Swimming

Five swimmers competed for Belgium at the 1912 Games. It was the third time the nation had competed in swimming, a sport in which Belgium had competed each time the country appeared at the Olympics.

None of the Belgian swimmers advanced to the finals in their individual events; two reached the semifinals.

(Ranks given are within the swimmer's heat.)

Men

Women

Water polo

Belgium made its third Olympic water polo appearance in 1912, having competed both times the country had sent athletes to the Olympics previously. After taking the silver medals in 1908 and 1900, the Belgians were only able to win a bronze at these Games.

Belgium had the misfortune of meeting eventual gold medalists Great Britain in the quarterfinals, though this misfortune was mitigated by the use of the Bergvall System in the tournament (giving Belgium an opportunity to take silver even after this defeat). The Belgian squad gave the British side the greatest challenge the latter faced all tournament, taking the match into extra time before falling. In the repechage rounds, the Belgians defeated both of the other quarterfinal losers in turn. They then beat the losing finalist Austrians to set up a match against Sweden for the silver and bronze medals. This was the fifth match of the tournament for Belgium (the most of any team—the Belgians were the only side to play every other team in 1912), and the Swedes proved too much and defeated Belgium 4–2.

More information Team, Event ...

Team	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Repechage semifinal	Repechage final	Silver round 1	Silver round 2	Silver match	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Belgium	Water polo	Great Britain (GBR) L 5–7 a.e.t.	did not advance		Hungary (HUN) W 6–5	France (FRA) W 4–1	Bye	Austria (AUT) W 5–4	Sweden (SWE) L 2–4

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Quarterfinals

July 7, 1912	Belgium	5–7 a.e.t.	Great Britain	Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
	Grégoire (2), Meyboom (2), Nijs	Goals	Hill (2), Wilkinson (2), Radmilovic (2), Bentham

Repechage semifinal

July 10, 1912	Belgium	6–5	Hungary	Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
	?	Goals	Fazekas (3), Rémi, ?

Repechage final

July 11, 1912	Belgium	4–1	France	Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
	?	Goals	?

Silver round 2

July 15, 1912	Belgium	5–4	Austria	Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
	?	Goals	Scheff, ?

Silver medal match

July 16, 1912	Belgium	2–4	Sweden	Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
	?	Goals	Bergqvist (2), V. Andersson, R. Andersson

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Greco-Roman

Belgium sent a single wrestler in 1912. It was the nation's second Olympic wrestling appearance, with the nation not having competed in the Olympics in 1896 or 1904 and wrestling not having been on the programme in 1900. Gerstmans, competing in the heavyweight class, lost his first two matches and was quickly eliminated.

More information Wrestler, Class ...

Wrestler	Class	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Seventh round	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Match A Opposition Result	Match B Opposition Result	Match C Opposition Result	Rank
Laurent Gerstmans	Heavyweight	Lindstrand (SWE) L	Backenius (FIN) L	did not advance								12

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