Belgium at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Belgium at the
1948 Winter Olympics
IOC codeBEL
NOCBelgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee
Websitewww.olympic.be (in Dutch and French)
in St. Moritz
Competitors11 (10 men, 1 woman) in 4 sports
Flag bearerMax Houben[1]
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Belgium competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Micheline Lannoy
Pierre Baugniet
Figure skating Pairs
 Silver Max Houben
Freddy Mansveld
Louis-Georges Niels
Jacques Mouvet
Bobsleigh Four-man

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Philippe d'Ursel Downhill 3:51.0 70
Michel Feron 3:34.3 50

Men's combined

The downhill part of this event was held along with the main medal event of downhill skiing. For athletes competing in both events, the same time was used (see table above for the results). The slalom part of the event was held separate from the main medal event of slalom skiing (included in table below).

Athlete Slalom Total (downhill + slalom)
Time 1 Time 2 Rank Points Rank
Michel Feron 1:43.0 1:27.8 54 46.52 42
Philippe, Count d'Ursel 1:31.4 1:15.8 34 45.14 39

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
BEL-1 Max Houben
Jacques Mouvet
Two-man 1:24:4 3 1:24.4 4 1:24.5 10 1:24.2 6 5:37.5 4
BEL-2 Marcel Leclef
Louis-Georges Niels
Two-man 1:26.8 12 1:24.9 7 1:23.6 4 1:24.5 9 5:39.8 10
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
BEL-1 Max Houben
Freddy Mansveld
Louis-Georges Niels
Jacques Mouvet
Four-man 1:17.3 3 1:20.9 6 1:22.0 5 1:21.1 1 5:21.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Final rank
Fernand Leemans 11 14 157.822 104 11
Pairs
Athletes Points Places Final rank
Micheline Lannoy
Pierre Baugniet
11.227 17.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Pierre Huylebroeck 48.3 40
1500 m Pierre Huylebroeck 2:40.2 45
5000 m Pierre Huylebroeck 9:20.3 30
10,000 m Pierre Huylebroeck 19:54.8 12

References

  1. ^ "Max Houben". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

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