Belgium at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Belgium sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12–28 February 2010.

[2] This was Belgium's first time fielding women in bobsleigh competition, Eva Willemarck and Elfje Willemsen were entered in the two-woman race.

[3] Figure skater Kevin van der Perren was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony, his second time doing so.

[4][5] Short-track racer Pieter Gysel was selected as the flag bearer for the closing ceremony.

[7] Karen Persyn was 26 years old at the time of her race in Vancouver, the women's slalom, which was held on 26 February.

[10] Her combined time of 1 minute and 47.96 seconds was good enough to put her in 27th place, out of 55 women who finished both runs of the race.

[11] Bart Mollin and Jeroen Van den Bogaert each contested only one event, the men's slalom on 27 February.

[14][15] Mollin failed to finish the first run of the race, while Van den Bogaert posted a time of 53.99 seconds.

The two competitors, Eva Willemarck and Elfje Willemsen, were each 25 years old at the time of the Vancouver Olympics.

He thought it was his best short program he had ever performed, and expected to score higher than his personal best of 75.80 points.

[38] Gysel hoped to finish in the top six of the 1,500 meter race, and thought he might medal.

He finished second in his heat that featured two strong competitors: vice world champion Kwak Yoon-gy and Jordan Malone.

[48][49] Gysel drew a difficult quarterfinal matchup, which featured the 2006 silver medalist, Canadian François-Louis Tremblay, and another round against Kwak.

He placed last out of the four competitors; he needed to finish in the top two in order to advance to the semifinals.

The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.
Elfje Willemsen made her Olympic debut in Vancouver.