1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Belgium)
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Belgium took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki with a delegation of 135 athletes (130 men and five women) in 74 competitions in 16 sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the fencer Charles Debeur .
Participants by sport
basketball
- eliminated in the qualifying round
- Jules Boes
- Jan Ceulemans
- Henri Coosemans
- Henri Crick
- Yves Delsarte
- Joseph you Jardin
- Johannes Ducheyne
- Jef Eygel
- Désiré Ligon
- Julien Meuris
- Félix Roosemont
- Alexis van Gils
- Pierre van Huele
Boxing
fencing
- Gustave Ballister
- Robert Bayot
- Albert Bernard
- Alex Bourgeois
- Georges de Bourguignon
- Ghislain Delaunois
- Robert Henrion
- François Heywaert
- Jean-Baptiste Maquet
- Paul Valcke
- Marcel Van Der Auwera
- Pierre Van Houdt
- André Verhalle
- Edouard Yves
Weightlifting
hockey
- Quarter finals
- Pierre Bousmanne
- José Delaval
- Jean Dubois
- Jean-Jacques Enderle
- Roger Goossens
- Harold Mechelynck
- Roger Morlet
- Jacky Moucq
- Léo Rooman
- Paul Toussaint
- Jean Van Leer
- Lucien Van Weydeveld
- Jacques Vanderstappen
canoe
athletics
- Jacques Delelienne
- Lucien Demuynck
- Louis Desmet
- Charles Dewachtere
- Henri Haest
- Frans Herman
- Walter Herssens
- Daniel Janssens
- Raymond Kintziger
- Jean Leblond
- Fernand Linssen
- Albert Lowagie
- Roger Moens
- Gaston Reiff
- Robert Schoonjans
- Jean Simonet
- Oscar Soetewey
- Lucien Theys
- Antoine Uyterhoeven
- Alphonse Vandenrydt
- Marcel Vandewattyne
Modern pentathlon
Cycling
- Jos De Bakker
- Paul Depaepe
- Gabriel Glorieux
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Robert Grondelaers
- Silver road race, singles
- Gold road race, team
- Pierre Gosselin
- Stéphan Martens
-
André Noyelle
- Gold road race, singles
- Gold road race, team
- José Pauwels
- Robert Raymond
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Rik Van Looy
- Gold road race, team
-
Lucien Victor
- Gold road race, team
Wrestling
- Auguste Baarendse
- Lucien Claes
- Jan Cools
- Émile Courtois
- Jos De Jong
- Augustus Everaerts
- Jef Mewis
- Maurice Mewis
- Joseph Trimpont
rowing
-
Bob Baetens
- Silver twos without a helmsman
- Florent Caers
- Harry Elzendoorn
- Robert George
- Eugeen Jacobs
-
Michel Knuysen
- Silver twos without a helmsman
- Hippolyte Mattelé
- Jos Rosa
- Henri Steenacker
- Charles Van Antwerp
- Kamiel Van Dooren
- Jos Van Stichel
shoot
swim
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sailing
do gymnastics
Water polo
- 6th place
- Théo-Léo De Smet
- Marcel Heyninck
- André Laurent
- Georges Leenheere
- François Maesschalck
- Alphonse Martin
- Joseph Reynders
- Roland Sierens
- Jozef Smits
- Johan Van Den Steen
Web links
- Belgian Olympic team from 1952 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )