Belgium at the 1948 Winter Olympics

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Belgium at the
1948 Winter Olympics
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
IOC code BEL
NOC Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Website www.teambelgium.be  (in Dutch and French)
in St. Moritz
Competitors11 (10 men, 1 woman) in 4 sports
Flag bearer Max Houben [1]
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Belgium competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Micheline Lannoy
Pierre Baugniet
Figure skating Pairs
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Max Houben
Freddy Mansveld
Louis-Georges Niels
Jacques Mouvet
Bobsleigh Four-man

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Philippe d'Ursel Downhill3:51.070
Michel Feron 3:34.350

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

AthleteSlalomTotal (downhill + slalom)
Time 1Time 2RankPointsRank
Michel Feron 1:43.01:27.85446.5242
Philippe, Count d'Ursel 1:31.41:15.83445.1439

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
BEL-1 Max Houben
Jacques Mouvet
Two-man1:24:431:24.441:24.5101:24.265:37.54
BEL-2 Marcel Leclef
Louis-Georges Niels
Two-man1:26.8121:24.971:23.641:24.595:39.810
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
BEL-1 Max Houben
Freddy Mansveld
Louis-Georges Niels
Jacques Mouvet
Four-man1:17.331:20.961:22.051:21.115:21.3Silver medal icon.svg

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesFinal rank
Fernand Leemans 1114157.82210411
Pairs
AthletesPointsPlacesFinal rank
Micheline Lannoy
Pierre Baugniet
11.22717.5Gold medal icon.svg

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Pierre Huylebroeck 48.340
1500 m Pierre Huylebroeck 2:40.245
5000 m Pierre Huylebroeck 9:20.330
10,000 m Pierre Huylebroeck 19:54.812

References

  1. "Max Houben". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 21 December 2023.

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