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Belgium
Career
1893 - 2026
Best year
2024
Total points
1224
Best results
1x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#33
10-year rank
#18
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
Categories
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 4x100m | Women | 1 | 72 | - |
| 2026 | World Indoor Championships | Mixed 4x400m | M/W | 1 | 24 | - |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 24 | - |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 24 | - |
| 1964 | Olympic Games | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 24 | Gaston Roelants |
| 1948 | Olympic Games | 5000m | Men | 1 | 24 | Gaston Reiff |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Heptathlon | Women | 1 | 24 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Heptathlon | Women | 1 | 24 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Heptathlon | Women | 1 | 24 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | High jump | Women | 1 | 24 | Tia Hellebaut |
| 1973 | World Cross Country Championships | Cross Country team | Men | 1 | 24 | - |
| 1974 | World Cross Country Championships | Cross Country team | Men | 1 | 24 | - |
| 1977 | World Cross Country Championships | Cross Country team | Men | 1 | 24 | - |
| 1976 | World Cross Country Championships | Cross Country team | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2017 | World Championship | Heptathlon | Women | 1 | 12 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2022 | World Championship | Heptathlon | Women | 1 | 12 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 2026 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 12 | - |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | 10000m | Men | 2 | 12 | Emiel Puttemans |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | 1500m | Men | 2 | 12 | Ivo Van Damme |
| 1960 | Olympic Games | 800m | Men | 2 | 12 | Roger Moens |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | 800m | Men | 2 | 12 | Ivo Van Damme |
| 1972 | Olympic Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 12 | Karel Lismont |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Marathon | Men | 2 | 12 | Bashir Abdi |
| 2012 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 2016 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 2018 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 2024 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 12 | - |
| 2012 | Diamond League | 400m | Men | 1 | 10 | Kevin Borlée |
| 2017 | World Athletics Awards | Awards | Women | 1 | 10 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 9 | - |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 9 | - |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 1 | 9 | - |
| 2007 | World Championship | 4x100m | Women | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2025 | World Championship | Mixed 4x400m | M/W | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2019 | World Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 2022 | World Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1993 | World Road Running Championships | Half marathon | Men | 1 | 8 | Vincent Rousseau |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 8 | Alexander Doom |
| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Pentathlon | Women | 1 | 8 | Tia Hellebaut |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Pentathlon | Women | 1 | 8 | Noor Vidts |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Pentathlon | Women | 1 | 8 | Noor Vidts |
| 1893 | World record - improvement | 100m | Men | 1 | 8 | Étienne De Ré |
| 1949 | World record - improvement | 3000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Gaston Reiff |
| 1972 | World record - improvement | 3000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Emiel Puttemans |
| 1963 | World record - improvement | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 8 | Gaston Roelants |
| 1972 | World record - improvement | 5000m | Men | 1 | 8 | Emiel Puttemans |
| 1955 | World record - improvement | 800m | Men | 1 | 8 | Roger Moens |
| 1924 | World record - improvement | Discus | Women | 1 | 8 | Lisette Petré |
| 1976 | World record - improvement | Half marathon | Men | 1 | 8 | Jose Reveyn |
| 1978 | World record - improvement | Half marathon | Women | 1 | 8 | Daniele Justin |
| 2023 | World record - improvement | Pentathlon | Women | 1 | 8 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 1974 | World Cross Country Championships | Cross Country | Men | 1 | 8 | Eric de Beck |
| 1977 | World Cross Country Championships | Cross Country | Men | 1 | 8 | Léon Schots |
| 2000 | World Cross Country Championships | Cross Country | Men | 1 | 8 | Mohammed Mourhit |
| 2001 | World Cross Country Championships | Cross Country | Men | 1 | 8 | Mohammed Mourhit |
| 2012 | Hypo Meeting | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 8 | Hans van Alphen |
| 2017 | Hypo Meeting | Heptathlon | Women | 1 | 8 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2018 | Hypo Meeting | Heptathlon | Women | 1 | 8 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 1986 | IAAF Grand Prix | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 7 | William Van Dijck |
| 2015 | World Relays | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2019 | World Relays | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2024 | World Relays | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2022 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 2025 | World Championship | 5000m | Men | 2 | 6 | Isaac Kimeli |
| 2015 | World Championship | Discus | Men | 2 | 6 | Philip Milanov |
| 2019 | World Championship | Heptathlon | Women | 2 | 6 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Heptathlon | Women | 3 | 6 | Noor Vidts |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 2 | 6 | - |
| 1948 | Olympic Games | Marathon | Men | 3 | 6 | Étienne Gailly |
| 1976 | Olympic Games | Marathon | Men | 3 | 6 | Karel Lismont |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | Marathon | Men | 3 | 6 | Bashir Abdi |
| 1975 | World Cross Country Championships | Cross Country team | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 1980 | World Cross Country Championships | Cross Country team | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2000 | World Road Running Championships | Half marathon team | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 6 | - |
| 1983 | Berlin Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 5 | Karel Lismont |
| 1985 | Berlin Marathon | Marathon | Women | 1 | 5 | Magda Ilands |
| 1998 | Berlin Marathon | Marathon | Women | 1 | 5 | Marleen Renders |
| 1963 | Boston Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 5 | Aurèle Vandendriessche |
| 1964 | Boston Marathon | Marathon | Men | 1 | 5 | Aurèle Vandendriessche |
| 1965 | Own WR improvement | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 4 | Gaston Roelants |
| 1986 | IAAF Grand Prix | 5000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Vincent Rousseau |
| 2001 | World Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 2 | 4 | Mohammed Mourhit |
| 1985 | World Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 4 | Regine Berg |
| 2004 | World Indoor Championships | 60m | Women | 2 | 4 | Kim Gevaert |
| 2025 | World Indoor Championships | 800m | Men | 2 | 4 | Eliott Crestan |
| 2026 | World Indoor Championships | 800m | Men | 2 | 4 | Eliott Crestan |
| 2006 | World Athletics Final | High jump | Women | 2 | 4 | Tia Hellebaut |
| 2006 | European Championship | 100m | Women | 1 | 4 | Kim Gevaert |
| 2006 | European Championship | 200m | Women | 1 | 4 | Kim Gevaert |
| 2010 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 4 | Kevin Borlée |
| 2024 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 1 | 4 | Alexander Doom |
| 2016 | European Championship | Decathlon | Men | 1 | 4 | Thomas Van der Plaetsen |
| 2018 | European Championship | Heptathlon | Women | 1 | 4 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2022 | European Championship | Heptathlon | Women | 1 | 4 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2024 | European Championship | Heptathlon | Women | 1 | 4 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2006 | European Championship | High jump | Women | 1 | 4 | Tia Hellebaut |
| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 1 | 3 | Emiel Puttemans |
| 1974 | European Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 1 | 3 | Emiel Puttemans |
| 1985 | European Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 1 | 3 | Bob Verbeeck |
| 1974 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Fons Brijdenbach |
| 1977 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 1 | 3 | Fons Brijdenbach |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2025 | European Indoor Championships | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2024 | Diamond League | Pole vault | Men | 3 | 3 | Ben Broeders |
| 1986 | European Indoor Championships | 60m | Men | 1 | 3 | Ronald Desruelles |
| 2002 | European Indoor Championships | 60m | Women | 1 | 3 | Kim Gevaert |
| 2005 | European Indoor Championships | 60m | Women | 1 | 3 | Kim Gevaert |
| 2007 | European Indoor Championships | 60m | Women | 1 | 3 | Kim Gevaert |
| 2009 | European Indoor Championships | 60m hurdles | Women | 1 | 3 | Eline Berings |
| 2026 | Diamond League | 400m hurdles | Women | 3 | 3 | Paulien Couckuyt |
| 1976 | European Indoor Championships | 800m | Men | 1 | 3 | Ivo Van Damme |
| 2019 | Diamond League | High jump | Women | 3 | 3 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2007 | European Indoor Championships | High jump | Women | 1 | 3 | Tia Hellebaut |
| 1966 | European Indoor Championships | Medley relay | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Pentathlon | Women | 1 | 3 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Pentathlon | Women | 1 | 3 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Pentathlon | Women | 1 | 3 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 1987 | World Championship | 3000m hurdles | Men | 3 | 3 | William Van Dijck |
| 2011 | World Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 3 | Kevin Borlée |
| 1999 | World Championship | 5000m | Men | 3 | 3 | Mohammed Mourhit |
| 1962 | European Championship | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 3 | Gaston Roelants |
| 2022 | World Championship | Marathon | Men | 3 | 3 | Bashir Abdi |
| 2026 | European Championship | 4x100m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2010 | European Championship | 4x400m | Men | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2024 | European Championship | 4x400m | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1969 | European Indoor Championships | 1500m | Men | 1 | 3 | Edgard Salvé |
| 2012 | Diamond League | 400m | Men | 3 | 3 | Jonathan Borlée |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | 1500m | Women | 1 | 3 | Elise Vanderelst |
| 1996 | European Indoor Championships | 200m | Men | 1 | 3 | Erik Wijmeersch |
| 2015 | Diamond League | Discus | Men | 3 | 3 | Philip Milanov |
| 2016 | Diamond League | Discus | Men | 3 | 3 | Philip Milanov |
| 1994 | European Championship | 10000m | Men | 2 | 2 | Vincent Rousseau |
| 2018 | European Championship | 10000m | Men | 2 | 2 | Bashir Abdi |
| 2002 | European Championship | 100m | Women | 2 | 2 | Kim Gevaert |
| 1946 | European Championship | 110m hurdles | Men | 2 | 2 | Pol Braekman |
| 1938 | European Championship | 1500m | Men | 2 | 2 | Joseph Mostert |
| 2024 | European Championship | 1500m | Men | 2 | 2 | Jochem Vermeulen |
| 2002 | European Championship | 200m | Women | 2 | 2 | Kim Gevaert |
| 2018 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Kevin Borlée |
| 1954 | European Championship | 800m | Men | 2 | 2 | Lucien De Muynck |
| 2016 | European Championship | Discus | Men | 2 | 2 | Philip Milanov |
| 2026 | European Championship | Triple jump | Women | 2 | 2 | Saliyya Guisse |
| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | 1500m | Men | 2 | 2 | Herman Mignon |
| 1983 | European Indoor Championships | 200m | Men | 2 | 2 | Jacques Borlée |
| 2000 | European Indoor Championships | 200m | Men | 2 | 2 | Patrick Stevens |
| 1973 | European Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 2 | 2 | Willy Polleunis |
| 1974 | European Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 2 | 2 | Paul Thijs |
| 1978 | European Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 2 | 2 | Emiel Puttemans |
| 1996 | European Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 2 | 2 | Christophe Impens |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | 3000m | Men | 2 | 2 | Isaac Kimeli |
| 1986 | Grand Prix Final | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 2 | William Van Dijck |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Dylan Borlée |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Men | 2 | 2 | Julien Watrin |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | 400m | Women | 2 | 2 | Cynthia Bolingo Mbongo |
| 1988 | European Indoor Championships | 60m | Men | 2 | 2 | Ronald Desruelles |
| 1975 | European Indoor Championships | 800m | Men | 2 | 2 | Ivo Van Damme |
| 2025 | European Indoor Championships | 800m | Men | 2 | 2 | Eliott Crestan |
| 1980 | European Indoor Championships | 800m | Women | 2 | 2 | Anne-Marie Van Nuffel |
| 1978 | European Indoor Championships | Long jump | Men | 2 | 2 | Ronald Desruelles |
| 1999 | World Athletics Final | 3000m | Men | 3 | 2 | Mohammed Mourhit |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Pentathlon | Women | 2 | 2 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Pentathlon | Women | 2 | 2 | Noor Vidts |
| 2008 | World Athletics Final | High jump | Women | 3 | 2 | Tia Hellebaut |
| 1974 | World Cross Country Championships | Cross Country | Men | 3 | 2 | Karel Lismont |
| 1978 | World Cross Country Championships | Cross Country | Men | 3 | 2 | Karel Lismont |
| 1973 | World Cross Country Championships | Cross Country | Women | 3 | 2 | Josee van Santberghe |
| 1985 | World Indoor Championships | 60m | Men | 3 | 2 | Ronald Desruelles |
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | 60m | Women | 3 | 2 | Kim Gevaert |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | 800m | Men | 3 | 2 | Eliott Crestan |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Heptathlon | Men | 3 | 2 | Thomas van der Plaetsen |
| 1971 | European Championship | Marathon | Men | 1 | 2 | Karel Lismont |
| 2018 | European Championship | Marathon | Men | 1 | 2 | Koen Naert |
| 1984 | European Indoor Championships | 60m | Men | 3 | 1 | Ronald Desruelles |
| 1985 | European Indoor Championships | 60m | Men | 3 | 1 | Ronald Desruelles |
| 1996 | European Indoor Championships | 60m hurdles | Men | 3 | 1 | Jonathan N'Senga |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | 60m hurdles | Men | 3 | 1 | Adrien Deghelt |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | 800m | Men | 3 | 1 | Eliott Crestan |
| 2000 | European Indoor Championships | 800m | Women | 3 | 1 | Sandra Stals |
| 1986 | European Indoor Championships | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Eddy Annys |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Thomas Carmoy |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | High jump | Men | 3 | 1 | Thomas Carmoy |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Pentathlon | Women | 3 | 1 | Noor Vidts |
| 1962 | European Championship | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Aurèle Vandendriessche |
| 1966 | European Championship | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Aurèle Vandendriessche |
| 1969 | European Championship | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Gaston Roelants |
| 1982 | European Championship | Marathon | Men | 2 | 1 | Armand Parmentier |
| 1950 | World record - annual holding | 3000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Gaston Reiff |
| 1951 | World record - annual holding | 3000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Gaston Reiff |
| 1952 | World record - annual holding | 3000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Gaston Reiff |
| 1953 | World record - annual holding | 3000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Gaston Reiff |
| 1954 | World record - annual holding | 3000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Gaston Reiff |
| 1973 | World record - annual holding | 3000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Emiel Puttemans |
| 1964 | World record - annual holding | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 1 | Gaston Roelants |
| 1966 | World record - annual holding | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 1 | Gaston Roelants |
| 1967 | World record - annual holding | 3000m hurdles | Men | 1 | 1 | Gaston Roelants |
| 1973 | World record - annual holding | 5000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Emiel Puttemans |
| 1974 | World record - annual holding | 5000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Emiel Puttemans |
| 1975 | World record - annual holding | 5000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Emiel Puttemans |
| 1976 | World record - annual holding | 5000m | Men | 1 | 1 | Emiel Puttemans |
| 1956 | World record - annual holding | 800m | Men | 1 | 1 | Roger Moens |
| 1957 | World record - annual holding | 800m | Men | 1 | 1 | Roger Moens |
| 1958 | World record - annual holding | 800m | Men | 1 | 1 | Roger Moens |
| 1959 | World record - annual holding | 800m | Men | 1 | 1 | Roger Moens |
| 1960 | World record - annual holding | 800m | Men | 1 | 1 | Roger Moens |
| 1961 | World record - annual holding | 800m | Men | 1 | 1 | Roger Moens |
| 2024 | World record - annual holding | Pentathlon | Women | 1 | 1 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2025 | World record - annual holding | Pentathlon | Women | 1 | 1 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2026 | European Championship | 100m | Women | 3 | 1 | Delphine Nkansa |
| 1994 | European Championship | 200m | Men | 3 | 1 | Patrick Stevens |
| 2018 | European Championship | 400m | Men | 3 | 1 | Jonathan Borlée |
| 1950 | European Championship | 5000m | Men | 3 | 1 | Gaston Reiff |
| 2014 | European Championship | Heptathlon | Women | 3 | 1 | Nafissatou Thiam |
| 2024 | European Championship | Heptathlon | Women | 3 | 1 | Noor Vidts |
| 2010 | European Championship | Triple jump | Women | 3 | 1 | Svetlana Bolshakova |
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