Officially, the Games from 1924 to 1965 were called the International Silent Games in English or Jeux Internationaux Silencieux in French....
The Games did not take place until 1949 in Copenhagen (Denmark), 10 years after the 5th Games in Stockholm, the 2nd World War caused a long pause...
393 athletes from 14 countries (Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Britain, Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Yugoslavia and the USA) participated in these Games with sports such as athletics, diving, swimming, water polo, football, cycling, shooting and tennis.
Notable facts were: .
The Games did not take place until 1949 in Copenhagen (Denmark), 10 years after the 5th Games in Stockholm, the 2nd World War caused a long pause...
393 athletes from 14 countries (Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Britain, Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Yugoslavia and the USA) participated in these Games with sports such as athletics, diving, swimming, water polo, football, cycling, shooting and tennis.
Notable facts were: .
- Prince Knud of Denmark attended the opening ceremony and also made a declaration in sign language!
- A new sport was introduced at these Games: Water polo.
- For the first time, Yugoslavia joined with 37 athletes (football & athletics).
- Remarkable was the supremacy of the Scandinavian countries in the medal standings: Denmark finished in 1st place with 30 medals (11 gold, 9 silver and 10 bronze). Sweden as the home country finished in 2nd place with 28 medals (6 gold, 15 silver and 7 bronze) and Finland finished in 3rd place with 25 medals (11 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze).
Belgium participated with 33 athletes:
- Athletics:
- Petrus Meert (°1929): 100m, high jump and Olympic relay.
- Frans Mertens (°1925): 1,500m, 5,000m and Olympic relay.
- Raymond Van der Meulen (°1928): 100 m, 200 m and Olympic relay.
- Fernand De Neef (°1926): 800 m, Olympic relay and shot put.
- Basketball:
- Belgium vs Switzerland = 31-25
- Joseph Blum (°1928), Jacques Brosemer (°1930), Jean Crabbé (°1930), Pierrre Gosselin (°1926), Jean Hiroux (°1930), Antoine Lichtfous (°1929), Fortune Stradiot (°1926) and Victor Van Laer (°1927).
- Diving:
- Frans Callaerts (°1927) : 1 silver medal ( 3-metre board )
- Tennis:
- Germaine Hamy-Maere (°1892) : 1 gold medal (doubles with Antonine Maere) and 1 bronze medal (singles)
- Antonine Maere (°) : 2 gold medals (singles + doubles with Germaine Hamy-Maere)
- Auguste Rossignon (°1932) : Singles, Mixed doubles.
- Football:
Silver medal (lost in final against Great Britain 6-4)
Czechoslovakia vs BEL = 0-3
1/2 final : BEL vs Yugoslavia = 1-0.
Players : Leopold Baiwir (°1923), Emile Basselet (°1922), Adolf D'hondt (°1924), Julien Delamotte (°1921), Eugene Fraiture (°1916), Marcel Leon Francois (°1929), Petrus Meert (°1929), Emile Peers (°1925), Robert Quivreux (°1924), Gustave Rysermans (°1914), Willy Seeuws (°1924), Gerard Sonneville (°1921), Harry Trab (°1949), Francois Van der Linden (°1917), Edward Verheezen (°1919) and Louis Williame (°1916). - Swimming:
- Eugene Holleweg (°1915) : 100 m backstroke, 100 m freestyle and 3x100 m medley.
- Frans Callaerts (°1927) : 100 m freestyle and 3x100 m medley.
- Alfons Willems (°1925) : 1 bronze medal (200 m breaststroke) 100 m backstroke and 3x100 m medley.
