Belgium at the 1964 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | BEL |
NOC | Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee |
Website | www |
in Innsbruck | |
Competitors | 8 (7 men, 1 woman) in 3 sports |
Medals |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Belgium competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, returning to the Winter Games after missing the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Patricia du Roy de Blicquy | Downhill | 2:01.41 | 13 | ||||
Patricia du Roy de Blicquy | Giant Slalom | 1:58.76 | 17 | ||||
Patricia du Roy de Blicquy | Slalom | 47.15 | 13 | 49.86 | 8 | 1:37.01 | 8 |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
BEL-1 | Jean-Marie Buisset Claude Englebert | Two-man | 1:09.53 | 20 | 1:10.01 | 20 | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
BEL-1 | Jean de Crawhez Thierry De Borchgrave Charly Bouvy Camille Liénard Jean-Marie Buisset | Four-man | 1:07.46 | 18 | 1:05.56 | 17 | 1:06.51 | 16 | 1:06.31 | 15 | 4:25.84 | 17 |
Event | Athlete | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
500 m | François Brueren | 43.4 | 33 |
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