Belgium at the 2022 European Championships

Belgium at the
2022 European Championships
Belgium at the; 2022 European Championships
in Munich; 11 August 2022 – 22 August 2022
Competitors	129 in 10 sports
Medals; Ranked 18th	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 10
European Championships appearances
	2018; 2022;

Belgium will compete at the 2022 European Championships in Munich from August 11 to August 22, 2022.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Lotte Kopecky	Track Cycling	Women's elimination race	13 August
Gold	Lotte Kopecky	Track Cycling	Women's points race	14 August
Gold	Nafissatou Thiam	Athletics	Women's heptathlon	18 August
Silver	Robbe Ghys	Track Cycling	Men's points race	12 August
Silver	Hermien Peters Lize Broekx	Canoe Sprint	Women's K–2 500 metres	20 August
Silver	Dylan Borlée Kevin Borlée Alexander Doom Julien Watrin	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	20 August
Bronze	Tim Merlier	Road Cycling	Men's road race	14 August
Bronze	Jules Hesters	Track Cycling	Men's elimination race	14 August
Bronze	Robbe Ghys Fabio Van Den Bossche	TrackCycling	Men's madison	16 August
Bronze	Artuur Peters	Canoe Sprint	Men's K–1 1000 metres	20 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Championships:^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic gymnastics (men and women)	5	5	10
Athletics	36	25	61
Canoe sprint	2	4	6
Cycling mountain bike	3	2	5
Cycling road	7	8	15
Cycling track	7	4	11
Rowing	6	0	6
Sport climbing	3	1	4
Table tennis	4	1	5
Triathlon	3	3	6
Total	76	53	129

Athletics

The following athletes were selected to compete by the Royal Belgian Athletics Federation.^[2]^[3]

including alternates

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
CHB = Championship best
WL = World Leading
PB = Personal best
SB = Season's best
— = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
DNF = Did not finish
DNS = Did not start
NM = No valid trial recorded

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kobe Vleminckx	100 metres	10.34	3 Q	10.34	7	did not advance
Robin Vanderbemden	200 metres	20.90	5	did not advance
Dylan Borlée	400 metres	Bye	45.67	2 Q	45.39	5
Kevin Borlée			DNF		did not advance
Alexander Doom			45.77	6	did not advance
Eliott Crestan	800 metres	1:47.41	1 Q	1:47.13	5 q	1:45.68 SB	8
Tibo De Smet		1:46.48	4 q	1:49.10	6	did not advance
Aurèle Vandeputte		1:48.46	8	did not advance
Ismael Debjani	1500 metres	3:38.96	2 Q	—		3:43.28	12
Tarik Moukrime		3:41.46	11	did not advance
Ruben Verheyden		3:44.76	13	did not advance
Isaac Kimeli	5000 metres	—				13:33.39	11
Michael Somers	5000 metres	13:57.82	23
Simon Debognies	10,000 metres	28:08.60	13
Isaac Kimeli		DNF
Michael Somers		29:10.13	21
Michael Obasuyi	110 metres hurdles	13.90	5	did not advance
Dries Van Nieuwenhove	400 metres hurdles	50.85	3	51.14	8	did not advance
Julien Watrin	400 metres hurdles	Bye	48.81 NR	3 q	48.98	6
Rémi Schyns	3000 metres steeplechase	9:21.85	16	—		did not advance
Tim Van de Velde	3000 metres steeplechase	8:38.23	9			did not advance
Soufiane Bouchikhi	Marathon	—				DNF
Koen Naert		2:11:28 SB	8
Nicolaï Saké		DNF
Valentijn Hoornaert³ Ward Merckx Jordan Paquot² Robin Vanderbemden Simon Verherstraeten¹ Kobe Vleminckx	4 × 100 metres relay	38.73 NR	4 q	—	39.01	6
Dylan Borlée Jonathan Borlée¹ Kévin Borlée² Alexander Doom Jonathan Sacoor¹ Julien Watrin²	4 × 400 metres relay	3:01.81	4 q	—	2:59.49

¹ran only the heats ² ran only the final ³did not come in action

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Thomas Carmoy	High jump	2.21	=1 q	2.23	5
Ben Broeders	Pole vault	5.50	=15	did not advance
Philip Milanov	Discus throw	61.04	15	did not advance
Timothy Herman	Javelin throw	77.20	12 q	74.84	10

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Niels Pittomvils	Result	11.32 SB	7.10 SB	15.25	2.02 SB	51.09	14.81 SB	46.77 SB	4.70	56.30	4:42.62 SB	7862	12
Niels Pittomvils	Points	791	838	805	822	765	873	803	819	682	664	7862	12

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rani Rosius	100 metres	11.47	5 q	11.53	6	did not advance
Delphine Nkansa	100 metres	11.33	1 Q	11.39	4
Delphine Nkansa	200 metres	23.08	2 Q	23.28	4
Imke Vervaet	200 metres	23.05 =PB	2 Q	23.48	6
Cynthia Bolingo	400 metres	Bye	50.83 SB	2 Q	50.94	7
Camille Laus		51.91	4 q	54.28	8	did not advance
Naomi Van den Broeck		52.80	7	did not advance
Vanessa Scaunet	800 metres	DNF		did not advance
Elise Vanderelst	1500 metres	4:07.62	7	—	did not advance
Lisa Rooms	5000 metres	—	15:50.59 PB	15
Anne Zagré	100 metres hurdles	13.12	1 Q	13.12	5	did not advance
Hanne Claes	400 metres hurdles	Bye		55.31	4
Paulien Couckuyt		56.14	6
Nina Hespel		56.72	5 q	59.15	7
Eline Daelemans	3000 metres steeplechase	10:15.73	16	—
Mieke Gorissen	Marathon	—				2:31:48	13
Hanne Verbruggen		2:29:44 SB	8
Astrid Verhoeven		2:40:03	33
Team		7:41:35	4
Marine Jehaes³ Elise Mehuys Delphine Nkansa Mariam Oularé³ Rani Rosius Rani Vincke	4 × 100 metres relay	43.58 SB	4 q	—		43.98	6
Cynthia Bolingo² Hanne Claes² Camille Laus Helena Ponnet Naomi Van den Broeck¹ Imke Vervaet¹	4 × 400 metres relay	3:25.44 SB	2 Q	3:22.12 NR	4

¹ ran only the heats ²ran only the final ³did not come in action

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vanessa Sterckendries	Hammer throw	66.95	11	did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Nafissatou Thiam	Result	13.34	1.98 CHB PB	14.95	24.64	6.08	48.89	2:17.95	6628
Nafissatou Thiam	Points	1074	1211	858	920	874	839	852	6628
Noor Vidts	Result	13.29	1.83	13.86	24.14	6.31	41.82 PB	2:09.63	6467	4
Noor Vidts	Points	1081	1016	785	967	946	702	970	6467	4

Canoe Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Artuur Peters	K-1 1000 m	3:35.552	1 FA	Bye	3:32.401
Artuur Peters Bram Sikkens	K-2 500 m	1:35.327	3 SF	1:30.541	3 FA	1:33.080	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lize Broekx Hermien Peters	K-2 500 m	1:44.976	2 SF	1:42.612	1 FA	1:42.230
Lize Broekx Camille Dewaele Hermien Peters Amber Van Broekhoven	K-4 500 m	1:37.217	6 SF	1:37.640	6 X	Did not advance

X = Eliminated SF = Qualified for Semi-finals FA = Qualified for Final A

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Dries De Bondt	Road race	4:45:27	115
Aimé De Gendt	Road race	4:39:35	79
Rune Herregodts	Road race	4:45:27	116
Rune Herregodts	Time trial	28:43.80	12
Tim Merlier	Road race	4:38:49
Edward Theuns		4:38:57	29
Dries Van Gestel		4:39:39	80
Bert Van Lerberghe		4:38:52	24

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Sanne Cant	Road race	2:59:20	24
Kim De Baat		DNF
Valerie Demey		3:02:28	75
Justine Ghekiere		2:59:30	34
Lone Meertens		3:02:32	86
Marthe Truyen		3:02:28	73
Jesse Vandenbulcke		3:02:23	69
Julie Van de Velde	Road race	3:02:32	85
Julie Van de Velde	Time trial	32:30.76	7

Track

Elimination race

Athlete	Event	Rank
Jules Hesters	Men's elimination race
Lotte Kopecky	Women's elimination race

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Nicky Degrendele	Women's Keirin	2 SF	Bye	1 F1-6	4

SF = Qualified for Semifinals F1-6 = Qualified for Final 1st - 6th

Madison

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Robbe Ghys Fabio Van Den Bossche	Men's madison	58
Katrijn De Clercq Marith Vanhove	Women's madison	-120	10

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Qualifying Points Race		Scratch Race		Tempo Race		Elimination Race		Points Race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total points	Rank
Fabio Van Den Bossche	Men's omnium	11	1 QF	40	1	36	3	24	9	25	6	125	6
Lotte Kopecky	Women's omnium	—	26	8	26	8	38	2	43	7	133	4

QF = Qualified for Finals

Points race

Athlete	Event	Total points	Rank
Robbe Ghys	Men's points race	123
Lotte Kopecky	Women's points race	85

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		First round		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Thibaut Bernard	Men's individual pursuit	4:19.761	10	—		did not advance
Brent Van Mulders	Men's individual pursuit	4:27.012	18
Katrijn De Clercq	Women's individual pursuit	3:38.700	13
Marith Vanhove	Women's individual pursuit	3:35.819	11
Thibaut Bernard Maxwell De Broeder Arthur Senrame Brent Van Mulders	Men's team pursuit	4:03.021	8	Germany (GER) L 4:00.674	6	Did not advance

Scratch

Athlete	Event	Laps down	Rank
Jules Hesters	Men's scratch	2	5
Katrijn De Clercq	Women's scratch		8

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Rank
Nicky Degrendele	Women's sprint	10.779 NR	10 Q	Capewell (GBR) L	Did not advance

NR = National record

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maxwell De Broeder	Men's 1 km time trial	1:03.533	16	Did not advance
Arthur Senrame	Men's 1 km time trial	1:04.072	17	Did not advance

Mountain bike

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Pierre de Froidmont	Cross-country	1:22:32	38
Jens Schuermans		1:18:34	6
Daan Soete		1:20:27	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Emeline Detilleux	Cross-country	-1LAP	33
Githa Michiels	Cross-country	1:38:28	29

Gymnastics

Belgium has entered five male and five female athletes.^[4]

Men

Team & Individual All-around Finals

Athlete	Event	Team Qualification and All-Around Final								Team Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Glen Cuyle	Team	12.100		13.333	14.233											—
Nicola Cuyle		12.733	12.900			13.033	12.233
Noah Kuavita			13.233	12.666	14.500	14.000	14.066
Takumi Onoshima		13.866	11.166	13.133	13.966	13.533	13.733	79.397	27
Luca Van Den Keybus		12.500	10.900	12.766	14.066	13.500	13.466	77.198	40
Total		39.099	37.299	39.232	42.799	41.033	41.265	240.727	12	Did not advance

Individual Apparatus Finals

Athlete	Apparatus	Score	Rank
Noah Kuavita	Horizontal bar	13.166	7

Women

Team & Individual All-around Finals

Athlete	Event	Team Qualification and All-Around Final						Team Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Fien Enghels	Team		12.600	12.700		—		12.633			—
Noemie Louon		12.700	12.933	12.933	DNS	DNF				12.833
Lisa Vaelen		14.200	13.500	12.933	13.066	53.699	5	14.200	14.066	11.833		13.100
Jutta Verkest		12.733		13.000	12.566	—	13.000		12.933	12.300
Total		39.899	39.566	38.866	37.332	155.663	5 Q	40.133	39.832	37.599	37.966	155.530	5

Individual Apparatus Finals

Athlete	Apparatus	Score	Rank
Lisa Vaelen	Vault	13.583	4

Rowing

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Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ruben Claeys Ward Lemmelin Gaston Mercier Tim Brys	Quadruple sculls	6:24.16	3 SA/B	—	6:31.47	6 FB	6:07.51	6
Marlon Colpaert	Lightweight single sculls	8:12.13	4 R	7:49.86	2 SA/B	7:29.90	5 FB	7:39.70	5

R = Qualified for Repechage SA/B = Qualified for Semifinal A/B FB = Qualified for Final B

Sport climbing

Boulder

Athlete	Event	Qualification							Semifinal						Final
		Boulder					Result	Rank	Boulder				Result	Rank	Boulder				Result	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	Result	Rank	1	2	3	4	Result	Rank	1	2	3	4	Result	Rank
Nicolas Collin	Men's boulder	19.9	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	22.9	27	Did not advance
Simon Lorenzi		3.0	19.8	19.7	3.0	3.0	48.5	23
Hannes Van Duysen		3.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	6	41
Chloë Caulier	Women's boulder	20.0	3.0	19.7	3.0	20	65.7	1 Q	24.9	3.0	24.9	24.8	77.6	2 Q	3.0	0.0	24.7	3.0	30.7	4

Combined

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Total	Rank	Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank
		Total	Rank	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place	Total	Rank
Nicolas Collin	Men's	223.00	21	Did not advance
Simon Lorenzi		242.50	19
Hannes Van Duysen		312.50	17
Chloë Caulier	Women's	830.00	5 Q	58.9	6

Lead

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Semifinal		Final
		Route A		Route B		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nicolas Collin	Men's lead	35+	20	39+	23	22.36	23 Q	32+	20	Did not advance
Simon Lorenzi		25+	29	40	17	23.78	26 Q	30+	22
Hannes Van Duysen		26+	28	42+	13	20.15	19 Q	36+	12
Chloë Caulier	Women's lead	36	=17	30+	11	14.48	14 Q	19+	16

Table tennis

Belgium entered 4 men and 1 woman.^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Preliminary Round 1	Preliminary Round 2	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Martin Allegro	Singles	Limonov (UKR) W 3–0	Karakasevic (SRB) W 3–0	—	1 Q	Bye	Lebrun (FRA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Florent Lambiet		Yiangou (CYP) W 3–0	Pistej (SVK) W 1–3	Konstantinopoulos (GRE) W 3–0	1 Q	Bye	Lebrun (FRA) L 4–1	Did not advance
Cédric Nuytinck		Berzosa (ESP) W 3–0	Rasmussen (DEN) W 3–0	—	1 Q	Bye	Gardos (AUT) W 4–1	Lebrun (FRA) L 0–4	Did not advance
Adrien Rassenfosse		Cvetko (SLO) W 3–0	Israeli (ISR) W 3–0	—	1 Q	Bye	Gauzy (FRA) W 3–4	Pucar (CRO) L 3–4
Martin Allegro Florent Lambiet	Doubles	—	Bye	—	Hribar / Cvetko (SLO) W 1–3	Majoros / András (HUN) W 0–3	Falck / Karlsson (SWE)L 3–0	Did not advance
Cédric Nuytinck Jakub Dyjas (POL)		—	Bye	—	Zeljko / Kojić (CRO) W 3–1	Persson / Källberg (SWE)L 2–3	Did not advance
Adrien Rassenfosse Borgar Haug (NOR)		—	Bye	Zhmudenko / Limonov (UKR) W 3–0	—	Martinko / Sirucek (CZE) L 1–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Preliminary Round 1	Preliminary Round 2	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Margo Degraef	Singles	Men (NED) L 3–0	Betz (FIN) W 3–0	2	Jeger (CRO) L 3–2	Did not advance
Margo Degraef Sofia-Xuan Zhang (ESP)	Doubles	—	Bye	Solja (AUT) / Sevcikova (CZE) L 3–0	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round 1	Preliminary Round 2	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Margo Degraef Michael Tauber (ISR)	Doubles	Caballero / Zhang (ESP) L 1–3	Did not advance

Triathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)		Trans 1	Bike (40 km)		Trans 2	Run (10 km)		Total Time	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Trans 1	Time	Rank	Trans 2	Time	Rank	Total Time	Rank
Jelle Geens	Men's	18:41	48	0:33	0:51:06	1	0:21	0:31:00	1	1:41:39	5
Noah Servais		18:12	17	0:33	0:54:10	55	0:24	0:36:00	47	1:49:17	50
Erwin Vanderplancke		18:41	47	0:32	0:51:14	10	0:29	0:35:39	44	1:46:32	38

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)		Trans 1	Bike (40 km)		Trans 2	Run (10 km)		Total Time	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Trans 1	Time	Rank	Trans 2	Time	Rank	Total Time	Rank
Valérie Barthelemy	Women's	19:31	8	0:37	0:57:12	20	0:28	0:36:26	15	1:54:11	14
Hanne De Vet		20:06	31	0:37	0:56:44	4	0:30	0:39:26	31	1:57:21	22
Jolien Vermeylen		19:43	19	0:35	Did not finish

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Swim (300 m)	Trans 1	Bike (6.8 km)	Trans 2	Run (2 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Jelle Geens Valerie Barthelemy Erwin Vanderplancke Jolien Vermeylen	Mixed relay	3:50 4:03 3:41 3:51	0:41 0:46 0:41 0:44<	11:04 12:00 11:11 12:35	0:22 0:26 0:22 0:24	4:26 5:17 4:36 5:53	1:27:01	4

References

^ "Nations Entries - Team Belgium | European Championships". www.ec2022results.com. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
^ "Selectie Europese Kampioenschappen MÜNCHEN (GER) – 15 tot 21 Augustus 2022" (PDF) (in Dutch). Belgian Athletics. 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
^ "Selection Championnats d'Europe MUNICH (GER) – 15 au 21 AOUT 2022" (PDF) (in French). Belgian Athletics. 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Discover who will headline #Munich2022!".
^ "Rowing. Entry list by country" (PDF). ECM 2022.
^ Seeding List - Men's Singles
^ Seeding List - Doubles List
^ Seeding List - Doubles List

[1] "Nations Entries - Team Belgium | European Championships". www.ec2022results.com. Retrieved 24 December 2022.

[2] "Selectie Europese Kampioenschappen MÜNCHEN (GER) – 15 tot 21 Augustus 2022" (PDF) (in Dutch). Belgian Athletics. 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

[3] "Selection Championnats d'Europe MUNICH (GER) – 15 au 21 AOUT 2022" (PDF) (in French). Belgian Athletics. 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[4] "Discover who will headline #Munich2022!".

[5] "Rowing. Entry list by country" (PDF). ECM 2022.

[6] Seeding List - Men's Singles

[7] Seeding List - Doubles List

[8] Seeding List - Doubles List

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