Athletics - Olympic Games - 1920

Olympic Games - Results Men 1920

Belgium - Antwerpen - 15 August 1920 - 23 August 1920

Men's Javelin throw - 15 August 1920

1	Jonni Myyrä (FIN)	65.780
2	Urho Peltonen (FIN)	63.605
3	Paavo Johansson (FIN)	63.095
4	Julius Saaristo (FIN)	62.395
5	Aleksander Klumberg (EST)	62.390
6	Gunnar Lindström (SWE)	60.520
7	Milton Angier (USA)	59.275
8	Erik Blomqvist (SWE)	58.180
9	James Lincoln (USA)	57.860
10	Hugo Lilliér (SWE)	56.770

Men's 100 m - 16 August 1920

1	Charles Paddock (USA)	10.8
2	Morris Kirksey (USA)	10.9
3	Harry Edward (GBR)	10.9
4	Jackson Scholz (USA)	10.9
5	Emile Ali-khan (FRA)	11.0
6	Loren Murchison (USA)	11.1

Men's 400 m Hurdles - 16 August 1920

1	Frank Loomis (USA)	54.0
2	John Norton (USA)	54.6
3	August Desch (USA)	54.7
4	Georges André (FRA)	54.8
5	Carl-axel Christiernsson (SWE)	55.4
6	Charles Daggs (USA)	55.7

Men's Pentathlon - 16 August 1920

1	Eero Lehtonen (FIN)	14
2	Everett Bradley (USA)	24
3	Hugo Lahtinen (FIN)	26
4	Robert Legendre (USA)	26
5	Helge Løvland (NOR)	27
6	Brutus Hamilton (USA)	27
7	Bertil Ohlson (SWE)	30
8	Aleksander Klumberg (EST)	29-4
9	Axel-erik Gyllenstolpe (SWE)	35-4
10	Evert Nilsson (SWE)	37-4
11	Carl-Enock Svensson (SWE)	38-4
12	Ossian Nylund (FIN)	46-4
13	Robert Dunne (USA)	47-4
14	Ole Reistad (NOR)	49-4
15	Edmond Médécin (MON)	51-4
16	Konstantinos Roumbesis (GRE)	48-3
17	James Andromedas (GRE)	52-3

Men's 800 m - 17 August 1920

1	Albert Hill (GBR)	1:53.4
2	Earl Eby (USA)	1:53.6
3	Bevil Rudd (RSA)	1:54.0
4	Edgar Mountain (GBR)	1:54.6
5	Don Scott (USA)	1:56.0
6	Albert Sprott (USA)	1:56.4
7	Adriaan Paulen (NED)	1:56.4
8	Jean Esparbes (FRA)	1:58.0

Men's 5000 m - 17 August 1920

1	Joseph Guillemot (FRA)	14:55.6
2	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	15:00.0
3	Eric Backman (SWE)	15:13.0
4	Teodor Koskenniemi (FIN)	15:17.0
5	Joe Blewitt (GBR)	15:19.0
6	William Seagrove (GBR)	15:21.0
7	Carlo Speroni (ITA)
8	Alfred Nichols (GBR)
9	Julien Van Campenhout (BEL)
10	Nils Bergström (SWE)
11	Rudolf Falk (SWE)
12	Carmichael Irwin (GBR)
13	Emanuel Lundström (SWE)

Men's High jump - 17 August 1920

1	Dick Landon (USA)	1.936
2	Harold Muller (USA)	1.900
3	Bo Ekelund (SWE)	1.900
4	Walter Whalen (USA)	1.850
5	John Murphy (USA)	1.850
6	Howard Baker (GBR)	1.850
7	Pierre Lewden (FRA)	1.800
7	Einar Thulin (SWE)	1.800
9	René Labat (FRA)	1.750
9	Timothy Carroll (GBR)	1.750
9	Hans Jagenburg (SWE)	1.750
9	Thorvig Svahn (SWE)	1.750

Men's 110 m Hurdles - 18 August 1920

1	Earl Thomson (CAN)	14.8
2	Harold Barron (USA)	15.1
3	Frederick Murray (USA)	15.1
4	Harry Wilson (NZL)	15.2
5	Walker Smith (USA)	15.3
6	Carl-axel Christiernsson (SWE)	15.3

Men's Long jump - 18 August 1920

1	William Pettersson (SWE)	7.150
2	Carl Johnson (USA)	7.095
3	Erik Abrahamsson (SWE)	7.080
4	Robert Templeton (USA)	6.950
5	Erling Aastad (NOR)	6.885
6	Rolf Franksson (SWE)	6.730
7	Solomon Butler (USA)	6.600
8	Einar Ræder (NOR)	6.585

Men's Shot put - 18 August 1920

1	Ville Pörhöla (FIN)	14.810
2	Elmer Niklander (FIN)	14.155
3	Harry Liversedge (USA)	14.150
4	Patrick McDonald (USA)	14.080
5	Einar Nilsson (SWE)	13.870
6	Harald Tammer (EST)	13.605
7	Georg Bihlman (USA)	13.575
8	Howard Cann (USA)	13.520

Men's Hammer throw - 18 August 1920

1	Patrick Ryan (USA)	52.875
2	Carl-johan Lind (SWE)	48.430
3	Basil Bennet (USA)	48.250
4	Malcolm Svensson (SWE)	47.290
5	Matt McGrath (USA)	46.670
6	Thomas Nicolson (GBR)	45.700
7	Nils Linde (SWE)	44.885
8	James Mceachern (USA)	44.700

Men's 10 km walk - 18 August 1920

1	Ugo Frigerio (ITA)	48:06
2	Joseph Pearman (USA)	49:40
3	Charles Gunn (GBR)	49:43
4	Cecil Mcmaster (RSA)	50:04
5	William Hehir (GBR)	50:11
6	Thomas Maroney (USA)	50:24
7	Jean Seghers (BEL)	50:32
8	Antoine Doyen (BEL)	56:30

Men's 1500 m - 19 August 1920

1	Albert Hill (GBR)	4:01.8
2	Philip Baker (GBR)
3	Larry Shields (USA)
4	Vaclav Vohralik (CZE)
5	Sven Emil Lundgren (SWE)
6	André Audinet (FRA)
7	Arturo Porro (ITA)
8	Joie Ray (USA)
9	Léon Fourneau (BEL)
10	René Leray (FRA)

Men's 200 m - 20 August 1920

1	Allen Woodring (USA)	22.0
2	Charles Paddock (USA)	22.0
3	Harry Edward (GBR)	22.1
4	Loren Murchison (USA)	22.2
5	George Davidson (NZL)	22.3
6	Jack Oosterlaak (RSA)	22.4

Men's 400 m - 20 August 1920

1	Bevil Rudd (RSA)	49.6
2	Guy Butler (GBR)	49.9
3	Nils Engdahl (SWE)	49.9
4	Frank Shea (USA)	49.9
5	John Ainsworth-davis (GBR)	50.0
6	Harry Davel (RSA)	50.1

Men's 10000 m - 20 August 1920

1	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	31:45.8
2	Joseph Guillemot (FRA)	31:47.2
3	James Wilson (GBR)	31:50.8
4	Augusto Maccario (ITA)	32:02.0
5	James Hatton (GBR)	32:14.0
6	Jean-baptiste Mahnes (FRA)	32:26.0
7	Heikki Liimatainen (FIN)	32:28.0
8	Frederick Faller (USA)	32:38.0
9	Oscar Garin (SWI)	33:05

Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - 20 August 1920

1	Percy Hodge (GBR)	10:00.4
2	Patrick Flynn (USA)	10:21.1
3	Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA)	10:32.0
4	Gustaf Mattsson (SWE)	10:32.1
5	Michael Devaney (USA)	10:34.3
6	Albert Hulsebosch (USA)	10:37.7
7	Lars Hedwall (SWE)	10:42.2
8	Raymond Watson (USA)	10:50.3

Men's Pole vault - 20 August 1920

1	Frank Foss (USA)	4.09
2	Henry Petersen (DEN)	3.70
3	Edwin Myers (USA)	3.60
4	Edward Knourek (USA)	3.60
5	Ernfrid Rydberg (SWE)	3.60
6	Laurits Jørgensen (DEN)	3.60
7	Eldon Jenne (USA)	3.60
8	Georg Högström (SWE)	3.50
9	Johan Mattsson (SWE)	3.50
10	André Francquenelle (FRA)	3.40
11	Paul Lagarde (FRA)	3.40
12	Jussi Ruoho (FIN)	3.40
13	René Joannes-Powell (BEL)	3.30

Men's Triple jump - 21 August 1920

1	Vilho Tuulos (FIN)	14.50
2	Folke Jansson (SWE)	14.48
3	Erik Almlöf (SWE)	14.27
4	Ivar Sahlin (SWE)	14.17
5	Sherman Landers (USA)	14.17
6	Daniel Ahearn (USA)	14.08
7	Ossian Nylund (FIN)	13.74
8	Ben Howard-Baker (GBR)	13.67

Men's Decathlon - 21 August 1920

1	Helge Løvland (NOR)	6,803
2	Brutus Hamilton (USA)	6,771
3	Bertil Ohlson (SWE)	6,580
4	Gösta Holmer (SWE)	6,532
5	Evert Nilsson (SWE)	6,433
6	Valdemar Wickholm (FIN)	6,405
7	Eugene Vidal (USA)	6,358
8	Axel-erik Gyllenstolpe (SWE)	6,331
9	Ernst Gerspach (SWI)	5,947
10	Constant Bucher (SWI)	5,273
11	René Joannes-Powell (BEL)	5,091
12	Gensabulo Noguchi (JPN)	3,668

Men's 3000 m Walk - 21 August 1920

1	Ugo Frigerio (ITA)	13:14.2
2	George Parker (AUS)	13:19.6
3	Richard Remer (USA)	13:22.2
4	Cecil Mcmaster (RSA)	13:23.6
5	Thomas Maroney (USA)	13:25.0
6	Charles Dowson (GBR)	13:28.0
7	William Hehir (GBR)	13:29.8
8	William Roelker (USA)	13:30.4

Men's 56 pound weight throw - 21 August 1920

1	Patrick McDonald (USA)	11.265
2	Patrick Ryan (USA)	10.965
3	Carl-johan Lind (SWE)	10.255
4	Archie Mcdiarmid (CAN)	10.120
5	Malcolm Svensson (SWE)	9.455
6	Petter Pettersson (FIN)	9.375
7	Edward Roberts (USA)	9.360
8	Elmer Niklander (FIN)	8.865

Men's Discus throw - 22 August 1920

1	Elmer Niklander (FIN)	44.685
2	Armas Taipale (FIN)	44.190
3	Augustus Pope (USA)	42.130
4	Edvin Zallhagen (SWE)	41.070
5	Ken Bartlett (USA)	40.875
6	Allan Eriksson (SWE)	39.410
7	Vallher Jensen (DEN)	38.230
8	Ville Pörhöla (FIN)	38.190

Men's 4x100 m relay - 22 August 1920

1	United States (Morris Kirksey, Loren Murchison, Jackson Scholz, Charles Paddock)	42.2
2	France (Emile Ali-khan, René Mourlon, René Lorain, René Tirard)	42.5
3	Sweden (Nils Sandström, Sven Malm, William Pettersson, Agne Holmström)	42.8
4	Great Britain (Denis Black, Victor D'arcy, Harold Abrahams, William Hill)	43.0
5	Denmark (Marinus Sørensen, August Sørensen, Fritiof Andersen, Henn Thorsen)	43.0
6	Luxemburg (Jean Colbach, Paul Hammer, Jean Proess, Alex Servais)	43.6

Men's Marathon - 22 August 1920

1	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	2:32:35.8
2	Jüri Lossmann (EST)	2:32:48.6
3	Valerio Arri (ITA)	2:36:32.8
4	Auguste Broos (BEL)	2:39:25.8
5	Juho Tuomikoski (FIN)	2:40:18.8
6	Sofus Rose (DEN)	2:41:18.0
7	Joseph Organ (USA)	2:41:30.0
8	Rudolf Hansen (DEN)	2:41:39.4
9	Urho Tallgren (FIN)	2:42:40.0
10	Tatu Kolehmainen (FIN)	2:44:03.2
11	Carl Linder (USA)	2:44:21.2
12	Chuck Mellor (USA)	2:45:30.0
13	James Dellow (CAN)	2:46:47.0
14	Bobby Mills (GBR)	2:48:05.0
15	Art Scholes (CAN)	2:48:30.0
16	Shizo Kanakuri (JPN)	2:48:45.4
17	Gustav Kinn (SWE)	2:49:10.4
18	Albert Moché (FRA)	2:50:00.2
19	Phadeppa Chaugule (IND)	2:50:45.4
20	Zensaku Motegi (JPN)	2:51:09.4
21	Kenzo Yashima (JPN)	2:57:02.0
22	Norman General (CAN)	2:58:01.0
23	Rudolf Wåhlin (SWE)	2:59:23.0
24	Yahei Miura (JPN)	2:59:37.0
25	Henri Teyssendou (FRA)	3:00:04.0
26	Hendricus Wessel (NED)	3:00:17.0
27	Charles Melis (BEL)	3:00:51.0
28	William Grüner (SWE)	3:01:48.0
29	George Piper (GBR)	3:02:10.0
30	Sinton Hewitt (AUS)	3:03:27.0
31	Leslie Housden (GBR)	3:14:07.0
32	Iraklis Sakellaropoulos (GRE)	3:14:25.0
33	Juan Bascuñán (CHI)	3:17:47.0
34	Oscar Blansaer (BEL)	3:20:00.0
35	Eric Robertson (GBR)	3:55:00.0

Men's 3000 m Team - 22 August 1920

1	United States (Horace Brown, Arlie Schardt, Ivan Dresser)	10
2	Great Britain (Joe Blewitt, Albert Hill, William Seagrove)	20
3	Sweden (Eric Backman, Sven Emil Lundgren, Edvin Wide)	24
4	France (Armand Burtin, Gaston Heuet, Edmond Brossard)	30
5	Italy (Ernesto Ambrosini, Augusto Maccario, Carlo Speroni)	36

Men's 4x400 m relay - 23 August 1920

1	Great Britain (Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-davis, Guy Butler)	3:22.2
2	South Africa (Harry Davel, Clarence Oldfield, Jack Oosterlaak, Bevil Rudd)	3:23.0
3	France (Georges André, Gaston Fery, Maurice Delvart, André Devaux)	3:23.5
4	United States (George Schiller, George Bretnali, James Meredith, Frank Shea)	3:23.6
5	Sweden (Sven Krokström, Sven Malm, Erik Sundblad, Nils Engdahl)	3:24.3
6	Belgium (Jules Migeot, Auguste Corteyn, Omer Smet, François Morren)	3:24.9

Men's Cross - 23 August 1920

1	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	27:15.0
2	Eric Backman (SWE)	27:17.6
3	Heikki Liimatainen (FIN)	27:37.0
4	James Wilson (GBR)	27:45.2
5	Anton Hegarty (GBR)	27:57.0
6	Teodor Koskenniemi (FIN)	27:57.2
7	Julien Van Campenhout (BEL)	28:00.0
8	Gaston Heuet (FRA)	28:10.0
9	Pat Flynn (USA)	28:12.0
10	Gustaf Mattsson (SWE)	28:16.0
11	Hilding Ekman (SWE)	28:17.0
12	Alfred Nichols (GBR)	28:20.0
13	Verner Magnusson (SWE)
14	Ilmari Vesamaa (FIN)
15	Fred Faller (USA)
16	Max Böhland (USA)
17	Gustave Lauvaux (FRA)
18	Eino Rastas (FIN)
19	Christopher Vose (GBR)
20	Albert Andersen (DEN)
21	Joseph Servella (FRA)
22	Walter Freeman (GBR)
23	Hannes Miettinen (FIN)
24	Lars Hedwall (SWE)
25	Julio Domínguez (SPA)
26	Larry Cummins (GBR)
27	Henrik Sørensen (DEN)
28	Jon Jonsson (DEN)
29	Tommy Town (CAN)
30	Knut Alm (SWE)
31	Edmond Brossard (FRA)
32	Edmond Bimont (FRA)
33	Henri Smets (BEL)
34	Lewis Watson (USA)
35	Julius Ebert (DEN)
36	Aimé Proot (BEL)
37	François Vyncke (BEL)
38	Alexandros Kranis (GRE)
39	Peter Trivoulidis (GRE)
40	Bob Crawford (USA)
41	Pierre Trullemans (BEL)
42	Antoine Rivez (BEL)

Men's Cross Country Team - 23 August 1920

1	Finland (Paavo Nurmi, Heikki Liimatainen, Teodor Koskenniemi)	10
2	Great Britain (James Wilson, Frank Hegarty, Arthur Nichols)	21
3	Sweden (Eric Backman, Gustaf Mattsson, Hilding Ekman)	23
4	United States (Patrick Flynn, Frederick Faller, Max Böhland)	36
5	France (Gaston Heuet, Gustave Lauvaux, Joseph Servella)	40
6	Belgium (Julien Van Campenhout, Henri Smets, Aimé Proot)	48
7	Denmark (Albert Andersen, Henrik Sørensen, Jon Jonsson)	55

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