1976 Summer Olympics / Participant (Belgium)

BEL

-	3	3

Belgium participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal with a delegation of 101 athletes (75 men and 26 women) in 80 competitions in 16 sports. The most successful participant was the athlete Ivo Van Damme , who won the silver medal in the 800 and 1500 meters. Show jumper François Mathy won two bronze medals, in the individual and in the team. Furthermore, cyclist Marcel Vaarten won silver in the time trial and Karel Lismont bronze in the marathon. The youngest athlete was the swimmer Pierrette Michel , she was 14 years and 126 days old. The oldest participant was François "Frans" Lafortune, who was 43 years old and 227 days old. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Gaston Roelants , who did not take part in the competitions.

Participants by sport

Archery

Men

• Pierre Blacks
• Robert Cogniaux

Boxing

Men

• Rudy Gauwe

fencing

Men Thierry Soumagne

Women Micheline Borghs Claudine le Comte Marie-Paule Van Eyck

Weightlifting

Men

• Jean-Pierre Van Lerberghe

hockey

Men

• 9th place

• Bruno De Clynsen
• Serge Dubois
• Jean-François Gilles
• Robert Maroye
• Bernard Mauchien
• Guy Miserque
• Jean-Claude Moraux
• Bernard Smeekens
• Frank Smissaert
• Armand Solie
• Jean Toussaint
• Paul Urbain
• Michel Van Tuyckom
• Carl-Eric Vanderborght
• Michel Vanderborght

Judo

Men

• Daniel Guldemont
• Robert Van de Walle

canoe

Men Jacky Alders Jos Broeckx Paul Broeckx Jean-Pierre Burny Theo Claessens Gaëtan Frys Paul Hoekstra Paul Stinckens

Women Catherine Burelle Marleen Kuppens Brigitte Vernaille

athletics

Men Fons Brijdenbach Godfried De Jonckheere Ronald Desruelles Regis Ghesquière Roger Lespagnard Karel Lismont Bronze marathon Lambert Micha Herman Mignon Guy Moreau Marc Nevens Willy Polleunis Miel Puttemans Henri Schoofs Georges Schroeder Marc Smet Paul Thijs Ivo Van Damme Silver 800 m Silver 1500 m

Women Lea Alaerts Regina Berg Sonia Castelein Anne-Marie Pira Rita Thijs Anne-Marie Van Nuffel Bernadette Van Roy Raisin Wallez

Cycling

Men

• Jean-Louis Baugnies
• Fons De Wolf
• Dirk Heirwegh
• Frank Hoste
• Eddy Schepers
• Michel Vaarten

  Silver 1000 m time trial

• Daniel Willems

horse riding

• Edgar Henri Cuepper

  Bronze jumping team

• François Mathy

  Bronze individual jumping

  Bronze jumping team

• Stanny Van Paesschen

  Bronze jumping team

• Eric Wauters

  Bronze jumping team

Wrestling

Men

• Julien Mewis
• Jacques Van Lancker

rowing

Men

• Paul De Weert
• Frank Dedecker
• Claude Dehombreux
• Johan Ghoos
• Jozef Jordaens
• Didier Vermeersch
• Patrick Willems

shoot

• Chris Binet
• Jacques Colon
• Anne Goffin
• Frans Lafortune
• Odette Meuter

swim

Men François Deley Johan Van Steenberghe

Women Geert Boekhout Veronique Brisy Colette Crabbe Chantal Grimard Pierrette Michel Anne Richard Ilse Schoors Carine Verbauwen

sailing

• Jacques Rogge

  Finn dinghy: 22nd place

• Carl Winters
• Peter Winters

  470s: 19th place

do gymnastics

Women

• Joëlle De Keukeleire
• Monique Freres

Web links

• Belgian Olympic team from 1976 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )