1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Belgium)

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Belgium took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich . A total of 88 athletes, including 82 men and six women, competed in 51 competitions in 14 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Gaston Roelants .

Medalist

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Emiel Puttemans	athletics	Men, 10,000 meters
Karel Lismont	athletics	Men, marathon

Participants by sport

Archery

Men

• André Baeyens

  Individual: 18th place

• Robert Cogniaux

  Singles: 4th place

• Jos Daman

  Individual: 23rd place

fencing

Women

• Claudine le Comte

  Foil, singles: semi-finals

Weightlifting

Men

• Serge Reding

  Super heavyweight: DNF

hockey

Men's tournament

• 10th place

• Squad

  Charly Bouvy

  Jean-Marie Buisset

  Philippe Collin

  Michel Deville

  Daniel Dupont

  Patrick Gillard

  Jean-François Gilles

  Marc Legros

  Guy Miserque

  Jean-Claude Moraux

  Raoul Ronsmans

  Michel De Saedeleer

  Armand Solie

  Eric Stoupel

  Jean Toussaint

  Carl-Eric Vanderborght

  Jean-André Zembsch

Judo

Men

• Gustaaf Lauwereins

  Lightweight: 13th place

• Leslie MacPhail

  Heavyweight: 11th place

• Pierre Smets

  Open class: 19th place

• Robert Van De Weyer

  Light middleweight: 18th place

canoe

Men Jean-Pierre Burny Kayak single, 1000 meters: 4th place Marc Moens & Herman Naegels Two kayaks, 1000 meters: semi-finals Jos Broeckx , Jean-Marie D'Haese , Roger t'Joncke & Paul Stinckens Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: semi-finals

Women Raisin Roland Kayak single, slalom: 17th place

athletics

Men André Dehertoghe 1500 meters: heats Regis Ghesquière Decathlon: 11th place René Goris 5000 meters: heats Freddy Herbrand Decathlon: 6th place Roger Lespagnard Decathlon: 14th place Karel Lismont 10,000 meters: heats Marathon: silver Herman Mignon 800 meters: semi-finals 1500 meters: 6th place Willy Polleunis 5000 meters: heats 10,000 meters: 14th place Emiel Puttemans 5000 meters: 5th place 10,000 meters: silver Walter Van Renterghem Marathon: 46th place Gaston Roelants Marathon: DNF Edgard Salvé 1500 meters: heats Paul Thijs 3000 meter obstacle: prelims

Women Marleen Verheuen 800 meters: heats Maggy Wauters Discus throw: 17th place in qualification

Cycling

Men

• Roger De Beukelaer

  4000 meters team pursuit: 12th place in qualification

• Lucien De Brauwere

  Road race: 59th place

• Staf Van Cauter

  100 kilometers team time trial: 4th place

• Leon Daelemans

  4000 meters team pursuit: 12th place in qualification

• Ludo Delcroix

  100 kilometers team time trial: 4th place

• Staf Hermans

  Road race: 45th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 4th place

• Alex Van Linden

  4000 meters team pursuit: 12th place in qualification

• Frank Van Looy

  Road race: DNF

• Freddy Maertens

  Road race: 13th place

• Robert Maveau

  Sprint: 6th run

  1000 meter time trial: 14th place

• Manu Snellinx

  Sprint: disqualified in the 2nd run

  Tandem sprint: 5th place

• Noël Soetaert

  Tandem sprint: 5th place

• Louis Verreydt

  100 kilometers team time trial: 4th place

• Wilfried Wesemael

  4000 meters single pursuit: 18th place in qualification

  4000 meters team pursuit: 12th place in qualification

horse riding

• Jean Damman

  Jumping, singles: 40th place

  Jumping, team: 11th place

• François Mathy

  Jumping, singles: 31st place

  Jumping, team: 11th place

• Françoise Thiry

  Jumping, team: 11th place

• Eric Wauters

  Jumping, singles: 49th place

  Jumping, team: 11th place

Wrestling

Men

• Constant Bens

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

  Middleweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Harry Van Landeghem

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

rowing

Men

• Claude Dehombreux & Albert Heyche

  Double scull: 9th place

• Guy Defraigne , Wilfried Van Herck & Paul De Weert

  Two with a helmsman: hope run

shoot

• Chris Binet

  Skeet: 48th place

• Francis Cornet

  Skeet: 14th place

• Robert Houman

  Small bore, lying: 52nd place

• François Lafortune

  Small bore, three-position fight: 47th place

  Small bore, lying: 14th place

• Guy Rénard

  Trap: 16th place

• André Zoltan

  Free pistol: 52nd place

swim

Men François Deley 400 meters freestyle: prelims 1500 meters freestyle: prelims Jacques Leloup 100 meter butterfly: prelims 200 meters butterfly: heats Rudi Vingerhoets 100 meter chest: heats 200 meters chest: heats

Women Béatrice Mottoulle 100 meter chest: heats 200 meters chest: heats 400 meter individual medley: prelims

sailing

• Jacques Rogge

  Finn dinghy: 14th place

• Dirk De Bock , Charles De Bondsridder & Walter Haverhals

  Solung: 8th place

Web links

• Belgian Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )