Belgium at the Olympics
Participation of athletes from Belgium in the Olympic Games
Belgium has been in most Olympic Games.
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IOC code | BEL |
NOC | Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee |
Website | www |
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Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
The International Olympic Committee's official abbreviation for Belgium is BEL.[1]
History
changeAthletes 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
changeSummer Olympics
changeWinter Olympics
changeMedal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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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
changeMedals by Summer Games
changeGames | 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 |
Total | 38 | 51 | 53 | 142 |
Medals by Winter Games
changeGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Medals by sport
changeSport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Total | 38 | 53 | 56 | 147 |
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ "Official abbreviations" at The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964, [p. 9 of 409 PDF]; retrieved 2012-8-16.
Other websites
change- Belgium profile at London2012.com Archived 2012-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Belgium at Olympic.org