Belgium at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Belgium competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.^[1][2]

Belgium at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Flag of Belgium
IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.be (in Dutch and French)
in Beijing, China 4–20 February 2022
Competitors	19 (11 men and 8 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Loena Hendrickx Armand Marchant
Flag bearer (closing)	Hanne Desmet
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

The Belgian team consisted of 19 athletes (11 men and 8 women) competing in eight sports.^[3]

Loena Hendrickx and Armand Marchant were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[4][5] Short track speed skater Hanne Desmet was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.^[6]

Medalists

Further information: 2022 Winter Olympics medal table and List of 2022 Winter Olympics medal winners

The following Belgian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded. On 19 February, Bart Swings, won Belgium's first Winter Olympic Gold medal since the 1948 Winter Olympics.^[7]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Bart Swings	Speed skating	Men's mass start	19 February
Bronze	Hanne Desmet	Short track speed skating	Women's 1000 m	11 February

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors who participated at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	3	0	3
Biathlon	4	1	5
Bobsleigh	0	2	2
Cross-country skiing	1	0	1
Figure skating	0	1	1
Short track speed skating	1	1	2
Skeleton	0	1	1
Snowboarding	0	1	1
Speed skating	2	1	3
Total	11	8	19

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified three male, and one female, alpine skiers.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sam Maes	Men's giant slalom	DNF		Did not advance
Dries Van den Broecke		DNF		Did not advance
Sam Maes	Men's slalom	DNF		Did not advance
Armand Marchant		56.13	24	51.72	22	1:47.85	22
Dries Van den Broecke		56.77	27	DNF

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified four male and 1 female biathletes and a men's relay team.^[9][10]

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Cesar Beauvais	Men's sprint	30:06.8	4 (1+3)	94
	Men's pursuit	Did not qualify
	Men's individual	1:02:50.5	7 (1+1+1+4)	91
Florent Claude	Men's sprint	27:35.1	4 (1+3)	84
	Men's pursuit	Did not qualify
	Men's individual	57:11.2	5 (0+2+3+0)	75
Tom Lahaye-Goffart	Men's sprint	28:15.1	1 (1+0)	91
	Men's pursuit	Did not qualify
	Men's individual	1:02:26.2	7 (2+1+3+1)	90
Thierry Langer	Men's sprint	26:59.8	1 (1+0)	67
	Men's pursuit	Did not qualify
	Men's individual	57:18.3	5 (1+1+2+1)	77
Cesar Beauvais Florent Claude Tom Lahaye-Goffart Thierry Langer	Men's team relay	LAP		20
Lotte Lie	Women's sprint	23:41.1	3 (3+0)	64
	Women's pursuit	Did not qualify
	Women's individual	45:36.9	4 (1+2+0+1)	45

Bobsleigh

Main articles: Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified one team for the women's bobsleigh competition.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sara Aerts An Vannieuwenhuyse*	Two-woman	1:02.08	17	1:02.12	12	1:02.11	12	1:02.27	14	4:08.58	15

* – Denotes the driver of the sled

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

By meeting the basic qualification standards Belgium qualified one male cross-country skier.^[11]

Due to high winds and adverse weather conditions, the men's 50 km freestyle competition on 19 February was shortened to 30 km. ^[12]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Thibaut De Marre	15 km classical	—				42:56.7	+5:01.9	59
	30 km skiathlon	44:40.8	56	LAP				54
	50 km freestyle	—				1:19:53.8	+8:21.1	47

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thibaut de Marre	Men's	3:10.66	76	Did not advance

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Belgium secured one quota in the ladies singles competition.^[13]

Individual

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Loena Hendrickx	Women's singles	70.09	7	136.70	9	206.79	8

Short track speed skating

Main articles: Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium has qualified two short track speed skaters (one of each gender).^[14]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stijn Desmet	Men's 500 m	40.585	3 q	40.718	4	Did not advance			14
	Men's 1000 m	PEN		Did not advance
	Men's 1500 m	—		2:19.112	3 Q	2:11.169	5 FB	2:18.278	13
Hanne Desmet	Women's 500 m	43.702	3 q	42.991	2 Q	55.304	4 FA	42.941	5
	Women's 1000 m	1:27.836	2 Q	1:29.388	2 Q	1:28.166	2 QA	1:28.928
	Women's 1500 m	—		2:18.931	2 Q	2:19.001	2 QA	2:18.711	4

Key: FA = Qualified to medal round; FB = Qualified to consolation round; PEN = Penalty; Q = Qualified to next round based on position in heat; q = Qualified to next round based on time in field

Skeleton

Main articles: Skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified a single female athlete for the skeleton event.^[15]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim Meylemans	Women's	1:02.35	=6	1:02.92	12	1:02.34	11	1:03.73	20	4:11.34	18

Snowboarding

Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified a single female athlete for the snowboarding event.^[16]

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Evy Poppe	Women's big air	44.00	60.75	21.00	81.75	24	Did not advance
	Women's slopestyle	47.08	56.80	—	56.80	14	Did not advance

Speed skating

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Bart Swings	Men's 1500 m	1:45.82	13
	Men's 5000 m	6:16.90	7
	Men's 10,000 m	13:02.43	10
Mathias Vosté	Men's 1000 m	1:10.22	27
	Men's 1500 m	1:49.93	29
Sandrine Tas	Women's 500 m	39.37	28
	Women's 1500 m	2:03.39	29

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Bart Swings	Men's	44	7:56.74	2 Q	63	7:47.11
Sandrine Tas	Women's	0	8:37.77	12	Did not advance		24

See also

• Belgium at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

References

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