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Belgium entered a full squad of equestrian riders to the eventing competition by finishing 7th at the 2023 European Eventing Championships in Le Pin-au-Haras, France, picking up one of the two qualifying spots on offer for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. [21] Belgium entered a full squad of equestrian riders to the jumping competition by winning ...
Belgium's Olympic debut in 1900 included a men's football team, which is currently recognized as bronze medalists. The team's next appearance was as the host of the 1920 Games, at which the Belgian men won gold. Belgium competed again at the next two Games (1924 and 1928), but then did not appear again until 2008.
The Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee, [1] [a] abbreviated BOIC or COIB, is the National Olympic Committee for Belgium. The administrative seat is located in Brussels . History
In 2016, during the Rio Olympic Summer Games, Team Nigeria famously arrived for the opening ceremony in simple white and green tracksuits. Their actual opening ceremony kits failed to arrive in time.
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.
Belgium at the 2020 Summer Olympics; IOC code: BEL: NOC: Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee: Website: www.olympic.be (in Dutch and French) in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 () – August 8, 2021 () Competitors: 121 in 20 sports: Flag bearers (opening) Nafissatou Thiam Félix Denayer: Flag bearer (closing) Grégory Wathelet: Medals
FILE -Remco Evenepoel, of Belgium, celebrates winning the men's road cycling event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File) ASSOCIATED PRESS
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 .