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competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in

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. 150 competitors, 145 men and 5 women, participated in 72 events in 15 sports.

Medalists

Bronze

* Auguste Garrebeek, Armand Putzeys, and François Vandermotte — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race * Henri Disy, Pierre Coppieters, Albert Castelyns, Gérard Blitz, Fernand Isselé, Joseph De Combe, Henri Stoelen, Henri De Pauw and Edmond Michiels — Water polo, Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Eight cyclists, all male, represented Belgium in 1936. ; Individual road race * Auguste Garrebeek * Armand Putzeyse * Jean-François Van Der Motte *

Jef Lowagie Joseph "Jef" Lowagie (1 November 1903 – 18 December 1985) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed at the 1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, ...

; Team road race * Auguste Garrebeek * Armand Putzeyse * Jean-François Van Der Motte *

; Sprint * Henri Collard ;

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

Frans Cools Frans Cools (17 February 1918 – 3 September 1999) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in three events at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of t ...

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Tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...

* Roger Pirotte ;

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Jean Alexandre *

* Auguste Garrebeek * Armand Putzeyse

Equestrian

Fencing

20 fencers, 17 men and 3 women, represented Belgium in 1936. ; Men's foil * Raymond Bru * Georges de Bourguignon * Paul Valcke ; Men's team foil * Georges de Bourguignon, André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer, Henri Paternóster, Raymond Bru, Jean Heeremans, Paul Valcke ; Men's épée * Charles Debeur * Raymond Stasse * Hervé du Monceau de Bergendael ; Men's team épée * Raymond Stasse, Robert T'Sas, Charles Debeur, Hervé du Monceau de Bergendael, Jean Plumier, Marcel Heim ; Men's sabre * Robert Van Den Neucker * Eugène Laermans * Georges Heywaert ; Men's team sabre * Eugène Laermans, Georges Heywaert, Robert Van Den Neucker, Henri Brasseur, Hubert Van Nerom ; Women's foil * Jenny Addams * Madeleine Scrève * Adèle Christiaens

Field hockey

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Belgium in 1936. * Édouard Écuyer de le Court * Raoul Mollet * Jan Scheere

Rowing

Belgium had seven rowers participate in two out of seven

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

events in 1936. ; Men's coxless pair * Frans Thissen * Edmond Van Herck ; Men's coxed four * René Vingerhoet * Paul Siebels * Willy Collet * Jean De Rode * Harry Peeters (cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Three shooters represented Belgium in 1936. ;

25 m rapid fire pistol 25 meter rapid fire pistol is one of the ISSF shooting events and is shot with .22 LR pistols. The event has been a part of the Olympic program ever since the beginning in 1896, although its rules changed greatly before World War II, after whic ...

* Marcel Lafortune * François Lafortune ;

50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to t ...

* Marcel Lafortune *

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* François Lafortune ; 50 m rifle, prone * François Lafortune *

* Marcel Lafortune

Water polo

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
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