Belgium at the 1906 Intercalated Games explained

Noc:BEL
Nocname:Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Games:Intercalated Olympics
Year:1906
Website: 
Location:Athens
Competitors:16
Sports:7
Rank:12
Gold:2
Silver:1
Bronze:3

Belgium competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. 16 athletes, all men, competed in 22 events in 7 sports.[1]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Épée masters
Sabre masters
Standing high jump
Individual sprint



Épée team
Heavyweight

The rowing silver medal in the coxed pairs event over 1 mile is classed as a mixed team medal due to the Orban brothers using a Greek coxswain.[2]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1906 Intercalated Games.

AthleteEventsFinal
ResultRank
Léon DupontHigh jumpUnknownUnknown
Standing high jump1.40
Standing long jump2.9754

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1906 Intercalated Games.

AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalsFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Romeo VerscheldenIndividual road racen/a2-41:454
Eugène DebongnieSprint1.26 3/51 QUnknown1 QUnknown
333 metres time trialn/a23 3/55
5000 metres3:091 QUnknown3Did not advance
Francois Verstraeten20 kilometresUnknownUnknown Qn/aDid not start
Romeo VerscheldenUnknownUnknown n/aDid not advance

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1906 Intercalated Games.

AthleteEventsHeat GroupSemifinal GroupFinal Group
RankRankRank
Fernand de MontignyIndividual Foil2 QUnknownDid not advance
Edmond CrahayUnknownDid not advance
Constant CloquetUnknownDid not advance
Fernand de MontignyIndividual Épée1 QUnknownDid not advance
Edmond Crahay1 QUnknownDid not advance
Cyrille VerbruggeÉpée mastersn/a
Fernand de Montigny
Constant Cloquet
Edmond Crahay
Philippe Le Hardy de Beaulieu
Épée team
9-4 W

9-14 L
Cyrille VerbruggeSabre mastersn/a

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1906 Intercalated Games. The Orban brothers arrived in Greece without a coxswain, as they didn't know they required one, so they recruited the young Greek .

AthleteEventsFinal
ResultRank
Max Orban
Rémy Orban
Coxed pairs (1 km)Unknown5
Max Orban
Rémy Orban
Coxed pairs (1 mile)8:00.0

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1906 Intercalated Games.

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1906 Summer Olympics.

AthleteEventWeightRank
Marcel DuboisOne hand lift60.408
Two hand lift108.57

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1906 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal Group
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Renè DobrinovitzLightweight
W
n/a
L
align=center colspan=2Did not advance4
SauveurMiddleweight
W

L
align=center colspan=3Did not advance5
Marcel DuboisHeavyweight
W

W

L

L
Did not advance

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Belgium at the 1906 Intercalated Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045135/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BEL/summer/1906/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 29 January 2014 . sports-reference.com.
  2. Web site: Rowing: 1906 Intercalated Games Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045138/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1906/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 28 January 2014 . sports-reference.com.