Belgium at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Belgium at the
2026 Winter Olympics
Flag of Belgium
IOC codeBEL
NOCBelgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Websitewww.teambelgium.be (in Dutch and French)
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
6 February 2026 (2026-02-06) – 22 February 2026 (2026-02-22)
Competitors30 (14 men and 16 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Hanne Desmet
Flag bearers (closing)Ward Pétré & Tineke den Dulk
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Belgium competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026.

Short track speed skater Hanne Desmet was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[1][2][3]

Short track speed skating mixed relay bronze medal winners Ward Pétré and Tineke den Dulk were the flagbearers during the closing ceremony.[4][5]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 2 1 3
Biathlon 4 4 8
Bobsleigh 0 1 1
Figure skating 0 2 2
Short-track speed skating 4 2 6
Skeleton 0 1 1
Ski mountaineering 1 0 1
Snowboarding 0 2 2
Speed skating 3 3 6
Total 14 16 30

Medallists

Further information: 2026 Winter Olympics medal table and List of 2026 Winter Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Hanne Desmet
Stijn Desmet
Tineke den Dulk
Ward Pétré 		Short-track speed skating Mixed 2000 metre relay 10 February

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified one female and one male alpine skier through the basic quota (D.1) and a second male alpine skier through the Olympic Quota Allocation List (D.3).[6]

Men

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sam Maes Men's giant slalom DNF
Men's slalom DNF
Armand Marchant 57.34 5 58.27 18 1:55.61 5

Women

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kim Vanreusel Women's slalom 51.46 41 55.71 33 1:47.17 34

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified four female and four male biathletes through the 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup score.[7][8]

Men

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Florent Claude Individual 58:04.2 3 (1-2-0-0) 46
Pursuit 36:52.6 6 (2-1-2-1) 50
Sprint 25:13.9 2 (1+1) 38
Thierry Langer Individual 58:35.8 3 (0-1-2-0) 52
Sprint 27:11.3 3 (1+2) 85
Florent Claude
Thierry Langer
Marek Mackels
Sam Parmantier 		Relay 1:26:55.8 0+18 19

Women

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Eve Bouvard Sprint 24:06.3 2 (1+1) 74
Individual 50:13.9 5 (0-2-2-1) 83
Maya Cloetens Individual 44:52.1 2 (1-1-0-0) 33
Pursuit 34:00.6 5 (2+0+3+0) 37
Sprint 22:17.8 0 (0+0) 26
Lotte Lie Individual 44:12.8 1 (0-0-0-1) 19
Pursuit 34:35.0 3 (2+0+0+1) 47
Sprint 22:48.8 1 (0+1) 39
Eve Bouvard
Maya Cloetens
Marisa Emonts
Lotte Lie 		Relay 1:15:06.5 0+6 13
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Florent Claude
Thierry Langer
Lotte Lie
Maya Cloetens 		Relay 1:09:00.4 0+8 18

Bobsleigh

Main articles: Bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Bobsleigh at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium was allocated 1 quota place in the women's monobob on the basis of the Olympic Qualification System (QS) Milano Cortina 2026 for bobsleigh and skeleton.[9]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kelly Van Petegem Women's monobob 1:01.14 24 1:00.50 16 1:00.42 18 1:00.10 17 4:02.16 19

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

In the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, the United States, Belgium secured one quota in the women's singles.[10] At the ISU Skate to Milano Figure Skating Qualifier 2025 in Beijing, China, Belgium secured a second quota in the women's singles.[11][12]

Athlete Event SP/SD FP/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Loena Hendrickx Women's singles 70.93 7 Q 128.72 15 199.65 14
Nina Pinzarrone 68.97 11 Q 131.33 14 200.30 13

Short-track speed skating

Main articles: Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified six short-track speed skaters (four men and two women) after the conclusion of the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour.[13]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Stijn Desmet Men's 500 m PEN Did not advance
Men's 1000 m 1:25.581 3 Did not advance 21
Men's 1500 m N/a 2:18.802 4 Did not advance 21
Stijn Desmet
Adriaan Dewagtere
Ward Pétré
Warre Van Damme 		5000 m relay N/a 6:52.978 3 FB 6:51.672 6
Women
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hanne Desmet Women's 500 m 43.182 1 Q 43.139 4 Did not advance 13
Women's 1000 m 1:29.661 1 Q 1:27.533 1 Q PEN Did not advance 10
Women's 1500 m 2:24.365 1 Q 3:10.532 6 Did not advance 17
Tineke den Dulk 2:28.037 1 Q 2:26.300 7 19
Mixed
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tineke den Dulk
Hanne Desmet
Stijn Desmet
Ward Pétré 		2000 m relay 2.39.932 3 q 2.39.974 2 FA 2.39.353

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 2026 Winter Olympics and Skeleton at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium was allocated 1 quota place in the women's skeleton on the basis of the Olympic Qualification System (QS) Milano Cortina 2026 for bobsleigh and skeleton.[9]

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 57.70 =6 57.62 8 57.49 3 57.86 9 3:50.67 6

Ski mountaineering

Main articles: Ski mountaineering at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Ski mountaineering at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified one male ski mountaineer through the Olympic ranking lists.[14]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maximilien Drion Men's sprint 2:42.40 3 Q 2:47.23 5 Did not advance 9

Snowboarding

Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Belgium qualified two female Slopestyle & Big Air snowboarders through the basic quota.[15]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Sky Remans Big air 24.75 73.50 24.50 98.25 27 Did not advance
Evy Poppe Slopestyle 35.33 36.96 N/a 36.96 29
Sky Remans 28.13 25.48 28.13 30

Speed skating

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Following the conclusion of the ISU World Cup Speed Skating Competitions designated for qualification of event quota places for the XXV Olympic Winter Games 2026, Belgian women speed skaters were allocated 1 quota each for the 1000 metres, the 1500 metres, the 3000 metres, the 5000 metres, and the team sprint as well as 2 quota in the mass start. Belgian male speed skaters were allocated 1 quota each for the 1000 metres, the 1500 metres, the 5000 metres, and the 10000 metres, as well as 2 quota in the mass start.[16] Belgium obtained an additional quotum for the women's 500 and 1000 metres through the reallocation process of on-site unused event quota places by the International Skating Union.

Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Mathias Vosté Men's 1000 m 1:09.199 17
Men's 1500 m 1:47.19 24
Bart Swings Men's 5000 m 6:19.27 15
Men's 10,000 m 13:05.60 10
Fran Vanhoutte Women's 500 m 38.63 23
Women's 1000 m 1:16.93 23
Isabelle van Elst Women's 1000 m 1:16.68 20
Women's 1500 m 1:57.82 20
Sandrine Tas Women's 3000 m 4:01.26 7
Women's 5000 m 6:46.47 NR 4
Mass start
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Points Time Rank Points Time Rank
Indra Médard Men's 3 7:44.03 6 Q 1 8:26.25 8
Bart Swings 7 7:52.03 5 Q 0 8:05.37 9
Sandrine Tas Women's 9 8:37.28 5 Q 1 8:47.72 13
Fran Vanhoutte 10 8:44.36 4 Q 3 8:58.71 9
Team pursuit
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Time 		Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank Opposition
Time 		Rank
Sandrine Tas
Isabelle van Elst
Fran Vanhoutte 		Women's team pursuit  Canada
L 3:01.33 		6 FC Did not advance  Germany
L 3:04.92 		6

Key: FA = Qualified to gold medal round; FB = Qualified to bronze medal round; FC = Qualified for Final C;L = Lost; OR = Olympic record; Q = Qualified to next round; W = Won

See also

References

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  14. ^ "Olympic Winter Games". International Ski Mountaineering Federation. Archived from the original on 10 December 2025. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  15. ^ "Snowboard Slopestyle & Big Air quotas list for Olympic Winter Games 2026". International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). Retrieved 19 January 2026.
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