Belgium at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Belgium at the Olympic Games
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At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors	152 (132 men, 20 women) in 17 sports
Medals Rank: 15	Gold 2	Silver 2	Bronze 3	Total 7
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Belgium competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 152 competitors, 132 men and 20 women, took part in 77 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Gaston Reiff — Athletics, Men's 5.000 metres
• Léon Delathouwer, Eugène van Roosbroeck and Lode Wouters — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race

Silver

• Pierre Nihant — Cycling, Men's 1.000 metres Time Trial
• Joseph Vissers — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

Bronze

• Etienne Gailly — Athletics, Men's Marathon
• Lode Wouters — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
• Paul Valcke, André van de Werve de Vorsselaer, Georges de Bourguignon, Raymond Bru, Edouard Yves, and Henri Paternoster — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition

Athletics

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to South Korea (27-29)
  • Lost to China (34-44)
  • Defeated Iraq (98-20)
  • Defeated Chile (38-36)
  • Defeated Philippines (37-35)
• Classification Matches
  • 9th/16th place: Defeated Hungary (walk-over)
  • 9th/12th place: Lost to Canada (40-45)
  • 11th/12th place: Defeated Philippines (38-34) → Eleventh place

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Twelve cyclists, all men, represented Belgium in 1948.

Individual road race

• Lode Wouters
• Leon De Lathouwer
• Eugène Van Roosbroeck
• Liévin Lerno

Team road race

• Lode Wouters
• Leon De Lathouwer
• Eugène Van Roosbroeck
• Liévin Lerno

Sprint

• Emile Van De Velde

Time trial

• Pierre Nihant

Tandem

• Louis Van Schill
• Roger De Pauw

Team pursuit

• Jos De Beukelaere
• Maurice Blomme
• Lionel Van Brabant
• Raphael Glorieux

Fencing

18 fencers, 15 men and 3 women, represented Belgium in 1948.

Men's foil

• Paul Valcke
• Henri Paternóster
• André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer

Men's team foil

• Georges de Bourguignon, Henri Paternóster, Édouard Yves, Raymond Bru, André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer, Paul Valcke

Men's épée

• Jean-Marie Radoux
• Charles Debeur
• Raoul Henkart

Men's team épée

• Raymond Stasse, Léopold Hauben, Raymond Bru, Jean-Marie Radoux, Raoul Henkart, Charles Debeur

Men's team sabre

• Robert Bayot, Georges de Bourguignon, Ferdinand Jassogne, Eugène Laermans, Marcel Nys, Édouard Yves

Women's foil

• Jenny Addams
• Adèle Christiaens
• Emilie Schwindt

Gymnastics

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Belgium in 1948.

• Louis Fauconnier
• Charles Vyt
• Raoul Mollet

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Three shooters represented Belgium in 1948.

50 metre pistol

• Marcel Lafortune

50 metre rifle

• Jacques Lafortune
• Jacques Delval
• Marcel Lafortune

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

1. "Belgium at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database