1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Belgium)

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Belgium took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 82 athletes (77 men and five women) in 55 competitions in thirteen sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Gaston Roelants .

Participants by sport

fencing

• Florent Bessemans
• Yves Brasseur
• Michel Constandt

Weightlifting

• Serge Reding

  Silver heavyweight

• Jean-Pierre Van Lerberghe

hockey

• 9th place

• Yves Bernaert
• Charly Bouvy
• Jean-Marie Buisset
• Michel Deville
• Daniel Dupont
• Jean-François Gilles
• William Hansen
• Jean-Louis le Clerc
• Marc Legros
• Guy Miserque
• André Muschs
• Claude Ravinet
• Jean-Louis Roersch
• Armand Solie
• Georges Vanderhulst

canoe

• Jean-Pierre Burny
• Marc Moens
• Herman Naegels

athletics

Men André Dehertoghe Wilfried Geeroms Philippe Housiaux Roger Lespagnard Maurice Peiren Jacques Pennewaert Willy Polleunis Miel Puttemans Gaston Roelants Edgard Salvé Rudi Simon Eddy Van Butsele Gilbert van Manshoven Lode Wyns

Women Roswitha Emonts guest

Cycling

• Dirk Baert
• Ernest Bens
• Michel Coulon
• Paul Crapez
• Roger De Vlaeminck
• Willy De Bosscher
• André Dierickx
• Daniel Goens

  Bronze tandem sprint

• Marcel Grifnée
• Frans Mintjens
• Jean-Pierre Monseré
• Englebert Opdebeeck
• Jozef Schoeters
• Robert Van Lancker

  Bronze tandem sprint

• Ronny Vanmarcke

Wrestling

• Léonard Dutz
• Arthur Spaenhoven

rowing

• Claude Dehombreux

shoot

• Francis Cornet
• François Lafortune
• Guy Rénard

swim

Men Jacques Henrard Joseph Meyten François Simons Herman shoring

Women Francine Dauven Carla Galle

sailing

• Christian Maes
• Jacques Rogge
• Joël Roland

do gymnastics

Women

• Christiane Goethals
• Horta Van Hoye

volleyball

Men

• 8th place

• Willem Bossaerts
• Leo Dierckx
• Hugo Huybrechts
• Roger Maes
• Paul Mestdagh
• Jozef Mol
• Berto Poosen
• Benno Saelens
• Bernard Vaillant
• Roger Vandergoten
• Ronald Vandewal
• Fernand Walder

Web links

• Belgian Olympic team from 1968 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )