Karel Lismont

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Medal record
Karel Lismont
Men's Athletics
Competitor for  Belgium
Olympic Games
Silver	1972 Munich	Marathon
Bronze	1976 Montreal	Marathon
European Championships
Gold	1971 Helsinki	Marathon
Bronze	1978 Prague	Marathon

Karel Lismont (born March 8, 1949 in Borgloon) was a Belgian athlete, who competed mostly in the marathon. He won two Olympic medals: a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and a bronze one at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal at the same event. At the European Championships in Helsinki, he won a gold medal in the marathon.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jörgen Jensen	Amsterdam Men's Marathon Winner 1976	Succeeded by Bill Rodgers
Preceded by Domingo Tibaduiza	Berlin Men's Marathon Winner 1983	Succeeded by John Skovbjerg
Preceded by Incumbent	Hamburg Men's Marathon Winner 1986 – 1987	Succeeded by Martin Vrábel

v • d • e Belgium at the Olympics | Post-war Belgian Olympic medalists in men's athletics GOLD: 1948: Gaston Reiff (5,000 m) | 1964: Gaston Roelants (3,000 m steeple chase) SILVER: 1960: Roger Moens (500 m) | 1972: Karel Lismont (marathon) | 1972: Emiel Puttemans (10,000 m) | 1976: Ivo Van Damme (800 m & 1,500 m) BRONZE: 1948: Etienne Gailly (marathon) | 1976: Karel Lismont (marathon)

European Champions in Men's Marathon

1934: Armas Toivonen | 1938: Väinö Muinonen | 1946: Mikko Hietanen | 1950: Jack Holden | 1954: Veikko Karvonen | 1958: Sergey Popov | 1962: Brian Kilby | 1966: Jim Hogan | 1969: Ron Hill | 1971: Karel Lismont | 1974: Ivan Thompson | 1978: Leonid Moseyev | 1982: Gerard Nijboer | 1986: Gelindo Bordin | 1990: Gelindo Bordin | 1994: Martín Fiz | 1998: Stefano Baldini | 2002: Janne Holmén | 2006: Stefano Baldini