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Belgium at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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BEL

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Belgium at the 1956 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee

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

Competitors
  
51 men and 3 women in 12 sports

MedalsRanked 28th
  
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Belgium competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 54 competitors, 51 men and 3 women, took part in 37 events in 12 sports.

Contents

Silver

  • André Nelis — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition
  • Joseph Mewis — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight

    • Athletics

    Men's Marathon

  • Aurèle Vandendriessche — 2:47:18 (→ 24th place)

    • Cycling

    Sprint
  • Evrard Godefroid — 10th place
    • Time trial
  • Evrard Godefroid — 1:16.5 (→ 19th place)
    • Team pursuit
  • André Bar
    François De Wagheneire
    Guillaume Van Tongerloo
    Gustaaf De Smet — 5th place
    • Team road race
  • Norbert Verougstraete
    Gustaaf De Smet
    François Vandenbosch — 89 points (→ 7th place)
    • Individual road race
  • Norbert Verougstraete — 5:26:47 (→ 23rd place)
  • Gustaaf De Smet — 5:26:47 (→ 24th place)
  • François Vandenbosch — 5:38:16 (→ 42nd place)
  • François De Wagheneire — did not finish (→ no ranking)

    • Fencing

    Six fencers, all men, represented Belgium in 1956.

    Men's foil
  • André Verhalle
  • Ghislain Delaunois
  • François Dehez
    • Men's team foil
  • Jacques Debeur, Ghislain Delaunois, Marcel Van Der Auwera, André Verhalle
    • Men's épée
  • Ghislain Delaunois
  • Jacques Debeur
  • Roger Achten
    • Men's team épée
  • François Dehez, Roger Achten, Ghislain Delaunois, Marcel Van Der Auwera, Jacques Debeur
    • Men's sabre
  • Marcel Van Der Auwera

    • Shooting

    Two shooters represented Belgium in 1956.

    50 m pistol
  • Marcel Lafortune
    • 50 m rifle, three positions
  • Frans Lafortune
    • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Frans Lafortune

    • References

    Belgium at the 1956 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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