Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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Athletics
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Dates15-23 August
No. of events29
Competitors509 from 25 nations
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At the

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
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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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  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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  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)
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
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

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 entries)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.