van Snick	2012 London	Judo	Women's 48 kg
3 Bronze	Evi Van Acker	2012 London	Sailing	Laser Radial

Winter Olympics

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
3 Bronze	Charles Mulder René Mortiaux Paul Van den Broeck Victor Verschueren Henri Willems	1924 Chamonix	Bobsleigh	Four-man
3 Bronze	Robert van Zeebroeck	1928 St. Moritz	Figure skating	Men's individual
1 Gold	Micheline Lannoy Pierre Baugniet	1948 St. Moritz	Figure skating	Pairs
2 Silver	Max Houben Freddy Mansveld Louis-Georges Niels Jacques Mouvet	1948 St. Moritz	Bobsleigh	Four-man
3 Bronze	Bart Veldkamp	1998 Nagano	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Total	38	51	53	142
Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1896 Athens	did not participate
1900 Paris	5	5	5	15
1904 St. Louis	did not participate
1908 London	1	5	2	8
1912 Stockholm	2	1	3	6
1920 Antwerp (host nation)	14	11	11	36
1924 Paris	3	7	3	13
1928 Amsterdam	0	1	2	3
1932 Los Angeles	0	0	0	0
1936 Berlin	0	0	2	2
1948 London	2	2	3	7
1952 Helsinki	2	2	0	4
1956 Melbourne/Stockholm	0	2	0	2
1960 Rome	0	2	2	4
1964 Tokyo	2	0	1	3
1968 Mexico City	0	1	1	2
1972 Munich	0	2	0	2
1976 Montreal	0	3	3	6
1980 Moscow	1	0	0	1
1984 Los Angeles	1	1	2	4
1988 Seoul	0	0	2	2
1992 Barcelona	0	1	2	3
1996 Atlanta	2	2	2	6
2000 Sydney	0	2	3	5
2004 Athens	1	0	2	3
2008 Beijing	2	0	0	2
2012 London	0	1	2	3

Medals by Winter Games

Total	1	1	3	5
Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1924 Chamonix	0	0	1	1
1928 St. Moritz	0	0	1	1
1932 Lake Placid	0	0	0	0
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	0	0	0	0
1948 St. Moritz	1	1	0	2
1952 Oslo	0	0	0	0
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	0	0	0	0
1960 Squaw Valley	did not participate
1964 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0
1968 Grenoble	did not participate
1972 Sapporo	0	0	0	0
1976 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0
1980 Lake Placid	0	0	0	0
1984 Sarajevo	0	0	0	0
1988 Calgary	0	0	0	0
1992 Albertville	0	0	0	0
1994 Lillehammer	0	0	0	0
1998 Nagano	0	0	1	1
2002 Salt Lake City	0	0	0	0
2006 Turin	0	0	0	0
2010 Vancouver	0	0	0	0

Medals by sport

Total	38	53	56	147
Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Archery	11	6	3	20
Cycling	6	8	10	24
Equestrian	4	2	6	12
Athletics	3	6	2	11
Fencing	3	3	4	10
Sailing	2	4	3	9
Judo	2	1	8	11
Shooting	1	4	3	8
Weightlifting	1	2	1	4
Boxing	1	1	2	4
Swimming	1	1	2	4
Figure skating	1	0	1	2
Football	1	0	1	2
Tennis	1	0	1	2
Rowing	0	6	2	8
Water polo	0	4	2	6
Wrestling	0	3	0	3
Bobsleigh	0	1	1	2
Gymnastics	0	1	1	2
Field hockey	0	0	1	1
Speed skating	0	0	1	1
Tug of war	0	0	1	1

Related pages

List of IOC country codes

References

↑ "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]; retrieved 2012-8-16.

Other websites

Belgium profile at London2012.com Archived 2012-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
Belgium at Olympic.org

[1] "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]; retrieved 2012-8-16.

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