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.

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.

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.

George took the country's first Olympic cycling gold medal by winning the 50 kilometre race.

It was the host nation's third appearance in the sport, being one of only three countries (along with France and the United States) to have taken part in each Olympic equestrian competition to that point.

The Belgians also had success in the other two competitions, adding a silver in the jumping and a bronze in the eventing, though no others took individual medals.

The team took third place in the four-team round robin, defeating France but losing to Great Britain and Denmark.

Belgium competed in the Olympic football tournament for the second time, winning the gold medal.

The squad outscored opponents 8 to 1, including holding a 2–0 lead when Czechoslovakia withdrew from the final in protest in the 40th minute.

The host nation competed in the inaugural Olympic ice hockey tournament.

Coach: Paul Loicq Belgium competed in the Olympic polo tournament for the first time, taking fourth and last place.

The Belgians lost to Great Britain in the semifinals and to the United States in the bronze medal match.

Alfred Grisar, Maurice Lysen, Clément Van Der Straeten and Gaston Peers de Nieuwburgh took part in the tournament.

[10] Belgium finished with a lone medal, the silver in the team clay pigeons competition.

Three of the Belgians took medals, one of each type, with François de Haes taking the top spot in the featherweight category.