Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgium competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Belgian athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. The Belgian team consisted of 108 athletes, 70 men and 38 women, across nineteen sports.^[2]

Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Website	www.olympic.be (in Dutch and French)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	108 in 19 sports
Flag bearers	Olivia Borlée (opening) [1] Nafissatou Thiam (closing)
Medals Ranked 35th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Belgium returned home from Rio de Janeiro with six medals (two in each color), which matched its overall tally from the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.^[3] A third of the medal tally was distributed to the Belgian cyclists, including the first ever gold of the Games won by Greg Van Avermaet in the men's road race.^[4] These Games also marked a historic first for the Belgians on the podium in collective sports after nearly a century, bringing them home a silver medal in the men's field hockey tournament.^[5] Indeed, the Belgian men surpassed their female counterparts in the medal count for the first time since 1988.^[3]

Apart from Van Avermaet and the men's field hockey team, other medals were distributed to the following athletes on the Belgian roster: a gold to Nafissatou Thiam, who edged out the defending champion Jessica Ennis-Hill of Great Britain in the women's heptathlon; a silver to Pieter Timmers, who became the first Belgian swimmer to ascend the Olympic podium, since Frédérik Deburghgraeve captured the gold in Atlanta two decades earlier; and two bronzes to judoka and three-time Olympian Dirk Van Tichelt (men's lightweight) and track cyclist Jolien D'Hoore (women's omnium).^[3][6][7]

Medalists

Main article: 2016 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Greg Van Avermaet Cycling Men's road race August 6  Gold Nafissatou Thiam Athletics Women's heptathlon August 13  Silver Pieter Timmers Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle August 10  Silver Belgium men's national field hockey team Arthur Van Doren John-John Dohmen Florent van Aubel Sebastien Dockier Cédric Charlier Gauthier Boccard Emmanuel Stockbroekx Thomas Briels Felix Denayer Vincent Vanasch Simon Gougnard Loïck Luypaert Tom Boon Jérôme Truyens Elliot Van Strydonck Tanguy Cosyns Field hockey Men's tournament August 18  Bronze Dirk Van Tichelt Judo Men's 73 kg August 8  Bronze Jolien D'Hoore Cycling Women's omnium August 16

Medals by sport Sport Total Cycling 1 0 1 2 Athletics 1 0 0 1 Hockey 0 1 0 1 Swimming 0 1 0 1 Judo 0 0 1 1 Total 2 2 2 6 Medals by day Day Date Total Day 1 6 August 1 0 0 1 Day 2 7 August 0 0 0 0 Day 3 8 August 0 0 1 1 Day 4 9 August 0 0 0 0 Day 5 10 August 0 1 0 1 Day 6 11 August 0 0 0 0 Day 7 12 August 0 0 0 0 Day 8 13 August 1 0 0 1 Day 9 14 August 0 0 0 0 Day 10 15 August 0 0 0 0 Day 11 16 August 0 0 1 1 Day 12 17 August 0 0 0 0 Day 13 18 August 0 1 0 1 Day 14 19 August 0 0 0 0 Day 15 20 August 0 0 0 0 Day 16 21 August 0 0 0 0 Total 2 2 2 6 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 1 2 1 4 Female 1 0 1 2 Total 2 2 2 6

Competitors

The Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee fielded a roster of 108 athletes, 70 men and 38 women, to compete across nineteen different sports at these Games; it was the nation's second-largest delegation sent to the Olympics, falling short of the record achieved in London 2012 (111) by a few athletes.^[2] Roughly three quarters of the nation's full roster size were made up of males more than their female counterparts, due to the attendance of the men's field hockey squad and the proliferation of men in judo, swimming, and track and field making the cut.

For individual-based sports, Belgium made its Olympic debut in golf (new to the 2016 Games), as well as its return to fencing after 12 years and archery after 16 years. Additionally, the Belgian female gymnasts were selected to compete in the team all-around for the first time at these Games after nearly seven decades.^[8] Track and field accounted for the largest number of athletes on the Belgian team, with 26 entries, while there was a single competitor each in archery, sprint canoeing, fencing, rowing, shooting, and weightlifting.

The Belgian roster featured London 2012 bronze medalists Charline Van Snick (women's extra-lightweight judo) and sailing veteran Evi Van Acker (Laser Radial), taekwondo fighter and former Iranian refugee Raheleh Asemani (women's 57 kg),^[9] world-ranked tennis player David Goffin, rising heptathlon star Nafissatou Thiam, badminton siblings Yuhan and Lianne Tan, and the prominent Borlée track and field quartet of twins and three-time Olympians Kévin and Jonathan, their younger brother Dylan, and their lone sister and 2008 relay champion Olivia, who eventually served as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1][10]

Fifteen-year-old gymnast Senna Deriks, who helped the Belgians secure one of available berths in the women's team all-around at the Games, was the country's youngest competitor, with equestrian eventing rider and four-time Olympian Joris Vanspringel rounding out the lineup as the oldest competitor (aged 53). Vanspringel's teammate Karin Donckers topped the list of most experienced athletes on the Belgian roster, by becoming the country's first female to participate in her record six Olympics.^[11]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes: Sport Men Women Total Archery 1 0 1 Athletics 15 11 26 Badminton 1 1 2 Canoeing 1 0 1 Cycling 8 8 16 Equestrian 3 2 5 Fencing 1 0 1 Field hockey 16 0 16 Golf 2 1 3 Gymnastics 1 5 6 Judo 4 1 5 Rowing 1 0 1 Sailing 3 1 4 Shooting 1 0 1 Swimming 7 2 9 Taekwondo 2 1 3 Tennis 1 2 3 Triathlon 2 2 4 Weightlifting 1 0 1 Total 70 38 108

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics

One Belgian archer has qualified for the men's individual recurve at the Olympics by virtue of a top five national finish at the 2016 Archery World Cup meet in Antalya, Turkey, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 2000.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Robin Ramaekers	Men's individual	654	42	Tyack (AUS) W 6–2	Rodríguez (ESP) L 0–6	did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[13][14]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bashir Abdi	5000 m	13:42.83	16	—		did not advance
	10000 m	—				28:01.49	20
Jonathan Borlée	200 m	20.64	5	did not advance
	400 m	46.01	4	did not advance
Kevin Borlée	400 m	45.90	5	did not advance
Michaël Bultheel	400 m hurdles	49.37	5 q	49.46	5	did not advance
Florent Caelen	Marathon	—				2:17:59	44
Jeroen D'hoedt	3000 m steeplechase	8:48.29	13	—		did not advance
Pieter-Jan Hannes	1500 m	3:38.89	8 q	3:43.71	12	did not advance
Koen Naert	Marathon	—				2:14:53	22
Willem Van Schuerbeeck		—				2:18:56	56
Jonathan Borlée Kevin Borlée Dylan Borlée Antoine Gillet Robin Vanderbemden Julien Watrin	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.25 NR	1 Q	—		2:58.52 NR	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cynthia Bolingo	200 m	23.98	8	did not advance
Olivia Borlée		23.53	7	did not advance
Louise Carton	5000 m	15:34.39	11	—		did not advance
Axelle Dauwens	400 m hurdles	57.68	7	did not advance
Veerle Dejaeghere	Marathon	—				2:37:39	47
Renée Eykens	800 m	2:00.00	4 q	2:00.45	5	did not advance
Els Rens	Marathon	—				2:45:52	84
Manuela Soccol		—				2:44:18	74
Anne Zagré	100 m hurdles	12.85	2 Q	DSQ		did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Philip Milanov	Men's discus throw	62.68	12 q	62.22	9

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Thomas Van der Plaetsen	Result	11.24	7.66	12.84	2.16	49.63	15.01	43.58	5.40	62.09	4:32.21	8332	8
	Points	808	975	657	953	832	848	738	1035	769	717

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Nafissatou Thiam	Result	13.56	1.98	14.91	25.10	6.58	53.13	2:16.54	6810
	Points	1041	1211	855	878	1033	921	871

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgium has qualified two badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 siblings Yuhan and Lianne Tan were selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers each in the men's and women's singles based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.^[15]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yuhan Tan	Men's singles	Zilberman (ISR) L (20–22, 12–21)	Chou T-c (TPE) L (14–21, 8–21)	—	3	did not advance
Lianne Tan	Women's singles	Wang (USA) L (17–21, 22–20, 14–21)	Li Xr (CHN) L (11–21, 11–21)	Santos (POR) W (21–16, 21–18)	3	did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Belgium has received an unused host quota place in the men's K-1 1000 m to the Olympics, as the next highest-ranked eligible nation, not yet qualified, at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Artuur Peters	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:34.178	5 Q	3:37.586	7 FB	3:33.521	11

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Road

Belgian riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the UCI World Ranking (for women).^[17][18] The women's road cycling team was named to the Olympic roster on June 9, 2016, with the men joining them on July 22.^[19][20]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Laurens De Plus	Road race	did not finish
Philippe Gilbert		6:23.23	42
Serge Pauwels		6:16.17	22
Greg Van Avermaet		6:10.05
Tim Wellens	Road race	did not finish
	Time trial	1:16:49.71	20

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ann-Sophie Duyck	Road race	did not finish
	Time trial	48:17.60	23
Lotte Kopecky	Road race	4:02:07	45
	Time trial	48:09.86	21
Anisha Vekemans	Road race	3:58:03	29

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Belgian riders have accumulated spots in both the men's and women's omnium, by virtue of their final individual UCI Olympic rankings in those events.

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Jasper De Buyst	Men's omnium	18	6	4:36.246	16	12	15	10	DNS			DNS			DNS		28	DNF
Jolien D'Hoore	Women's omnium	3	36	3:30.202	3	36	2	38	35.326	4	34	14.195	7	28	27	8	199

Mountain biking

Belgian mountain bikers qualified for two men's and one women's quota place into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's ninth-place finish for men and twelfth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016. The mountain biking team was named to the Olympic roster on June 9, 2016.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ruben Scheire	Men's cross-country	1:37:36	11
Jens Schuermans		1:39:30	18
Githa Michiels	Women's cross-country	1:40:23	21

BMX

Belgian riders qualified for one women's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's top three finish for women in the UCI BMX Individual Ranking List of May 31, 2016. BMX cyclist Elke Vanhoof was named to the Olympic roster on June 9, 2016.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Elke Vanhoof	Women's BMX	35.325	6	13	3 Q	39.538	6

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgium has entered two jumping riders into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of their top four finish outside the group selection in the individual FEI Olympic Rankings. Two eventing riders and one dressage rider have been added to the squad by virtue of the following results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings: a top nine finish from the combined overall in eventing, and a top two finish from South Western Europe in dressage.^[21]

Belgian equestrian team was named on July 12, 2016.^[22]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Jorinde Verwimp	Tiamo	Individual	70.771	35	did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Karin Donckers	Fletcha van't Verahof	Individual	41.10	7	Eliminated			did not advance
Joris Vanspringel	Lully des Aulnes		54.30	52	21.60	75.90	26	8.00	83.90	25 Q	4.00	87.90	24	87.90	24

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jérôme Guery	Grand Cru	Individual	0	=1 Q	10	10	=44 Q	5	15	37 Q	8	28	did not advance			8	28
Nicola Philippaerts	Zilverstar		DSQ		did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgium has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition, signifying the nation's sporting comeback for the first time since 2004. Seppe van Holsbeke had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's sabre by finishing among the top four individuals at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague, Czech Republic.^[23]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Seppe van Holsbeke	Men's sabre	Dershwitz (USA) W 15–12	Dolniceanu (ROU) L 13–15	did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Belgium men's	Men's tournament	Great Britain W 4–1	Brazil W 12–0	Australia W 1–0	Spain W 3–1	New Zealand L 1–3	1	India W 3–1	Netherlands W 3–1	Argentina L 2–4

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Belgium men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved a top three finish at the second stop of the 2014–15 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals.^[24][25] Only three nations qualified through this route, but India had already secured qualification as the continental champion after the team's success at the 2014 Asian Games, leaving the remaining teams to automatically receive the three quotas.

Team roster

The following is the Belgium roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[26]

Head coach: Shane McLeod

4. Arthur Van Doren
7. John-John Dohmen (C)
8. Florent van Aubel
9. Sebastien Dockier
10. Cédric Charlier
12. Gauthier Boccard
15. Emmanuel Stockbroekx
17. Thomas Briels
19. Felix Denayer
21. Vincent Vanasch (GK)
22. Simon Gougnard
25. Loïck Luypaert
27. Tom Boon
28. Jérôme Truyens
29. Elliot Van Strydonck
32. Tanguy Cosyns

Reserves:

• Alexandre de Paeuw
• Jeremy Gucassoff (GK)
• Alexander Hendrickx

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	4	0	1	21	5	+16	12	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	5	3	1	1	13	6	+7	10
3	Australia	5	3	0	2	13	4	+9	9
4	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	17	8	+9	7
5	Great Britain	5	1	2	2	14	10	+4	5
6	Brazil (H)	5	0	0	5	1	46	−45	0

Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.^[27]
(H) Hosts

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 12:30 Belgium  4–1  Great Britain Truyens  5' Cosyns  32' Gougnard  35' Charlier  56' Report Catlin  27' Umpires: John Weight (RSA) Coen van Bunge (NED)

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7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 19:30 Brazil  0–12  Belgium Report Van Aubel  12' Van Doren  14', 54' Cosyns  18', 53' Denayer  25' Truyens  28' Boccard  33' Briels  33' Dockier  41' Charlier  48' Dohmen  51' Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Javed Shaikh (IND)

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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 20:30 Belgium  1–0  Australia Cosyns  16' Report Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Marcin Grochal (POL)

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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 13:30 Spain  1–3  Belgium Quemada  41' Report Charlier  6' Stockbroekx  16' Charlier  21' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

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12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 18:00 Belgium  1–3  New Zealand Van Aubel  58' Report Child  31' Wilson  37' Inglis  52' Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) John Wright (RSA)

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Quarterfinal

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 12:30 Belgium  3–1  India Dockier  34', 45' Boon  50' Report A. Singh  15' Umpires: Simon Taylor (NZL) Nathan Stagno (GBR)

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Semifinal

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 17:00 Belgium  3–1  Netherlands Truyens  25' Dohmen  29' van Aubel  46' Report van der Weerden  29' Umpires: Germán Montes de Oca (ARG) Murray Grime (AUS)

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Gold medal match

18 August 2016 (2016-08-18) 17:00 Belgium  2–4  Argentina Cosyns  3' Boccard  45' Report P. Ibarra  12' Ortiz  15' Peillat  22' Mazzilli  60' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER)

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgium has entered three golfers into the Olympic tournament. Nicolas Colsaerts (world no. 124), Thomas Pieters (world no. 66), and Chloe Leurquin (world no. 402) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.^[28][29]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Nicolas Colsaerts	Men's	68	71	71	73	283	−1	=30
Thomas Pieters		67	66	77	65	275	−9	4
Chloe Leurquin	Women's	79	78	71	75	303	+19	56

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Belgium has fielded a full squad of six artistic gymnasts (one man and five women) into the Olympic competition. The women's squad had claimed one of the remaining four spots in the team all-around for the first time since 1948, while an additional Olympic berth had been awarded to the Belgian male gymnast, who participated in the apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[8][30] Lone male gymnast Dennis Goossens, along with the women's squad, were named to the Belgian roster for the Games on July 14, 2016.^[31]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Dennis Goossens	Rings	—		15.366	—			15.366	7 Q	—		14.933	—			14.933	8

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Senna Deriks	Team	14.000	13.533	—				did not advance
Nina Derwael		13.900	15.133	13.966	13.533	56.532	19 Q
Rune Hermans		13.133	13.775	13.700	13.900	54.508	34
Gaëlle Mys		14.133	—	13.833	13.566	—
Laura Waem		—	14.133	13.966	13.366	—
Total		42.033	43.041	41.765	40.999	167.838	12

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Nina Derwael	All-around	13.966	15.300	13.300	13.733	56.299	19

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgium has qualified a total of five judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Jasper Lefevere, Toma Nikiforov, London 2012 Olympians Joachim Bottieau and bronze medalist Charline van Snick, and two-time Olympian Dirk van Tichelt were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.^[32][33]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jasper Lefevere	Men's −66 kg	Smagulov (KAZ) L 000–000 S	did not advance
Dirk Van Tichelt	Men's −73 kg	Bye	Zemouri (QAT) W 100–000	An C-r (KOR) W 010–000	Iartcev (RUS) W 011–010	Ono (JPN) L 000–111	Bye	Ungvári (HUN) W 100–000
Joachim Bottieau	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Marconcini (ITA) L 000–000 S	did not advance
Toma Nikiforov	Men's −100 kg	Bye	Mahjoub (IRI) W 100–000	Gviniashvili (GEO) L 000–101	did not advance
Charline Van Snick	Women's −48 kg	—	Ungureanu (ROU) W 100–000	Menezes (BRA) L 000–001	did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgium has qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Olympics by virtue of his top three finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[34]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hannes Obreno	Men's single sculls	7:09.06	1 QF	Bye		6:48.90	1 SA/B	7:06.76	3 FA	6:47.42	4

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and Oceanian qualifying regattas.^[35] They also picked up a spare Olympic berth freed by Africa as the next highest-ranked eligible crew in the 49er class based on the results at the 2015 World Championships.^[36] The sailing crew, highlighted by London 2012 bronze medalist Evi van Acker, was named to the Olympic roster on June 2, 2016.^[37]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Wannes Van Laer	Men's Laser	27	30	12	11	23	12	23	13	1	18	—		EL	140	17
Yannick Lefèbvre Tom Pelsmaekers	Men's 49er	19	14	13	17	9	3	8	8	12	20	14	8	EL	125	17
Evi Van Acker	Women's Laser Radial	2	13	2	29	16	15	11	2	1	5	—		6	78	4

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgium has qualified one shooter in the men's trap by securing an available Olympic berth at the 2015 World Shotgun Championships in Lonato, Italy, as long as he obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[38] The berth was awarded to rookie Maxime Mottet, as one of the nominated athletes from the second batch being named to the Olympic team.^[34]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Maxime Mottet	Men's trap	116	10	did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgian swimmers have so far 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)):^[39][40]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jasper Aerents	50 m freestyle	22.61	39	did not advance
Basten Caerts	200 m breaststroke	2:13.44	32	did not advance
Louis Croenen	200 m butterfly	1:56.48	14 Q	1:56.03	8 Q	1:57.04	8
François Heersbrandt	50 m freestyle	22.58	38	did not advance
Glenn Surgeloose	100 m freestyle	48.65	19	did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:47.19	17 Q*	1:47.36	14	did not advance
Pieter Timmers	100 m freestyle	48.46	9 Q	48.14 NR	6 Q	47.80 NR
Emmanuel Vanluchene	200 m individual medley	2:01.36	23	did not advance
Jasper Aerents Dieter Dekoninck Glenn Surgeloose Pieter Timmers Emmanuel Vanluchene	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.16	7 Q	—		3:13.57 NR	6
Louis Croenen Dieter Dekoninck Glenn Surgeloose Pieter Timmers Emmanuel Vanluchene	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:08.72	6 Q	—		7:11.64	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kimberly Buys	100 m butterfly	57.91 NR	12 Q	58.63	14	did not advance
Fanny Lecluyse	100 m breaststroke	1:08.80	28	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:27.16	17	did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgium entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Si Mohamed Ketbi and Jaouad Achab qualified automatically for their respective weight classes by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[41][42] Initially a member of the Refugee Olympic Athletes, Iranian-born Raheleh Asemani acquired a dual citizenship to compete internationally for Belgium at the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish in the women's lightweight category (57 kg) at the European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.^[43]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Si Mohamed Ketbi	Men's −58 kg	Khalil (AUS) L 1–8	did not advance
Jaouad Achab	Men's −68 kg	M Kassman (PNG) W 15–1 PTG	Robak (POL) W 9–7	Denisenko (RUS) L 1–6	Bye	Lee D-h (KOR) L 7–11	5
Raheleh Asemani	Women's −57 kg	Carstens (PAN) W 13–1 PTG	Jones (GBR) L 2–7	Did not advance	Bakkal (MAR) W 12–0 PTG	Malak (EGY) L 0–1	5

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgium has entered three tennis players (one man and two women) into the Olympic tournament. David Goffin (world no. 11), Kirsten Flipkens (world no. 61), and Yanina Wickmayer (world no. 50) qualified directly among the top 56 eligible players for their respective singles events based on the ATP and WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.^[44][45]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
David Goffin	Men's singles	Groth (AUS) W 6–4, 6–2	Sela (ISR) W 6–3, 6–3	Bellucci (BRA) L 6–7(10–12), 4–6	did not advance
Kirsten Flipkens	Women's singles	V Williams (USA) W 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Šafářová (CZE) W 6–2, ret	Siegemund (GER) L 4–6, 3–6	did not advance
Yanina Wickmayer		Strýcová (CZE) L 6–7(6–8), 1–6	did not advance
Kirsten Flipkens Yanina Wickmayer	Women's doubles	—	Voskoboeva / Shvedova (KAZ) W 6–1, ret	Muguruza / Suárez Navarro (ESP) L 5–7, 6–2, 2–6	did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgium has qualified four triathletes for each of the following events at the Olympics. Jelle Geens, Marten van Riel, Claire Michel, and Katrien Verstuyft were ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes each in the men's and women's event, respectively, based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.^[46]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Jelle Geens	Men's	18:36	0:49	59:14	0:37	32:49	1:52:05	38
Marten Van Riel		17:27	0:49	55:03	0:34	32:10	1:46:03	6
Claire Michel	Women's	21:11	0:56	Lapped
Katrien Verstuyft		22:08	1:00	Lapped

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Belgium has received an unused quota place from IWF to send a male weightlifter to the Olympics, as a response to the complete ban of the Russian weightlifting team from the Games due to "multiple positive" cases of doping.^[47]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tom Goegebuer	Men's −56 kg	111	12	130	14	241	14

See also

• Belgium at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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External links

• Belgium at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)