Belgium competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 187 competitors, 176 men and 11 women, took part in 90 events in 15 sports.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Wrestling Men's freestyle bantamweight Boxing Men's middleweight ,François de Coninck, Léon Flament Rowing Men's coxed pair
Athletics
32 athletes, 24 men and 8 women, represented Belgium in 1928. It was the nation's 5th appearance in the sport. It was the first time women's events were held in the sport.
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Paul Brochart 100 m Unknown 2 Q Unknown 5 Did not advance Willy Dujardin 11.2 3 Did not advance Adolphe Groscol Unknown 4 Did not advance Fred Zinner Unknown 3 Did not advance Paul Brochart 200 m Unknown 2 Q Unknown 3 Did not advance Willy Dujardin Unknown 3 Did not advance Adolphe Groscol 23.8 4 Did not advance François Prinsen Unknown 3 Did not advance Émile Langenraedt 400 m Unknown 3 Did not advance François Prinsen Unknown 2 Q Unknown 4 Did not advance Gérald Bertheloot 800 mcolspan=2 rowspan=2 Unknown 5 Did not advance Philippe Coenjaerts Unknown 5 Did not advance Julien Serwy 5000 mcolspan=4 DNF – Did not advance Julien Serwy 10,000 mcolspan=6 Unknown 18 René Joannes-Powell 110 m hurdlescolspan=2 rowspan=2 Unknown 4 Did not advance Armand Lepaffe Unknown 3 Did not advance Marcel Swinnen 400 m hurdlescolspan=2 Unknown 3 Did not advance Jozef Langenus 3000 m steeplechasecolspan=4 rowspan=2 Unknown 7 Did not advance Edgard Viseur Unknown 5 Did not advance 4×100 m relaycolspan=4 Unknown 3 Did not advance 4×400 m relaycolspan=4 Unknown 5 Did not advance Léon Broers Marathoncolspan=6 rowspan=4 2:44:37 18 Jean Linssen 2:58:08 42 Jean Marien 3:16:13 56 Gerard Steuers 2:54:48 37
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePosition Maurice Henrijean Pole vault 3.50 10 Did not advance René Joannes-Powell No height – Did not advance Gérard Noël 3.30 14 Did not advance Auguste Vos Shot put 12.52 20 Did not advance Fred Zinner Discus throw 34.35 32 Did not advance Gaston Étienne Javelin throw 54.34 22 Did not advance Jules Herremans 56.33 18 Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEventFinalRank Gaston Étienne Result 13.0 5.51 9.65 1.50 1:00.2 20.8 29.81 3.20 54.85 4:51.4 4577 23Points 428 483 465 389 402 272 461 406 661 610 René Joannes-Powell Result 12.2 6.03 9.83 1.50 55.8 16.8 26.73 3.10 32.56 5:18.6 4780 25Points 567 593 475 389 562 620 401 381 335 457 Gérard Noël Result 12.4 5.70 9.95 1.70 58.0 19.4 30.50 3.00 32.64 4106 27Points 531 523 483 544 479 378 474 357 337 0
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Sidonie Verschueren 100 m Unknown 4 Did not advance Ida Degrande 800 mrowspan=2 colspan=2 Unknown 5 Did not advance Juliette Segers Unknown 6 Did not advance 4×100 m relayrowspan=2 colspan=2 Unknown 4 Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePosition Léontine Stevens High jump 1.40 1 Q 1.48 5 Elise Van Truyen 1.40 1 Q 1.40 14 Sidonie Verschueren 1.40 1 Q 1.40 14 Lucie Petit-Diagre Discus throw 25.28 20 Did not advance Jenny Toitgans 24.40 21 Did not advance
Boxing
Six men represented Belgium in boxing in 1928. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Both men reached the round of 16 (Sartos by winning his first bout, Anneet with a bye), but were defeated there.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Bronze matchOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank Robert Sartos Men's flyweight W points L points Did not advance 9 Raymond Van Rumbekesometimes spelt Van Rumbecke Men's bantamweight L points Did not advance 9 Lucian Biquet Men's featherweight W points W points L points L points 4 Pierre Godart Men's lightweight L points Did not advance 17 Adrien Anneet Men's welterweight L points Did not advance 9 Léonard Steyaert Men's middleweight W points W points L points W points
Cycling
Eight cyclists, all men, represented Belgium in 1928. It was the nation's 6th appearance in the sport, in which Belgium had competed every time that Belgium had sent an Olympic team. For the first time since 1912, Belgium won no cycling medals.
Road
CyclistEventTimeRank Jean Aerts Men's road race 5:10:38 11 Jean Chaerels 5:16:05 24 Pierre Houdé 5:11:18 12 Jef Lowagie 5:11:54 13 Men's team road race 15:33:50 5
Track
Time trial
CyclistEventTimeRank Jean Aerts Men's time trial 1:18.6 9
Match races
CyclistEvent1st RoundRepechage 1Repechage FinalQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankRankRankRankRankRank Yves Van Massenhove Men's sprint 1 Qcolspan=2 2Did not advance Men's team pursuit 1 Qcolspan=2 2Did not advance
Equestrian
Nine riders, all men, represented Belgium in the equestrian events in 1928. It was Belgium's 5th appearance in the sport; Belgium was one of 3 nations (along with France and the United States) to compete in every Olympic equestrian competition to date. For the second time in a row, Belgium won no medals.
Dressage
AthleteHorseEventScoreRank Roger Delrue DreypussDressage 146.14 29 Henri Laame Belga 167.70 27 Oswald Lints Rira-t-elle 185.86 24 Team dressage 449.70 8
Eventing
AthleteHorseEventScoreRank Louis-Marie de Jonghe d'Ardoye GigoloEventing – Louis Rousseaux Swang 1872.02 11 Georges Van der Ton Remember Erin – Team eventing 1872.02 10
Jumping
Athlete Horse Event Final 1st re-ride 2nd re-rideTimePenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRank Baudoin De Brabandère Miss AméricaIndividual 2:29 34 44Did not advance Gaston Mesmaekers As de Pique 1:37 14 35Did not advance Jacques Misonne Keepsake 2:04 16 38Did not advance Team – 64 14colspan=4
Fencing
21 fencers, 18 men and 3 women, represented Belgium in 1928. It was the nation's 6th appearance in the sport. Women fencers represented Belgium for the first time; Belgium had not had any entrants in the inaugural women's fencing competition in 1924. Belgium had three 4th-place finishes and four other final pool competitors, but won no medals. It was the first time since 1900 (Belgium's first appearance) that the nation failed to medal in the sport.
FencerEventRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Charles Debeur Men's épée 5 wins 6 Q 5 wins 6 Q 4 wins 4 Q 3 wins 7 Charles Delporte 6 wins 3 Q 7 wins 5 Q 5 wins 3 Q 4 wins 6 Léon Tom 6 wins 1 Q 7 wins 2 Q 5 wins 2 Q 6 wins 4 Raymond Bru Men's foilrowspan=3 colspan=2 4 wins 3 Q 5 wins 3 Q 7 wins 6 Albert De Roocker 4 wins 1 Q – Did not advance Pierre Pêcher 5 wins 3 Q 2 wins 7 Did not advance Edith Addams Women's foilrowspan=3 colspan=2 3 wins 5 Did not advance Jenny Addams 4 wins 3 Q 4 wins 4 Q 2 wins 6 Hilda Deswarte 2 wins 5 Did not advance Henri Brasseur Men's sabrerowspan=3 colspan=2 2 wins 2 Q 0 wins 8 Did not advance Jacques Kesteloot 2 wins 3 Q 2 wins 8 Did not advance Édouard Yves 2 wins 4 Did not advance Men's team épée 1–0 1 Q 2–0 1 Q 2–1 2 Q 0–3 4 Men's team foil 2–1 2 Q 2–1 2 Q 1–0 1 Q 0–2–1 4 Men's team sabrecolspan=2 1–0 1 Q 0–2 4 Did not advance
Football
Summary
TeamEvent Prelim. Round of 16 Quarterfinals SemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankBelgium men'sMen's tournament W 5–3L 6–3 Did not advance5
Men's tournament
Belgium competed in men's football for the fourth time in 1928. The team beat Luxembourg in the round of 16 but was defeated by eventual silver medalists Argentina in the quarterfinals.
Team roster
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Consolation tournament, First round
Hockey
Belgium competed in men's field hockey for the second time. The team, which had won bronze in the previous tournament in 1920, reached the bronze medal match in 1928. There, they lost to Germany and finished in 4th place.
Summary
TeamEventGroup stageFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreRankBelgium men'sMen's tournamentL 9–0W 3–0W 4–0W 1–02 QBL 3–04
Men's tournament
Team roster
Group play
Bronze match
Modern pentathlon
Belgium had the maximum number of pentathletes, three men, in 1928. It was the nation's 2nd appearance in the sport.
PentathleteEvent Shooting Swimming Fencing Running EquestrianTotal Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank Score Rank Charles Cumont Men's individual 29 31 28 36 20 144 35 Édouard Écuyer de le Court 27 14 12 25 33 111 27 Charles Vannerom 25 27 26 34 23 135 32
Rowing
21 men represented Belgium in rowing in 1928. It was the nation's 6th appearance in the sport, matching Canada and Great Britain for the most. Belgium entered boats in 6 of the 7 events. None of the boats reached the final in its event, but the coxed pair boat won a bronze medal by being one of the three boats to reach the semifinals. It was Belgium's first medal in the sport since 1912.
RowerEventRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2Round 3SemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank Jack Mottart Men's single sculls 8:14.8 2 R 8:17.0 2 Did not advance Men's coxless pair 8:15.0 2 R 8:36.4 2 Did not advancecolspan=2 Did not advance Men's double sculls 8:05.6 2 R 7:56.6 2 Did not advance Men's coxed pair 8:58.4 1 Qcolspan=2 8:02.4 2 R 1 Qcolspan=2 7:59.4 2 () Did not advance Men's coxed four 7:41.8 1 Qcolspan=2 7:55.4 1 Qcolspan=2 7:30.2 2 Did not advance Men's eight 6:47.0 1 R 6:47.8 2 Did not advance
Sailing
6 men represented Belgium in sailing in 1928. It was the nation's 4th appearance in the sport. Belgium had boats in 2 of the 3 events.
Dinghy
SailorEventPreliminary seriesNet pointsPrelim rank Final seriesNet pointsFinal rank12341234 Léon Huybrechts 12' Dinghy210 49 2512Did not advance
6 metre and 8 metre classes
SailorEvent1234567ResultsRank 6 Metre 9th 2nd 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 4th 2 × 2nd 5
Swimming
Five men represented Belgium in swimming in 1928. It was the nation's 6th appearance in the sport, in which Belgium competed each time Belgium had appeared at the Summer Olympics. None of the Belgian swimmers reached the finals of their events.
SwimmerEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank Martial van Schelle Men's 100 m freestyle Unknown 5 Did not advance Gérard Blitz Men's 100 m backstroke 1:18.8 2 Q – Did not advance Joseph De Combe Men's 200 m breaststroke – Did not advance Louis Van Parijs 3:00.0 3 Did not advance Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relaycolspan=2 Unknown 5 Did not advance
Water polo
Belgium competed in men's water polo for the 6th time. For the first time, Belgium failed to win a medal; the team fell to eventual gold medalist Germany in the quarterfinals.
Summary
TeamEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankBelgium men'sMen's tournamentW 11–1L 5–3Did not advance5
Men's tournament
Team roster
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Weightlifting
Eight men represented Belgium in weightlifting in 1928. It was the nation's 3rd appearance in the sport.
LifterEventPressSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Albert Maes Men's −60 kg 72.5 12 75 14 100 13 247.5 16 Ferdinand Renier 72.5 12 77.5 12 105 8 255 11 J. Adriaenssens Men's −67.5 kg – V. Van Hamme 77.5 10 80 11 105 12 262.5 12 M. Van der Goten Men's −75 kg 77.5 18 87.5 11 115 9 280 11 Jan Van Rompaey 92.5 4 85 12 115 9 292.5 8 Jules Van Der Goten Men's −82.5 kg 80 12 92.5 12 120 12 292.5 13 Marcel Panen Men's +82.5 kg 85 16 85 16 115 15 280 15
Wrestling
13 men represented Belgium in wrestling in 1928. Belgium was one of 3 nations (along with Finland and France) to have a wrestler in each event. It was the nation's 5th appearance in the sport. Spapen won Belgium's only wrestling medal in 1928, a silver.
Freestyle