Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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At the 1920 Summer Olympics
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

held in Antwerp, 29 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from August 15, 1920 to August 23, 1920.

Medal table

1 9 12 8 29
2 9 4 3 16
3 4 4 4 12
4 2 0 2 4
5 1 3 10 14
6 1 2 1 4
7 1 1 1 3
8 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
10 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1

Medal summary

100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
5000 metres
10,000 metres
110 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
3,000 metres steeplechase
4 × 100 metres relay

Charles Paddock
Jackson Scholz
Jackson Scholz
Jackson Volney Scholz was an American track and field athlete who specialized in the sprint. In the 1920s, he became the first person to appear in an Olympic sprint final in three different Olympic Games...


Loren Murchison
Loren Murchison
Loren C. Murchison was an American athlete, double gold medal winner in 4x100 m relay at the Olympic Games....


Morris Kirksey
Morris Kirksey
Morris Marshall Kirksey was an American track and field athlete and rugby union footballer who won two gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics...


René Lorain
René Lorain
René Lorain was a French athlete who mainly competed in the men's 100 metres. He was born in Reims, Marne....


René Tirard
René Tirard
René Tirard was a French athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for a France in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates René Lorain, René Mourlon and Émile Ali-Khan....


René Mourlon
René Mourlon
René Mourlon was a French athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for France at the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium where he won the silver medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates René Lorain, René Tirard and Émile Ali-Khan...


Émile Ali-Khan
Émile Ali-Khan
Emile Ali-Khan was a French athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for France in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium where he won the silver medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay, alongside his team mates René Lorain, René Tirard and René Mourlon.-References:*...


Agne Holmström
Agne Holmström
Olof Agne Laurentius Holmström was a Swedish athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres....


William Petersson
William Petersson
Reinhold William Eugen Petersson was a Swedish athlete who mainly competed in the men's long jump.He was born in Sandby, Öland....


Sven Malm
Sven Malm
Sven Malm was a Swedish athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Agne Holmström, William Pettersson and Nils Sandström....


Nils Sandström
Nils Sandström
Nils Sandström was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for Sweden in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Agne Holmström, William Pettersson and Sven Malm....

4 × 400 metres relay

Cecil Griffiths
Cecil Griffiths
Cecil Redvers Griffiths was a Welsh athlete.- Olympic Gold Medal 1920 :Cecil Griffiths was a winner of the Olympic Gold medal in 4 x 400m relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics....


Robert Lindsay
Robert Lindsay (athlete)
Robert Alexander Lindsay was a British athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics.Born in Battersea, London, Robert Lindsay won the British AAA championships in 1921....


John Ainsworth-Davies
John Ainsworth-Davies
John Creyghton Ainsworth-Davies was a Welsh athlete.- Olympic Gold Medalist, Antwerp 1920 :He was a winner of an Olympic Gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics....


Guy Butler
Guy Butler (athlete)
Guy Montagu Butler was a British athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1920 Summer Olympics....


Henry Dafel
Clarence Oldfield
Clarence Oldfield
Clarence Winston Oldfield was a South African athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres....


Jack Oosterlaak
Jack Oosterlaak
Justus Kinloch Ayres Oosterlaak , was a South African athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres....


Bevil Rudd
Bevil Rudd
Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd was a South African athlete, the 1920 Olympic Champion in the 400 m.Rudd was born in Kimberley, into a family closely involved with the De Beers diamond mining company...


Géo André
Gaston Féry
Gaston Féry
Gaston Féry was a French athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.Born in Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle he competed for France in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Géo André, Maurice Delvart and Jean Delvaux in the men's 4 x 400...


Maurice Delvart
Maurice Delvart
Maurice Delvart was a French athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for France at the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Géo André, Gaston Féry and André Devaux in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay event.-References:*...


André Devaux
3000 metres team race

Horace Brown
Horace Brown (athlete)
Horace Brown was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 meter team....


Arlie Schardt
Arlie Schardt
Arlie Schardt was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre team.He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died in Clearwater, Florida....


Ivan Dresser
Ivan Dresser
Ivan Dresser was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre team...


Charles Blewitt
Charles Blewitt
Charles Edward Blewitt was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the 3000 metre team where he won the Silver medal with his team mates Albert Hill and William Seagrove.-References:...


Albert Hill
William Seagrove
William Seagrove
William Raymond Seagrove was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre team.After service in the army in World War One he competed for Great Britain in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the 3000 metre team where he won the silver medal with his team mates Charles...


Eric Backman
Eric Backman
Eric Backman was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre team.He competed for Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium where he won the silver medal in the men's cross country behind the legendary Paavo Nurmi...


Sven Lundgren
Sven Lundgren
Sven Emil Lundgren was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre team.He competed for Sweden in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium where he won the bronze medal in the 3000 metre team with his team mates Eric Backman and Edvin Wide....


Edvin Wide
Edvin Wide
Emil Edvin Wide was a Swedish long-distance runner.Born in Finland, Wide competed for Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium, in the 3000 metre team, where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Eric Backman and Sven Lundgren.He returned to the Olympics four years later...

Marathon
3 kilometres walk
10 kilometres walk
Long jump
Triple jump
High jump
Pole vault
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
56 lb (25.4 kg) weight throw
Pentathlon
Decathlon
Individual cross country
Team cross country

Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Nurmi
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns," a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola, and others for their distinction in running...


Heikki Liimatainen
Heikki Liimatainen (athlete)
Heikki Liimatainen was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the Cross Country Team.He competed for Finland in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the Cross Country where he won the bronze medal and helped the Finnish team of multiple gold medalist Paavo Nurmi and Teodor...


Teodor Koskenniemi
Teodor Koskenniemi
Fredrik Teodor Koskenniemi was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the cross country team event during his career....


James Wilson
James Wilson (athlete)
James Wilson was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 10,000 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the 10,000 metres where he won the bronze medal...


Frank Hegarty
Frank Hegarty
Francis Anthony Frank Hegarty was a British athlete who competed in cross country.Frank Hegarty was born on 14 December 1892, in Derry City, Ireland,the son of Isabel and John Hegarty...


Alfred Nichols
Alfred Nichols
Alfred Hubert Nichols was a British athlete who competed mainly in the Cross Country Team....


Eric Backman
Eric Backman
Eric Backman was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre team.He competed for Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium where he won the silver medal in the men's cross country behind the legendary Paavo Nurmi...


Gustaf Mattsson
Gustaf Mattsson
Gustaf Isidor Mattsson was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the Cross Country Team.He competed for a Sweden in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the Cross Country Team where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Eric Backman and Hilding Ekman....


Hilding Ekman
Hilding Ekman
Hilding Viktor Ekman was a Swedish athlete who competed mainly in the Cross Country Team.He competed for a Sweden in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the Cross Country Team where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Eric Backman and Gustaf Mattsson.-References:...


Participating nations

509 athletes from 25 nations competed. Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Estonia, Monaco, New Zealand, and Spain competed for the first time.
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