Fencing
Nineteen fencers, all men, represented Belgium in 1924. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport as well as the Games. The four medals, including one gold, won by Belgian fencers put the country second on the sport's medal leaderboard for the year.
All four épéeists reached the twelve-man final, with Delporte winning the gold medal. The épée won silver, giving four-time Olympian Paul Anspach his fifth Olympic fencing medal 16 years after he won his first. Van Damme took bronze in the foil, as the team took silver, to give Belgium its first medals in foil fencing.
- Men
Fencer | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Charles Acke | Sabre | N/A | 2–4 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||||
Paul Anspach | Épée | 4–4 | 5 Q | N/A | 6–4 | 3 Q | 6–5 | 4 Q | 4–7 | 9 | |
Omer Berck | Sabre | N/A | 4–1 | 1 Q | 3–5 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
Charles Crahay | Foil | 2–1 | 2 Q | 4–1 | 1 Q | 2–3 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
Balthazar De Beuckelaer | Foil | 0–1 | 3 Q | 3–2 | 3 Q | 2–3 | 3 Q | 2–3 | 4 Q | 0–6 | 7 |
Charles Delporte | Épée | 7–2 | 1 Q | N/A | 7–3 | 1 Q | 6–5 | 2 Q | 8–3 | 1 ! | |
Émile Dufranc | Foil | 3–0 | 1 Q | 1–3 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
Robert Feyerick | Sabre | N/A | 4–1 | 2 Q | 4–4 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
Ernest Gevers | Épée | 6–3 | 1 Q | N/A | 6–3 | 1 Q | 4–7 | 6 Q | 1–10 | 12 | |
Jules Maes | Sabre | N/A | 4–2 | 2 Q | 2–6 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||
Léon Tom | Épée | 5–4 | 3 Q | N/A | 6–3 | 3 Q | 7–4 | 1 Q | 5–6 | 7 | |
Maurice Van Damme | Foil | 3–0 | 1 Q | 5–0 | 1 Q | 2–3 | 4 Q | 3–2 | 3 Q | 4–2 | 3 ! |
Charles Delporte Robert Feyerick Félix Goblet Léon Tom Jean-Pierre Willems |
Team sabre | 1–0 | 2 Q | N/A | 0–2 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
Paul Anspach Joseph De Craecker Fernand de Montigny Charles Delporte Ernest Gevers Léon Tom |
Team épée | 1–0 | 1 Q | N/A | 1–0 | 1 Q | 1–0 | 2 Q | 2–1 | 2 ! | |
Marcel Berré Désiré Beaurain Charles Crahay Albert De Roocker Orphile De Montigny Maurice Van Damme |
Team foil | Bye | N/A | 2–0 | 1 Q | 1–0 | 2 Q | 1–1 | 2 ! |
Read more about this topic: Belgium At The 1924 Summer Olympics