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Belgium at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
BEL

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Belgium at the 1948 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee

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

Competitors
  
152 (132 men, 20 women) in 17 sports

MedalsRanked 15th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal2237

Belgium competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 152 competitors, 132 men and 20 women, took part in 77 events in 17 sports.

Contents

Gold

  • Gaston Reiff — Athletics, Men's 5.000 metres
  • Léon Delathouwer, Eugène van Roosbroeck and Lode Wouters — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race

    • Silver

  • Pierre Nihant — Cycling, Men's 1.000 metres Time Trial
  • Joseph Vissers — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

    • Bronze

  • Etienne Gailly — Athletics, Men's Marathon
  • Lode Wouters — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
  • Paul Valcke, André van de Werve de Vorsselaer, Georges de Bourguignon, Raymond Bru, Edouard Yves, and Henri Paternoster — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition

    • Basketball

    Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to South Korea (27-29)
  • Lost to China (34-44)
  • Defeated Iraq (98-20)
  • Defeated Chile (38-36)
  • Defeated Philippines (37-35)
  • Classification Matches
  • 9th/16th place: Defeated Hungary (walk-over)
  • 9th/12th place: Lost to Canada (40-45)
  • 11th/12th place: Defeated Philippines (38-34) → Eleventh place

    • Cycling

    Twelve cyclists, all men, represented Belgium in 1948.

    Individual road race
  • Lode Wouters
  • Leon De Lathouwer
  • Eugène Van Roosbroeck
  • Liévin Lerno
    • Team road race
  • Lode Wouters
  • Leon De Lathouwer
  • Eugène Van Roosbroeck
  • Liévin Lerno
    • Sprint
  • Emile Van De Velde
    • Time trial
  • Pierre Nihant
    • Tandem
  • Louis Van Schill
  • Roger De Pauw
    • Team pursuit
  • Jos De Beukelaere
  • Maurice Blomme
  • Lionel Van Brabant
  • Raphael Glorieux

    • Fencing

    18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Belgium in 1948.

    Men's foil
  • Paul Valcke
  • Henri Paternóster
  • André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer
    • Men's team foil
  • Georges de Bourguignon, Henri Paternóster, Édouard Yves, Raymond Bru, André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer, Paul Valcke
    • Men's épée
  • Jean-Marie Radoux
  • Charles Debeur
  • Raoul Henkart
    • Men's team épée
  • Raymond Stasse, Léopold Hauben, Raymond Bru, Jean-Marie Radoux, Raoul Henkart, Charles Debeur
    • Men's team sabre
  • Robert Bayot, Georges de Bourguignon, Ferdinand Jassogne, Eugène Laermans, Marcel Nys, Édouard Yves
    • Women's foil
  • Jenny Addams
  • Adèle Christiaens
  • Emilie Schwindt

    • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Belgium in 1948.

  • Louis Fauconnier
  • Charles Vyt
  • Raoul Mollet

    • Shooting

    Three shooters represented Belgium in 1948.

    50 metre pistol
  • Marcel Lafortune
    • 50 metre rifle
  • Jacques Lafortune
  • Jacques Delval
  • Marcel Lafortune

    • References

    Belgium at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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