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This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Belgium men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The Belgium men's national water polo team has participated in 11 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.[1]
Apps | Appearances | Rk | Rank | Ref | Reference | Cap No. | Water polo cap number |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pos | Playing position | FP | Field player | GK | Goalkeeper | ISHOF | International Swimming Hall of Fame |
L/R | Handedness | L | Left-handed | R | Right-handed | Oly debut | Olympic debut in water polo |
(C) | Captain | p. | page | pp. | pages |
Notes:
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Men's team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Apps | Player | Birth | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Age of first/last | ISHOF member | Note | Ref | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||
4 | Joseph Pletincx | 1888 | FP | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | 20/36 | 1988 | [2] | ||
Gérard Blitz | 1901 | FP | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1936 | 19/35 | 1990 | [3] |
The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T | |||||||
1 | Joseph Pletincx | 1888 | FP | 1908 | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | 16 years (20/36) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | [2] | ||
2 | Oscar Grégoire | 1877 | FP | 1900 | 1908 | 1912 | 12 years (23/35) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | [4] | |||
Albert Durant | 1892 | GK | 1912 | 1920 | 1924 | 12 years (20/32) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | [5] | ||||
Gérard Blitz | 1901 | FP | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1936 | 16 years (19/35) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | [3] |
The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.
Last updated: 1 April 2021.
Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1900 | Albert Michant | Starting goalkeeper | [6] | ||||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1908 | Albert Michant (2) | Starting goalkeeper | [6] | ||||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1912 | Albert Durant | 1892 | 20 | Starting goalkeeper | [5] | ||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1920 | Albert Durant (2) | 1892 | 28 | Starting goalkeeper | [5] | ||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1924 | Albert Durant (3) | 1892 | 32 | Starting goalkeeper | [5] | ||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1928 | Jules Brandeleer | Starting goalkeeper | [7] | ||||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1936 | Henri Disy | 1913 | 22 | Starting goalkeeper | [8] | ||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1948 | Théo-Léo De Smet | 1917 | 30 | Starting goalkeeper | [9] | ||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1952 | Théo-Léo De Smet (2) | 1917 | 34 | [9] | |||
François Maesschalck | 1921 | 30 | [10] | ||||
1960 | Bruno De Hesselle | 1941 | 18 | Starting goalkeeper | [11] | ||
(Unknown) | |||||||
1964 | 1 | Bruno De Hesselle (2) | 1941 | 23 | Starting goalkeeper | [11] | |
(Unknown) | |||||||
Year | Cap No. | Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | ISHOF member | Note | Ref |
Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, one male water polo player was given the honour to carry the flag for Belgium.
# | Year | Country | Flag bearer | Birth | Age | Height | Team | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period (age of first/last) | Medals | Ref | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T | |||||||||||
1 | 1920 O | Belgium | Victor Boin | 1886 | 34 | Belgium | FP | 1908 | 1912 | 4 years (22/26) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | [12] |
Some sportspeople from the host nations were chosen to take the Olympic Oath at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, one water polo player from Belgium was given the honour.[13]
As an athlete, Victor Boin of Belgium took the first ever Olympic Oath at the 1920 Games in Antwerp. He was the Belgium flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 1920 Olympics.[12]
# | Year | Oath | Country | Oath taker | Birth | Age | Water polo tournament | Ref | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1920 | Athletes' Oath | Belgium | Victor Boin | 1886 | 34 | 1908 | 1912 | As player | [12] |
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