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Belgium at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
BEL

Flag bearer
  
Gaston Roelants

Belgium at the 1972 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee

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

Competitors
  
88 (82 men and 6 women) in 14 sports

MedalsRanked 29th
  
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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.

Contents

Medalists

Belgium finished in 29th position in the final medal rankings, with two silver medals.

Silver

  • Emiel Puttemans — Athletics, Men's 10,000 metres
  • Karel Lismont — Athletics, Men's Marathon

    • Archery

    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)

    • Athletics

    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)

    • Cycling

    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

    • Fencing

    One female fencer represented Belgium in 1972.

    Women's foil
  • Claudine le Comte

    • Hockey

    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

    • Rowing

    Men's Coxed Pairs

  • Paul De Weert, Wilfried Van Herck and Guy Defraigne
  • Heat — 8:08.51
  • Repechage — 8:16.26 (→ did not advance)

    • Sailing

  • Jacques Rogge - Finn Class 14th place.

    • Shooting

    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

    • References

    Belgium at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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