ANTWERP 1920

The Games of the VII Summer Olympiad. August 14 - September 12, 1920. Antwerp, Belgium.

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ARCHERY

Individual moving bird, 50 m: 2.Hubert Van Innis (Belgium) Team moving bird, 50 m: 1.Belgium (Hubert Van Innis) Individual moving bird, 33 m: 1.Hubert Van Innis (Belgium) Team moving bird, 33 m: 1.Belgium (Hubert Van Innis) Individual moving bird, 28 m: 1.Hubert Van Innis (Belgium) Team moving bird, 28 m: 2.Belgium (Hubert Van Innis)

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ATHLETICS

10000 m

1.Paavo Nurmi (Finland)

5000 m: 2.Paavo Nurmi (Finland) Individual cross country: 1.Paavo Nurmi (Finland) Team cross country: 1.Finland (Paavo Nurmi)

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400 m hurdles

1.Frank Loomis (USA)

Marathon

1.Hannes Kolehmainen (Finland)

3 km walk

1.Ugo Frigerio (Italy)

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10 km walk

1.Ugo Frigerio (Italy)

56 lb weight throw

1.Pat McDonald (USA)

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Decathlon

1.Helge Lovland (Norway)

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BOXING

126 lb

1.Paul Fritsch (France)

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175 lb

1.Eddie Eagan (USA)

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DIVING

WOMEN

3 m springboard

1.Aileen Riggin (USA)

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FENCING

Individual foil

1.Nedo Nadi (Italy)

Individual sabre

1.Nedo Nadi (Italy)

Team epee: 1.Italy (Nedo Nadi) Team foil: 1.Italy (Nedo Nadi) Team sabre: 1.Italy (Nedo Nadi)

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Team epee

2.Belgium (Paul Anspach)

Individual foil: 3.Roger Ducret (France) Team foil: 2.France (Roger Ducret)

Team foil: 2.France (Lucien Gaudin)

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FIGURE SKATING

Women’s singles

1.Magda Julin (Sweden)

Men’s singles

1.Gillis Grafstrom (Sweden)

Pairs

1.Ludowika Jakobsson / Walter Jakobsson (Finland)

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FOOTBALL

1.Belgium

2.Spain

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Ricardo Zamora (Spain)

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ICE HOCKEY

1.Canada

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3.Czechoslovakia

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POLO

2.Spain

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ROWING

Single sculls

1.John B. Kelly, Sr (USA)

2.Jack Beresford (Great Britain)

Double sculls: 1.Paul Costello / John B. Kelly, Sr (USA)

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RUGBY UNION

1.USA (Daniel Carroll)

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SHOOTING

30 m military pistol 50 m free pistol

1.Guilherme Paraense (Brazil) 2.Afranio da Costa (Brazil)

Team 50 m free pistol: 3.Brazil (Afranio da Costa, Guilherme Paraense)

300 m free rifle, 3 positions: Team 100 m running deer, single shots: 1.Morris Fisher (USA) 1.Norway (Ole Lilloe-Olsen) Team free rifle, 3 positions: 100 m running deer, double shots: 1.USA (Morris Fisher) 1.Ole Lilloe-Olsen (Norway) Team 300 m military rifle, prone: Team 100 m running deer, double shots: 1.USA (Morris Fisher) 1.Norway (Ole Lilloe-Olsen)

Team 100 m running deer, double shots: 2.Sweden (Oscar Swahn)

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SWIMMING

MEN

100 m freestyle

1.Duke Kahanamoku (USA)

4 x 200 m freestyle: 1.USA (Duke Kahanamoku)

4 x 200 m freestyle: 3.Great Britain (Henry Taylor)

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TENNIS

Women’s singles

1.Suzanne Lenglen (France)

Women’s doubles: 3.Elisabeth d’Ayen / Suzanne Lenglen (France) Mixed doubles: 1.Suzanne Lenglen / Max Decugis (France)

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Mixed doubles

3.Milada Skrbrkova / Ladislav Zemla (Czechoslovakia)

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WATER POLO

1.Great Britain (Paul Radmilovic)

WEIGHTLIFTING

67.5 kg

1.Alfred Neuland (Estonia)

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WRESTLING

GRECO-ROMAN

60 kg

1.Oskari Friman (Finland)

82.5 kg

1.Claes Johanson (Sweden)

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MEDAL COUNT

1.USA (41-27-27)

2.SWEDEN (19-20-25)

3.GREAT BRITAIN (15-15-11)

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21.CZECHOSLOVAKIA (0-0-2)

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