Belgium at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Belgium at the 1936 Winter Olympics
IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Website	www.olympic.be  (in Dutch and French)
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Competitors	27 (24 men, 3 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Eric Vicomte de Spoelberch [1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Belgium competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom			Total
		Time	Rank	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Total points	Rank
Charles Bracht	Combined	DNF	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
Jacques Peten		10:09.2	52	2:24.9 (+0:06)	DSQ	–	DNF	–
Werner de Spoelberch		7:03.0	44	2:28.6	DSQ	–	DNF	–
Raymond de Braconnier		6:52.0	42	2:22.2	DSQ	–	DNF	–

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
BEL-1	Rene Baron Lunden Eric Vicomte de Spoelberch	Two-man	1:25.82	5	1:24.35	9	1:32.31	16	1:23.80	7	5:46.28	8
BEL-2	Max Houben Martial van Schelle		1:31.73	16	1:24.05	7	1:26.13	6	1:25.41	11	5:47.32	9

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
BEL-1	Rene Baron Lunden Eric Vicomte de Spoelberch Philippe de Pret Roose Gaston Braun	Four-man	1:25.77	10	1:21.81	5	1:21.67	7	1:20.57	6	5:29.82	8
BEL-2	Max Houben Martial van Schelle Louis de Ridder Paul Graeffe		1:22.22	2	1:23.52	9	1:22.50	8	1:20.68	8	5:28.92	5

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Yvonne de Ligne	Women's singles	19	15	118	348.2	18
Liselotte Landbeck		3	6	32	393.3	4

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Score	Final rank
Louise Contamine Robert Verdun	138.5	8.2	16

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Group C

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	0	10	0	6
Hungary	3	2	1	0	14	5	4
France	3	1	2	0	4	7	2
Belgium	3	0	3	0	4	20	0

6 February	Hungary	11–2 (1–1, 2–0, 8–1)	Belgium
7 February	Czechoslovakia	5–0 (0–0, 4–0, 1–0)	Belgium
8 February	France	4–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 1–1, 2–0)	Belgium

Contestants Robert Baudinne Roger Bureau Joseph Lekens Georges Pootmans Pierre van Reysschoot Willy Kreitz Carlos van den Driessche Walter Bastenie Fernand Carez Louis de Ridder

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Charles de Ligne	1:44.6	35
	James Graeffe	54.6	33
1500 m	Charles de Ligne	3:21.9	37
	James Graeffe	3:00.5	36
5000 m	Charles de Ligne	DSQ	–
	James Graeffe	10:52.6	35
10,000 m	Charles de Ligne	23:32.9	28

References

1. "Eric, Vicomte De Spoelberch". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 21 December 2023.

Sources

• von le Fort, Peter, ed. (1936). IV. Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Amtlicher Bericht (PDF) (in German). Berlin: Reichssportverlag. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1936, full results by sports-reference.com