Belgium was the host nation for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. 336 competitors, 326 men and 10 women, took part in 121 events in 23 sports.

Medalists

Gold Edmond Cloetens — Archery, Men's Individual fixed large bird Edmond Cloetens, Louis van de Perck, Firmin Flamand, Edmond van Moer, Joseph Hermans and Auguste van de Verre — Archery, Men's Team fixed large bird Edmond Cloetens, Louis van de Perck, Firmin Flamand, Edmond van Moer, Joseph Hermans and Auguste van de Verre — Archery, Men's Team fixed small bird Edmond van Moer — Archery, Men's Individual fixed small bird Hubert Van Innis, Alphonse Allaert, Edmond de Knibber, Louis Delcon, Jérome de Mayer, Pierre van Thielt, Louis Fierens and Louis van Beeck — Archery, Men's Team moving bird 33m Hubert Van Innis, Alphonse Allaert, Edmond de Knibber, Louis Delcon, Jérome de Mayer, Pierre van Thielt, Louis Fierens and Louis van Beeck — Archery, Men's Team moving bird 50m Hubert Van Innis — Archery, Men's Individual moving bird 28m Hubert Van Innis — Archery, Men's Individual moving bird 33m Henry George — Cycling, Men's 50 km Daniel Bouckaert — Equestrian, Individual vaulting Daniel Bouckaert, Louis Finet and Maurice Van Ranst, van Schauwbroeck and van Cauwenberg — Equestrian, Team vaulting Men's Team — Football Emile Cornellie, Florimond Cornellie and Frédéric Bruynseels — Sailing, Men's 6 metre class Frans de Haes — Weightlifting, Featherweight

Silver Louis van de Perck — Archery, Men's Individual fixed large bird Louis van de Perck — Archery, Men's Individual fixed small bird Hubert Van Innis, Alphonse Allaert, Edmond de Knibber, Louis Delcon, Jérome de Mayer, Pierre van Thielt, Louis Fierens and Louis van Beeck — Archery, Men's Team moving bird 28m Hubert Van Innis — Archery, Men's Individual moving bird 50m Men's Team — Equestrian Men's Team — Fencing, Men's Team Epee Men's Team — Gymnastics Léon Huybrechts, Charles van den Bussche and John Klotz — Sailing, 6 metre class (1919 rating) Albert Bosquet, Joseph Cogels, Emile Dupont, Henri Quersin, Louis van Tilt and Edouard Fesinger — Shooting, Men's Team clay pigeons Albert Durant, Gérard Blitz, Maurice Blitz, Joseph Pletincx, Paul Gailly, Pierre Nijs, René Bauwens and Pierre Dewin — Water polo, Men's Team competition Louis Williquet — Weightlifting, Lightweight

Bronze Firmin Flamand — Archery, Men's Individual fixed large bird Joseph Hermans — Archery, Men's Individual fixed small bird Albert de Buinne, André Vercruysse, Bernard Janssens and Albert Wyckmans — Cycling, Men's Team Time Trial Roger Moeremans d'Emaüs, Oswald Lints, Jules Bonvalet and Jacques Misonne — Equestrian, Men's Team three-day event Louis Finet — Equestrian, Individual vaulting Men's Team (Swedish system) — Gymnastics Men's Team — Hockey Albert Grisar, Willy de l'Arbre, Léopold Standaert, Henri Weewauters and Georges Hellebuyck — Sailing, 8 metre class (1919 rating) Gerard Blitz — Swimming, Men's 100m backstroke Men's Team — Tug of war Georges Rooms — Weightlifting, Lightweight Fernande Arendt — Tennis, Women's doubles

Archery

Belgium sent 14 archers in its second Olympic archery appearance. The six competitors who competed in the fixed bird events had no international competitions, and took the guaranteed 4 gold medals, 2 silvers, and 2 bronzes. Van Innis, a veteran of Belgium's first appearance in 1900, faced a lone French archer in each of the three individual moving bird competitions; he took two of the three gold medals and one silver. In the team moving bird competitions, the Belgian team faced off against France in the 50 and 33 metre events, beating the French team both times. The Netherlands sent a team for the 28 metre competition, which knocked Belgium down to second place in that event.

Overall, the team took 8 of 10 possible gold medals as well as 4 silvers and 2 bronzes. They had been guaranteed 4 golds, 7 silvers, and 3 bronzes at worst.

ArcherEventFinalScoreRank Edmond Cloetens Fixed large bird 13 Fixed small bird 4 5 Firmin Flamand Fixed large bird 7 Fixed small bird 5 4 Joseph Hermans Fixed large bird 5 5 Fixed small bird 6 Louis van de Perck Fixed large bird 11 Fixed small bird 8 Auguste van de Verre Fixed large bird 3 6 Fixed small bird 1 6 Hubert Van Innis Moving bird, 50 m 106 Moving bird, 33 m 139 Moving bird, 28 m 172 Edmond van Moer Fixed large bird 6 4 Fixed small bird 11 Edmond Cloetens Firmin Flamand Joseph Hermans Louis Van De Perck Auguste Van De Verre Edmond Van Moer Team fixed large bird 31 Team fixed small bird 25 Alphonse Allaert Edmond De Knibber Jérome De Maeyer Louis Delcon Louis Fierens Louis Van Beeck Hubert Van Innis Pierre Van Thielt Team moving bird, 50 m 2701 Team moving bird, 33 m 2958 Team moving bird, 28 m 2924

Aquatics

Diving

Three divers represented Belgium in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Sauvage became the first Belgian to advance to a diving final, in the plain high diving. He placed seventh in the final standings.

Men

Ranks given are within the semifinal group.

DiverEventSemifinalsFinalPointsScoreRankPointsScoreRank Joseph Callens 10 m springboard 30 476.40 6 Did not advance Raymond Desonay Plain high dive 35 129.0 7 Did not advance Fernand Sauvage Plain high dive 17 145.5 3 Q 34 148.5 7

Swimming

Twelve swimmers, including one woman, represented Belgium in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport as well as the Olympics. Blitz was the first Belgian to reach a final in an Olympic swimming event, and he won the nation's first Olympic swimming medal with his bronze-winning effort in the 100 metre backstroke.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

SwimmerEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Gérard Blitz 100 m free Unknown 7 Did not advance 100 m back NA 1:18.6 2 Q 1:19.0 Félicien Courbet 200 m breast Unknown 7 Did not advance 400 m breast 7:20.0 3 Did not advance Paul De Backer 1500 m free 26:46.4 2 Q Unknown 6 Did not advance Édouard Henry 200 m breast 3:18.0 3 Did not advance 400 m breast Unknown 5 Did not advance Gaspard Lemaire 100 m back NA 1:28.0 3 Did not advance Paul Neeckx 200 m breast 3:16.6 3 q Unknown 5 Did not advance Édouard Van Haelen 200 m breast 3:22.6 3 Did not advance 400 m breast Unknown 4 Did not advance Martial van Schelle 100 m free Unknown 4 Did not advance René Bauwens Gérard Blitz Joseph Cludts Jean-Pierre Vermetten 4 × 200 m free relay N/A 11:12.2 3 Did not advance

Women

SwimmerEventSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRank Germaine Van Dievoet 100 m free Unknown 4 Did not advance

Water polo

Belgium competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the fourth time in 1920, having won a medal each of the prior times but still seeking its first gold medal. The Bergvall System was in use at the time. Belgium blew out Switzerland in the opening round, then squeaked by the Netherlands in the quarterfinals. After defeating Sweden 5–3 in the semifinals, Belgium advanced to the final against Great Britain. For the fourth straight time the two had met in the Olympics, the British side came out on top of the Belgian team, this time by a score of 3–2.

Belgium received a bye into the silver medal semifinals after the loss to Britain. There they faced, and defeated, the United States to take the country's fourth Olympic water polo medal.

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Silver medal match

Final rank Silver

Athletics

42 athletes represented Belgium in 1920. It was the host nation's third appearance in the sport, having not competed in athletics in 1900. The best result for the team was Broos's fourth-place finish in the marathon as the Belgians continued to look in vain for their first Olympic medal in the sport.

Ranks given are within the heat.

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Lucien Bangels 1500 malign=center colspan=4 Did not finish Did not advance Oscar Blansaer Marathonalign=center colspan=6 3:20:00.0 34 Paul Brochart 100 m 11.4 1 Q 10.9 2 Q 11.3 4 Did not advance 200 m 23.2 1 Q 23.2 2 Q Did not start Did not advance Auguste Broos Marathonalign=center colspan=6 2:39:25.8 4 Omar Corteyn 400 m 52.2 1 Q 52.0 5 Did not advance Jean Delarge 800 malign=center colspan=2 Did not finish Did not advance Pierre Devaux 10000 malign=center colspan=4 36:38.3 8 Did not advance Antoine Doyen 10 km walkalign=center colspan=4 6 Q 56:30.0 8 Léon Fourneau 1500 malign=center colspan=4 4:15.0 3 Q 4:16.0 9 Henri Godin 800 malign=center colspan=2 6 Did not advance Marcel Gustin 100 m 11.3 3 Did not advance 200 m 24.3 3 Did not advance Max Houben 200 m 24.2 2 Q 5 Did not advance René Joannes-Powell 110 m hurdlesalign=center colspan=2 4 Did not advance Jean Lefèbvre 100 m 5 Did not advance Julien Lehouck 100 m 4 Did not advance Charles Melis Marathonalign=center colspan=6 3:00:51.0 27 Jules Migeot 400 m 55.1 4 Did not advance François Morren 400 m 51.6 1 Q 50.8 4 Did not advance Léonce Oleffe 800 malign=center colspan=2 7 Did not advance Aimé Proot 10000 malign=center colspan=4 9 Did not advance Cross countryalign=center colspan=6 36 Émile Rivez Cross countryalign=center colspan=6 42 Theofiel Roekaert 1500 malign=center colspan=4 7 Did not advance Jean Seghers 3 km walkalign=center colspan=4 14:09.2 6 Q 13:31.1 9 10 km walkalign=center colspan=4 48:29.0 6 Q 50:32.4 7 Omar Smet 400 m hurdlesalign=center colspan=2 Did not finish Did not advance Henri Smets 5000 malign=center colspan=4 8 Did not advance Cross countryalign=center colspan=6 33 Pierre Trullemans 5000 malign=center colspan=4 Did not finish Did not advance Cross countryalign=center colspan=6 41 Julien Van Campenhout 5000 malign=center colspan=4 15:22.6 2 Q 15:25.0 9 Cross countryalign=center colspan=6 28:00.0 7 Joseph Van Der Wee 800 malign=center colspan=2 2:00.0 5 Did not advance Désiré Van Remortel Marathonalign=center colspan=6 Did not finish Paul Verlaeckt 3 km walkalign=center colspan=4 7 Did not advance 10 km walkalign=center colspan=4 Disqualified Did not advance François Vyncke 5000 malign=center colspan=4 7 Did not advance Cross countryalign=center colspan=6 37 Charles Wiggers 3 km walkalign=center colspan=4 9 Did not advance 10 km walkalign=center colspan=4 Disqualified Did not advance Paul Brochart Max Houben Julien Lehouck Omer Smet 4 × 100 m relayalign=center colspan=4 43.7 4 Did not advance Omar Corteyn Jules Migeot François Morren Omar Smet 4 × 400 m relayalign=center colspan=4 3:38.8 1 Q 3:24.9 6 Lucien Bangels Claude Otterbeen Henri Smets Pierre Trullemans Julien Van Campenhout François Vyncke 3000 m teamalign=center colspan=4 30 4 Did not advance Aimé Proot Émile Rivez Henri Smets Pierre Trullemans Julien Van Campenhout François Vyncke Team cross countryalign=center colspan=6 48 6

AthleteEventQualifyingFinalResultRankResultRank Gustave De Bruyne Long jump 6.20 18 Did not advance Arthur Delaender Discus throw 32.00 16 Did not advance Javelin throw 36.25 25 Did not advance Adolphe Hauman Javelin throw 42.58 18 Did not advance Jean Hénault High jump 1.65 16 Did not advance Albert Harion High jump 1.70 14 Did not advance René Joannes-Powell Pole vault 3.60 1 Q 3.30 13 Jean Lefèvbre Long jump 5.79 24 Did not advance Javelin throw 39.00 22 Did not advance Julien Lehouck Long jump 5.76 25 Did not advance François Mahy High jump 1.65 16 Did not advance Émile Muller Javelin throw 40.24 20 Did not advance Léon Pothier Shot put 10.10 24 Did not advance Gaston Wuyts Shot put 11.045 18 Did not advance

AthleteEventFinalResultRank René Joannes-Powell Decathlon 5091.520 11

Boxing

13 boxers represented Belgium at the 1920 Games. It was the nation's debut appearance in boxing. Hébrans was the only boxer to advance to the semifinals; he was defeated both in the semifinals and in the bronze medal match to finish with fourth place in the bantamweight.