Belgium at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Belgium at the
2022 Winter Olympics

Flag of Belgium

IOC code| BEL
NOC| Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Website| www.teambelgium.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

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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

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

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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

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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

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

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Thibaut de Marre | Men's | 3:10.66  | 76  | Did not advance

## Figure skating

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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

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Loena Hendrickx | Women's singles | 70.09  | 7  | 136.70  | 9  | 206.79  | 8

## Short track speed skating

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Athlete  | Event  | Final

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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

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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

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* Belgium at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

## References

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1. ^ "NOCs List Beijing 2022". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
2. ^ "Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list". The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
3. ^ Kohlhuber, Nicolas (21 January 2022). "La sélection belge pour les Jeux Olympiques d'hiver de Beijing 2022" [The Belgian selection for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics]. www.olympics.com/ (in French). International Olympic Committee (IOC). Retrieved 21 January 2022.
4. ^ "Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
5. ^ "JO 2022: Loena Hendrickx et Armand Marchant porteront le drapeau belge à la cérémonie d'ouverture" [2022 Olympics: Loena Hendrickx and Armand Marchant will carry the Belgian flag at the opening ceremony]. Le Soir (in French). 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
6. ^ "Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
7. ^ Murakami, Sakura; Hu, Krystal (2022-02-19). "Speed skating-Swings wins mass start, first Belgian Winter gold in 74 years". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
8. ^ "ALPINE SKIING QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
9. ^ "Beijing 2022 Quota Allocation List Men" (PDF). www.biathlonworld.com//. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 15 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
10. ^ "Beijing 2022 Quota Allocation List Women" (PDF). www.biathlonworld.com//. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 15 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
11. ^ "CROSS-COUNTRY QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
12. ^ O'connor, Philip (2022-02-19). "Cross-country skiing-Men's 50km race delayed, shortened to 30 km due to high winds". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
13. ^ "Communication No. 2388 - ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION 2022 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES (OWG) SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE". International Skating Union. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
14. ^ "Communication 2442: XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
15. ^ "Beijing 2022 Quota Allocation women's skeleton" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 17 January 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
16. ^ "SNOWBOARD SLOPESTYLE/BIG AIR QUOTAS LIST FOR OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 2022". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 17 January 2022. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

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