François Delloye

Distance runner François Delloye was a 14-time Belgian champion who set multiple national records and competed at two Olympic Games. From 1907 to 1913 Delloye was unbeatable in the national cross-country race, winning seven consecutive titles. He also won the Belgian title four times in the 1,500 metres (1909, 1911–13), twice in the 5,000 metres (1910–11), and once in the 800 metres (1912). Delloye broke the Belgian record in the 1,500 metres on three occasions and set national records in the 800 metres and the 10,000 metres.

Delloye’s first Olympics were the 1908 London Games where he ran in the 1,500 metres but failed to advance from his heat. Four years later he ran in the same event at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, but once again he did not progress beyond the heats. Delloye was also scheduled to compete in the 10,000 metres in Stockholm but he did not start the race. A life-long member of the Athletic and Running Club de Bruxelles, Delloye went on to be a coach at the club after his career on the track ended.

Personal Best: 1500 – 4:07.0 (1911).