Belgium at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Belgium at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Belgium at the; 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.teambelgium.be/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	32 in 23 sports
Flag bearer
Medals; Ranked 30th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 7
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
	2010; 2014; 2018;

Belgium participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Medalists[]

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Athletics	Girls' long jump	14 October
Gold	Karate	Boys' 68 kg	18 October
Silver	Basketball	Boys' tournament	17 October
Silver	Canoeing	K1 sprint	13 October
Silver	Equestrian	Team Jumping	9 October
Silver	Taekwondo	Boys −73 kg	10 October
Bronze	Archery	Boys' Individual	17 October
Bronze	Badminton	Mixed Teams	12 October
Bronze	Judo	Girls' 63 kg	8 October

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	0	0	1
Karate	1	0	0	1
Basketball	0	1	0	1
Canoeing	0	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	1	0	1
Archery	0	0	1	1
Judo	0	0	1	1
Total	2	3	2	7

Archery[]

Belgium qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Championships.^[1]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Boys' Individual	677	8th Q	(BAN) W 6–5	(TUR) W 7–1	Song (KOR) W 7–1	(IND) L 0–6	(UKR) W 7–3

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athletes	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
(BEL) (BRA)	Mixed Team	1302	6th Q	(SAM) Feng (CHN) W 6–2	(FRA) (ESP) L 2–6	Did not advance			9

Athletics[]

Boys
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	2000 m steeplechase	5:46.07	3rd	12:34	12th

Girls
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	100 m	12.09	5th	11.57	6th
	400 m	56.14	7th	55.75	6th

Field events

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
	Long jump	6.01	4th	6.31
	Shot put	14.46	12th	13.35	14th
	Discus throw	44.01	13th	44.01	14th

Badminton[]

Belgium qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.^[2]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Boys' Singles	(ITA) L 1–2	(ESP) W 2–0	Li (CHN) L 0–2	2nd	Did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Theta (BEL) (EGY) Kodai Naraoka (JPN) (GER) Zecily Fung (AUS) Jaqueline Lima (BRA) Hirari Mizui (JPN) Tereza Švábíková (CZE)	Mixed Teams	Sigma L 100–110	Omega L 100–110	Gamma L 107–110	4th Q	Delta W 110–93	Alpha L 90–110	Zeta W 110–107

Basketball[]

Belgium qualified a boys' team based on its performance at the 2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup.^[3]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Boys'	Latvia W 18–16	Kazakhstan W 20–9	Kyrgyzstan W 21–11	Italy W 18–16	1 Q	Brazil W 21–10	Slovenia W 14–12	Argentina L 15–20

Skills Competition

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Boys' Dunk Contest	38	8	Did not advance

Breaking[]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
		Shigekix (JPN) L 0–2	Jordan (RSA) W 2–0	D-Matt (CAN) L 0–2	9th	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
(BEL) Matina (RUS)		Yell (KOR) Jordan (RSA) L 0–2	Anastasia (LAT) Shigekix (JPN) L 0–2	Vale (ARG) Axel (POL) D 1–1	10th	Did not advance

Canoeing[]

Belgium qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.^[4]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	K1 slalom	1:17.65	8th	1:14.95	1st Q	(CHN) L 1:09.92	Did not advance
	K1 sprint	1:40.67	2nd Q	Bye		(UZB) W 1:40.69	(POL) W 1:41.2	(HUN) L 1:09.92

Equestrian[]

Belgium qualified a rider based on its performance at the FEI European Junior Jumping Championships.^[5]

Individual Jumping – 1 athlete

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Total		Jump off
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
	Cheptel Wigan	Individual Jumping	0	1	4	4	7	4	7	Did not advance
Europe (GBR) (ITA) (HUN) (NED) (BEL)	L V Chance Luck Darna Z Walterstown Cruise Z Baral Ourika Cheptel Wigan	Team Jumping	0 0 4 # 0 0 #	0	4 # 0 0 0 4 #	0	0	4 # 0 # 0 0 0	0	38.31 # 37.85 # 34.99 34.79 31.80	101.58

Fencing[]

Belgium qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.^[6]

Girls' Épée –

Golf[]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
	Girls' Individual	78 (+8)	18	78 (+8)	156	23	78 (+8)	234	26	234	+24	22
	Boys' Individual	78 (+8)	26	75 (+5)	153	17	75 (+5)	228	18	228	+18	22

Team

Athletes	Event	Round 1 (Fourball)		Round 2 (Foursome)		Round 3 (Individual Stroke)				Total
Athletes	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Girl	Boy	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
	Mixed team	70 (0)	29	75 (+5)	18	78	73	151 (+11)	24	296	+16	25

Gymnastics[]

Artistic[]

Belgium qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.^[7]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
	Qualification	12.633	12.866	12.566	12.933	13.033	12.733	76.764	10
	All-Around	12.633	12.866	12.566	12.933	13.033	12.733	76.764	10

Multidiscipline[]

Team	Athlete	Acrobatic	Artistic	Rhythmic	Trampoline	Total points	Rank
Team Anna Bessonova (Gray)	(GBR) (GBR)	15	N/A			381	4
	(BEL)	N/A	99	N/A
	(IRI)		65
	(KAZ)		36
	(LTU)		42
	Ada Hautala (FIN)		10
	Giorgia Villa (ITA)		11
	(FRA)	N/A		40	N/A
	(ARG)			13
	(BUL)			26
	Jérémy Chartier (CAN)	N/A			15
	(RUS)	N/A			9

Judo[]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Girls' 63 kg	(KOR) W 11-01	(MEX) W 10-00	Szofi Ozbas (HUN) L 00-01s1	(TUR) W 10-01

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Moscow (GAB) (BEL) (MGL) (PAN) (MKD) (MDA) (HUN)	Mixed Team	Team Singapore (MIX) W 4–3	Team London (MIX) L 3–4	Did not advance

Karate[]

Belgium qualified one athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.^[8]

Boys' −68 kg –

Athlete	Event	Pool Matches				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Boys' 68 kg	(MNE) W 2–0	(UKR) D 0–0	(ITA) W 7–6	1	(KAZ) W 3–1	(MAR) W 1–0

Roller speed skating[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	1000m sprint		5000m elimination	500m sprint		Total rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Total rank

Rowing[]

Belgium qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships.^[9]

Girls'

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; R=Repechage

Sailing[]

Belgium qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Nacra 15 World Championships.^[10]^[11]

Mixed Nacra 15 – 1 boat

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
	Nacra 15	4	15	7	11	1	2	2	2	3	5	2	2	8	49	4

Shooting[]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Boys' 10 metre air pistol	555-16	14	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athletes	Event	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fatimah Al-Kaabi (IRQ) (BEL)	Mixed 10 metre air pistol	741-15	10	(AUS) (CZE) W 10–9	(CRO) (BLR) W 10–5	(GER) (BUL) L 6–10	(MEX) (UKR) L 4–10	4

Sport climbing[]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Speed	Bouldering	Lead	Rank	Speed	Bouldering	Lead	Rank

Taekwondo[]

1 Quota - Boys −73 kg

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Boys −73 kg	(ARM) W 23-15	(EGY) W 8-4	(IRI) L 16-17

Tennis[]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Arnaud Bovy	Boys' Singles	Tajima (JPN) L (4-6, 2-6)	Did not advance			17

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Arnaud Bovy (BEL) Marko Miladinović (SRB)	Boys' Doubles	N/A	Gaston (FRA) Tabur (FRA) L (0-6, 4-6)	Did not advance		9
Arnaud Bovy (BEL) (BLR)	Mixed Doubles	Juvan (SLO) Miladinović (SRB) L (4-6, 4-6)	Did not advance			17

Triathlon[]

Belgium qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[12]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
	Boys	10:00	0:32	29:05	0:25	18:21	58:23	24
	Girls	10:32	0:41	31:25	0:27	17:57	1:01:02	10

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Europe 4 (BEL) (HUN) (HUN) (GBR)	Mixed Relay	23:01 (9) 21:00 (4) 23:42 (5) 21:38 (5)	1:29:21	4
Europe 6 (POR) (SLO) (GBR) (BEL)	Mixed Relay	23:01 (10) 21:27 (7) 23:14 (4) 21:53 (6)	1:29:21	5

References[]

^ "YOG 2018 Qualification Places – Boys" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
^ "BWF Junior World Ranking – Boys Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
^ "Belgium's men and USA's women win FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup 2017". FIBA. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ "Nine countries set to make YOG canoeing debut". International Canoe Federation (ICF). 21 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ "Qualified NOC's to the 3rd Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires – 2018" (PDF). FEI. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ "2018 Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
^ "Youth Olympic qualifier concludes in Umag with new karatekas making it to Buenos Aires 2018". World Karate Federation. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
^ "2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained" (PDF). FISA. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
^ "Final Nacra 15 Youth Olympic Games spots decided". 3 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
^ "2018 Youth Olympic Games – Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ "Results: 2018 Banyoles ETU Triathlon European YOG Qualifier". ITU. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[1] "YOG 2018 Qualification Places – Boys" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

[2] "BWF Junior World Ranking – Boys Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 April 2018.

[3] "Belgium's men and USA's women win FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup 2017". FIBA. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

[4] "Nine countries set to make YOG canoeing debut". International Canoe Federation (ICF). 21 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[5] "Qualified NOC's to the 3rd Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires – 2018" (PDF). FEI. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[6] "2018 Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[Gymnastics-7] "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[8] "Youth Olympic qualifier concludes in Umag with new karatekas making it to Buenos Aires 2018". World Karate Federation. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

[9] "2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained" (PDF). FISA. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.

[Nacra15Qualification-10] "Final Nacra 15 Youth Olympic Games spots decided". 3 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

[11] "2018 Youth Olympic Games – Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

[12] "Results: 2018 Banyoles ETU Triathlon European YOG Qualifier". ITU. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

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