Belgium at The 1920 Summer Olympics

Archery

Belgium sent 14 archers in its second Olympic archery appearance, all of whom won at least two medals. The six competitors who competed in the fixed bird events had no international competitions, and took the guaranteed 4 gold medals, 2 silvers, and 2 bronzes. Van Innis, a veteran of Belgium's first appearance in 1900, faced a lone French archer in each of the three individual moving bird competitions; he took two of the three gold medals and one silver. In the team moving bird competitions, the Belgian team faced off against France in the 50 and 33 metre events, beating the French team both times. The Netherlands sent a team for the 28 metre competition, which knocked Belgium down to second place in that event.

Overall, the team took 8 of 10 possible gold medals as well as 4 silvers and 2 bronzes. They had been guaranteed 4 golds, 7 silvers, and 3 bronzes at worst.

Archer	Event	Final
Archer	Event	Score	Rank
Edmond Cloetens	Fixed large bird	13	1 !
Edmond Cloetens	Fixed small bird	4	5
Firmin Flamand	Fixed large bird	7	3 !
Firmin Flamand	Fixed small bird	5	4
Joseph Hermans	Fixed large bird	5	5
Joseph Hermans	Fixed small bird	6	3 !
Louis van de Perck	Fixed large bird	11	2 !
Louis van de Perck	Fixed small bird	8	2 !
Auguste van de Verre	Fixed large bird	3	6
Auguste van de Verre	Fixed small bird	1	6
Hubert Van Innis	Moving bird, 50 m	106	2 !
	Moving bird, 33 m	139	1 !
	Moving bird, 28 m	172	1 !
Edmond van Moer	Fixed large bird	6	4
Edmond van Moer	Fixed small bird	11	1 !
Edmond Cloetens Firmin Flamand Joseph Hermans Louis Van De Perck Auguste Van De Verre Edmond Van Moer	Team fixed large bird	31	1 !
	Team fixed small bird	25	1 !
Alphonse Allaert Edmond De Knibber Jérome De Maeyer Louis Delcon Louis Fierens Louis Van Beeck Hubert Van Innis Pierre Van Thielt	Team moving bird, 50 m	2701	1 !
	Team moving bird, 33 m	2958	1 !
	Team moving bird, 28 m	2924	2 !

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