Belgium at the 2022 Winter Olympics
| Belgium at the 2022 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | BEL |
| NOC | Belgian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| 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 |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
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| 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
[edit]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
[edit]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 | 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "NOCs List Beijing 2022". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Which countries are competing in the Winter Olympics 2022? Full list". The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Beijing-2022 Opening Ceremony Flag-Bearers". www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Beijing-2022 Closing Ceremony Flag-Bearers" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Beijing 2022 Quota Allocation List Men" (PDF). www.biathlonworld.com//. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 15 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Beijing 2022 Quota Allocation List Women" (PDF). www.biathlonworld.com//. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 15 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.