Belgium at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Belgium at the Olympics
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Belgium competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. 16 athletes, all men, competed in 22 events in 7 sports.[1]
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| Belgium at the 1906 Intercalated Games | |
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| IOC code | BEL |
| NOC | Belgian Olympic Committee |
| in Athens | |
| Competitors | 16 in 7 sports |
| Medals Ranked 12th |
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| Summer appearances | |
| Winter appearances | |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Cyrille Verbrugge | Fencing | Épée masters |
| Gold | Cyrille Verbrugge | Fencing | Sabre masters |
 Silver | Léon Dupont | Athletics | Standing high jump |
 Bronze | Eugène Debongnie | Cycling | Individual sprint |
| Bronze | Fernand de Montigny Constant Cloquet Edmond Crahay Philippe Le Hardy de Beaulieu | Fencing | Épée team |
| Bronze | Marcel Dubois | Wrestling | Heavyweight |
The rowing silver medal in the coxed pairs event over 1 mile is classed as a mixed team medal due to the Orban brothers using a Greek coxswain.[2]
Athletics
| 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
| 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
| 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 |
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| Cyrille Verbrugge | Sabre masters | n/a | | |
Rowing
The Orban brothers arrived in Greece without a coxswain, as they didn't know they required one, so they recruited the young Greek Theophilos 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
| 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 | |