Karel Lismont

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Medal record
Olympic Games
Men's Athletics
Silver 1972 Munich Marathon
Bronze 1976 Montreal Marathon
European Championships
Gold 1971 Helsinki Marathon

Karel Lismont (born March 8, 1949 in Borgloon) was a Belgian athlete, who competed mostly in the marathon. He won two Olympic medals: a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and a bronze one at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal at the same event. At the 1971 European Championships in Helsinki, he won a gold medal in the marathon.


Belgium at the Summer Olympics | Post-war Belgian Olympic medalists in men's athletics
GOLD: 1948: Gaston Reiff (5,000 m) | 1964: Gaston Roelants (3,000 m steeple chase)
SILVER: 1960: Roger Moens (500 m) | 1972: Karel Lismont (marathon) | 1972: Emiel Puttemans (10,000 m) | 1976: Ivo Van Damme (800 m & 1,500 m)
BRONZE: 1948: Etienne Gailly (marathon) | 1976: Karel Lismont (marathon)