Belgium at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Belgium at the Olympic Games
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
Competitors	187 (176 men, 11 women) in 15 sports
Medals Rank: 29	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 3
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Belgium competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 187 competitors, 176 men and 11 women, took part in 90 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
02 ! Silver	Spapen, EdmondEdmond Spapen	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight	02015-08-01-00001 August
03 ! Bronze	Steyaert, LéonardLéonard Steyaert	Boxing	Men's middleweight	02015-08-11-000011 August
03 ! Bronze	Anthony, GeorgesGeorges Anthony, François de Coninck, Léon Flament	Rowing	Men's coxed pair	02015-08-10-000010 August

Athletics

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

• Robert Sartos
  • First Round — Defeated Hyman Miller (USA), points
  • Second Round — Lost to Carlo Covagnioli (ITA), points

Men's Welterweight (– 66.7 kg)

• Adrien Annet
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Cor Blommers (HOL), points

Cycling

Eight cyclists, all men, represented Belgium in 1928.

Individual road race

• Jean Aerts
• Pierre Houdé
• Jef Lowagie
• Jean Chaerels

Team road race

• Jean Aerts
• Pierre Houdé
• Jef Lowagie
• Jean Chaerels

Sprint

• Yves Van Massenhove

Time trial

• Jean Aerts

Team pursuit

• August Meuleman
• Yves Van Massenhove
• Albert Muylle
• Jean Van Buggenhout

Equestrian

Fencing

21 fencers, 18 men and 3 women, represented Belgium in 1928.

Men's foil

• Raymond Bru
• Pierre Pêcher
• Albert De Roocker

Men's team foil

• Max Janlet, Pierre Pêcher, Raymond Bru, Albert De Roocker, Jean Verbrugghe, Charles Crahay

Men's épée

• Léon Tom
• Charles Delporte
• Charles Debeur

Men's team épée

• Émile Barbier, Balthazar De Beukelaer, Charles Delporte, Charles Debeur, Léon Tom, Georges Dambois

Men's sabre

• Henri Brasseur
• Jacques Kesteloot
• Édouard Yves

Men's team sabre

• Joseph Stordeur, Marcel Cuypers, Jacques Kesteloot, Édouard Yves, Gaston Kaanen

Women's foil

• Jenny Addams
• E. Addams
• Hilda Deswarte

Football

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes represented Belgium in 1928

• Édouard Écuyer de le Court
• Charles Vannerom
• Charles Cumont

Rowing

Sailing

Swimming

Water Polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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