Belgium at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Belgium at the Olympic Games
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	51 men and 3 women in 12 sports
Medals Rank: 28	Gold 0	Silver 2	Bronze 0	Total 2
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Intercalated Games
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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.^[1]

Medalists

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)

Boxing

Canoeing

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

Hockey

Rowing

Sailing

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

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

1. "Belgium at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-14.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database