1924 Summer Olympics / Participant (Belgium)

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Belgium took part in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris with a delegation of 172 athletes (166 men and 6 women) in 82 competitions in 17 competitions.

The Belgian athletes won three gold, seven silver and three bronze medals. Olympic champions were the welterweight boxer Jean Delarge , the fencer Charles Delporte with the sword and the monotype sailor Léon Huybrechts in 1924.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Lucien Debleyser

  Flyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• François Sybille

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the round of 16

• Jean Devergnies

  Featherweight: 4th place

• Karel Tuns

  Featherweight: eliminated in the second round

• Daniel Genon

  Lightweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Jean Delarge

  Welterweight: gold

• Joseph Remy

  Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Joseph Beecken

  Middleweight: bronze

• Georges Van Haelen

  Middleweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Fernand Delarge

  Light heavyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

fencing

Men

• Maurice Van Damme

  Foil: bronze

  Foil team: silver

• Xavier De Beukelaer

  Foil: 7th place

• Charles Crahay

  Foil: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Foil team: silver

• Émile Dufranc

  Foil: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Désiré Beaurain

  Foil team: silver

• Fernand de Montigny

  Foil team: silver

  Epee team: silver

• Albert De Roocker

  Foil team: silver

• Marcel Berré

  Foil team: silver

• Charles Delporte

  Epee: gold

  Epee team: silver

  Saber team: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Léon Tom

  Epee: 7th place

  Epee team: silver

  Saber team: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Paul Anspach

  Epee: 9th place

  Epee team: silver

• Ernest Gevers

  Epee: 12th place

  Epee team: silver

• Joseph De Craecker

  Epee team: silver

• Omer Berck

  Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Robert Feyerick

  Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  Saber team: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Jules Maes

  Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Charles Acke

  Saber: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Jean-Pierre Willems

  Saber team: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Félix Goblet d'Alviella

  Saber team: eliminated in the quarterfinals

Soccer

• knocked out in the round of 16

  Rik Larnoe

  Achille Schelstraete

  André Fierens

  Armand Swartenbroecks

  August Pelsmaeker

  Désiré Bastin

  Louis Van Hege

  Maurice Gillis

  Oscar Verbeeck

  Robert Coppée

  Jan De Bie

Weightlifting

• Nicolaas Moerloos

  Featherweight: 12th place

• Albert Maes

  Featherweight: 13th place

• Gaston butter

  Lightweight: 9th place

• Marcel Van Der Goten

  Middleweight: 12th place

• V. Van Hamme

  Middleweight: 16th place

• Marcel Horsch

  Middleweight: 19th place

• F. Verdonck

  Light heavyweight: 17th place

• Georges Bernaert

  Heavyweight: 9th place

Art competitions

• Edgard Tytgat
• T. Elsen
• Victor Demanet
• Suzanne Daneau

athletics

Men

• Paul Brochart

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  200 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Henri Cockuyt

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Eugène Moetbeek

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Jules Migeot

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m hurdles: eliminated in the preliminary run

• François Morren

  800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Léon Fourneau

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Joseph Van Der Wee

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Camiel Vandevelde

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  10,000 m: race not finished

• Marcel Alavoine

  Marathon: 15th place

• Auguste Broos

  Marathon: 20th place

• Pierre-Georges LeClercq

  Marathon: 26th place

• Félicien Van De Putte

  Marathon: race not finished

• Gerard Steurs

  Marathon: race not finished

• Jean Hénault

  High jump: 10th place

• Maurice Henrijean

  Pole vault: 7th place

• Josse Ruth

  Pentathlon: 19th place

  Decathlon: 17th place

• Fred Zinner

  Pentathlon: 26th place

Modern pentathlon

• Léopold Buffin de Chosal

  Individual: 17th place

• JLM Van Loocke

  Individual: 18th place

• Jacques De Wykerslooth De Rooyesteyn

  Individual: 29th place

• Jules Hulsmans

  Singles: 35th place

Cycling

• Rik Hoevenaers

  Road race: silver

  Road team standings: silver

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: bronze

• Alphonse Parfondry

  Road race: 6th place

  Road team standings: silver

• Jean Van den Bosch

  Road race: 10th place

  Road team standings: silver

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: bronze

• Fernand Saivé

  Road race: 16th place

  Road team standings: silver

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: bronze

• Pierre De Bruyne

  Track sprint: eliminated in the 4th round

• Jean Verheyen

  Track sprint: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Track 50 km: race not finished

• Léonard Daghelinckx

  Track 50 km: race not finished

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: bronze

• Josef Boons

  Track 50 km: race not finished

• Charles Cadron

  Track 50 km: race not finished

horse riding

• Georges Serlez

  Dressage: 9th place

• Joseph Stevenart

  Dressage: 13th place

• Roger Delrue

  Dressage: 23rd place

• Nicolas LeRoy

  Show jumping: 8th place

  Show jumping team: 4th place

• Jacques Misonne

  Show jumping: 13th place

  Show jumping team: 4th place

• Gaston Mesmaekers

  Show jumping: 18th place

  Show jumping team: 4th place

• Jean Breuls

  Show jumping: 22nd place

  Show jumping team: 4th place

• Baudouin de Brabandère

  Versatility: 6th place

  Versatility team: 5th place

• Jules Bonvalet

  Versatility: 16th place

  Versatility team: 5th place

• Joseph Fallon

  Versatility: 21st place

  Versatility team: 5th place

• Léon Nossent

  Versatility: 27th place

  Versatility team: 5th place

Wrestling

• Henri Dierickx

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round

• Pierre Slock

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Edouard Rottiers

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Lucien Bottin

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Louis Christoffel

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Englebert Mollin

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Jean Dumont

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Émile Walhem

  Light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Lucien Pothier

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round

• Jacques Dillen

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Auguste Thijs

  Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Albert Foubert

  Featherweight, freestyle: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Herman Van Duyzen

  Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the last sixteen

• Frits Janssens

  Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the round of 16

• Hyacinthe Roosen

  Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Pierre Ollivier

  Middleweight, freestyle: silver

• Joseph Hutmacker

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 4th place

rowing

• Alphonse Dewette

  Two with helmsman: eliminated in the lead

• Eugène Gabriels

  Two with helmsman: eliminated in the lead

• Marcel Wauters

  Two with helmsman: eliminated in the lead

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Lucien Brouha

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Victor Denis

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Jules Georges

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Marcel Roman

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

• Jean Van Silfhout

  Four with helmsman: eliminated in the semifinals

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Arthur D'Anvers

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Gerard De Gezelle

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• R. De Landtsheere

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• August Geinger

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Léon Lippens

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Hippolyte Schouppe

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Robert Swartelé

  Eighth with helmsman: eliminated in the semi-finals

shoot

• Victor Robert

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 41st place

• Jacques Lafortune

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 42nd place

  Free rifle 600 m: 19th place

  Free rifle team: 11th place

• Jacques Thuriaux

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 50th place

• Paul van Asbroeck

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 52nd place

  Free rifle 600 m: 24th place

  Free rifle team: 11th place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 9th place

• Arthur Balbaert

  Free rifle 600 m: 14th place

  Free rifle team: 11th place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 26th place

• Conrad Adriaenssens

  Free rifle 600 m: 41st place

  Free rifle team: 11th place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 30th place

• Charles Scheirlinck

  Free rifle team: 11th place

• Charles Delbarre

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 31st place

• Louis D'Heur

  Trap: 5th place

  Trap team: 4th place

• Albert Bosquet

  Trap: competition not over

  Trap team: 4th place

• Émile Dupont

  Trap: competition not over

  Trap team: 4th place

• Louis Van Tilt

  Trap: competition not over

  Trap team: 4th place

• Jacques Mouton

  Trap team: 4th place

• Henri Quersin

  Trap team: 4th place

swim

Men

• Gérard Blitz

  100 m back: 4th place

• Joseph De Combe

  200 m chest: silver

• A. Buydens

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Joseph Callens

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Émile Thienpondt

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Martial Van Schelle

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

• Léon Huybrechts

  Monotype 1924: gold

  6-meter class: 5th place

• John Klotz

  6-meter class: 5th place

• Léopold Standaert

  6-meter class: 5th place

• Fernand Carlier

  8 meter class: 4th place

• Maurice Passelecq

  8 meter class: 4th place

• Emmanuel Pauwels

  8 meter class: 4th place

• Victor Vandersleyen

  8 meter class: 4th place

• Paul Van Halteren

  8 meter class: 4th place

tennis

• Jean Washer

  Individual: eliminated in the round of 16

  Doubles: eliminated in the 1st round

  Mixed: eliminated in the round of 16

• Albert Lammen

  Singles: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Doubles: eliminated in the 1st round

• Victor de Laveleye

  Singles: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Doubles: eliminated in the 1st round

• Joseph Halot

  Singles: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Doubles: eliminated in the 1st round

  Mixed: eliminated in the round of 16

• Marthe Dupont

  Singles: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Mixed: eliminated in the round of 16

• Marie Janssen

  Singles: eliminated in the 1st round

• Anne de Borman

  Singles: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Doubles: eliminated in the round of 16

  Mixed: eliminated in the round of 16

• Marie Storms

  Singles: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Doubles: eliminated in the round of 16

Water polo

• silver

  Albert Durant

  Maurice Blitz

  Gérard Blitz

  Joseph Pletinckx

  Paul Gailly

  Pierre Dewin

  Joseph De Combe

  Joseph Cludts

  Georges Fleurix

  Jules Thiry

  Jean-Pierre Vermetten

Diving

Men

• Albert Van Heymbeek

  10 m high diving: eliminated in the preliminary round

  Diving easy: eliminated in the preliminary round

Women

• Sophie Hennebert

  10 m high diving: eliminated in the preliminary round

Web links

• Belgian Olympic team from 1924 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )