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.

[edit] Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres United States Charles Paddock
United States (USA)
10.8 United States Morris Kirksey
United States (USA)
10.8 Great Britain Harry Edward
Great Britain (GBR)
11.0
200 metres United States Allen Woodring
United States (USA)
22.0 United States Charles Paddock
United States (USA)
22.1 Great Britain Harry Edward
Great Britain (GBR)
22.2
400 metres South Africa Bevil Rudd
South Africa (RSA)
49.6 Great Britain Guy Butler
Great Britain (GBR)
49.9 Sweden Nils Engdahl
Sweden (SWE)
50.0
800 metres Great Britain Albert Hill
Great Britain (GBR)
1:53.4 United States Earl Eby
United States (USA)
1:53.6 South Africa Bevil Rudd
South Africa (RSA)
1:54.0
1500 metres Great Britain Albert Hill
Great Britain (GBR)
4:01.8 Great Britain Philip Noel-Baker
Great Britain (GBR)
4:02.4 United States Lawrence Shields
United States (USA)
4:03.1
3000 metres Team United States United States (USA) 10 Great Britain Great Britain (GBR) 20 Sweden Sweden (SWE) 24
5,000 metres France Joseph Guillemot
France (FRA)
14:55.6 Finland Paavo Nurmi
Finland (FIN)
15:00.0 Sweden Erik Backman
Sweden (SWE)
15:13.0
10,000 metres Finland Paavo Nurmi
Finland (FIN)
31:45.8 France Joseph Guillemot
France (FRA)
31:47.2 Great Britain James Wilson
Great Britain (GBR)
31:50.8
Marathon Finland Hannes Kolehmainen
Finland (FIN)
2:32:35.8 Estonia Jüri Lossmann
Estonia (EST)
2:32:48.6 Italy Valerio Arri
Italy (ITA)
2:36:32.8
110 metre hurdles Canada Earl Thomson
Canada (CAN)
14.8 United States Harold Barron
United States (USA)
15.1 United States Frederick Murray
United States (USA)
15.2
400 metre hurdles United States Frank Loomis
United States (USA)
54.0 United States John Norton
United States (USA)
54.3 United States August Desch
United States (USA)
54.5
3,000 metre steeplechase Great Britain Percy Hodge
Great Britain (GBR)
10:00.4 United States Patrick Flynn
United States (USA)
Italy Ernesto Ambrosini
Italy (ITA)
Individual cross-country Finland Paavo Nurmi
Finland (FIN)
27:15.0 Sweden Erik Backman
Sweden (SWE)
27:15.6 Finland Heikki Liimatainen
Finland (FIN)
27:37.4
Team cross-country Finland Finland (FIN) 10 Great Britain Great Britain (GBR) 21 Sweden Sweden (SWE) 23
4 × 100 metres relay United States United States (USA) 42.2 France France (FRA) 42.6 Sweden Sweden (SWE) 42.9
4 × 400 metres relay Great Britain Great Britain (GBR) 3:22.2 South Africa South Africa (RSA) 3:24.2 France France (FRA) 3:24.8
3 km walk Italy Ugo Frigerio
Italy (ITA)
13:14.2 Australia George Parker
Australia (AUS)
United States Richard Remer
United States (USA)
10 km walk Italy Ugo Frigerio
Italy (ITA)
48:06.2 United States Joseph Pearman
United States (USA)
Great Britain Charles Gunn
Great Britain (GBR)
High jump United States Richmond Landon
United States (USA)
6'4¼ United States Harold Muller
United States (USA)
6'2¾" Sweden Bo Ekelund
Sweden (SWE)
6'2¾
Pole vault United States Frank Foss
United States (USA)
13'5" Denmark Henry Peterson
Denmark (DEN)
12'1½" United States Edwin Myers
United States (USA)
11'9½"
Long jump Sweden William Pettersson
Sweden (SWE)
23'5¼" United States Carl Johnson
United States (USA)
23'3¼" Sweden Erik Abrahamsson
Sweden (SWE)
23'2½"
Triple jump Finland Vilho Tuulos
Finland (FIN)
47'7" Sweden Folke Jansson
Sweden (SWE)
47'6" Sweden Erik Almlöf
Sweden (SWE)
49'9¾"
Shot put Finland Ville Pörhölä
Finland (FIN)
48'7" Finland Elmer Niklander
Finland (FIN)
46'5¼" United States Harry Liversedge
United States (USA)
46'5"
Discus throw Finland Elmer Niklander
Finland (FIN)
146'7" Finland Armas Taipale
Finland (FIN)
144'11½" United States Gus Pope
United States (USA)
138'2½"
Hammer throw United States Patrick Ryan
United States (USA)
173'5½" Sweden Carl Johan Lind
Sweden (SWE)
158'10½" United States Basil Bennet
United States (USA)
158'3½"
Javelin throw Finland Jonni Myyrä
Finland (FIN)
215'9½" Finland Urho Peltonen
Finland (FIN)
208'4" Finland Pekka Johansson
Finland (FIN)
207'0"
56 lb weight throw United States Patrick McDonald
United States (USA)
36'11½" United States Patrick Ryan
United States (USA)
36'0" Sweden Carl Johan Lind
Sweden (SWE)
33'7¾"
Pentathlon Finland Eero Lehtonen
Finland (FIN)
14 United States Everett Bradley
United States (USA)
24 Finland Hugo Lahtinen
Finland (FIN)
26
Decathlon Norway Helge Løvland
Norway (NOR)
6804.355 United States Brutus Hamilton
United States (USA)
6771.085 Sweden Bertil Ohlson
Sweden (SWE)
6580.030

[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