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1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics takes place in Antwerp The 1916 Summer Olympics planned for Berlin having been cancelled due to World War I , the 1920 Games are awarded to Antwerp to "honour the suffering of the Belgian people"
The competitions were held from August 15, 1920, to August 23, 1920. Medal summary. Event Gold ... 509 athletes from 25 nations competed. Czechoslovakia, Egypt ...
90 athletes represented the United States in 1920. It was the sixth appearance of the nation in athletics, a sport in which the United States had competed at every Games. The American team, used to dominance of the sport, was seriously challenged for the first time.
Boxing in the 1920s was an exceptionally popular international sport. [1] Many fights during this era, some 20 years away or so from the television era, were social events with many thousands in attendance, both men and women. World heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey dominated the sport through much of the decade. He won the title in 1919 ...
Olympiade) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (French: Anvers 1920; Dutch and German: Antwerpen 1920), were an international multi-sport event held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. Twenty-nine nations and 2,678 competitors, including 65 women, competed in 162 events in 24 sports.
Canadian Ian Millar in a 2007 picture. At London 2012 he participated in a record 10th Olympics. Only a small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction competes in multiple Games. 950 athletes [1] (648 men [2] and 302 women [3]) have participated in at least five Olympics from Athens 1896 to Paris 2024, but excluding the 1906 Intercalated ...
Czechoslovak sports official active in the Sokol movement [205] Maurice Racca: 1922–2023: 100: French Olympic sport shooter [206] Marko Račič: 1920–2022: 102: Slovenian Olympic athlete [207] Ted Radcliffe: 1902–2005: 103: American Negro league baseball player [208] Vasant Raiji: 1920–2020: 100: Indian cricketer and cricket historian ...
This is a list of track and field athletes who participated in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. This category should only be used for Olympians participating in athletics (sport) . All other Olympians should be categorized into an appropriate subcategory.