Belgium at the World Athletics Championships

Sporting event delegation

Belgium at the World Athletics Championships

WA code	BEL
National federation	Royal Belgian Athletics League
Website	www.belgian-athletics.be
Medals Ranked 55th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 7 Total 11
World Athletics Championships appearances (overview)
1983 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023

Belgium has competed in all World Athletics Championships since 1983.

Athletes representing Belgium have won 11 medals of which 2 gold. Belgium's only gold medalist is heptathlete Nafissatou Thiam who won in London 2017 and Eugene 2022.^[1] Belgium was most successful at the 2022 World Championships, where the Belgium athletes won the most medals (3) and where the country had the highest medal ranking (=16th).^[2]

Medal table

Championships	Men			Women			Mixed			Total
Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank	Athletes
1976 Malmö	0	0	0	No female events			No mixed events			0	0	0	0	Unranked
1980 Sittard	No male events			0	0	0				0	0	0	0	Unranked
1983 Helsinki	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	Unranked
1987 Roma	0	0	1	0	0	0				0	0	1	1	=25
1991 Tokyo	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	Unranked
1993 Stuttgart	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	Unranked
1995 Gothenburg	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	Unranked
1997 Athens	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	Unranked
1999 Seville	0	0	1	0	0	0				0	0	1	1	=34
2001 Edmonton	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	Unranked
2003 Paris	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	Unranked
2005 Helsinki	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	Unranked
2007 Osaka	0	0	0	0	0	1				0	0	1	1	=36
2009 Berlin	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	Unranked	23
2011 Daegu	0	0	1	0	0	0				0	0	1	1	=34	11
2013 Moscow	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	0	0	Unranked	17
2015 Beijing	0	1	0	0	0	0				0	1	0	1	=25	19
2017 London	0	0	0	1	0	0				1	0	0	1	=23	17
2019 Doha	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	=24	29
2022 Eugene	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	=16	32
2023 Budapest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Unranked	32
Total	0	1	6	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	7	11	55

Multiple medalists

Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Years
Nafissatou Thiam	2	1	0	3	2017–2022
Kevin Borlée	0	0	3	3	2011–2022
Dylan Borlée	0	0	2	2	2019–2022
Jonathan Sacoor	0	0	2	2	2019–2022
Julien Watrin	0	0	2	2	2019–2022

References

^ "Thiam regains world heptathlon title in Oregon". World Athletics. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ "Delegatieleider Rutger Smith: "Meest succesvolle WK atletiek ooit voor België"" (in Dutch). Sporza. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2024.