Belgium at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Belgium at the Olympic Games
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At the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch‑Partenkirchen
Competitors	27 (24 men, 3 women) in 5 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Belgium competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom			Total
		Time	Rank	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Total points	Rank
Charles Bracht	Combined	DNF	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
Jacques Peten		10:09.2	52	2:24.9 (+0:06)	DSQ	–	DNF	–
Werner de Spoelberch		7:03.0	44	2:28.6	DSQ	–	DNF	–
Raymond de Braconnier		6:52.0	42	2:22.2	DSQ	–	DNF	–

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
BEL-1	Rene Baron Lunden Eric Vicomte de Spoelberch	Two-man	1:25.82	5	1:24.35	9	1:32.31	16	1:23.80	7	5:46.28	8
BEL-2	Max Houben Martial van Schelle	Two-man	1:31.73	16	1:24.05	7	1:26.13	6	1:25.41	11	5:47.32	9

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
BEL-1	Rene Baron Lunden Eric Vicomte de Spoelberch Philippe de Pret Roose Gaston Braun	Four-man	1:25.77	10	1:21.81	5	1:21.67	7	1:20.57	6	5:29.82	8
BEL-2	Max Houben Martial van Schelle Louis de Ridder Paul Graeffe	Four-man	1:22.22	2	1:23.52	9	1:22.50	8	1:20.68	8	5:28.92	5

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Yvonne de Ligne	Women's singles	19	15	118	348.2	18
Liselotte Landbeck		3	6	32	393.3	4

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Score	Final rank
Louise Contamine Robert Verdun	138.5	8.2	16

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Group C

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	0	10	0	6
Hungary	3	2	1	0	14	5	4
France	3	1	2	0	4	7	2
Belgium	3	0	3	0	4	20	0

6 February	Hungary	11-2 (1-1,2-0,8-1)	Belgium
7 February	Czechoslovakia	5-0 (0-0,4-0,1-0)	Belgium
8 February	France	4-2 (1-0,0-1,0-0,1-1,2-0)	Belgium

Contestants Robert Baudinne Roger Bureau Joseph Lekens Georges Pootmans Pierre van Reyschoot Willy Kreitz Carlos van den Driessche Walter Bastenie Fernand Carez Louis de Ridder

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Charles de Ligne	1:44.6	35
	James Graeffe	54.6	33
1500 m	Charles de Ligne	3:21.9	37
	James Graeffe	3:00.5	36
5000 m	Charles de Ligne	DSQ	–
	James Graeffe	10:52.6	35
10,000 m	Charles de Ligne	23:32.9	28

References

• Olympic Winter Games 1936, full results by sports-reference.com