The field hockey competition at the 1920 Summer Olympics was held between September 1–5, 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. Only four teams took part in the tournament and Great Britain won the gold medal.[1]

Field hockey
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates1 (1)–5 September 1920 (1920-09-05)
Teams4
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Belgium
← 1908
1928 →

Results

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    Great Britain 3 3 0 0 17 2 +15 6
    Denmark 3 2 0 1 15 8 +7 4
    Belgium (H) 3 1 0 2 6 19 −13 2
4   France 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
Source: Sports Reference
(H) Hosts

Matches

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1 September 1920
15:30
Great Britain   5–1   Denmark
Shoveller   10'?'?'
McGrath   ?'
Rasmussen   ?'
Report Blach   ?'
Umpires:
Thomas Burman (GBR)
Hans Kjær (DEN)
1 September 1920
17:30
Belgium   3–2   France
Becquet   27'?'
Valcke   ?'
Report Bedel   7'
Guard   ?'
Umpires:
Thomas Burman (GBR)
Rodolphe Seeldrayers (BEL)

3 September 1920
15:30
Great Britain   12–1   Belgium
Shoveller   2'?'?'?'?'?'
MacBryan   ?'?'
Leighton   20'
Marcon   ?'?'?'
Report ?   6'
Umpires:
Thomas Burman (GBR)
Verhoustraeten (BEL)
3 September 1920
17:30
Denmark   9–1   France
Blach   16'21'45'?'?'
Due   ?'
Bjerrum   ?'?'
Holst   ?'
Report Bounal   ?'
Umpires:
Hans Kjær (DEN)
George McGrath (GBR)

4 September 1920
15:00
Great Britain   W.O.   France
Report

5 September 1920
15:30
Denmark   5–2   Belgium
Blach   ?'?'?'
Holst   ?'
Eigenbrod   ?'
Report ?   ?'
?   ?'

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Great Britain (GBR)
Charles Atkin
John Bennett
Colin Campbell[2]
Harold Cassels
Harold Cooke[2]
Eric Crockford
Reginald Crummack
Harry Haslam
Arthur Leighton
Charles Marcon
John MacBryan
George McGrath
Stanley Shoveller
William Smith
Cyril Wilkinson
  Denmark (DEN)
Hans Bjerrum
Ejvind Blach
Niels Blach
Steen Due
Thorvald Eigenbrod
Frands Faber
Hans Jørgen Hansen

Hans Herlak
Henning Holst
Erik Husted
Paul Metz
Andreas Rasmussen

  Belgium (BEL)
André Becquet
Pierre Chibert
Raoul Daufresne de la Chevalerie
Fernand de Montigny
Charles Delelienne
Louis Diercxsens
Robert Gevers
Adolphe Goemaere
Charles Gniette
Raymond Keppens
René Strauwen
Pierre Valcke
Maurice van den Bemden
Jean van Nerom
 
French team, 4th

The following players represented the French squad, who finished in fourth place:[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Hockey at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b These players are listed exclusively in the International Olympic Committee medal database. Colin Campbell is not even listed by the British Olympic Association Archived 2008-03-02 at the Wayback Machine as a team member in Antwerp. However Harold Cooke is listed (as team member, not as a medalist).
  3. ^ "France Hockey at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

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). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2008.