Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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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

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[edit] Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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United States Charles Paddock
United States (USA)
United States Morris Kirksey
United States (USA)
Great Britain Harry Edward
Great Britain (GBR)
200 metres
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United States Allen Woodring
United States (USA)
United States Charles Paddock
United States (USA)
Great Britain Harry Edward
Great Britain (GBR)
400 metres
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South Africa Bevil Rudd
South Africa (RSA)
Great Britain Guy Butler
Great Britain (GBR)
Sweden Nils Engdahl
Sweden (SWE)
800 metres
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Great Britain Albert Hill
Great Britain (GBR)
United States Earl Eby
United States (USA)
South Africa Bevil Rudd
South Africa (RSA)
1500 metres
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Great Britain Albert Hill
Great Britain (GBR)
Great Britain Philip Noel-Baker
Great Britain (GBR)
United States Lawrence Shields
United States (USA)
5,000 metres
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France Joseph Guillemot
France (FRA)
Finland Paavo Nurmi
Finland (FIN)
Sweden Erik Backman
Sweden (SWE)
10,000 metres
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Finland Paavo Nurmi
Finland (FIN)
France Joseph Guillemot
France (FRA)
Great Britain James Wilson
Great Britain (GBR)
110 metre hurdles
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Canada Earl Thomson
Canada (CAN)
United States Harold Barron
United States (USA)
United States Frederic Murray
United States (USA)
400 metre hurdles
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United States Frank Loomis
United States (USA)
United States John Norton
United States (USA)
United States August Desch
United States (USA)
3,000 metre steeplechase
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Great Britain Percy Hodge
Great Britain (GBR)
United States Patrick Flynn
United States (USA)
Italy Ernesto Ambrosini
Italy (ITA)
4×100 metres relay
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United States United States (USA)
Charles Paddock
Jackson Scholz
Loren Murchison
Morris Kirksey
France France (FRA)
René Lorain
René Tirard
René Mourlon
Émile Ali-Khan
Sweden Sweden (SWE)
Agne Holmström
William Petersson
Sven Malm
Nils Sandström
4×400 metres relay
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Great Britain Great Britain (GBR)
Cecil Griffiths
Robert Lindsay
John Ainsworth-Davies
Guy Butler
South Africa South Africa (RSA)
Henning Davel
Clarence Oldfield
Jack Oosterlaak
Bevil Rudd
France France (FRA)
Georges André
Gaston Féry
Maurice Delvart
André Devaux
3000 metre team race
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United States United States (USA)
Horace Brown
Arlie Schardt
Ivan Dresser
Great Britain Great Britain (GBR)
Charles Blewitt
Albert Hill
William Seagrove
Sweden Sweden (SWE)
Eric Backman
Sven Lundgren
Edvin Wide
Marathon
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Finland Hannes Kolehmainen
Finland (FIN)
Estonia Jüri Lossmann
Estonia (EST)
Italy Valerio Arri
Italy (ITA)
3 km walk
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Italy Ugo Frigerio
Italy (ITA)
Australia George Parker
Australia (AUS)
United States Richard Remer
United States (USA)
10 km walk
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Italy Ugo Frigerio
Italy (ITA)
United States Joseph Pearman
United States (USA)
Great Britain Charles Gunn
Great Britain (GBR)
Long jump
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Sweden William Petersson
Sweden (SWE)
United States Carl Johnson
United States (USA)
Sweden Erik Abrahamsson
Sweden (SWE)
Triple jump
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Finland Vilho Tuulos
Finland (FIN)
Sweden Folke Jansson
Sweden (SWE)
Sweden Erik Almlöf
Sweden (SWE)
High jump
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United States Richmond Landon
United States (USA)
United States Harold Muller
United States (USA)
Sweden Bo Ekelund
Sweden (SWE)
Pole vault
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United States Frank Foss
United States (USA)
Denmark Henry Petersen
Denmark (DEN)
United States Edwin Myers
United States (USA)
Shot put
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Finland Ville Pörhölä
Finland (FIN)
Finland Elmer Niklander
Finland (FIN)
United States Harry Liversedge
United States (USA)
Discus throw
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Finland Elmer Niklander
Finland (FIN)
Finland Armas Taipale
Finland (FIN)
United States Gus Pope
United States (USA)
Hammer throw
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United States Patrick Ryan
United States (USA)
Sweden Carl Johan Lind
Sweden (SWE)
United States Basil Bennett
United States (USA)
Javelin throw
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Finland Jonni Myyrä
Finland (FIN)
Finland Urho Peltonen
Finland (FIN)
Finland Pekka Johansson
Finland (FIN)
56 lb (25 kg) weight throw
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United States Patrick McDonald
United States (USA)
United States Patrick Ryan
United States (USA)
Sweden Carl Johan Lind
Sweden (SWE)
Pentathlon
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Finland Eero Lehtonen
Finland (FIN)
United States Everett Bradley
United States (USA)
Finland Hugo Lahtinen
Finland (FIN)
Decathlon
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Norway Helge Løvland
Norway (NOR)
United States Brutus Hamilton
United States (USA)
Sweden Bertil Ohlson
Sweden (SWE)
Individual cross country
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Finland Paavo Nurmi
Finland (FIN)
Sweden Eric Backman
Sweden (SWE)
Finland Heikki Liimatainen
Finland (FIN)
Team cross country
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Finland Finland (FIN)
Paavo Nurmi
Heikki Liimatainen
Teodor Koskenniemi
Great Britain Great Britain (GBR)
James Wilson
Frank Hegarty
Alfred Nichols
Sweden Sweden (SWE)
Eric Backman
Gustaf Mattsson
Hilding Ekman

[edit] Participating nations

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States (USA) 9 12 8 29
2 Finland Finland (FIN) 9 4 3 16
3 Great Britain Great Britain (GBR) 4 4 4 12
4 Italy Italy (ITA) 2 0 2 4
5 Sweden Sweden (SWE) 1 3 10 14
6 France France (FRA) 1 2 1 4
7 South Africa South Africa (RSA) 1 1 1 3
8 Canada Canada (CAN) 1 0 0 1
Norway Norway (NOR) 1 0 0 1
10 Australia Australia (AUS) 0 1 0 1
Denmark Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0 1
Estonia Estonia (EST) 0 1 0 1

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