| Belgium at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | BEL |
| NOC | Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee |
| Website | www |
| in London | |
| Competitors | 88 |
| Medals Ranked 10th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Belgium competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the second appearance of the European nation, which had previously competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Paul Van Asbroeck | Shooting | Men's 50 yd free pistol | 10 July |
 Silver | Oscar de Somville , Marcel Morimont, Georges Mys, Rémy Orban, Rodolphe Poma, Oscar Taelman, Alfred Van Landeghem, Polydore Veirman, François Vergucht | Rowing | Men's eight | 31 July |
| Silver | Léon Huybrechts , Louis Huybrechts, Henri Weewauters | Sailing | 6 m class | 29 July |
| Silver | Réginald Storms | Shooting | Men's 50 yd free pistol | 10 July |
| Silver | René Englebert , Charles Paumier du Verger, Réginald Storms, Paul Van Asbroeck | Shooting | Men's 50 yd free pistol, team | 11 July |
| Silver | Belgium men's national water polo team | Water polo | 22 July | |
 Bronze | Joseph Werbrouck | Cycling | Men's 20 km | 14 July |
| Bronze | Paul Anspach , Désiré Beaurain, Ferdinand Feyerick, François Rom | Fencing | Men's team épée | 24 July |
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| Event | Place | Athlete | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 metres | Heats | Victor Jacquemin | 11.5 seconds 2nd, heat 6 | Did not advance | |
| Jean Konings | 11.6 seconds 2nd, heat 4 | ||||
| Men's 200 metres | Heats | Fernand Halbart | Unknown 5th, heat 10 | Did not advance | |
| Men's 400 metres | — | Victor Jacquemin | Did not finish —, heat 10 | ||
| Men's 1500 metres | Semi- finalist | François Delloye | None held | Unknown 5th, semifinal 8 | Did not advance |
| Men's 110 metre hurdles | Semi- finalist | Fernand Halbart | Walkover 1st, heat 8 | Did not start —, semifinal 4 | Did not advance |
| Men's marathon | — | François Celis | None held | Did not finish | |
| Event | Place | Athlete | Height/ Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's high jump | 16th | Léon Dupont | 1.67 metres |
| Men's standing long jump | 8-25 | Léon Dupont | Unknown |
| Men's standing high jump | 8th | Léon Dupont | 1.42 metres |
Belgium's best cycling result was a bronze medal won in the 20 kilometres
| Event | Place | Cyclist | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 660 yards | Semi- finalist | Lucien Renard | 55.2 seconds 1st, heat 14 | Unknown 2nd, semifinal 4 | Did not advance |
| Heats | Jules Patou | Unknown 2nd, heat 4 | Did not advance | ||
| Joseph Werbrouck | Unknown 2nd, heat 8 | ||||
| Léon Couckelberg | Unknown 2nd, heat 15 | ||||
| Jean van Benthem | Unknown 3rd, heat 12 | ||||
| Men's 5000 metres | Semi- finalist | Guillaume Coeckelberg | None held | Unknown 4-7, semifinal 7 | Did not advance |
| Men's 20 kilometres | 3rd | Joseph Werbrouck | None held | 33:21.4 3rd, semifinal 1 | Unknown |
| Semi- finalist | Jean van Benthem | Unknown 7-9, semifinal 2 | Did not advance | ||
| — | Léon Couckelberg | Disqualified —, semifinal 6 | |||
| Men's 100 kilometres | 9-17 | Guillaume Coeckelberg | None held | Unknown 7-9, semifinal 2 | Did not finish |
| Men's tandem | Semi- finalist | Léon Coeckelberg Jules Patou | 2:25.0 1st, heat 4 | Unknown 4th, semifinal 1 | Did not advance |
| Men's team pursuit | — | Unknown | Did not start —, heat 1 | Did not advance | |
| Event | Place | Diver | Preliminary groups | Semi- finals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 10 metre platform | — | Jérome Hicketick | Did not finish —, group 2 | Did not advance | |
| Event | Place | Fencer | First round | Second round | Semi- final | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's épée | 5th | Paul Anspach | 5-2 (2nd in H) | 3-1 (1st in 7) | 5-2 (1st in 2) | 2-5 |
| Semi- finalist | Gaston Renard | 3-2 (2nd in C) | 2-2 (2nd in 2) | 3-5 (5th in 1) | Did not advance | |
| François Rom | 4-1 (1st in F) | 3-1 (1st in 6) | 3-5 (5th in 1) | |||
| Fernand Bosmans | 4-3 (3rd in G) | 4-2 (2nd in 6) | 4-7 (8th in 1) | |||
| Pierre le Blon | 3-2 (2nd in K) | 4-1 (1st in 1) | 2-6 (8th in 2) | |||
| Second round | Marcel Van Langenhove | 2-2 (2nd in M) | 2-3 (3rd in 6) | Did not advance | ||
| Fernand de Montigny | 5-3 (2nd in E) | 2-2 (3rd in 7) | ||||
| François Stuyck | 5-1 (1st in L) | 1-3 (4th in 1) | ||||
| First round | André Sarens | 3-6 (7th in D) | Did not advance | |||
| Men's sabre | Semi- finalist | Joseph Van der Voodt | 2-2 (2nd in B) | 3-1 (1st in 3) | 1-6 (7th in 2) | Did not advance |
| Second round | Étienne Grade | 3-2 (2nd in C) | 2-2 (3rd in 1) | Did not advance | ||
| Paul Anspach | 5-2 (2nd in J) | 0-4 (5th in 5) | ||||
| First round | Antoine Van Tomme | 2-2 (4th in F) | Did not advance | |||
| André du Bosch | 2-3 (4th in I) | |||||
| Henri Six | 1-4 (5th in A) | |||||
| Alexis Simonson | 2-3 (5th in L) | |||||
| Event | Place | Fencers | Play-in match | First round | Semi- finals | Final | Repechage | Silver medal match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team épée | 3rd | Paul Anspach (all) Désiré Beaurain (1st, sf, f) Ferdinand Feyerick (sf, f, sm) François Rom (sf, f, sm) Fernand de Montigny (1st) [1] Victor Willems (1st) [1] Fernand Bosmans (sm) [1] | Bye | Defeated Sweden 11-6 Advanced to semifinals | Defeated Italy 9-8 Advanced to final | Lost to France 9-7 Relegated to silver medal match | Bye | Lost to Great Britain 9-5 Won bronze medal |
| Men's team sabre | 6th | André du Bosch Etienne Grade Antoine van Tomme Joseph van der Voodt | Not held | Lost to France 10-6 Out 6th place | Did not advance | Not relegated | ||
| Gymnast | Event | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine de Buck | Men's all-around | 180.5 | 53 |
| Jean van Guysse | Men's all-around | 194 | 44 |
| Event | Place | Rowers | First round | Quarter- finals | Semi- finals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's single sculls | 5th | Joseph Hermans | Bye | Unknown 2nd, quarterfinal 4 | Did not advance | |
| Men's eight | 2nd | Oscar Taelman, Marcel Morimont, Rémy Orban, Georges Mys, François Vergucht, Polydore Veirman, Oscar de Somville, Rodolphe Poma, Alfred Van Landeghem | None held | Bye | 8.22 1st, semifinal 2 | Unknown |
| Class | Place | Boat | Sailors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 metre | 2nd | Zut | Léon Huybrechts, Louis Huybrechts, Henri Weewauters |
| Event | Place | Shooter | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 300 metre free rifle | 35th | Ernest Ista | 701 |
| 36th | Fernand Rey | 698 | |
| Men's team free rifle | 5th | Paul van Asbroeck Joseph Geens Ernest Ista Edouard Poty Henri Sauveur Charles Paumier du Verger | 4509 |
| Men's individual pistol | 1st | Paul van Asbroeck | 490 |
| 2nd | Réginald Storms | 487 | |
| 15th | René Englebert | 441 | |
| 37th | Jacques Pinchart | 372 | |
| Men's team pistol | 2nd | Paul van Asbroeck René Englebert Réginald Storms Charles Paumier du Verger | 1863 |
| Event | Place | Swimmer | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 metre freestyle | Heats | André Duprez | 1:18.0 2nd, heat 9 | Did not advance | |
| Herman Meyboom | Unknown 3-6, heat 1 | ||||
| Victor Boin | Unknown 3-4, heat 4 | ||||
| Fernand Feyaerts | Unknown 3-4, heat 6 | ||||
| Men's 100 metre backstroke | — | Oscar Grégoire | Did not finish —, heat 6 | Did not advance | |
| Men's 200 metre breaststroke | Semi- finalist | Félicien Courbet | 3:16.4 1st, heat 7 | Unknown 4th, heat 2 | Did not advance |
| Heats | Pierre Strauwen | Unknown 4th, heat 3 | Did not advance | ||
| Event | Place | Water poloists | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's water polo | 2nd | Victor Boin, Herman Donners, Fernand Feyaerts, Oscar Grégoire, Herman Meyboom, Albert Michant, Joseph Pletinckx | Defeated Netherlands 8-1 | Defeated Sweden 8-4 | Lost to Great Britain 9-2 |
| Event | Place | Wrestler | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter- finals | Semi- finals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greco-Roman lightweight | 17th | Lucien Hansen | Lost to Lindén | Did not advance | |||
| Fernand Steens | Lost to Carlsen | ||||||
| Greco-Roman light heavyweight | 5th | Marcel Dubois | Defeated Foskett | Defeated Brown | Lost to Saarela | Did not advance | |
| 9th | August Meesen | Bye | Lost to Banbrook | Did not advance | |||
| Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Finland | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Great Britain | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| Total | 2 | 4 | .333 |
At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, nine wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were four weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and five weight classes in freestyle wrestling.
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, four rowing events were contested, all for men only. Races were held at Henley-on-Thames. The competitions were held from 28 to 31 July. There was one fewer event in 1908 than 1904, after the double sculls was dropped from the programme. Hungary and Norway competed in rowing for the first time, along with six other nations.
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, two gymnastics events for men were contested. No nation was successful in winning more than one medal. No women's competitions were held, though women did participate in non-competitive gymnastic displays.
Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London saw fifteen shooting events. Most of the events were held at Bisley, Surrey while the trap shooting events were held at Uxendon.
Canada competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. Canadian athletes won three gold, three silver, and ten bronze medals.
The men's standing long jump was one of six jumping events on the athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on Monday, July 20, 1908. Twenty-five long jumpers from eleven nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes. The event was won by Ray Ewry of the United States, his third consecutive victory in the event. Ewry won all eight standing jump events from 1900 to 1908 as well as both events at the 1906 Intercalated Games. Konstantinos Tsiklitiras of Greece took silver. American Martin Sheridan earned bronze.
The men's team trap shooting competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Teams consisted of six shooters. Shooting was conducted in three rounds, with each shooter firing at 30 clay birds in the first, 25 in the second, and 50 in the third.
At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, two diving events were contested, both for men only. The competition was held on Tuesday July 14, 1908 and Friday July 24, 1908. While the competitive events were restricted to men only, an exhibition was performed by two women on July 18.
The United States competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. During the opening ceremony, American athletes did not dip their flag to the British royalty in support of the Irish boycott over Great Britain's refusal to grant Irish independence.
Greece competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
Norway competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the second appearance of the European nation, after having made its Olympic debut in 1900.
Germany competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.
Hungary competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Austria and Hungary had separate NOCs, therefore results at Olympic Games are kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.
Italy competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the third appearance of the European nation, which had not competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was originally going to host the Games, but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius meant the UK hosted them.
Australasia was the name of a combined team from Australia and New Zealand that competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. It was the fourth appearance of Australia, which had not missed any edition of the Summer Olympic Games, and the first appearance of New Zealand. The two would compete together again as Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics before competing separately at every edition of the Summer Games since. In 1908 there were three New Zealanders, Harry Kerr, Henry Murray and Albert Rowland ; all other competitors were Australian. There were 30 competitors for Australasia who competed in 20 events in six sports. A further two competitors, who were to compete in tennis, did not play as their nominations failed to reach the organisers.
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.
Denmark competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. No Danish athletes had competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Austria competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.
Switzerland competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England.
Argentina at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England was the nation's second appearance out of four editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina did not participate at the 1896 Summer Olympics and 1904 Summer Olympics. Horatio Torromé has the distinction of being Argentina's second one-man national representative, and debut Olympian in the Olympic sporting event of figure skating, ranking overall seventh. A one athlete team from Argentina competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics.