Belgium at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Belgium at the Olympic Games

Flag of Belgium – Flag bearers
IOC code	BEL
NOC	Belgisch Olympisch en Interfederaal Comité Comité Olympique et Interfédéral Belge
Website	www.olympic.be (French) (Dutch)

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome

101 (93 men and 8 women) in 16 sports

Medals
Rank: 26

Gold
0

Silver
2

Bronze
2

Total
4

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Belgium competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 101 competitors, 93 men and 8 women, took part in 64 events in 16 sports.^[1]

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Silver

Roger Moens — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
Leo Sterckx — Cycling, Men's sprint

[edit] Bronze

Willy van den Berghen — Cycling, Men's individual road race
André Nelis — Sailing, Men's Finn class

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

15 fencers, 12 men and 3 women, represented Belgium in 1960.

Men's foil

Men's team foil

Jacques Debeur, André Verhalle, François Dehez, Franck Delhem

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Pierre Francisse, René Van Den Driessche, Jacques Debeur, Roger Achten, François Dehez

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

José Van Baelen, Gustave Ballister, Marcel Van Der Auwera, François Heywaert, Roger Petit

Women's foil

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

[edit] References

^ "Belgium at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/BEL/summer/1960/. Retrieved 2010-10-24.

[edit] External links

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