Belgium at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgian Olympic Committee
inMunich
Competitors	88 (82 men and 6 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Gaston Roelants
Medals Ranked 29th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Belgium competed at the1972 Summer Olympics inMunich, West Germany. 88 competitors, 82 men and 6 women, took part in 51 events in 14 sports.^[1]

Belgium finished in 29th position in the final medal rankings, with two silver medals.

• Emiel Puttemans –Athletics, Men's 10,000 metres
• Karel Lismont –Athletics, Men's Marathon

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Belgium entered three men. Their highest placing competitor wasRobert Cogniaux, who missed a medal by 22 points.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Robert Cogniaux – 2445 points (4th place)
• Andre Baeyens – 2383 points (18th place)
• Jos Daman – 2365 points (23rd place)

Men's 800 metres

• Herman Mignon
  • Heat – 1:47.5
  • Semifinals – 1:49.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Herman Mignon
  • Heat – 3:44.2
  • Semifinals – 3:41.7
  • Final – 3:39.1 (→ 6th place)
• Edgard Salvé
  • Heat – 3:42.1 (→ did not advance)
• André de Hertoghe
  • Heat – 3:44.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Willy Polleunis
  • Heat – 13:52.6 (→ did not advance)
• René Goris
  • Heat – 13:57.8 (→ did not advance)

Fourteen cyclists represented Belgium in 1972.

Individual road race

• Freddy Maertens – 13th place
• Gustaaf Hermans – 45th place
• Lucien De Brauwere – 59th place
• Frans Van Looy – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Ludo Delcroix
• Gustaaf Hermans
• Gustaaf Van Cauter
• Louis Verreydt

Sprint

• Robert Maveau
• Manu Snellinx

1000m time trial

• Robert Maveau
  • Final – 1:08.94 (→ 14th place)

Tandem

• Manu Snellinx andNoël Soetaert → 5th place

Individual pursuit

• Wilfried Wesemael

Individual pursuit

• Leon Daelemans
• Roger De Beukelaer
• Alex Van Linden
• Wilfried Wesemael

One female fencer represented Belgium in 1972.

Women's foil

• Claudine le Comte

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to West Germany (1–5)
  • Drew with Argentina (1-1)
  • Defeated France (1–0)
  • Lost to Spain (0–1)
  • Lost to Malaysia (2–4)
  • Defeated Uganda (2–0)
  • Lost to Pakistan (1–3)
• Classification Match
  • 9th/10th place: Lost to New Zealand (1–2) →10th place
• Team Roster
  • Armand Solie
  • Carl-Eric Vanderborght
  • Charly Bouvy
  • Daniel Dupont
  • Eric Stoupel
  • Guy Miserque
  • Jean Toussaint
  • Jean-André Zembsch
  • Jean-Claude Moraux
  • Jean-François Gilles
  • Jean-Marie Buisset
  • Marc Legros
  • Michel De Saedeleer
  • Michel Deville
  • Patrick Gillard
  • Philippe Collin
  • Raoul Ronsmans

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Paul De Weert,Wilfried Van Herck andGuy Defraigne
  • Heat – 8:08.51
  • Repechage – 8:16.26 (→ did not advance)

• Jacques Rogge – Finn Class 14th place.

Six male shooters represented Belgium in 1972.

50 m pistol

• André Zoltan

50 m rifle, three positions

• Frans Lafortune

50 m rifle, prone

• Frans Lafortune
• Robert Houman

Trap

• Guy Rénard

Skeet

• Francis Cornet
• Chris Binet

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

• Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Belgium at the Summer Olympics by year
• 1972 in Belgian sport

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