Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BEL
Nocname:	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1908
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	88
Rank:	10
Gold:	1
Silver:	5
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Belgium competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England.It was the second appearance of the European nation, which had previously competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Shooting	Men's 50 yd free pistol
	, Marcel Morimont, Georges Mys, Rémy Orban, Rodolphe Poma, Oscar Taelman, Alfred Van Landeghem, Polydore Veirman, François Vergucht	Rowing	Men's eight
		Sailing	6 m class
		Shooting	Men's 50 yd free pistol
		Shooting	Men's 50 yd free pistol, team
		align=center colspan=2	Water polo
		Cycling	Men's 20 km
		Fencing	Men's team épée

Results by event

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final
	Heats		11.5 seconds 2nd, heat 6	Did not advance
		11.6 seconds 2nd, heat 4
	Heats		Unknown 5th, heat 10	Did not advance
	—	Victor Jacquemin	Did not finish —, heat 10
	Semi- finalist		bgcolor=lightgray	None held	Unknown 5th, semifinal 8	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance
	Semi- finalist	Fernand Halbart	Walkover 1st, heat 8	Did not start —, semifinal 4	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance
	—		None held	Did not finish

Event	Place	Athlete	Height/ Distance
	16th		1.67 metres
	8-25	Léon Dupont	Unknown
	8th	Léon Dupont	1.42 metres

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Belgium's best cycling result was a bronze medal won in the 20 kilometres

Event	Place	Cyclist	Heats	Semifinals	Final
	Semi- finalist		55.2 seconds 1st, heat 14	Unknown 2nd, semifinal 4	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance
Heats		Unknown 2nd, heat 4	Did not advance
		Unknown 2nd, heat 8
		Unknown 2nd, heat 15
		Unknown 3rd, heat 12
	Semi- finalist		bgcolor=lightgray	None held	Unknown 4-7, semifinal 7	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance
	3rd	Joseph Werbrouck	None held	33:21.4 3rd, semifinal 1	Unknown
Semi- finalist	Jean van Benthem	Unknown 7-9, semifinal 2	Did not advance
—	Léon Couckelberg	Disqualified —, semifinal 6
	9-17	Guillaume Coeckelberg	bgcolor=lightgray	None held	Unknown 7-9, semifinal 2	Did not finish
	Semi- finalist	Léon Coeckelberg Jules Patou	2:25.0 1st, heat 4	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance
	—	Unknown	Did not start —, heat 1	Did not advance

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event	Place	Diver	Preliminary groups	Semi- finals	Final
	—		Did not finish —, group 2	Did not advance

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event	Place	Fencer	First round	Second round	Semi- final	Final
	5th		5-2 (2nd in H)	3-1 (1st in 7)	5-2 (1st in 2)	2-5
Semi- finalist		3-2 (2nd in C)	2-2 (2nd in 2)	3-5 (5th in 1)	Did not advance
		4-1 (1st in F)	3-1 (1st in 6)	3-5 (5th in 1)
		4-3 (3rd in G)	4-2 (2nd in 6)	4-7 (8th in 1)
		3-2 (2nd in K)	4-1 (1st in 1)	2-6 (8th in 2)
Second round		2-2 (2nd in M)	2-3 (3rd in 6)	Did not advance
		5-3 (2nd in E)	2-2 (3rd in 7)
		5-1 (1st in L)	1-3 (4th in 1)
First round		3-6 (7th in D)	Did not advance
	Semi- finalist		2-2 (2nd in B)	3-1 (1st in 3)	1-6 (7th in 2)	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance
Second round		3-2 (2nd in C)	2-2 (3rd in 1)	Did not advance
	Paul Anspach	5-2 (2nd in J)	0-4 (5th in 5)
First round		2-2 (4th in F)	Did not advance
		2-3 (4th in I)
		1-4 (5th in A)
		2-3 (5th in L)

Event	Place	Fencers	Play-in match	First round	Semi- finals	Final	Repechage	Silver medal match
	3rd	Paul Anspach (all) Désiré Beaurain (1st, sf, f) Ferdinand Feyerick (sf, f, sm) François Rom (sf, f, sm) Fernand de Montigny (1st)^[1] Victor Willems (1st) Fernand Bosmans (sm)	Bye	Defeated Sweden 11-6 Advanced to semifinals	Defeated Italy 9-8 Advanced to final	Lost to France 9-7 Relegated to silver medal match	Bye	Lost to Great Britain 9-5 Won bronze medal
	6th	André du Bosch Etienne Grade Antoine van Tomme Joseph van der Voodt	bgcolor=lightgray	Not held	Lost to France 10-6 Out 6th place	Did not advance	Not relegated

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Gymnast	Event	Score	Rank
		180.5	53
		194	44

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event	Place	Rowers	First round	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
	5th		Bye	Unknown 2nd, quarterfinal 4	Did not advance
	bgcolor=silver	2nd		bgcolor=lightgray	None held	Bye	8.22 1st, semifinal 2	Unknown

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Class	Place	Boat	Sailors
	bgcolor=silver align=center	2nd	Zut	Léon Huybrechts, Louis Huybrechts, Henri Weewauters

Shooting

Event	Place	Shooter	Score
	35th	Ernest Ista	701
	36th	Fernand Rey	698
	5th		4509
	bgcolor=gold align=center	1st	Paul van Asbroeck	490
	bgcolor=silver align=center	2nd		487
	15th		441
	37th		372
	bgcolor=silver align=center	2nd	Paul van Asbroeck René Englebert Réginald Storms Charles Paumier du Verger	1863

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event	Place	Swimmer	Heats	Semifinals	Final
	Heats		1:18.0 2nd, heat 9	Did not advance
		Unknown 3-6, heat 1
		Unknown 3-4, heat 4
		Unknown 3-4, heat 6
	—		Did not finish —, heat 6	Did not advance
	Semi- finalist		3:16.4 1st, heat 7	Unknown 4th, heat 2	bgcolor=lightgray	Did not advance
Heats		Unknown 4th, heat 3	Did not advance

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event	Place	Water poloists	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Men's water polo	bgcolor=silver	2nd		Defeated Netherlands 8-1	Defeated Sweden 8-4	Lost to Great Britain 9-2

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Event	Place	Wrestler	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
	17th			Did not advance
		Lost to Carlsen
	5th					Did not advance
9th		Bye		Did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
	0	1	.000
	0	2	.000
	2	1	.667
Total	2	4	.333

Sources

• Book: Cook, Theodore Andrea . 1908 . The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report . British Olympic Association . London.
• Web site: De Wael . Herman . 2001 . Top London 1908 Olympians . Herman's Full Olympians . 10 June 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060712020925/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/toplon08.html . 12 July 2006 . dead . dmy .

Notes and References

1. This fencer competed in the team event, but is not listed in the IOC medallist database.