Belgium competed at the

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in Tokyo,

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. 61 competitors, 60 men and 1 woman, took part in 36 events in 13 sports.

Medalists

Gold

* Gaston Roelants — Athletics, Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase *

Patrick Sercu Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world titl ...

— Cycling, Men's 1,000 m Time Trial

Bronze

* Walter Godefroot — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race

Athletics

Canoeing

Cycling

Ten cyclists represented Belgium in 1964. ; Individual road race * Walter Godefroot * Eddy Merckx *

Roger Swerts Roger Swerts (born 28 December 1942) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. As an amateur he placed 18th in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 1965 UCI Road World Championships. He turned profess ...

Jozef Boons Jozef Boons (13 February 1943 – 15 December 2000) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the Belgian national road race title in 1967. He also competed in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and c ...

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Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

* Leopold Heuvelmans * Roland de Neve * Roland Van De Rijse *

Albert Van Vlierberghe Albert Van Vlierberghe (18 March 1942 – 20 December 1991) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Van Vlierberghe won three stages in the Tour de France, and three stages in the Giro d'Italia. He also competed in the team time tria ...

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; 1000m time trial *

; Individual pursuit * Herman Van Loo ; Team pursuit * Leopold Heuvelmans * Roland de Neve * Roland Van De Rijse *

Fencing

Two fencers, both men, represented Belgium in 1964. ; Men's épée *

René Van Den Driessche René Van Den Driessche (born 14 August 1928) is a Belgian fencer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from ...

; Men's sabre * Yves Brasseur

Gymnastics

Hockey

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

One shooter represented Belgium in 1964. ; 50 m rifle, three positions *

Frans Lafortune Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''François''. One cognate of Frans in English is ''Francis''. Given name * Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diplomat ...

; 50 m rifle, prone *

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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