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.

Athletics
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Host stadium (shown in 2018)
Dates15-23 August
No. of events29
Competitors509 from 25 nations
← 1912
1924 →

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Charles Paddock
  United States
10.8 Morris Kirksey
  United States
10.9 Harry Edward
  Great Britain
10.9
200 metres
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Allen Woodring
  United States
22.0 Charles Paddock
  United States
22.0 Harry Edward
  Great Britain
22.2
400 metres
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Bevil Rudd
  South Africa
49.6 Guy Butler
  Great Britain
50.1 Nils Engdahl
  Sweden
50.2
800 metres
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Albert Hill
  Great Britain
1:53.4 Earl Eby
  United States
1:53.6 Bevil Rudd
  South Africa
1:53.6
1500 metres
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Albert Hill
  Great Britain
4:01.8 Philip Noel-Baker
  Great Britain
4:02.4 Lawrence Shields
  United States
4:04.3
5000 metres
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Joseph Guillemot
  France
14:55.6 Paavo Nurmi
  Finland
15:00.0 Eric Backman
  Sweden
15:13.0
10,000 metres
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Paavo Nurmi
  Finland
31:45.8 Joseph Guillemot
  France
31:47.2 James Wilson
  Great Britain
31:50.8
110 metres hurdles
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Earl Thomson
  Canada
14.8 WR Harold Barron
  United States
15.1 Feg Murray
  United States
15.1
400 metres hurdles
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Frank Loomis
  United States
54.0 WR John Norton
  United States
54.6 August Desch
  United States
54.7
3,000 metres steeplechase
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Percy Hodge
  Great Britain
10:00.4 OR Patrick Flynn
  United States
10:21.1 Ernesto Ambrosini
  Italy
10:32.0
4 × 100 metres relay
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  United States (USA)
Charles Paddock
Jackson Scholz
Loren Murchison
Morris Kirksey
42.2 WR   France (FRA)
René Lorain
René Tirard
René Mourlon
Émile Ali-Khan
42.5   Sweden (SWE)
Agne Holmström
William Petersson
Sven Malm
Nils Sandström
42.8
4 × 400 metres relay
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  Great Britain (GBR)
Cecil Griffiths
Robert Lindsay
John Ainsworth-Davis
Guy Butler
3:22.2   South Africa (RSA)
Henry Dafel
Clarence Oldfield
Jack Oosterlaak
Bevil Rudd
3:23.0   France (FRA)
Géo André
Gaston Féry
Maurice Delvart
André Devaux
3:23.5
3000 metres team race
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  United States (USA)
Horace Brown
Arlie Schardt
Ivan Dresser
10 pts   Great Britain (GBR)
Joe Blewitt
Albert Hill
William Seagrove
20 pts   Sweden (SWE)
Eric Backman
Sven Lundgren
Edvin Wide
24 pts
Marathon
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Hannes Kolehmainen
  Finland
2:32:35.8 WR Jüri Lossmann
  Estonia
2:32:48.6 Valerio Arri
  Italy
2:36:32.8
3 kilometres walk
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Ugo Frigerio
  Italy
13:14.2 OR George Parker
  Australia
(13:19.6) Richard Remer
  United States
(13:22.2)
10 kilometres walk
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Ugo Frigerio
  Italy
48:06.2 Joseph Pearman
  United States
(49:40.2) Charles Gunn
  Great Britain
(49:43.9)
Individual cross country
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Paavo Nurmi
  Finland
27:15.0 Eric Backman
  Sweden
27:17.6 Heikki Liimatainen
  Finland
27:37.0
Team cross country
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  Finland (FIN)
Paavo Nurmi
Heikki Liimatainen
Teodor Koskenniemi
10 pts   Great Britain (GBR)
James Wilson
Anton Hegarty
Alfred Nichols
21 pts   Sweden (SWE)
Eric Backman
Gustaf Mattsson
Hilding Ekman
23 pts
High jump
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Richmond Landon
  United States
1.936 m OR Harold Muller
  United States
1.90 m Bo Ekelund
  Sweden
1.90 m
Pole vault
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Frank Foss
  United States
4.09 m WR Henry Petersen
  Denmark
3.70 m Edwin Myers
  United States
3.60 m
Long jump
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William Petersson
  Sweden
7.15 m Carl Johnson
  United States
7.095 m Erik Abrahamsson
  Sweden
7.08 m
Triple jump
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Vilho Tuulos
  Finland
14.505 m Folke Jansson
  Sweden
14.48 m Erik Almlöf
  Sweden
14.27 m
Shot put
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Ville Pörhölä
  Finland
14.81 m Elmer Niklander
  Finland
14.155 m Harry Liversedge
  United States
14.15 m
Discus throw
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Elmer Niklander
  Finland
44.685 m Armas Taipale
  Finland
44.19 m Gus Pope
  United States
42.13 m
Hammer throw
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Patrick Ryan
  United States
52.875 m Carl Johan Lind
  Sweden
48.43 m Basil Bennett
  United States
48.25 m
Javelin throw
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Jonni Myyrä
  Finland
65.78 m OR Urho Peltonen
  Finland
63.605 m Pekka Johansson
  Finland
63.095 m
56 lb (25 kg) weight throw
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Pat McDonald
  United States
11.265 m OR Patrick Ryan
  United States
10.965 m Carl Johan Lind
  Sweden
10.255 m
Pentathlon
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Eero Lehtonen
  Finland
14 pts Everett Bradley
  United States
24 pts Hugo Lahtinen
  Finland
26 pts
Decathlon
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Helge Løvland
  Norway
6803.355 pts Brutus Hamilton
  United States
6771.085 pts Bertil Ohlson
  Sweden
6580.030 pts

Medal table

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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 entries)29292987

Participating nations

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

References

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