Belgium at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	BEL
Nocname:	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1952
Website:
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	135 (130 men and 5 women)
Sports:	16
Flagbearer:	Charles Debeur^[1]
Rank:	14
Gold:	2
Silver:	2
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Belgium competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 135 competitors, 130 men and 5 women, took part in 75 events in 16 sports.^[2]

Medalists

Gold

• André Noyelle - Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
• Robert Grondelaers, André Noyelle and Lucien Victor - Cycling, Men's Team Road Race

Silver

• Robert Grondelaers - Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
• Bob Baetens and Michel Knuysen - Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Qualification Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Cuba (51-59)
  • Defeated Switzerland (59-49)
  • Lost to Cuba (63-71) → did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Road CompetitionMen's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• André Noyelle - 5:06:03.4 (→ Gold Medal)
• Robert Grondelaers - 5:06:51.2 (→ Silver Medal)
• Lucien Victor - 5:07:52.0 (→ 4th place)
• Rik Van Looy - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track CompetitionMen's 1.000m Time Trial

• Joseph De Bakker
  • Final - 1:14.7 (→ 10th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Stéphan Martens - 10th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

• • • Gabriel Glorieux, José Pauwels, Paul De Paepe, and Robert Raymond Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 5th place)

Men's 2.000m Tandem Race

• Gabriel Glorieux, Pierre Gosselin - 10th place

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics. 14 fencers, all men, represented Belgium in 1952.

Men's foil

• André Verhalle
• Paul Valcke
• Gustave Ballister

Men's team foil

• Pierre Van Houdt, André Verhalle, Alex Bourgeois, Paul Valcke, Édouard Yves, Gustave Ballister

Men's épée

• Jean-Baptiste Maquet
• Ghislain Delaunois
• Robert Henrion

Men's team épée

• Ghislain Delaunois, Jean-Baptiste Maquet, Albert Bernard, Robert Henrion, Paul Valcke

Men's sabre

• Gustave Ballister
• François Heywaert
• Marcel Van Der Auwera

Men's team sabre

• Marcel Van Der Auwera, Gustave Ballister, François Heywaert, Robert Bayot, Georges de Bourguignon, Édouard Yves

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics. One male pentathlete represented Belgium in 1952.

• Francis Plumerel

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Belgium had 12 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1952.^[3]

Men's single sculls

• Henri Steenacker

Men's double sculls

• Robert George
• Jos Van Stichel

Men's coxless pair

• Michel Knuysen
• Bob Baetens

Men's coxed pair

• Hippolyte Mattelé
• Eugène Jacobs
• Kamiel Van Dooren (cox)

Men's coxless four

• Charles Van Antwerpen
• Jos Rosa
• Harry Elzendoorn
• Florent Caers

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Four shooters represented Belgium in 1952.

50 m rifle, three positions

• Frans Lafortune
• Jacques Lafortune

50 m rifle, prone

• Frans Lafortune
• Jacques Lafortune

Trap

• Albert Fichefet
• Gaston Van Roy

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Charles Debeur . olympedia.org . . 21 December 2023.
2. Web site: Belgium at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090235/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BEL/summer/1952/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 28 February 2015 . sports-reference.com.
3. Belgium Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162657/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BEL/summer/1952/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 March 2018.