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Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
competed at the
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. 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
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. Since the nation's official debut in
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, Belgian athletes have appeared in every edition of the
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, with the exception of the
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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): *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 A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek ἑπτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hep ...


Badminton

Belgium entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Set to compete at her third consecutive Games,
Lianne Tan Lianne Tan (born 20 November 1990) is a Belgian badminton player. She competed for Belgium at the Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, 2012 London, Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, 2016 Rio, Badmin ...
secured a spot in the women's singles at the Games based on the
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Race to Tokyo Rankings.


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
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meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ;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. ;Team roster The players were announced on 3 July 2021. * Rafael Bogaerts * Nick Celis * Thierry Mariën * Thibaut Vervoort ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;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 The International Canoe Federation (ICF) is the umbrella organization of all national canoe organizations worldwide. It is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, and administers all aspects of canoe sport worldwide. 157 countries are affiliated ...
accepted the nation's request to claim an unused berth from the 2020 Oceania Championships.


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
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. 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. 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
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. ;Men ;Women


Track

Following the completion of the
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, 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 *
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and
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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
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. 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. 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. Belgian equestrian squads for eventing and jumping were named on June 24, 2021. The dressage team was named on July 3, 2021.


Dressage

Alexa Fairchild and Dabanos have been named the travelling alternates. 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 Pieter Devos (born 8 February 1986) is a Belgian show jumping rider from Diest. He is a regular on the Belgian team and has won team gold medals at the 2019 European Championships in Rotterdam (NEL) and 2018 FEI Nations Cup Final in Barcelona (ES ...
and Claire Z.


Field hockey

;Summary


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
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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;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
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. ;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,
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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
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. 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
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, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas. 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.


Skateboarding

Lore Bruggeman and
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have qualified for the games by finishing top 16 in the Olympic world skateboarding rankings for the women's street and
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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)): Two-time Olympian
Pieter Timmers Pieter Timmers (born 21 January 1988) is a Belgian retired competitive swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He won the silver medal in the 100 meter freestyle at the 2016 Olympics. Timmers currently holds nine Belgian records, and ...
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.


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
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. ;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.Tokyo 2020 Qualification (Weightlifting)
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See also

* Belgium at the 2020 Summer Paralympics


References


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