Belgium at the Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics Belgium 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.

Belgian athletes have won 139 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another five at the Winter Olympic Games.

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

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
		1900 Paris
		1908 London
		1912 Stockholm
		1920 Antwerp
Gold	Jean Delarge	1924 Paris	Boxing	Men's welterweight
Gold	Charles Delporte	1924 Paris	Fencing	Men's épée individual
Silver	Henri Hoevenaers	1924 Paris	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
Silver	Henri Hoevenaers Alphonse Parfondry Jean Van Den Bosch	1924 Paris	Cycling (Road)	Men's team time trial
Silver	Paul Anspach Joseph De Craecker Charles Delporte Orphile Fernand De Montigny Ernest Gevers Léon Tom	1924 Paris	Fencing	Men's épée team
Silver	Désiré Beurain Charles Crahay	1924 Paris	Fencing	Men's foil team
Bronze	Joseph Jules Beecken	1924 Paris	Boxing	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Gustave Léonard Daghelinckx Henri Hoevenaers Ferdinand Saive Jean Van Den Bosch	1924 Paris	Cycling (Track)	Men's team pursuit (4000m)
Bronze	Maurice Van Damme	1924 Paris	Fencing	Men's foil individual
Silver	Edmond Spapen	1928 Amsterdam	Wrestling (Freestyle)	Men's bantamweight
Bronze	Léonard Steyaert	1928 Amsterdam	Boxing	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Georges Anthony François De Coninck Léon Flament	1928 Amsterdam	Rowing	Men's pair-oared shell with coxswain
Bronze	Auguste Garrebeek Armand Putzeys François Vandermotte	1936 Berlin	Cycling (Road)	Men's team time trial
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
Gold	Gaston Reiff	1948 London	Athletics	Men's 5,000m
Gold	Lode Wouters Leon Delathouwer Eugene Van Rososbroeck	1948 London	Cycling (Road)	Men's team time trial
Silver	Joseph Vissers	1948 London	Boxing	Men's lightweight
Silver	Pierre Nihant	1948 London	Cycling (Track)	Men's 1km time trial
Bronze	Etienne Gailly	1948 London	Athletics	Men's marathon
Bronze	Lode Wouters	1948 London	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
Bronze	Raymond Bru Georges Camille De Bourgignon Henri Paternoster Andre Van de Werwe de Vorsselaere Paul Louis Jean Valcke Edouard Yves	1948 London	Fencing	Men's foil team
Gold	André Noyelle	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
Gold	André Noyelle Robert Grondelaers Lucien Victor	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Road)	Men's team time trial
Silver	Robert Grondelaers	1952 Helsinki	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
Silver	Jules Michel Robert Baetens	1952 Helsinki	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
Silver	Andre Nelis	1956 Melbourne	Sailing	Men's finn
Silver	Joseph Mewis	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's featherweight
Silver	Roger Moens	1960 Rome	Athletics	Men's 800m
Silver	Leo Sterckx	1960 Rome	Cycling (Track)	Men's individual spring
Bronze	Willy Van den Berghen	1960 Rome	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
Bronze	Andre Nelis	1960 Rome	Sailing	Men's finn
Gold	Gaston Roelants	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's 3000m steeplechase
Gold	Patrick Sercu	1964 Tokyo	Cycling (Track)	Men's 1km time trial
Bronze	Walter Godefroot	1964 Tokyo	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
Silver	Serge Reding	1968 Mexico City	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Daniel Goens Robert Van Lancker	1968 Mexico City	Cycling (Track)	Men's 2000m tandem
Silver	Emiel Puttemans	1972 Munich	Athletics	Men's 10,000m
Silver	Karel Lismont	1972 Munich	Athletics	Men's marathon
Silver	Ivo Van Damme	1976 Montreal	Athletics	Men's 800m
Silver	Ivo Van Damme	1976 Montreal	Athletics	Men's 1,500m
Silver	Michel Vaarten	1976 Montreal	Cycling (Track)	Men's 1km time trial
Bronze	Karel Lismont	1976 Montreal	Athletics	Men's marathon
Gold	Robert Van de Walle	1980 Moscow	Judo	Men's half-heavyweight
Gold	Roger Ilegems	1984 Los Angeles	Cycling (Track)	Men's points race
Silver	Pierre Marie Deloof Dirk Crois	1984 Los Angeles	Rowing	Men's double sculls
Bronze	Ann Haesebrouck	1984 Los Angeles	Rowing	Women's single sculls
Bronze	Ingrid Lempereur	1984 Los Angeles	Swimming	Women's 200m breaststroke
Bronze	Robert Van de Walle	1988 Seoul	Judo	Men's half-heavyweight
Bronze	[[Frans Peeters {{{last}}}|Frans Peeters {{{last}}}]]	1988 Seoul	Shooting	Men's trap
Silver	Annelies Bredael	1992 Barcelona	Rowing	Women's single sculls
Bronze	Cedric Mathy	1992 Barcelona	Cycling (Track)	Men's points race
Bronze	Heidi Rakels	1992 Barcelona	Judo	Women's middleweight
Gold	Ulla Werbrouck	1996 Atlanta	Judo	Women's half-heavyweight
Gold	Frederik Deburghgraeve	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke
Silver	Gella Vandecaveye	1996 Atlanta	Judo	Women's half-middleweight
Silver	Sébastien Godefroid	1996 Atlanta	Sailing	Men's finn
Bronze	Marisabel Lomba	1996 Atlanta	Judo	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Harry Van Barneveld	1996 Atlanta	Judo	Women's lightweight
Silver	Filip Meirhaeghe	2000 Sydney	Cycling (Mountain bike)	Men's cross-country
Silver	Etienne De Wilde Matthew Gilmore	2000 Sydney	Cycling (Track)	Men's madison
Bronze	Ann Simons	2000 Sydney	Judo	Women's extra-lightweight
Bronze	Gella Vandecaveye	2000 Sydney	Judo	Women's half-middleweight
Bronze	Els Callens Dominique Van Roost	2000 Sydney	Tennis	Women's doubles
Gold	Justine Henin-Hardenne	2004 Athens	Tennis	Women's singles
Bronze	Axel Merckx	2004 Athens	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
Bronze	Ilse Heylen	2004 Athens	Judo	Women's half-lightweight
Gold	Tia Hellebaut	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's high jump
Silver	Olivia Borlée Kim Gevaert Hanna Mariën Elodie Ouedraogo	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's 4x100m relay

Winter Olympics

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

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

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	1	1	0	2
Total	37	51	51	139

Medals by Winter Games

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
Total	1	1	3	5

Medals by sport

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	2	8
Judo	2	1	7	10
Shooting	1	3	3	7
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
Total	38	52	54	144

See also

• List of Belgium Olympic Team flag bearers
• Category:Olympic competitors for Belgium

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
• "Comité Olympique et Interfédéral Belge". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-10-11.