Belgium at the 1906 Intercalated Games
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Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games in
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. 16 athletes, all men, competed in 22 events in 7 sports.


Medalists

Note that the rowing silver medal is classed as a mixed team medal due to Greek coxswain


Athletics


Cycling


Fencing


Rowing

The Orban brothers arrived in Greece without a coxswain, as they didn't know they required one, so they recruited a young Greek called Theofilakas Psiliakos.


Shooting


Weightlifting


Wrestling

;Greco-Roman


References

{{Nations at the 1906 Intercalated Games Nations at the 1906 Intercalated Games
1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...
Intercalated Games The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated in Athens, Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games i ...