Belgium competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 88 competitors, 82 men and 6 women, took part in 51 events in 14 sports.
Medalists
Belgium finished in 29th position in the final medal rankings, with two silver medals.
Silver
- Emiel Puttemans – Athletics, Men's 10,000 metres
- Karel Lismont – Athletics, Men's Marathon
Archery
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Belgium entered three men. Their highest placing competitor was Robert Cogniaux, who missed a medal by 22 points.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Robert Cogniaux – 2445 points (4th place)
- Andre Baeyens – 2383 points (18th place)
- Jos Daman – 2365 points (23rd place)
Athletics
Men's 800 metres
- Herman Mignon
- Heat – 1:47.5
- Semifinals – 1:49.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
- Herman Mignon
- Heat – 3:44.2
- Semifinals – 3:41.7
- Final – 3:39.1 (→ 6th place)
- Edgard Salvé
- Heat – 3:42.1 (→ did not advance)
- André de Hertoghe
- Heat – 3:44.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
- Willy Polleunis
- Heat – 13:52.6 (→ did not advance)
- René Goris
- Heat – 13:57.8 (→ did not advance)
Canoeing
Cycling
Fourteen cyclists represented Belgium in 1972.
- Individual road race
- Freddy Maertens – 13th place
- Gustaaf Hermans – 45th place
- Lucien De Brauwere – 59th place
- Frans Van Looy – did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Team time trial
- Ludo Delcroix
- Gustaaf Hermans
- Gustaaf Van Cauter
- Louis Verreydt
- Sprint
- Robert Maveau
- Manu Snellinx
- 1000m time trial
- Robert Maveau
- Final – 1:08.94 (→ 14th place)
- Tandem
- Manu Snellinx and Noël Soetaert → 5th place
- Individual pursuit
- Wilfried Wesemael
- Individual pursuit
- Leon Daelemans
- Roger De Beukelaer
- Alex Van Linden
- Wilfried Wesemael
Equestrian
Fencing
One female fencer represented Belgium in 1972.
- Women's foil
- Claudine le Comte
Hockey
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to West Germany (1–5)
- Drew with Argentina (1-1)
- Defeated France (1–0)
- Lost to Spain (0–1)
- Lost to Malaysia (2–4)
- Defeated Uganda (2–0)
- Lost to Pakistan (1–3)
- Classification Match
- 9th/10th place: Lost to New Zealand (1–2) → 10th place
- Team Roster
- Armand Solie
- Carl-Eric Vanderborght
- Charly Bouvy
- Daniel Dupont
- Eric Stoupel
- Guy Miserque
- Jean Toussaint
- Jean-André Zembsch
- Jean-Claude Moraux
- Jean-François Gilles
- Jean-Marie Buisset
- Marc Legros
- Michel De Saedeleer
- Michel Deville
- Patrick Gillard
- Philippe Collin
- Raoul Ronsmans
Judo
Rowing
Men's Coxed Pairs
- Paul De Weert, Wilfried Van Herck and Guy Defraigne
- Heat – 8:08.51
- Repechage – 8:16.26 (→ did not advance)
Sailing
- Jacques Rogge – Finn Class 14th place.
Shooting
Six male shooters represented Belgium in 1972.
- 50 m pistol
- André Zoltan
- 50 m rifle, three positions
- Frans Lafortune
- 50 m rifle, prone
- Frans Lafortune
- Robert Houman
- Trap
- Guy Rénard
- Skeet
- Francis Cornet
- Chris Binet
Swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
