1920 Summer Olympics

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Games of the VII Olympiad
Host city	Antwerp, Belgium
Nations participating	29
Athletes participating	2,626 (2,561 men, 65 women)
Events	154 in 22 sports
Opening ceremony	April 20, 1920
Closing ceremony	September 12, 1920
Officially opened by	Albert I of Belgium
Athlete's Oath	Victor Boin
Stadium	Olympisch Stadion

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. The city was chosen in April 1919 to memorialize Belgium for its suffering in World War I, beating out Amsterdam and Lyon for the right to hold the games. The 1916 Olympics were scheduled to be held in Berlin but were canceled due to the fighting in World War I. Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey were not invited due to their part in the war.

Contents 1 Highlights 2 Medals awarded 2.1 Demonstration sport 3 Participating nations 4 Medal count 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Highlights

• These Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath was uttered, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and was the first time the Olympic Flag was flown.

• The USA won 41 Gold, 27 Silver, and 27 Bronze medals, the most won by any of the 29 nations attending. Sweden, Great Britain, Finland and Belgium round out the top 5 medal winning nations.

• The Games also featured a week of winter sports, with figure skating, and ice hockey made its Olympic debut.

• Duke Kahanamoku retained the 100m swimming title he won before the war.

• Nedo Nadi won 5 gold medals in the fencing events.

• At the age of 72, Sweden's running deer double-shot event champion Oscar Swahn won in the team event to become the oldest Olympic champion ever.

[edit] Medals awarded

Archery Athletics Boxing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Figure skating (on ice) Football Gymnastics Hockey Ice hockey

Modern pentathlon Polo Rowing Rugby Sailing Shooting Swimming Tennis Tug of war Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

[edit] Demonstration sport

• Korfball

[edit] Participating nations

A total of 29 nations participated in the Antwerp Games. Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Monaco, New Zealand, and Yugoslavia competed as nations at the Olympic Games for the first time.

Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Canada Chile Czechoslovakia Denmark Egypt Estonia

Finland France Great Britain Greece India Italy Japan Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands

New Zealand Norway Portugal South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland United States Yugoslavia

[edit] Medal count

Main article: 1920 Summer Olympics medal count

These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1920 Games.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	41	27	27	95
2	Sweden	19	18	24	61
3	Great Britain	15	15	13	43
4	Finland	15	10	9	34
5	Belgium (host nation)	14	11	11	36
6	Norway	13	9	9	31
7	Italy	13	5	5	23
8	France	9	19	13	41
9	Netherlands	4	2	5	11
10	Denmark	3	9	1	13

[edit] See also

• International Olympic Committee
• IOC country codes

[edit] External links

• IOC Antwerp 1920 Page

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