Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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Athletics at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Host stadium (shown in 2018)
Dates	15-23 August
No. of events	29
Competitors	509 from 25 nations
← 1912 1924 →

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
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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.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Charles Paddock United States	10.8	Morris Kirksey United States	10.9	Harry Edward Great Britain	10.9
200 metres details	Allen Woodring United States	22.0	Charles Paddock United States	22.0	Harry Edward Great Britain	22.2
400 metres details	Bevil Rudd South Africa	49.6	Guy Butler Great Britain	50.1	Nils Engdahl Sweden	50.2
800 metres details	Albert Hill Great Britain	1:53.4	Earl Eby United States	1:53.6	Bevil Rudd South Africa	1:53.6
1500 metres details	Albert Hill Great Britain	4:01.8	Philip Noel-Baker Great Britain	4:02.4	Lawrence Shields United States	4:04.3
5000 metres details	Joseph Guillemot France	14:55.6	Paavo Nurmi Finland	15:00.0	Eric Backman Sweden	15:13.0
10,000 metres details	Paavo Nurmi Finland	31:45.8	Joseph Guillemot France	31:47.2	James Wilson Great Britain	31:50.8
110 metres hurdles details	Earl Thomson Canada	14.8 WR	Harold Barron United States	15.1	Feg Murray United States	15.1
400 metres hurdles details	Frank Loomis United States	54.0 WR	John Norton United States	54.6	August Desch United States	54.7
3,000 metres steeplechase details	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 details	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 details	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 details	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 details	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 details	Ugo Frigerio Italy	13:14.2 OR	George Parker Australia	(13:19.6)	Richard Remer United States	(13:22.2)
10 kilometres walk details	Ugo Frigerio Italy	48:06.2	Joseph Pearman United States	(49:40.2)	Charles Gunn Great Britain	(49:43.9)
Individual cross country details	Paavo Nurmi Finland	27:15.0	Eric Backman Sweden	27:17.6	Heikki Liimatainen Finland	27:37.0
Team cross country details	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 details	Richmond Landon United States	1.936 m OR	Harold Muller United States	1.90 m	Bo Ekelund Sweden	1.90 m
Pole vault details	Frank Foss United States	4.09 m WR	Henry Petersen Denmark	3.70 m	Edwin Myers United States	3.60 m
Long jump details	William Petersson Sweden	7.15 m	Carl Johnson United States	7.095 m	Erik Abrahamsson Sweden	7.08 m
Triple jump details	Vilho Tuulos Finland	14.505 m	Folke Jansson Sweden	14.48 m	Erik Almlöf Sweden	14.27 m
Shot put details	Ville Pörhölä Finland	14.81 m	Elmer Niklander Finland	14.155 m	Harry Liversedge United States	14.15 m
Discus throw details	Elmer Niklander Finland	44.685 m	Armas Taipale Finland	44.19 m	Gus Pope United States	42.13 m
Hammer throw details	Patrick Ryan United States	52.875 m	Carl Johan Lind Sweden	48.43 m	Basil Bennett United States	48.25 m
Javelin throw details	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 details	Pat McDonald United States	11.265 m OR	Patrick Ryan United States	10.965 m	Carl Johan Lind Sweden	10.255 m
Pentathlon details	Eero Lehtonen Finland	14 pts	Everett Bradley United States	24 pts	Hugo Lahtinen Finland	26 pts
Decathlon details	Helge Løvland Norway	6803.355 pts	Brutus Hamilton United States	6771.085 pts	Bertil Ohlson Sweden	6580.030 pts

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
8	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
Totals (12 entries)		29	29	29	87

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 (in French).
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 August 2007.

v t e Events at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp
Archery Athletics Boxing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Figure skating Football Gymnastics Field hockey Ice hockey Korfball (demonstration) Modern pentathlon Polo Rowing Rugby Sailing Shooting Swimming Tennis Tug of war Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Art competitions (unofficial)

Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Editions

Events

Track	100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 5000 m 10,000 m 4 × 100 m relay 4 × 400 m relay Sprint hurdles 400 m hurdles Steeplechase
Field	Shot put Discus throw Hammer throw Javelin throw Pole vault High jump Long jump Triple jump
Others	Combined events Marathon Race walking
Defunct	Cross country Team races 60 metres Weight throw Wheelchair racing Professional events Handicap events

List of medalists
- men
- women
Records
Venues
Medal sweeps

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