Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
3 km walk		men
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
56 lb weight throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

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 (USA)	Morris Kirksey United States (USA)	Harry Edward Great Britain (GBR)
200 metres	Allen Woodring United States (USA)	Charles Paddock United States (USA)	Harry Edward Great Britain (GBR)
400 metres	Bevil Rudd South Africa (RSA)	Guy Butler Great Britain (GBR)	Nils Engdahl Sweden (SWE)
800 metres	Albert Hill Great Britain (GBR)	Earl Eby United States (USA)	Bevil Rudd South Africa (RSA)
1500 metres	Albert Hill Great Britain (GBR)	Philip Noel-Baker Great Britain (GBR)	Lawrence Shields United States (USA)
5000 metres	Joseph Guillemot France (FRA)	Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN)	Eric Backman Sweden (SWE)
10,000 metres	Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN)	Joseph Guillemot France (FRA)	James Wilson Great Britain (GBR)
110 metres hurdles	Earl Thomson Canada (CAN)	Harold Barron United States (USA)	Feg Murray United States (USA)
400 metres hurdles	Frank Loomis United States (USA)	John Norton United States (USA)	August Desch United States (USA)
3,000 metres steeplechase	Percy Hodge Great Britain (GBR)	Patrick Flynn United States (USA)	Ernesto Ambrosini Italy (ITA)
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-Davies 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 (FIN)	Jüri Lossmann Estonia (EST)	Valerio Arri Italy (ITA)
3 kilometres walk	Ugo Frigerio Italy (ITA)	George Parker Australia (AUS)	Richard Remer United States (USA)
10 kilometres walk	Ugo Frigerio Italy (ITA)	Joseph Pearman United States (USA)	Charles Gunn Great Britain (GBR)
Long jump	William Petersson Sweden (SWE)	Carl Johnson United States (USA)	Erik Abrahamsson Sweden (SWE)
Triple jump	Vilho Tuulos Finland (FIN)	Folke Jansson Sweden (SWE)	Erik Almlöf Sweden (SWE)
High jump	Richmond Landon United States (USA)	Harold Muller United States (USA)	Bo Ekelund Sweden (SWE)
Pole vault	Frank Foss United States (USA)	Henry Petersen Denmark (DEN)	Edwin Myers United States (USA)
Shot put	Ville Pörhölä Finland (FIN)	Elmer Niklander Finland (FIN)	Harry Liversedge United States (USA)
Discus throw	Elmer Niklander Finland (FIN)	Armas Taipale Finland (FIN)	Gus Pope United States (USA)
Hammer throw	Patrick Ryan United States (USA)	Carl Johan Lind Sweden (SWE)	Basil Bennett United States (USA)
Javelin throw	Jonni Myyrä Finland (FIN)	Urho Peltonen Finland (FIN)	Pekka Johansson Finland (FIN)
56 lb (25 kg) weight throw	Pat McDonald United States (USA)	Patrick Ryan United States (USA)	Carl Johan Lind Sweden (SWE)
Pentathlon	Eero Lehtonen Finland (FIN)	Everett Bradley United States (USA)	Hugo Lahtinen Finland (FIN)
Decathlon	Helge Løvland Norway (NOR)	Brutus Hamilton United States (USA)	Bertil Ohlson Sweden (SWE)
Individual cross country	Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN)	Eric Backman Sweden (SWE)	Heikki Liimatainen Finland (FIN)
Team cross country	Finland (FIN) Paavo Nurmi Heikki Liimatainen Teodor Koskenniemi	Great Britain (GBR) James Wilson Frank Hegarty Alfred Nichols	Sweden (SWE) Eric Backman Gustaf Mattsson Hilding Ekman

Medal table

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

Participating nations

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

Australia (4) Belgium (42) Canada (14) Chile (2) Czechoslovakia (16) Denmark (18) Egypt (2) Estonia (7) Finland (26)

France (59) Great Britain (41) Greece (9) India (3) Italy (24) Japan (11) Luxembourg (7) Monaco (2) Netherlands (11)

New Zealand (2) Norway (16) South Africa (13) Spain (14) Sweden (63) Switzerland (13) United States (90)

References

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