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Belgium at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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Belgium at the 1928 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee

Website
  
www.olympic.be (Dutch) (French)

Competitors
  
187 (176 men, 11 women) in 15 sports

Medals Ranked 29th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 2 3

Belgium competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 187 competitors, 176 men and 11 women, took part in 90 events in 15 sports.

Contents

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

  • Robert Sartos
  • First Round — Defeated Hyman Miller (USA), points
  • Second Round — Lost to Carlo Covagnioli (ITA), points


    • Men's Welterweight (– 66.7 kg)

  • Adrien Annet
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Cor Blommers (HOL), points

    • Cycling

    Eight cyclists, all men, represented Belgium in 1928.

    Individual road race
  • Jean Aerts
  • Pierre Houdé
  • Jef Lowagie
  • Jean Chaerels
    • Team road race
  • Jean Aerts
  • Pierre Houdé
  • Jef Lowagie
  • Jean Chaerels
    • Sprint
  • Yves Van Massenhove
    • Time trial
  • Jean Aerts
    • Team pursuit
  • August Meuleman
  • Yves Van Massenhove
  • Albert Muylle
  • Jean Van Buggenhout

    • Fencing

    21 fencers, 18 men and 3 women, represented Belgium in 1928.

    Men's foil
  • Raymond Bru
  • Pierre Pêcher
  • Albert De Roocker
    • Men's team foil
  • Max Janlet, Pierre Pêcher, Raymond Bru, Albert De Roocker, Jean Verbrugge, Charles Crahay
    • Men's épée
  • Léon Tom
  • Charles Delporte
  • Charles Debeur
    • Men's team épée
  • Émile Barbier, Balthazar De Beukelaer, Charles Delporte, Charles Debeur, Léon Tom, Georges Dambois
    • Men's sabre
  • Henri Brasseur
  • Jacques Kesteloot
  • Édouard Yves
    • Men's team sabre
  • Joseph Stordeur, Marcel Cuypers, Jacques Kesteloot, Édouard Yves, Gaston Kaanen
    • Women's foil
  • Jenny Addams
  • E. Addams
  • Hilda Deswarte

    • Modern pentathlon

    Three pentathletes represented Belgium in 1928

  • Édouard Écuyer de le Court
  • Charles Vannerom
  • Charles Cumont

    • References

    Belgium at the 1928 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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