Belgium at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Belgium at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics

IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic Committee
Website	www.teambelgium.be
in Lillehammer
Competitors	9 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Sam Maes^[1]
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2012 2016 2020 2024

Belgium competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12 to 21 February 2016.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Xander Vercammen	Freestyle skiing	Boys' ski cross	15 February

Medalists in mixed NOCs events

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Stijn Desmet	Short track	Mixed team relay	20 February

Alpine skiing

Boys

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sam Maes	Slalom	53.63	28	50.59	10	1:44.22	19
	Giant slalom	1:19.62	10	1:19.18	8	2:38.80	7
	Super-G	—				1:13.30	23
	Combined	1:13.63	22	1:04.27	30	2:17.90	30

Girls

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kim van Reusel	Slalom	57.27	12	52.57	11	1:49.84	12
	Giant slalom	DNF		did not advance
	Super-G	—				DNF

Parallel mixed team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kim van Reusel Sam Maes	Parallel mixed team	Switzerland (SUI) L 1 - 3	did not advance

Biathlon

Boys

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Tim De Ridder	Sprint	26:11.4	6	48
Tim De Ridder	Pursuit	43:00.9	2	48

Cross-country skiing

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thibaut De Marre	10 km freestyle	—						26:10.2	25
	Classical sprint	3:15.32	34	did not advance
	Cross-country cross	3:19.67	31	—		did not advance

Freestyle skiing

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Group heats		Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Position	Position
Xander Vercammen	Boys' ski cross	44.14	5 Q	14	6 Q	1 FA

Ice hockey

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Chinouk Van Calster	Girls' individual skills challenge	11	9	did not advance

Short track speed skating

Boys

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stijn Desmet	500 m	42.993	1 SA/B	42.846	3 FB	42.716	4
Stijn Desmet	1000 m	1:34.578	3 ADV	1:28.946	3 FB	1:41.829	7

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Team B Ane Farstad (NOR) Kim Ji-yoo (KOR) Stijn Desmet (BEL) Quentin Fercoq (FRA)	Mixed team relay	4:16.206	2 FA	4:14.413

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; ADV=Advanced to Next Round; PEN=Penalized