Belgium competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 54 competitors, 51 men and 3 women, took part in 37 events in 12 sports.
Medalists Silver André Nelis — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition Joseph Mewis — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
Athletics
Men's Marathon Aurèle Vandendriessche — 2:47:18 (→ 24th place)
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Sprint Evrard Godefroid — 10th place
Time trial Evrard Godefroid — 1:16.5 (→ 19th place)
Team pursuit André BarFrançois De WagheneireGuillaume Van TongerlooGustaaf De Smet — 5th place
Team road race Norbert VerougstraeteGustaaf De SmetFrançois Vandenbosch — 89 points (→ 7th place)
Individual road race Norbert Verougstraete — 5:26:47 (→ 23rd place) Gustaaf De Smet — 5:26:47 (→ 24th place) François Vandenbosch — 5:38:16 (→ 42nd place) François De Wagheneire — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Fencing
Six fencers, all men, represented Belgium in 1956.
Men's foil André Verhalle Ghislain Delaunois François Dehez
Men's team foil Jacques Debeur, Ghislain Delaunois, Marcel Van Der Auwera, André Verhalle
Men's épée Ghislain Delaunois Jacques Debeur Roger Achten
Men's team épée François Dehez, Roger Achten, Ghislain Delaunois, Marcel Van Der Auwera, Jacques Debeur
Men's sabre Marcel Van Der Auwera
Hockey
Rowing
Belgium had seven male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1956.
Men's double sculls Fernand Steenacker Henri Steenacker
Men's coxless pair Bob Baetens Michel Knuysen
Men's coxed pair Livien Ven Antoon Ven Jos Van Thillo (cox)
Sailing
Shooting
Two shooters represented Belgium in 1956.
50 m pistol Marcel Lafortune
50 m rifle, three positions Frans Lafortune
50 m rifle, prone Frans Lafortune
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAndré Laurent100 m freestyle 1:00.7 =32 Did not advanceGilbert Desmit200 m breaststroke 2:43.5 9 colspan=2 Did not advanceLouis Kozma 2:48.4 12 colspan=2 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIrène Sweyd100 m freestyle 1:08.9 26 Did not advanceColette Goossens200 m breaststroke 3:00.5 10 colspan=2 Did not advanceÉva Novák-Gerard 3:02.7 11 colspan=2 Did not advance
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database