1908 Summer Olympics events. Oscar Swahn from Sweden, who won the gold medal for running deer shooting, became the oldest Olympic champion of all time, and set another age record by being 72 years and 279 days old during his triumph at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. One of the more unusual shooting events in 1908 was dueling. The discipline, which was an associate event (i.e. not official), was performed by facing opponents wearing protective clothing and masks and firing wax bullets. American John Taylor was a member of the winning medley relay team, making him the first African-American athlete to
Belgium at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Belgium at the 1994 Winter Paralympics Belgium participated in the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer, Norway. The country sent two competitors (Harry Geyskens and Willy Mercier), both in alpine skiing. They entered a total of seven events between them. The 1994 Games were the first (and so far only) Winter Paralympics at which Belgium earned a medal. In the men's Super-G (B1 category), Willy Mercier finished third with a real time of 4:29.09. This was well behind gold medallist David Sundstroem of Sweden (2:50.53) and silver medallist Vicente Garcia Salmeron of Spain (3:46.33), but as the five other competitors all