Belgium at the Olympics

**Belgium** has been in most **Olympic Games**.

The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Belgium is BEL.

## 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.

### Summer Olympics

|style="width:5em"|Medal|style="width:15em"|Name|style="width:15em"|Games|style="width:15em"|Sport|style="width:15em"|Event|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||1924 Paris|Boxing|Men's welterweight||||||
|||1924 Paris|Fencing|Men's épée individual||||||
|||1924 Paris|Cycling (Road)|Men's individual race||||||
||Alphonse Parfondry Jean Van Den Bosch || 1924 Paris || Cycling (Road) || Men's team time trial|||||||||
||Joseph De Craecker Charles Delporte Orphile Fernand De Montigny Ernest Gevers Léon Tom || 1924 Paris || Fencing || Men's épée team|||||||||
||Charles Crahay || 1924 Paris || Fencing || Men's foil team|||||||||
|||1924 Paris|Boxing|Men's middleweight||||||
||Henri Hoevenaers Ferdinand Saive Jean Van Den Bosch || 1924 Paris || Cycling (Track) || Men's team pursuit (4000m)|||||||||
|||1924 Paris|Fencing|Men's foil individual||||||
|||1928 Amsterdam|Wrestling|Men's Bantamweight Freestyle||||||
|||1928 Amsterdam|Boxing|Men's middleweight||||||
||François De Coninck Léon Flament || 1928 Amsterdam || Rowing || Men's pair-oared shell with coxswain|||||||||
||Armand Putzeys François Vandermotte || 1936 Berlin || Cycling (Road) || Men's team time trial|||||||||
||National water polo team <small>, Albert Casteleyns, Pierre Coppieters, Henri Disy, Joseph De Combe, Henri De Pauw, Fernand Issele, Edmond Michiels, Henri Stoelen</small> || 1936 Berlin || Water polo || Men's competition|||||||||
|||1948 London|Athletics|Men's 5,000m||||||
||Leon Delathouwer Eugene Van Rososbroeck || 1948 London || Cycling (Road) || Men's team time trial|||||||||
|||1948 London|Boxing|Men's lightweight||||||
|||1948 London|Cycling (Track)|Men's 1 km time trial||||||
|||1948 London|Athletics|Men's marathon||||||
|||1948 London|Cycling (Road)|Men's individual race||||||
||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|||||||||
|||1952 Helsinki|Cycling (Road)|Men's individual race||||||
||Robert Grondelaers Lucien Victor || 1952 Helsinki || Cycling (Road) || Men's team time trial|||||||||
|||1952 Helsinki|Cycling (Road)|Men's individual race||||||
||Robert Baetens || 1952 Helsinki || Rowing || Men's coxless pair|||||||||
|||1956 Melbourne|Sailing|Men's finn||||||
|||1956 Melbourne|Wrestling|Men's Featherweight Freestyle||||||
|||1960 Rome|Athletics|Men's 800m||||||
|||1960 Rome|Cycling (Track)|Men's individual spring||||||
|||1960 Rome|Cycling (Road)|Men's individual race||||||
|||1960 Rome|Sailing|Men's finn||||||
|||1964 Tokyo|Athletics|Men's 3000m steeplechase||||||
|||1964 Tokyo|Cycling (Track)|Men's 1 km time trial||||||
|||1964 Tokyo|Cycling (Road)|Men's individual race||||||
|||1968 Mexico City|Weightlifting|Men's heavyweight||||||
||Robert Van Lancker || 1968 Mexico City || Cycling (Track) || Men's 2000m tandem|||||||||
|||1972 Munich|Athletics|Men's 10,000m||||||
|||1972 Munich|Athletics|Men's marathon||||||
|||1976 Montreal|Athletics|Men's 800m||||||
|||1976 Montreal|Athletics|Men's 1,500m||||||
|||1976 Montreal|Cycling (Track)|Men's 1 km time trial||||||
|||1976 Montreal|Athletics|Men's marathon||||||
|||1980 Moscow|Judo|Men's half-heavyweight||||||
|||1984 Los Angeles|Cycling (Track)|Men's points race||||||
||Dirk Crois || 1984 Los Angeles || Rowing || Men's double sculls|||||||||
|||1984 Los Angeles|Rowing|Women's single sculls||||||
|||1984 Los Angeles|Swimming|Women's 200m breaststroke||||||
|||1988 Seoul|Judo|Men's half-heavyweight||||||
|||1988 Seoul|Shooting|Men's trap||||||
|||1992 Barcelona|Rowing|Women's single sculls||||||
|||1992 Barcelona|Cycling (Track)|Men's points race||||||
|||1992 Barcelona|Judo|Women's middleweight||||||
|||1996 Atlanta|Judo|Women's half-heavyweight||||||
|||1996 Atlanta|Swimming|Men's 100m breaststroke||||||
|||1996 Atlanta|Judo|Women's half-middleweight||||||
|||1996 Atlanta|Sailing|Men's finn||||||
|||1996 Atlanta|Judo|Men's heavyweight||||||
|||1996 Atlanta|Judo|Women's lightweight||||||
|||2000 Sydney|Cycling (Mountain bike)|Men's cross-country||||||
||Matthew Gilmore || 2000 Sydney || Cycling (Track) || Men's madison|||||||||
|||2000 Sydney|Judo|Women's extra-lightweight||||||
|||2000 Sydney|Judo|Women's half-middleweight||||||
||Dominique Van Roost || 2000 Sydney || Tennis || Women's doubles|||||||||
|||2004 Athens|Tennis|Women's singles||||||
|||2004 Athens|Cycling (Road)|Men's individual race||||||
|||2004 Athens|Judo|Women's half-lightweight||||||
|||2008 Beijing|Athletics|Women's high jump||||||
||Kim Gevaert Hanna Mariën Élodie Ouédraogo  || 2008 Beijing || Athletics|| Women's 4 × 100 m relay|||||||||
||Lionel Cox|2012 London|Shooting|Men's 50 metre rifle prone||||||
|||2012 London|Judo|Women's 48 kg||||||
|||2012 London|Sailing|Laser Radial||||||

### Winter Olympics

|style="width:6em"|Medal|style="width:12em"|Name|style="width:10em"|Games|style="width:10em"|Sport|style="width:10em"|Event|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||René Mortiaux Paul Van den Broeck Victor Verschueren Henri Willems || 1924 Chamonix || Bobsleigh || Four-man|||||||||
|||1928 St. Moritz|Figure skating|Men's individual||||||
||Pierre Baugniet || 1948 St. Moritz || Figure skating || Pairs|||||||||
||Freddy Mansveld Louis-Georges Niels Jacques Mouvet || 1948 St. Moritz || Bobsleigh || Four-man|||||||||
|||1998 Nagano|Speed skating|Men's 5000 metres||||||

### Medals by Summer Games

|Total|38|51|53|142|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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

## Other websites

- Belgium profile at London2012.com
- Belgium at Olympic.org

## Infobox (country at games)

- **noc**: BEL
- **nocname**: Belgian Olympic Committee, Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
- **games**: Olympics
- **website**:  
- **gold**: 41
- **silver**: 55
- **bronze**: 58
- **seealso**: Belgium at the 1906 Intercalated Games, 1906 Intercalated Games