Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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Picture of the Gold Medal-winning Winnipeg Falcons taken enroute to the 1920 Olympics (photo includes an unidentified ships' officer and a woman)

Ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic Games at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The gold medalists were the Winnipeg Falcons, representing Canada. The silver went to the United States and Czechoslovakia took the bronze.

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Canada (CAN) Robert Benson Walter Byron Frank Frederickson Chris Fridfinnson Magnus 'Mike' Goodman Haldor Halderson Konrad Johannesson Allan 'Huck' Woodman	United States (USA) Raymond Bonney Anthony Conroy Herbert Drury Edward Fitzgerald George Geran Frank Goheen Joseph McCormick Lawrence McCormick Frank Synott Leon Tuck Cyril Weidenborner	Czechoslovakia (TCH) Karel Hartmann Karel Kotrbá Vilém Loos Josef Loos Jan Palouš Jan Peka Karel Pešek-Káda Josef Šroubek Otakar Vindýs Karel Wälzer

[edit] Tournament results

Seven nations entered teams in the inaugural Olympic ice hockey tournament. The tournament format started with an elimination round to determine the gold medal winner. With only seven teams, France received a bye into the semi-finals.

[edit] Gold medal round

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Gold Medal
		Canada	15
		Czechoslovakia	0
							Canada	2
							United States	0
		United States	29
		Switzerland	0
												Canada	12
												Sweden	1
		Sweden	8
		Belgium	0
							Sweden	4
							France	0

[edit] Silver medal round

The three teams defeated by Canada in the gold medal round then played against each other to determine the second place team. Czechoslovakia received a bye into the silver medal game.

	Semi-Finals					Silver Medal
						United States		16
	United States		7			Czechoslovakia		0
	Sweden		0

[edit] Bronze medal round

Lastly, the three remaining teams that were previously defeated by first place Canada or second place United States played against each other to determine the third place team. Czechoslovakia received a bye into the bronze medal game, which they won.

	Semi-Finals					Bronze Medal
						Sweden		0
	Sweden		4			Czechoslovakia		1
	Switzerland		0

[edit] Summary

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA
1	Canada	3	3	0	29	1
2	United States	4	3	1	52	2
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	1	31
4	Sweden	6	3	3	17	20
5	Switzerland	2	0	2	0	33
6	Belgium	1	0	1	0	8
	France	1	0	1	0	4

[edit] References

• 1920 Olympic Games report (digitized copy online)
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Wallechinsky, David; Jaime Loucky (2005). Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: Turin 2006 Edition, The. Wilmington, Delaware: Sport Media Publishing Inc., 320. ISBN 1-894963-45-8. 

Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
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