Belgium at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Belgium participated in the Summer Olympic Games in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands with a delegation of 170 athletes (159 men and eleven women ) participated.

• 2.1 boxes
• 2.2 fencing
• 2.3 Football
• 2.4 weightlifting
• 2.5 Hockey
• 2.6 Athletics
• 2.7 Modern Pentathlon
• 2.8 Cycling
• 2.9 riding
• 2:10 rings
• 2:11 Rowing
• 2:12 Swimming
• 2:13 Sailing
• 2:14 Water Polo

Medalist

Silver

Bronze

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Marcel Sarto Flyweight: 9th place

• Raymond van Rumbecke Bantamweight: 9th place

• Lucien Biquet Featherweight: 4th place

• Pierre Godart Lightweight: 17th Place

• Adrien Anneet Welterweight: 9th place

• Leonard Steyaert Middleweight: Bronze

Fencing

• Raymond Bru Fencing Foil, Single: 6th place Foil, Team: 4th place

• Pierre Pêcher Fencing Foil, Single: Semi-finals Foil, Team: 4th place

• Albert de Roocker Fencing Foil, Single: Semi-finals Foil, Team: 4th place

• Max Janlet Foil, Team: 4th place

• Jean Verbrugghe Foil, Team: 4th place

• Charles Crahay Foil, Team: 4th place

• Léon Tom Fencing Foil, Single: 4th place Foil, Team: 4th place

• Charles Delporte Fencing Foil, Single: 6th place Foil, Team: 4th place

• Charles Debeur Fencing Foil, Single: 7th place Foil, Team: 4th place

• Émile Barbier Foil, Team: 4th place

• Xavier de Beuckelaer Foil, Team: 4th place

• Georges Dambois Foil, Team: 4th place

• Henri Brasseur Saber, Individual: Semi-finals

• Jacques Kesteloot Saber, Individual: Semi-finals Saber team: 7th place

• Édouard Yves Saber, Individual: Preliminary round Saber team: 7th place

• Joseph Stordeur Saber team: 7th place

• Marcel Cuypers Saber team: 7th place

• Gaston Kaanen Saber team: 7th place

• Jenny Addams Women, Foil, Single: 6th place

• E. Addams Women, Foil, Single: Preliminary round

• Hilda Deswarte Women, Foil, Single: Preliminary round

Football

• Men's team 5th Place

• Squad August Ruyssevelt Florimond van straws Georges Despae Gérard Devos Gustave Boesman Jules Lavigne Jacques Moeschal Jean Caudron January Diddens Louis Versyp Nic Hoydonckx Pierre Braine Raymond Braine Jean de Bie

Weightlifting

• Ferdinand Renier Featherweight: 12th Place

• Albert Maes Featherweight: 17th Place

• V. van Hamme Lightweight: 12th Place

• J. Adriaenssens Lightweight: DNF

• Jan van Rompaey Middleweight: 8th Place

• Marcel van der Goten Middleweight: 11th place

• Jules van der Goten Light Heavyweight: 13th Place

• Marcel Panen Heavyweight: 15th Place

Hockey

• Men's team 4th place

• Squad Adolphe Goemaere André Seeldrayers Auguste Goditiabois Charles Koning Claude Baudoux Cornelis Wellens Émile Vercken Étienne Soubre Freddy Cattoir Georges Grosjean John van der Straeten Joseph Jastine Lambert Adelot Louis de Deken Louis Diercxsens Paul Delheid René Mallieux Yvon Baudoux

Athletics

• Paul Brochart 100 meters: Quarter-finals 200 meters: Heats 4 x 100: Heats

• Willy Dujardin 100 meters: Heats 200 meters: Heats 4 x 100: Heats

• Fred Zinner 100 meters: Heats 4 x 100: Heats Discus Throw: 32nd place in the qualification

• Adolphe Groscol 100 meters: Heats 200 meters: Heats 4 x 100: Heats

• François Prinsen 200 meters: Heats 400 meters: Quarter-finals 4 x 400: Heats

• Émile Langenraedt 400 meters: Heats 4 x 400: Heats

• Gérald Bertheloot 800 meters: Heats

• Philippe Coenjaerts 800 meters: Heats 4 x 400: Heats

• Julien Serwy 5,000 meters: Heats 10,000 meters: 18th Place

• Léon Broers Marathon: 18th Place

• Gerard Steurs Marathon: 37th

• Jean Linssen Marathon: 42nd

• Joseph Marien Marathon: 56th

• Armand Lepaffe 110 meters hurdles: Heats

• René Joannes -Powell 110 meters hurdles: Heats Pole Vault: In the qualification excreted Decathlon: 25th place

• Émile Swinnen 400 meters hurdles: Heats

• Edgard Viseur 3,000 meter steeplechase: Heats

• Jozef Langenus 3,000 meter steeplechase: Heats

• Émile Vercken 4 x 400: Heats

• Maurice Henri Jean Pole Vault: 10th place in qualifying

• Gérard Noël Pole Vault: 14th place in qualifying Decathlon: 27th place

• Auguste Vos Shot Put: 20th place in qualifying

• Jules Herremans Javelin: 18th place in qualifying

• Gaston Étienne Javelin: 22 place in the qualification Decathlon: 23th Place

• Sidonie Verschueren Women, 100 meters: Heats Women, high jump: 16th Place

• Ida Degrande Women, 800 meters: Heats

• Juliette Segers Women, 800 meters: Heats Women 4 x 100 meters: Heats

• Elise van Truyen Women 4 x 100 meters: Heats Women, high jump: 17th Place

• Rose van Crombrugge Women 4 x 100 meters: Heats

• Léontine Stevens Women 4 x 100 meters: Heats Women, high jump: 10th place

• Lucie Petit- Diagre Women 's Discus Throw: 20th Place

• Jenny Toitgans Women 's Discus Throw: 21 Place

Modern Pentathlon

• Édouard Écuyer de le Court Single: 27th place

• Charles Vannerom Single: 32nd

• Charles Cumont Single: 35th place

Cycling

• Jean Aerts Road race, individual: 11th place Road Race, Team: 5th Place 1,000 meters time trial: 9th place

• Pierre Houde Road race, individual: 12th Place Road Race, Team: 5th Place

• Jef Lowagie Road race, individual: 13th Place Road Race, Team: 5th Place

• Jean Chaerels Road race, individual: 24th Place Road Race, Team: 5th Place

• Yves van Massenhove Sprint: 5th place 4.000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

• August Meuleman 4.000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

• Jean van Buggenhout 4.000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

• Albert Muylle 4.000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

Riding

• Oswald Lints Dressage, Individual: 24th Place Dressage, Team: 8th Place

• Henri Laame Dressage, Individual: 27th place Dressage, Team: 8th Place

• Roger Delrue Dressage, Individual: 29th place Dressage, Team: 8th Place

• Gaston Mesmaekers Jumping, Individual: 35th place Jumping, Team: 14th Place

• Jacques Misonne Jumping, Individual: 38th place Jumping, Team: 14th Place

• Baudouin de BRABANDERE Jumping, Individual: 44th Jumping, Team: 14th Place

• Louis Rousseaux Eventing, Individual: 11th place Versatility, Team: No result

• Louis -Marie de Jonghe d' Ardoye Versatility, single DNF Versatility, Team: No result

• Georges van der Ton Versatility, single DNF Versatility, Team: No result

Wrestling

• Pierre Mollin Bantamweight, Greco- Roman: 9th place

• Jacques Dillen Featherweight, Greco- Roman: 9th place

• Frits Janssen Lightweight, Greco- Roman: 7th place

• Jean Saenen Middleweight, Greco- Roman: 5th place

• Nicolas Appels Light Heavyweight, Greco- Roman: 4th place

• Gustave Colpaert Heavyweight, Greco- Roman: 11th place

• Edmond SPAPEN Bantamweight, Freestyle: Silver

• Pierre Bressinck Featherweight, Freestyle: 5th place

• Jean Smet Lightweight, Freestyle: 8th Place

• Hyacinthe Roosen Welterweight, Freestyle: 7th place

• Louis van der Herten Middleweight, Freestyle: 8th Place

• Jacques van Assche Light Heavyweight, Freestyle: 5th place

• Léon Charlier Heavyweight, Freestyle: 6th place

Rowing

• Jacques Mottard One: Round 2

• André Houppelyne Double Sculls: 2nd Round

• Achille amount Double Sculls: 2nd Round

• Philippe Van Volckxsom Two coxless: 2nd Round

• Charles van den Driesche Two coxless: 2nd Round

• Léon Flament Two with coxswain: Bronze

• François de Coninck Two with coxswain: Bronze

• George Anthony Two with coxswain: Bronze Eighth: 2nd Round

• Maurice Delplanck Four with coxswain: Quarter-finals

• Theo Wambeke Four with coxswain: Quarter-finals

• Alphonse Dewette Four with coxswain: Quarter-finals

• Charles van Son Four with coxswain: Quarter-finals

• Jean Bauwens Four with coxswain: Quarter-finals

• Marcel Roman Eighth: 2nd Round

• H. Micha Eighth: 2nd Round

• J. Jonlet Eighth: 2nd Round

• A. Lambrecht junior Eighth: 2nd Round

• André Lemaire Eighth: 2nd Round

• Denis V. Eighth: 2nd Round

• R. Macors Eighth: 2nd Round

• J. van Malderen Eighth: 2nd Round

Swimming

• Martial van Schelle 100m freestyle: Heats 4 x 200 meter freestyle: Heats

• Louis van Parijs 4 x 200 meter freestyle: Heats 200m breaststroke: Heats

• Pierre Coppieters 4 x 200 meter freestyle: Heats

• Gérard Blitz 4 x 200 meter freestyle: Heats 100m backstroke: Heats

• Joseph de Combe 200m breaststroke: Heats

Sailing

• Léon Huybrechts 12-foot dinghy: 9th place

• Arthur Sneyers 6 -meter class: 5th place

• Frits Mulder 6 -meter class: 5th place

• Ludovic Franck 6 -meter class: 5th place

• Willy van Rompaey 6 -meter class: 5th place

• A. J. J. Fridt 6 -meter class: 5th place

Water polo

• Men's team 5th Place

• Squad Jules Brande empty René Bauwens Joseph Malissart Gérard Blitz Pierre Coppieters Louis van Gheem Henri de Pauw Fernand Visser André Mélardy