Belgium at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Belgium at the 1948 Winter Olympics
IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Website	www.teambelgium.be  (in Dutch and French)
in St. Moritz
Competitors	11 (10 men, 1 woman) in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Max Houben [1]
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
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Belgium competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Medalists

Main article: 1948 Winter Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Micheline Lannoy Pierre Baugniet	Figure skating	Pairs
Silver	Max Houben Freddy Mansveld Louis-Georges Niels Jacques Mouvet	Bobsleigh	Four-man

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Philippe d'Ursel	Downhill					3:51.0	70
Michel Feron						3:34.3	50

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).

Athlete	Slalom			Total (downhill + slalom)
	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Points	Rank
Michel Feron	1:43.0	1:27.8	54	46.52	42
Philippe, Count d'Ursel	1:31.4	1:15.8	34	45.14	39

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1948 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	Max Houben Jacques Mouvet	Two-man	1:24:4	3	1:24.4	4	1:24.5	10	1:24.2	6	5:37.5	4
BEL-2	Marcel Leclef Louis-Georges Niels	Two-man	1:26.8	12	1:24.9	7	1:23.6	4	1:24.5	9	5:39.8	10

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
BEL-1	Max Houben Freddy Mansveld Louis-Georges Niels Jacques Mouvet	Four-man	1:17.3	3	1:20.9	6	1:22.0	5	1:21.1	1	5:21.3

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Final rank
Fernand Leemans	11	14	157.822	104	11

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Places	Final rank
Micheline Lannoy Pierre Baugniet	11.227	17.5

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Pierre Huylebroeck	48.3	40
1500 m	Pierre Huylebroeck	2:40.2	45
5000 m	Pierre Huylebroeck	9:20.3	30
10,000 m	Pierre Huylebroeck	19:54.8	12

References

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

Sources

• Comité Olympique Suisse (January 1951). Rapport Général sur les V^es Jeux Olympiques d'hiver St-Moritz 1948 (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: H. Jaunin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 13 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
• Olympic Winter Games 1948, full results by sports-reference.com