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Belgium at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
BEL

2
  
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Belgium at the 1952 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee

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

Competitors
  
135 (130 men and 5 women) in 16 sports

MedalsRanked 14th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal2204

Belgium competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 135 competitors, 130 men and 5 women, took part in 75 events in 16 sports.

Contents

Gold

  • André NoyelleCycling, Men's Individual Road Race
  • Robert Grondelaers, André Noyelle and Lucien VictorCycling, Men's Team Road Race
  • Silver

  • Robert Grondelaers — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
  • Robert Baetens and Michel KnuysenRowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
  • Basketball

    Men's Team Competition
  • Qualification Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Cuba (51-59)
  • Defeated Switzerland (59-49)
  • Lost to Cuba (63-71) → did not advance
  • Cycling

    Road Competition

    Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

  • André Noyelle — 5:06:03.4 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Robert Grondelaers — 5:06:51.2 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Lucien Victor — 5:07:52.0 (→ 4th place)
  • Rik Van Looy — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Track Competition

    Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Joseph De Bakker
  • Final — 1:14.7 (→ 10th place)
  • Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

  • Stéphan Martens — 10th place
  • Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

  • Gabriel Glorieux, José Pauwels, Paul De Paepe, and Robert Raymond
  • Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 5th place)
  • Fencing

    14 fencers, all men, represented Belgium in 1952.

    Men's foil
  • André Verhalle
  • Paul Valcke
  • Gustave Ballister
  • Men's team foil
  • Pierre Van Houdt, André Verhalle, Alex Bourgeois, Paul Valcke, Édouard Yves, Gustave Ballister
  • Men's épée
  • Jean-Baptiste Maquet
  • Ghislain Delaunois
  • Robert Henrion
  • Men's team épée
  • Ghislain Delaunois, Jean-Baptiste Maquet, Albert Bernard, Robert Henrion, Paul Valcke
  • Men's sabre
  • Gustave Ballister
  • François Heywaert
  • Marcel Van Der Auwera
  • Men's team sabre
  • Marcel Van Der Auwera, Gustave Ballister, François Heywaert, Robert Bayot, Georges de Bourguignon, Édouard Yves
  • Modern pentathlon

    One male pentathlete represented Belgium in 1952.

  • Francis Plumerel
  • Shooting

    Four shooters represented Belgium in 1952.

    50 m rifle, three positions
  • Frans Lafortune
  • Jacques Lafortune
  • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Frans Lafortune
  • Jacques Lafortune
  • Trap
  • Albert Fichefet
  • Gaston Van Roy
  • References

    Belgium at the 1952 Summer Olympics Wikipedia


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