Belgium at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Belgium competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 101 competitors, 75 men and 26 women, took part in 80 events in 16 sports.

Medalists

Belgium finished in 28th position in the final medal rankings, with three silver medals and three bronze medals.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

| || Ivo van Damme || Athletics || men's 800 metres

| || Ivo van Damme || Athletics || men's 1500 metres

| || Michel Vaarten || Cycling || men's 1000 metre time trial

| || Karel Lismont || Athletics || men's marathon

| || François Mathy || Equestrian || individual jumping Grand Prix

| || Eric Wauters François Mathy Edgar-Henri Cuepper Stanny van Paesschen || Equestrian || team jumping Grand Prix

Archery

In Belgium's second appearance in the modern archery competition, the nation was represented by two men, including Olympic veteran Robert Cogniaux.

Men's Individual Competition:

Pierre Blacks — 2353 points (→ 18th place)
Robert Cogniaux — 2346 points (→ 23rd place)

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

Ivo Van Damme
Heat — 1:47.80
Semi Final — 1:46.00
Final — 1:43.86 (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Men's 5.000 metres

Willy Polleunis
Heat — 13:45.24
Final — 13:26.99 (→ 6th place)
Marc Smet
Heat — 13:23.76 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

Marc Smet
Heat — 28:22.07
Final — 28:02.80 (→ 7th place)
Karel Lismont
Heat — 28:17.45
Final — 28:26.48 (→ 11th place)
Emiel Puttemans
Heat — 28:15.52
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Marathon

Karel Lismont — 2:11:12 (→ Bronze Bronze Medal)
Henri Schoofs — 2:15:52 (→ 10th place)
Gaston Roelants — did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump

Guy Moreau
Qualification — 2.13m (→ did not advance)
Bruno Brokken
Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

Ronald Desruelles
Qualification — 7.60m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

Georges Schroeder
Qualification — 54.80m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

Godfried Dejonckheere — 1:35:03 (→ 25th place)

Boxing

One man represented Belgium in boxing in 1976.

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final / Bronze match

|-style=font-size:95%

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|align=left| Rudy Gauwe

|align=left| Men's heavyweight

| W walk-over

| L 5-0

|colspan=2| Did not advance

Canoeing

Cycling

Seven cyclists represented Belgium in 1976.

;Individual road race

Alfons De Wolf — 4:47:23 (→ 4th place)
Frank Hoste — 4:49:01 (→ 36th place)
Dirk Heirweg — 4:55:41 (→ 47th place)
Eddy Schepers — 4:55:41 (→ 48th place)

;Team time trial

Alfons De Wolf
Dirk Heirweg
Daniel Willems
Frank Hoste

;Sprint

Michel Vaarten — 10th place

;1000m time trial

Michel Vaarten — 1:07.516 (→ Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal)

;Individual pursuit

Jean-Louis Baugnies — 11th place

Equestrian (Horse sports)

Fencing

Four fencers, one man and three women, represented Belgium in 1976.

;Men's foil

Thierry Soumagne

;Men's épée

Thierry Soumagne

;Women's foil

Marie-Paule Van Eyck
Micheline Borghs
Claudine le Comte

Gymnastics

Hockey

;Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)
Lost to Pakistan (0-5)
Lost to New Zealand (1-2)
Defeated Spain (3-2)
Lost to West Germany (1-6)
Classification Matches
9th/12th place: Defeated Argentina (3-2)
9th/10th place: Defeated Canada (3-2) → Ninth place
Team Roster
( 1.) Frank Smissaert
( 2.) Guy Miserque
( 3.) Francis Bouche
( 4.) Serge Dubois
( 5.) Bernard Smeekens
( 6.) Bernard Mauchien
( 7.) Paul Urbain
( 8.) Armand Solie
( 9.) Michel Vanderborght
(10.) Carl-Eric Vanderborght
(11.) Robert Maroye
(12.) Bruno De Clynsen
(13.) Jean-François Gilles
(14.) Jean Toussaint
(15.) Michel Van Tyckom
(16.) Jean-Claude Moraux
Head coach: Ernst Willig

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Geert Boekhout
Véronique Brisy
Colette Crabbe
François Deley
Chantal Grimard
Pirette Michel
Anne Richard
Ilse Schoors
Johan Van Steenberge
Carine Verbauwen