1912 Summer Olympics / Participant (Belgium)

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The Belgian team at the opening ceremony

Belgium participated in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm , Sweden , with a delegation of 36 athletes. The athletes were able to win two gold, one silver and three bronze medals.

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Paul Anspach	fencing	Epee single
Paul Anspach Henri Anspach Robert Hennet Fernand de Montigny Jacques Ochs François Rom Gaston Salmon Victor Willems	fencing	Epee team

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Polydore Veirman	rowing	One

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Emmanuel de Blommaert	horse riding	Show jumping
Philippe Le Hardy de Beaulieu	fencing	Epee single
Albert Durant Herman Donners Victor Boin Herman Meyboom Joseph Pletincx Oscar Grégoire Félicien Courbet Jean Hoffman Pierre Nijs	Water polo	Men

Participants by sport

fencing

athlete	discipline	First round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		Result	space	Result	space	Result	space	Result	space
Henri Anspach	Foil - single	1 lost	First	1 lost	First	3 lost	Fourth	not reached
	Epee - single	bye		0 lost	First	2 lost	Third	not reached
Paul Anspach	Foil - single	0 lost	First	2 lost	Second	2 lost	Third	not reached
	Epee - single	1 lost	First	2 lost	First	0 lost	Second	6-1	Olympic champion
Marcel Berré	Foil - single	0 lost	First	3 lost	Fourth	not reached
	Epee - single	4 lost	Sixth	not reached
Victor Boin	Epee - single	0 lost	First	2 lost	Second	2 lost	First	4-3	Fourth
Fernand de Montigny	Foil - single	1 lost	Second	3 lost	Fourth	not reached
	Epee - single	2 lost	Second	3 lost	Fourth	not reached
Robert Hennet	Foil - single	1 lost	First	1 lost	First	3 lost	fifth	not reached
Philippe Le Hardy de Beaulieu	Epee - single	3 lost	Second	0 lost	First	2 lost	First	Fourth – third	Third
Jacques Ochs	Foil - single	1 lost	First	3 lost	Fourth	not reached
	Epee - single	1 lost	First	4 lost	Lost	not reached
Gaston Salmon	Foil - single	3 lost	Fourth	DNS		not reached
	Epee - single	3 losses	4th	not reached
Léon Tom	Foil - single	0 lost	First	4 lost	fifth	not reached
	Epee - single	2 lost	Second	1 lost	First	1 lost	First	1-6	seventh
Victor Willems	Foil - single	1 lost	First	1 lost	First	3 lost	Third	not reached
	Epee - single	3 lost	Fourth	not reached
Henri Anspach Paul Anspach Marcel Berré Robert Hennet Philippe Le Hardy de Beaulieu Jacques Ochs Gaston Salmon Léon Tom	Saber - crew	not carried out		1–0	First	1-2	Third	not reached
Henri Anspach Paul Anspach Fernand de Montigny Robert Hennet Jacques Ochs François Rom Gaston Salmon Victor Willems	Epee - team	not carried out		1–0	First	2–1	Second	3–0	Olympic champion

athletics

athlete	discipline	leader		Semifinals		final
		Result	space	Result	space	Result	space
Léon Aelter	100 m	k. A.	Second	k. A.	fifth	not reached
	200 m	k. A.	Third	not reached
François Delloye	1500 m	not carried out		k. A.	Sixth-seventh	not reached

Cycling

athlete	discipline	final
		time	space
Jean Patou	Individual time trial (320 km)	DNF

horse riding

athlete	horse	discipline	final
			Penalty points	space
Emmanuel de Blommaert	Clonmore	Dressage - individual	135	21st
Gaston de Trannoy	Capricieux	Dressage - individual	117	17th

athlete	horse	discipline	Cross-country ride		Cross country		obstacle		Hunting jumping		dressage		total
			Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
Paul Convert	La Sioute	Versatility - single	10.00	First	9.85	14th	10.00	Tenth	8.33.	14th	DNS		DNF
Emmanuel de Blommaert	Clonmore	Versatility - single	10.00	First	DSQ		withdrawn						DNF
Gaston de Trannoy	Capricieux	Versatility - single	10.00	First	9.69	17th	10.00	Twelfth	DSQ		withdrawn		DNF
Guy Reyntiens	Beau Soleil	Versatility - single	10.00	First	DSQ		withdrawn						DNF
Paul Convert Emmanuel de Blommaert Gaston de Trannoy Guy Reyntiens	La Sioute Clonmore Capricieux Beau Soleil	Versatility - team	30.00	First	DSQ		withdrawn						DNF

athlete	horse	discipline	final
			Penalty points	space
Emmanuel de Blommaert	Clonmore	Show jumping - singles	5	3
Guy Reyntiens	Beau Soleil	Show jumping - singles	43	30th
Paul Convert Emmanuel de Blommaert Gaston de Trannoy	La Sioute Clonmore Capricieux	Show jumping - team	60	6th

Wrestling

athlete	discipline	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Seventh round	final
		Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Match A opponent result	Match B opponent result	Match C opponent result	space
Laurent Gerstmans	Heavyweight (over 82.5 kg) (Roman-Greek)	Lindstrand Lost	Backenius lost	not reached								Twelfth

rowing

athlete	discipline	leader		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		time	space	time	space	time	space	time	space
Polydore Veirman	One	7: 59.2 min	One	7: 45.2 min	One	7: 41.0 min	One	7: 56.0 min	Second
Leonard Nuytens (cox) Georges van den Bossche Edmond van Waes Guillaume Visser Georges Willems	Foursome with helmsman (boom)	7: 15.0 min	First	k. A.	Second	not reached

swim

athlete	discipline	Prelims		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		time	space	time	space	time	space	time	space
Men
Félicien Courbet	200 m chest	not carried out		3: 12.6 min	First	3: 11.6 min	fifth	not reached
	400 m chest	not carried out		6: 52.6 min	Second	6: 59.8 min	Fourth	not reached
Oscar Grégoire	100 m back	not carried out		DSQ		not reached
Herman Meyboom	100 m freestyle	1: 15.4 min	Third	not reached
Jules Wuyts	100 m freestyle	1: 13.6 min	Fourth	not reached
Women
Athlete	discipline			Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
				Result	space	Result	space	Result	space
Claire Guttenstein	100 m freestyle	not carried out		k. A.	Fifth	not reached

Water polo

team	discipline	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final	Hope round semifinals	Hope round final	Silver round 1	Silver round 2	2nd place match	space
		Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result
Belgium	Men	GBR Lost 5–7 n.V.	not reached		HUN Won 6-5	FRA Won 4–1	bye	AUT Won 5-4	SWE Lost 2-4	Third

Web links

• Olympic team of Belgium 1912 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )