Belgium at the 1906 Intercalated Games

Belgium competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. 16 athletes, all men, competed in 22 events in 7 sports.[1]

Belgium at the
1906 Intercalated Olympics
IOC codeBEL
NOCBelgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Websitewww.olympic.be (in Dutch and French)
in Athens
Competitors16 in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
6
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldCyrille VerbruggeFencingÉpée masters
 GoldCyrille VerbruggeFencingSabre masters
 SilverLéon DupontAthleticsStanding high jump
 BronzeEugène DebongnieCyclingIndividual sprint
 BronzeFernand de Montigny
Constant Cloquet
Edmond Crahay
Philippe Le Hardy de Beaulieu		FencingÉpée team
 BronzeMarcel DuboisWrestlingHeavyweight

Note that the rowing silver medal is classed as a mixed team medal due to Greek coxswain

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Athlete Events Final
Result Rank
Jules Lesage Marathon Did not finish
Athlete Events Final
Result Rank
Léon Dupont High jump Unknown Unknown
Standing high jump 1.40
Standing long jump 2.975 4

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Athlete Events Heat Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Romeo Verschelden Individual road race n/a 2-41:45 4
Eugène Debongnie Sprint 1.26 3/5 1 Q Unknown 1 Q Unknown
333 metres time trial n/a 23 3/5 5
5000 metres 3:09 1 Q Unknown 3 Did not advance
Francois Verstraeten 20 kilometres Unknown Unknown Q n/a Did not start
Romeo Verschelden Unknown Unknown n/a Did not advance

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Athlete Events Heat Group Semifinal Group Final Group
Rank Rank Rank
Fernand de Montigny Individual Foil 2 Q Unknown Did not advance
Edmond Crahay Unknown Did not advance
Constant Cloquet Unknown Did not advance
Fernand de Montigny Individual Épée 1 Q Unknown Did not advance
Edmond Crahay 1 Q Unknown Did not advance
Cyrille Verbrugge Épée masters n/a
Fernand de Montigny
Constant Cloquet
Edmond Crahay
Philippe Le Hardy de Beaulieu		 Épée team  Netherlands (NED)
9-4 W		  Great Britain (GBR)
9-14 L
Cyrille Verbrugge Sabre masters n/a

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1906 Intercalated Games

The Orban brothers arrived in Greece without a coxswain, as they didn't know they required one, so they recruited a young Greek called Theofilakas Psiliakos.

Athlete Events Final
Result Rank
Max Orban
Rémy Orban		 Coxed pairs (1 km) Unknown 5
Max Orban
Rémy Orban		 Coxed pairs (1 mile) 8:00.0

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Athlete Event Target Hits Points Rank
Troffaes Rifle Kneeling or Standing, 300 metres 23 125 32

Weightlifting
Athlete Event Weight Rank
Marcel Dubois One hand lift 60.40 8
Two hand lift 108.5 7

Wrestling
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Group
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Renè Dobrinovitz Lightweight  Skouteris (GRE)
W		 n/a  Watzl (AUT)
L		 Did not advance 4
Sauveur Middleweight  Sullivan (USA)
W		  Weckman (FIN)
L		 Did not advance 5
Marcel Dubois Heavyweight  Born (GER)
W		  Christopoulos (GRE)
W		  Jensen (DEN)
L		  Baur (AUT)
L		 Did not advance

References
  1. "Belgium at the 1906 Intercalated Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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