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Belgium at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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BEL

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Belgium at the 1960 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee

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

Competitors
  
101 (93 men and 8 women) in 16 sports

MedalsRanked 26th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal0224

Belgium competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 101 competitors, 93 men and 8 women, took part in 64 events in 16 sports.

Contents

Silver

  • Roger Moens — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
  • Leo Sterckx — Cycling, Men's sprint

    • Bronze

  • Willy van den Berghen — Cycling, Men's individual road race
  • André Nelis — Sailing, Men's Finn class

    • Cycling

    13 cyclists, all men, represented Belgium in 1960.

    Individual road race
  • Willy Vanden Berghen
  • Benoni Beheyt
  • Robert Lelangue
  • Joseph Geurts
    • Team time trial
  • Benoni Beheyt
  • Willy Monty
  • Willy Vanden Berghen
  • Yvan Covent
    • Sprint
  • Leo Sterckx
  • Gilbert De Rieck
    • 1000m time trial
  • Jean Govaerts
    • Team pursuit
  • Romain De Loof
  • Barthélemy Gillard
  • Frans Melckenbeeck
  • Charles Rabaey

    • Fencing

    15 fencers, 12 men and 3 women, represented Belgium in 1960.

    Men's foil
  • André Verhalle
  • Franck Delhem
  • Jacques Debeur
    • Men's team foil
  • Jacques Debeur, André Verhalle, François Dehez, Franck Delhem
    • Men's épée
  • Roger Achten
  • François Dehez
  • René Van Den Driessche
    • Men's team épée
  • Pierre Francisse, René Van Den Driessche, Jacques Debeur, Roger Achten, François Dehez
    • Men's sabre
  • Marcel Van Der Auwera
  • José Van Baelen
  • Gustave Ballister
    • Men's team sabre
  • José Van Baelen, Gustave Ballister, Marcel Van Der Auwera, François Heywaert, Roger Petit
    • Women's foil
  • Jacqueline Appart
  • Marie Melchers
  • Claudine Wallet

    • Modern pentathlon

    One male pentathlete represented Belgium in 1960.

    Individual
  • Arsène Pint

    • Shooting

    Three shooters represented Belgium in 1960.

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

    • References

    Belgium at the 1960 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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