Belgium at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Belgium at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  BEL
NOC Comité Olympique et Interfédéral Belge
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors 55 men and 4 women in 13 sports
Medals
Rank: 28		 Gold
0		 Silver
2		 Bronze
0		 Total
2
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Belgium competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events).

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • André Nelis — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition
  • Joseph Mewis — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Aurele van den Driessche — 2:47:18 (→ 24th place)

[edit] Cycling

Men's 1.000m Scratch Sprint

  • Evrard Godefroid — 10th place

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Evrard Godefroid — 1:16.5 (→ 19th place)

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

  • André Bar
    François De Wagheneire
    Guillaume Van Tongerloo
    Gustaaf De Smet — 5th place

Men's Team Time Trial

  • Norbert Verougstraete
    Gustaaf De Smet
    François Vandenbosch — 89 points (→ 7th place)

Men's 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)

[edit] References


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