Belgium competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 88 competitors, 82 men and 6 women, took part in 51 events in 14 sports.
Belgium finished in 29th position in the final medal rankings, with two silver medals.
Emiel Puttemans — Athletics, Men's 10,000 metres
Karel Lismont — Athletics, Men's Marathon
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Belgium entered three men. Their highest placing competitor was Robert Cogniaux, who missed a medal by 22 points.
Men's Individual Competition:
Robert Cogniaux — 2445 points (4th place)
Andre Baeyens — 2383 points (18th place)
Jos Daman — 2365 points (23rd place)
Men's 800 metres
Herman Mignon
Heat — 1:47.5
Semifinals — 1:49.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
Herman Mignon
Heat — 3:44.2
Semifinals — 3:41.7
Final — 3:39.1 (→ 6th place)
Edgar Salve
Heat — 3:42.1 (→ did not advance)
André de Hertoghe
Heat — 3:44.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
Willy Polleunis
Heat — 13:52.6 (→ did not advance)
René Goris
Heat — 13:57.8 (→ did not advance)
Fourteen cyclists represented Belgium in 1972.
Individual road race
Freddy Maertens — 13th place
Gustaaf Hermans — 45th place
Lucien De Brauwere — 59th place
Frans Van Looy — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Ludo Delcroix
Gustaaf Hermans
Gustaaf Van Cauter
Louis Verreydt
Sprint
Robert Maveau
Manu Snellinx
1000m time trial
Robert Maveau
Final — 1:08.94 (→ 14th place)
Tandem
Manu Snellinx and Noël Soetaert → 5th place
Individual pursuit
Wilfried Wesemael
Individual pursuit
Leon Daelemans
Roger De Beukelaer
Alex Van Linden
Wilfried Wesemael
One female fencer represented Belgium in 1972.
Women's foil
Claudine le Comte
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to West Germany (1-5)
Drew with Argentina (1-1)
Defeated France (1-0)
Lost to Spain (0-1)
Lost to Malaysia (2-4)
Defeated Uganda (2-0)
Lost to Pakistan (1-3)
Classification Match
9th/10th place: Lost to New Zealand (1-2) → 10th place
Team Roster
Armand Solie
Carl-Eric Vanderborght
Charly Bouvy
Daniel Dupont
Eric Stoupel
Guy Miserque
Jean Toussaint
Jean-André Zembsch
Jean-Claude Moraux
Jean-François Gilles
Jean-Marie Buisset
Marc Legros
Michel De Saedeleer
Michel Deville
Patrick Gillard
Philippe Collin
Raoul Ronsmans
Men's Coxed Pairs
Paul De Weert, Wilfried Van Herck and Guy Defraigne
Heat — 8:08.51
Repechage — 8:16.26 (→ did not advance)
Jacques Rogge - Finn Class 14th place.
Six male shooters represented Belgium in 1972.
50 m pistol
André Zoltan
50 m rifle, three positions
Frans Lafortune
50 m rifle, prone
Frans Lafortune
Robert Houman
Trap
Guy Rénard
Skeet
Francis Cornet
Chris Binet
