Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics 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 summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Charles Paddock
 United States
Morris Kirksey
 United States
Harry Edward
 Great Britain
200 metres
Allen Woodring
 United States
Charles Paddock
 United States
Harry Edward
 Great Britain
400 metres
Bevil Rudd
 South Africa
Guy Butler
 Great Britain
Nils Engdahl
 Sweden
800 metres
Albert Hill
 Great Britain
Earl Eby
 United States
Bevil Rudd
 South Africa
1500 metres
Albert Hill
 Great Britain
Philip Noel-Baker
 Great Britain
Lawrence Shields
 United States
5000 metres
Joseph Guillemot
 France
Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
Eric Backman
 Sweden
10,000 metres
Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
Joseph Guillemot
 France
James Wilson
 Great Britain
110 metres hurdles
Earl Thomson
 Canada
Harold Barron
 United States
Feg Murray
 United States
400 metres hurdles
Frank Loomis
 United States
John Norton
 United States
August Desch
 United States
3,000 metres steeplechase
Percy Hodge
 Great Britain
Patrick Flynn
 United States
Ernesto Ambrosini
 Italy
4 × 100 metres relay
 United States (USA)
Charles Paddock
Jackson Scholz
Loren Murchison
Morris Kirksey
 France (FRA)
René Lorain
René Tirard
René Mourlon
Émile Ali-Khan
 Sweden (SWE)
Agne Holmström
William Petersson
Sven Malm
Nils Sandström
4 × 400 metres relay
 Great Britain (GBR)
Cecil Griffiths
Robert Lindsay
John Ainsworth-Davis
Guy Butler
 South Africa (RSA)
Henry Dafel
Clarence Oldfield
Jack Oosterlaak
Bevil Rudd
 France (FRA)
Géo André
Gaston Féry
Maurice Delvart
André Devaux
3000 metres team race
 United States (USA)
Horace Brown
Arlie Schardt
Ivan Dresser
 Great Britain (GBR)
Joe Blewitt
Albert Hill
William Seagrove
 Sweden (SWE)
Eric Backman
Sven Lundgren
Edvin Wide
Marathon
Hannes Kolehmainen
 Finland
Jüri Lossmann
 Estonia
Valerio Arri
 Italy
3 kilometres walk
Ugo Frigerio
 Italy
George Parker
 Australia
Richard Remer
 United States
10 kilometres walk
Ugo Frigerio
 Italy
Joseph Pearman
 United States
Charles Gunn
 Great Britain
High jump
Richmond Landon
 United States
Harold Muller
 United States
Bo Ekelund
 Sweden
Pole vault
Frank Foss
 United States
Henry Petersen
 Denmark
Edwin Myers
 United States
Long jump
William Petersson
 Sweden
Carl Johnson
 United States
Erik Abrahamsson
 Sweden
Triple jump
Vilho Tuulos
 Finland
Folke Jansson
 Sweden
Erik Almlöf
 Sweden
Shot put
Ville Pörhölä
 Finland
Elmer Niklander
 Finland
Harry Liversedge
 United States
Discus throw
Elmer Niklander
 Finland
Armas Taipale
 Finland
Gus Pope
 United States
Hammer throw
Patrick Ryan
 United States
Carl Johan Lind
 Sweden
Basil Bennett
 United States
Javelin throw
Jonni Myyrä
 Finland
Urho Peltonen
 Finland
Pekka Johansson
 Finland
56 lb (25 kg) weight throw
Pat McDonald
 United States
Patrick Ryan
 United States
Carl Johan Lind
 Sweden
Pentathlon
Eero Lehtonen
 Finland
Everett Bradley
 United States
Hugo Lahtinen
 Finland
Decathlon
Helge Løvland
 Norway
Brutus Hamilton
 United States
Bertil Ohlson
 Sweden
Individual cross country
Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
Eric Backman
 Sweden
Heikki Liimatainen
 Finland
Team cross country
 Finland (FIN)
Paavo Nurmi
Heikki Liimatainen
Teodor Koskenniemi
 Great Britain (GBR)
James Wilson
Anton Hegarty
Alfred Nichols
 Sweden (SWE)
Eric Backman
Gustaf Mattsson
Hilding Ekman

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)912829
2 Finland (FIN)94316
3 Great Britain (GBR)44412
4 Italy (ITA)2024
5 Sweden (SWE)131014
6 France (FRA)1214
7 South Africa (RSA)1113
8 Canada (CAN)1001
 Norway (NOR)1001
10 Australia (AUS)0101
 Denmark (DEN)0101
 Estonia (EST)0101
Totals (12 nations)29292987

Participating nations

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

References

  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 August 2007.
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