Belgium at the 2022 World Athletics Championships

Belgium at the 2022 World Athletics Championships
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WA code	BEL
National federation	Royal Belgian Athletics League
in Eugene, United States 15–24 July 2022
Competitors	30 (17 men and 13 women)
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
World Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
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Belgium competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States, from 15 to 24 July 2022. Belgium entered 32 athletes.

Medalists

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
Gold	Nafissatou Thiam	Heptathlon	July 18
Bronze	Bashir Abdi	Men's marathon	July 17
Bronze	Dylan Borlée Kevin Borlée Alexander Doom Jonathan Sacoor* Julien Watrin	Men's 4 × 400 metres relay	July 24

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final

Entrants

• 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
• DNS = Did not start
• NM = No valid trial recorded

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dylan Borlée	400 metres	45.70	2 Q	45.41	5	did not advance
Kevin Borlée		45.72	4 q	45.26	5	did not advance
Alexander Doom		46.18	3 Q	45.80	6	did not advance
Elliot Crestan	800 metres	1:46.61	4	did not advance
Ismael Debjani	1500 metres	3:39.96	12	did not advance
Ruben Verheyden		3:39.46	7	did not advance
Isaac Kimeli	10,000 metres	—	27:43.50 SB	10
Bashir Abdi	Marathon	—	2:06:48
Lahsene Bouchikhi		—	DNF
Thomas De Bock		—	2:11:54 SB	30
Julien Watrin	400 metres hurdles	49.83	2 Q	49.52	3	did not advance
Tim Van De Velde	3000 metres steeplechase	9:03.11	13	—	did not advance
Dylan Borlée Kevin Borlée Alexander Doom Jonathan Sacoor1 Julien Watrin	4 × 400 metres relay	3:01.96 Q SB	1	—	2:58.72 SB

¹Ran only in the heats

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Thomas Carmoy	High jump	2.25	17	did not advance
Ben Broeders	Pole vault	5.75	4 q	5.70	11
Philip Milanov	Discus throw	61.47	21	did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Imke Vervaet	200 metres	23.28	5	did not advance
Camille Laus	400 metres	52.56	6
Naomi Van Den Broeck		53.16	7
Vanessa Scaunet	800 metres	2:04.07	7
Elise Vanderelst	1500 metres	4:10.45	11
Mieke Gorissen	Marathon	—	2:31:06 SB	19
Anne Zagré	100 metres hurdles	13.25	5	did not advance
		14.09	1
Paulien Couckuyt	400 metres hurdles	55.42 Q	4	55.42	5	did not advance
Paulien Couckuyt1 Nina Hespel2 Camille Laus Helena Ponette Naomi Van Den Broeck3 Imke Vervaet	4 × 400 metres relay	3:28.02 Q SB	2	—	3:26.29 SB	6

¹Ran only in the finale
²Reserve. Did not run in either the heats or final
³Ran only in the heats

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vanessa Sterckendries	Hammer throw	67.88	24	did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Nafissatou Thiam	Result	13.21 PB	1.95 =CHB	15.03 SB	24.39	6.59	53.01 SB	2:13.00 PB	6947 WL
	Points	1093	1171	863	944	1036	919	921
Noor Vidts	Result	13.20 SB	1.83	14.43 PB	23.92 SB	6.33	41.62 SB	2:08.50 PB	6559 SB	5
	Points	1094	1016	823	988	953	698 SB	987

Mixed

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kevin Borlée Alexander Doom Christian Iguacel Camille Laus Helena Ponette Naomi Van Den Broeck	4 × 400 metres relay	3:16.01 SB	7	did not advance