Belgium competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 88 competitors, 82 men and 6 women, took part in 51 events in 14 sports.

Medalists

Belgium finished in 29th position in the final medal rankings, with two silver medals.

Silver

  • Emiel Puttemans – Athletics, Men's 10,000 metres
  • Karel Lismont – Athletics, Men's Marathon

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Belgium entered three men. Their highest placing competitor was Robert Cogniaux, who missed a medal by 22 points.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Robert Cogniaux – 2445 points (4th place)
  • Andre Baeyens – 2383 points (18th place)
  • Jos Daman – 2365 points (23rd place)

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Herman Mignon
  • Heat – 1:47.5
  • Semifinals – 1:49.7 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Herman Mignon
  • Heat – 3:44.2
  • Semifinals – 3:41.7
  • Final – 3:39.1 (→ 6th place)
  • Edgard Salvé
  • Heat – 3:42.1 (→ did not advance)
  • André de Hertoghe
  • Heat – 3:44.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Willy Polleunis
  • Heat – 13:52.6 (→ did not advance)
  • René Goris
  • Heat – 13:57.8 (→ did not advance)

Canoeing

Cycling

Fourteen cyclists represented Belgium in 1972.

;Individual road race

  • Freddy Maertens – 13th place
  • Gustaaf Hermans – 45th place
  • Lucien De Brauwere – 59th place
  • Frans Van Looy – did not finish (→ no ranking)

;Team time trial

  • Ludo Delcroix
  • Gustaaf Hermans
  • Gustaaf Van Cauter
  • Louis Verreydt

;Sprint

  • Robert Maveau
  • Manu Snellinx

;1000m time trial

  • Robert Maveau
  • Final – 1:08.94 (→ 14th place)

;Tandem

  • Manu Snellinx and Noël Soetaert → 5th place

;Individual pursuit

  • Wilfried Wesemael

;Individual pursuit

  • Leon Daelemans
  • Roger De Beukelaer
  • Alex Van Linden
  • Wilfried Wesemael

Equestrian

Fencing

One female fencer represented Belgium in 1972.

;Women's foil

  • Claudine le Comte

Hockey

;Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to West Germany (1–5)
  • Drew with Argentina (1-1)
  • Defeated France (1–0)
  • Lost to Spain (0–1)
  • Lost to Malaysia (2–4)
  • Defeated Uganda (2–0)
  • Lost to Pakistan (1–3)
  • Classification Match
  • 9th/10th place: Lost to New Zealand (1–2) → 10th place
  • Team Roster
  • Armand Solie
  • Carl-Eric Vanderborght
  • Charly Bouvy
  • Daniel Dupont
  • Eric Stoupel
  • Guy Miserque
  • Jean Toussaint
  • Jean-André Zembsch
  • Jean-Claude Moraux
  • Jean-François Gilles
  • Jean-Marie Buisset
  • Marc Legros
  • Michel De Saedeleer
  • Michel Deville
  • Patrick Gillard
  • Philippe Collin
  • Raoul Ronsmans

Judo

Rowing

Men's Coxed Pairs

  • Paul De Weert, Wilfried Van Herck and Guy Defraigne
  • Heat – 8:08.51
  • Repechage – 8:16.26 (→ did not advance)

Sailing

  • Jacques Rogge – Finn Class 14th place.

Shooting

Six male shooters represented Belgium in 1972.

;50 m pistol

  • André Zoltan

;50 m rifle, three positions

  • Frans Lafortune

;50 m rifle, prone

  • Frans Lafortune
  • Robert Houman

;Trap

  • Guy Rénard

;Skeet

  • Francis Cornet
  • Chris Binet

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  • Official Olympic Reports
  • International Olympic Committee results database