The Sports Almanac



1920 Summer Olympics
Antwerp, Belgium

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES -  95 Medals
SWEDEN -  64 Medals
GREAT BRITAIN -  43 Medals

Athletics Swimming Diving Water Polo
Archery Boxing Cycling Equestrian
Fencing Figure Skating
 Soccer Gymnastics
Field Hockey Ice Hockey
 Modern Pentathalon Polo
Rowing Rugby Sailing Shooting
Tennis Tug of War
 Weightlifting Wrestling

1920 Antwerp Overall Medal Standings
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 41
 27
 27
 95
2
 Sweden
 19
 20
 25
 64
3
 Great Britain
 15
 15
 13
 43
4
 France
 9
 19
 13
 41
5
 Belgium
 14
 11
 11
 36
6
 Finland
 15
 10
 9
 34
7
 Norway
 13
 9
 9
 31
8
 Italy
 13
 5
 5
 23
9
 Denmark
 3
 9
 1
 13
10
 Netherlands
 4
 2
 5
 11
11
 Switzerland
 2
 2
 7
 11
12
 South Africa
 3
 4
 3
 10
13
 Canada
 3
 3
 3
 9
14
 Estonia
 1
 2
 0
 3
15
 Brazil
 1
 1
 1
 3
16
 Australia
 0
 2
 1
 3
17
 Japan
 0
 2
 0
 2
18
 Spain
 0
 2
 0
 2
19
 Czechoslovakia
 0
 0
 2
 2
20
 Greece
 0
 1
 0
 1
21
 Luxembourg
 0
 1
 0
 1
22
 New Zealand
 0
 0
 1
 1

1920 Antwerp Athletics
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
100 Meters
 Charles Paddock - United States
 Morris Kirksey - United States
 Harry Edward - Great Britain
200 Meters
 Allen Woodring - United States
 Charles Paddock - United States Harry Edward - Great Britain
400 Meters
 Bevil Rudd - South Africa
 Guy Butler - Great Britain
 Nils Engdahl - Sweden
800 Meters
 Albert Hill - Great Britain
 Earl Eby - United States
 Bevil Rudd - South Africa
1500 Meters
 Albert Hill - Great Britain Philip Noel-Baker - Great Britain
 Lawrence Shields - United States
5000 Meters
 Joseph Guillemot - France
 Paavo Nurmi - Finland
 Eric Backman - Sweden
10000 Meters
 Paavo Nurmi - Finland Joseph Guillemot - France James Wilson - Great Britain
110 Meter Hurdles
 Earl Thomson - Canada
 Harold Barron - United States
 Feg Murray - United States
400 Meter Hurdles
 Frank Loomis - United States
 John Norton - United States
 August Desch - United States
3000 Meter Steeplechase
 Percy Hodge - Great Britain
 Patrick Flynn - United States
 Ernesto Ambrosini - Italy
4X100 Meter Relay
 United States
 France
 Sweden
4X400 Meter Relay
 Great Britain
 South Africa
 France
3000 Meter Team Race
 United States Great Britain Sweden
Marathon
 Hannes Kolehmainen - Finland
 Jüri Lossmann - Estonia
 Valerio Arri - Italy
3KM Walk
 Ugo Frigerio - Italy
 George Parker - Australia
 Richard Remer - United States
10KM Walk
 Ugo Frigerio - Italy Joseph Pearman - United States
 Charles Gunn - Great Britain
High Jump
 Richmond Landon - United States
 Harold Muller - United States
 Bo Ekelund - Sweden
Pole Vault Frank Foss - United States
 Henry Petersen - Denmark
 Edwin Meyers - United States
Long Jump
 William Petersson - Sweden
 Carl Johnson - United States
 Erik Abrahamsson - Sweden
Triple Jump
 Vilho Tuulos - Finland
 Folke Jansson - Sweden
 Erik Almlöf - Sweden
Shot Put
 Ville Pörhölä - Finland
 Elmer Niklander - Finland
 Harry Liversedge - United States
Discus Elmer Niklander - Finland Armas Taipale - Finland
 Gus Pope - United States
Hammer Throw Patrick Ryan - United States
 Carl Johan Lind - Sweden
 Basil Bennett - United States
Javelin Jonni Myyrä - Finland
 Urho Peltonen - Finland
 Pekka Johansson - Finland
56 Pound Weight Throw
 Pat McDonald - United States
 Patrick Ryan - United States Carl Johan Lind - Sweden
Pentathlon
 Eero Lehtonen - Finland
 Everett Bradley - United States
 Hugo Lahtinen - Finland
Decathlon Helge Løvland - Norway
 Brutus Hamilton - United States
 Bertil Ohlson - Sweden
Individual Cross Country
 Paavo Nurmi - Finland Eric Backman - Sweden Heikki Liimatainen - Finland
Team Cross Country
 Finland
 Great Britain
 Sweden

1920 Antwerp Swimming
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 100 Meter Freestyle
 Duke Kahanamoku - United States
 Pua Kealoha - United States
 Bill Harris - United States
Women's 100 Meter Freestyle
 Ethelda Bleibtrey - United States
 Irene Guest - United States
 Frances Schroth - United States
Women's 300 Meter Freestyle
 Ethelda Bleibtrey - United States Margaret Woodbridge - United States
 Frances Schroth - United States
Men's 400 Meter Freestyle
 Norman Ross - United States
 Ludy Langer - United States
 George Vernot - Canada
Men's 1500 Meter Freestyle
 Norman Ross - United States George Vernot - Canada Frank Beaurepaire - Australia
Men's 100 Meter Backstroke
 Warren Kealoha - United States
 Ray Kegeris - United States
 Gérard Blitz - Belgium
Men's 200 Meter Breaststroke
 Håkan Malmrot - Sweden
 Thor Henning - Sweden
 Arvo Aaltonen - Finland
Men's 400 Meter Breaststroke Håkan Malmrot - Sweden Thor Henning - Sweden Arvo Aaltonen - Finland
Women's 4X100 Meter Freestyle Relay
 United States
 Great Britain
 Sweden
Men's 4X200 Meter Freestyle Relay
 United States
 Australia
 Great Britain

1920 Antwerp Diving
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 3 Meter Springboard
 Louis Kuehn - United States
 Clarence Pinkston - United States
 Louis Balbach - United States
Women's 3 Meter Springboard
 Aileen Riggin - United States
 Helen Wainwright - United States
 Thelma Payne - United States
Men's 10 Meter Platform
 Clarence Pinkston - United States Erik Adlerz - Sweden
 Harry Prieste - United States
Women's 10 Meter Platform
 Stefanie Clausen - Denmark
 Beatrice Armstrong - Great Britain
 Eva Olliwier - Sweden
Men's Plain High Diving
 Arvid Wallman - Sweden
 Nils Skoglund - Sweden
 John Jansson - Sweden

1920 Antwerp Water Polo
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Great Britain
 Belgium
 Sweden

1920 Antwerp Archery
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual Fixed Large Bird
 Edmond Cloetens - Belgium
 Louis Van de Perck - Belgium
 Firmin Flamand - Belgium
Team Fixed Large Bird
 Belgium
 None Awarded
 None Awarded
Individual Fixed Small Bird
 Edmond Van Moer - Belgium
 Louis Van de Perck - Belgium Joseph Hermans - Belgium
Team Fixed Small Bird
 Belgium
 None Awarded None Awarded
Individual Moving Bird 50 Meters
 Julien Brulé - France
 Hubert Van Innis - Belgium
 None Awarded
Team Moving Bird 50 Meters
 Belgium
 France
 None Awarded
Individual Moving Bird 33 Meters Hubert Van Innis - Belgium Julien Brulé - France None Awarded
Team Moving Bird 33 Meters Belgium
 France
 None Awarded
Individual Moving Bird 28 Meters Hubert Van Innis - Belgium Léonce Quentin - France
 None Awarded
Team Moving Bird 28 Meters Netherlands
 Belgium
 France

1920 Antwerp Boxing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Flyweight
 Frankie Genaro - United States
 Anders Petersen - Denmark
 William Cuthbertson - Great Britain
Bantamweight
 Clarence Walker - South Africa
 Chris Graham - Canada
 George McKenzie - Great Britain
Featherweight
 Paul Fritsch - France
 Jean Gachet - France
 Edoardo Garzena - Italy
Lightweight
 Samuel Mosberg - United States
 Gotfred Johansen - Denmark
 Clarence Newton - Canada
Welterweight
 Bert Schneider - Canada
 Alexander Ireland - Great Britain
 Frederick Colberg - United States
Middleweight
 Harry Mallin - Great Britain
 Georges Prud'Homme - Canada
 Moe Herscovitch - Canada
Light Heavyweight
 Eddie Eagan - United States
 Sverre Sørsdal  - Norway
 Harold Franks - Great Britain
Heavyweight
 Ronald Rawson - Great Britain
 Søren Petersen - Denmark
 Albert Eluère - France

1920 Antwerp Cycling
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
ROAD CYCLING
Individual Time Trial
 Harry Stenqvist - Sweden
 Henry Kaltenburn - South Africa
 Fernand Canteloube - France
Team Time Trial
 France
 Sweden
 Belgium
TRACK CYCLING
Sprint
 Maurice Peeters - Netherlands
 Horace Johsnon - Great Britain
 Harry Ryan - Great Britain
50KM
 Henry George - Belgium
 Cyril Alden - Great Britain
 Piet Ikelaar - Netherlands
Tandem
 Thomas Lance, Harry Ryan - Great Britain William Smith, James Walker - South Africa
 Frans de Vreng, Piet Ikelaar - Netherlands
Team Pursuit
 Italy
 Great Britain
 South Africa

1920 Antwerp Equestrian
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual Dressage
 Janne Lundblad - Sweden
 Bertil Sandström - Sweden
 Hans von Rosen - Sweden
Individual Eventing
 Helmer Mörner - Sweden
 Åge Lundström - Sweden
 Ettore Caffaratti - Italy
Team Eventing
 Sweden
 Italy
 Belgium
Individual Jumping
 Tommaso Lequio di Assaba - Italy
 Alessandro Valerio - Italy
 Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt - Sweden
Team Jumping
 Sweden
 Belgium
 Italy
Individual Vaulting
 Daniel Bouckaert - Belgium
 Field - France
 Louis Finet - Belgium
Team Vaulting
 Belgium
 France
 Sweden

1920 Antwerp Fencing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual Épée
 Armand Massard - France
 Alexandre Lippmann - France
 Gustave Buchard - France
Team Épée Italy
 Belgium
 France
Individual Foil
 Nedo Nadi - Italy
 Philippe Cattiau - France
 Roger Ducret - France
Team Foil
 Italy
 France
 United States
Individual Sabre
 Nedo Nadi - Italy Aldo Nadi - Italy
 Adrianus De Jong - Netherlands
Team Sabre
 Italy
 France
 Netherlands

1920 Antwerp Figure Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles
 Gillis Grafström - Sweden
 Andreas Krogh - Norway
 Martin Stixrud - Norway
Women's Singles
 Magda Mauroy-Julin - Sweden
 Svea Norén - Sweden
 Theresa Weld - United States
Pairs
 Ludowika Jakobsson, Walter Jakobsson - Finland
 Alexia Bryn, Yngvar Bryn - Norway
 Phyllis Johnson, Basil Williams - Great Britain

1920 Antwerp Soccer
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Belgium
 Spain
 Netherlands

1920 Antwerp Gymnastics
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual All-Around
 Giorgio Zampori - Italy
 Marco Torrès - France
 Jean Gounot - France
Team All-Around
 Italy
 Belgium
 France
Team, Free System
 Denmark
 Norway
 None Awarded
Team, Swedish System
 Sweden
 Denmark
 Belgium

1920 Antwerp Field Hockey
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Great Britain
 Denamrk
 Belgium

1920 Antwerp Ice Hockey
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Canada
 United States
 Czechoslovakia

1920 Antwerp Modern Pentathlon
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Gustaf Dyrssen - Sweden
 Erik de Laval - Sweden
 Gösta Runö - Sweden

1920 Antwerp Polo
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Great Britain
 Spain
 United States

1920 Antwerp Rowing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Single Sculls
 John B. Kelly, Sr. - United States
 Jack Beresford - Great Britain
 Darcy Hadfield - New Zealand
Double Sculls
 Paul Costello, John B. Kelly, Sr. - United States Pietro Annoni, Erminio Dones - Italy
 Gaston Giran, Alfred Plé - France
Coxed Pairs
 Italy
 France
 Switzerland
Fours
 Switzerland
 United States
 Norway
Eights
 United States
 Great Britain
 Norway

1920 Antwerp Rugby
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 United States
 France
 None Awarded

1920 Antwerp Sailing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
12 Foot Dinghy
 Netherlands
 Netherlands
 No Further Competitors
18 Foot Dinghy
 Great Britain
 No Further Competitors No Further Competitors
6.5 Meter Keelboat
 Netherlands
 France
 No Further Competitors
1907 Rule 6 Meter Keelboat
 Belgium
 Norway
 Norway
1919 Rule 6 Meter Keelboat
 Norway
 Belgium
 No Further Competitors
7 Meter Keelboat
 Great Britain
 Norway
 No Further Competitors
1907 Rule 8 Meter Keelboat Norway
 No Further Competitors No Further Competitors
1919 Rule 8 Meter Keelboat Norway
 Norway
 Belgium
1907 Rule 10 Meter Keelboat Norway
 No Further Competitors No Further Competitors
1919 Rule 10 Meter Keelboat Norway
 No Further Competitors No Further Competitors
1907 Rule 12 Meter Keelboat Norway
 No Further Competitors No Further Competitors
1919 Rule 12 Meter Keelboat Norway
 No Further Competitors No Further Competitors
30 Meter² Skerry Cruiser
 Sweden
 No Further Competitors No Further Competitors
40 Meter² Skerry Cruiser
 Sweden
 Sweden
 No Further Competitors

1920 Antwerp Shooting
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
30 Meter Military Pistol
 Guilherme Paraense - Brazil
 Raymnd Bracken - United States
 Fritz Zulauf - Switzerland
Team 30 Meter Military Pistol
 United States
 Greece
 Switzerland
50 Meter Free Pistol
 Karl Frederick - United States
 Afrânio da Costa - Brazil
 Alfred Lane - United States
Team 50 Meter Free Pistol
 United States
 Sweden
 Brazil
50 Meter Small Bore Rifle
 Lawrence Nuesslein - United States
 Arthur Rothrock - United States
 Dennis Fenton - United States
Team 50 Meter Small Bore Rifle
 United States
 Sweden
 Norway
300 Meter Free Rifle, Three Positions
 Morris Fisher - United States
 Niels Larsen - Denmark
 Østen Østensen - Norway
Team 300 Meter Free Rifle, Three Positions United States
 Norway
 Switzerland
300 Meter Military Rifle Prone
 Otto Olsen - Norway
 Léon Johnson - France
 Fritz Kuchen - Switzerland
Team 300 Meter Military Rifle Prone United States
 France
 Finland
300 Meter Military Rifle Standing Carl Osburn - United States
 Lars Jørgen Madsen - Denmark
 Lawrence Nuesslein - United States
Team 300 Meter Military Rifle Standing Denmark
 United States
 Sweden
600 Meter Military Rifle Prone Hugo Johansson - Sweden
 Mauritz Eriksson - Sweden
 Lloyd Spooner - United States
Team 600 Meter Military Rifle Prone United States
 South Africa
 Sweden
Team 300 + 600 Meter Military Rifle Prone
 United States
 Norway
 Switzerland
100 Meter Running Deer, Single Shots
 Otto Olsen - Norway Alfred Swahn - Sweden
 Harald Natvig - Norway
Team 100 Meter Running Deer, Single Shots Norway
 Finland
 United States
100 Meter Running Deer, Double Shots Ole Lilloe-Olsen - Norway
 Fredric Landelius - Sweden
 Einar Liberg - Norway
Team 100 Meter Running Deer, Double Shots Norway
 Sweden
 Finland
Trap
 Mark Arie - United States
 Frank Troeh - United States
 Frank Wright - United States
Team Clay Pigeons
 United States
 Belgium
 Sweden

1920 Antwerp Tennis
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles
 Louis Raymond - South Africa
 Ichiya Kumagae - Japan
 Charles Winslow - South Africa
Women's Singles
 Suzanne Lenglen - France
 Dorothy Holman - Great Britain
 Kathleen McKane - Great Britain
Men's Doubles
 Noel Turnbull, Max Woosnam - Great Britain
 Seiichiro Kashio, Ichiya Kumagae - Japan Pierre Albarran, Max Decugis - France
Women's Doubles
 Kathleen McKane, Winifred McNair - Great Britain Winifred Beamish, Dorothy Holman - Great Britain Élisabeth d'Ayen, Suzanne Lenglen - France
Mixed Doubles
 Suzanne Lenglen, Max Decugis - France Kathleen McKane, Max Woosnam - Great Britain Milada Skrbková, Ladislav Žemla - Czechoslovakia

1920 Antwerp Tug of War
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
 Belgium

1920 Antwerp Weightlifting
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Featherweight
 Frans de Haes - Belgium
 Alfred Schmidt - Estonia
 Eugène Ryter - Switzerland
Lightweight
 Alfred Neuland - Estonia
 Louis Williquet - Belgium
 Florimond Rooms - Belgium
Middleweight
 Henri Gance - France
 Pietro Bianchi - Italy
 Albert Pettersson - Sweden
Light Heavyweigh
 Ernest Cadine - France
 Fritz Hünenberger - Switzerland
 Erik Pettersson - Sweden
Heavyweight
 Filippo Bottino - Italy
 Joseph Alzin - Luxembourg
 Louis Bernot - France

1920 Antwerp Wrestling
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Freestyle Featherweight
 Charles Ackerly - United States
 Sam Gerson - United States
 Philip Bernard - Great Britain
Freestyle Lightweight
 Kalle Anttila - Finland
 Gottfrid Svensson - Sweden
 Peter Wright - Great Britain
Freestyle Middleweight
 Eino Leino - Finland
 Väinö Penttala - Finland
 Charley Johnson - United States
Freestyle Light Heavyweight
 Anders Larsson - Sweden
 Charles Courant - Switzerland
 Walter Maurer - United States
Freestyle Heavyweight
 Rober Roth - Switzerland
 Nat Pendleton - United States
 Fred Meyer - United States
Ernst Nilsson - Sweden
Greco-Roman Featherweight Oskari Friman - Finland
 Heikki Kähkönen - Finland
 Fritiof Svensson - Sweden
Greco-Roman Lightweight Emil Väre - Finland Taavi Tamminen - Finland
 Frithjof Andersen - Norway
Greco-Roman Middleweight Carl Westergren - Sweden
 Arthur Lindfors - Finland
 Masa Perttilä - Finland
Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight Claes Johanson - Sweden
 Edil Rosenqvist - Finland
 Johannes Eriksen - Denmark
Greco-Roman Heavyweight Adolf Lindfors - Finland
 Poul Hansen - Denmark
 Martti Nieminen - Finland