1920 Men's Olympic Track & Field Medalists
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Charley Paddock, USA | 10.8 | |
| Morris Kirksey, USA | 10.8 | ||
| Harry Edward, GBR | 11.0 | ||
| 200m | Allen Woodring, USA | 22.0 | |
| Charley Paddock, USA | 22.1 | ||
| Harry Edward, GBR | 22.2 | ||
| 400m | Bevil Rudd, S. Afr. | 49.6 | |
| Guy Butler, GBR | 49.9 | ||
| Nils Engdahl, SWE | 50.0 | ||
| 800m | Albert Hill, GBR | 1:53.4 | |
| Earl Eby, USA | 1:53.6 | ||
| Bevil Rudd, S. Afr. | 1:54.0 | ||
| 1500m | Albert Hill, GBR | 4:01.8 | |
| Philip Noel-Baker, GBR | 4:02.4 | ||
| Lawrence Shields, USA | 4:03.1 | ||
| 5000m | Joseph Guillemot, FRA | 14:55.6 | |
| Paavo Nurmi, FIN | 15:00.0 | ||
| Erik Backman, SWE | 15:13.0 | ||
| 10,000m | Paavo Nurmi, FIN | 31:45.8 | |
| Joseph Guillemot, FRA | 31:47.2 | ||
| James Wilson, GBR | 31:50.8 | ||
| X-country (8000m) |
Paavo Nurmi, FIN | 27:15.0 | |
| Erik Backman, SWE | 27:15.6 | ||
| Heikki Liimatainen, FIN | 27:37.4 | ||
| Marathon | Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN | 2:32:35.8 | WB |
| Juri Lossman, EST | 2:32:48.6 | ||
| Valerio Arri, ITA | 2:36:32.8 | ||
| 110m H | Earl Thomson, CAN | 14.8 | WR |
| Harold Barron, USA | 15.1 | ||
| Frederick Murray, USA | 15.2 | ||
| 400m H | Frank Loomis, USA | 54.0 | WR |
| John Norton, USA | 54.3 | ||
| August Desch, USA | 54.5 | ||
| 3000m Steeple |
Percy Hodge, GBR | 10:00.4 | OR |
| Patrick Flynn, USA | |||
| Ernesto Ambrosini, ITA | |||
| 3k Walk | Ugo Frigerio, ITA | 13:14.2 | OR |
| George Parker, AUS | |||
| Richard F. Remer, USA | |||
| 10k Walk | Ugo Frigerio, ITA | 48:06.2 | |
| Joseph Pearman, USA | |||
| Charles Gunn, GBR | |||
| 4x100m | USA (Charley Paddock, Jackson Scholz, Loren Murchison, Morris Kirksey) |
42.2 | WR |
| FRA | 42.6 | ||
| SWE | 42.9 | ||
| 4x400m | GBR (Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davis, Guy Butler) |
3:22.2 | |
| South Africa | 3:24.2 | ||
| France | 3:24.8 | ||
| 3000m Team |
USA (Horace Brown, Arlie Schardt, Ivan Dresser) |
10 pts | |
| GBR | 20 pts | ||
| SWE | 24 pts | ||
| X-country (8000m) |
FIN (Paavo Nurmi, Heikki Liimatainen, Teodor Koskenniemi) |
10 pts | |
| GBR | 21 pts | ||
| SWE | 23 pts |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Richmond Landon, USA | 6- 4 | =OR |
| Harold Muller, USA | 6- 23/4 | ||
| Bo Ekeland, SWE | 6- 23/4 | ||
| Pole Vault | Frank Foss, USA | 13- 5 | WR |
| Henry Petersen, DAN | 12- 11/2 | ||
| Edwin Myers, USA | 11- 91/2 | ||
| Long Jump | William Petersson, SWE | 23- 51/2 | |
| Carl Johnson, USA | 23- 31/4 | ||
| Erik Abrahamsson, SWE | 23- 21/2 | ||
| Triple Jump | Vilho Tuulos, FIN | 47- 7 | |
| Folke Jansson, SWE | 47- 6 | ||
| Erik Almlöf, SWE | 49- 93/4 | ||
| Shot Put | Ville Pörhölä, FIN | 48- 71/4 | |
| Elmer Niklander, FIN | 46- 51/4 | ||
| Harry Liversedge, USA | 46- 5 | ||
| 56-lb Throw | Babe McDonald, USA | 36-111/2 | OR |
| Patrick Ryan, USA | 36- 0 | ||
| Carl Johan Lind, SWE | 33- 73/4 | ||
| Discus | Elmer Niklander, FIN | 146- 7 | |
| Armas Taipale, FIN | 144- 111/2 | ||
| Augustus Pope, USA | 138- 21/2 | ||
| Hammer | Pat Ryan, USA | 173- 5 | |
| Carl Johan Lind, SWE | 158- 101/2 | ||
| Basil Bennet, USA | 158- 31/2 | ||
| Javelin | Jonni Myyrä, FIN | 215-10 | OR |
| Urho Peltonen, FIN | 208- 4 | ||
| Paavo Jaale-Johansson, FIN | 207- 0 | ||
| Pentathlon | Eero Lehtonen, FIN | 14 pts | |
| Everett Bradley, USA | 24 pts | ||
| Hugo Lahtinen, FIN | 26 pts | ||
| Decathlon | Helge Lövland, NOR | 6803 pts | |
| Brutus Hamilton, USA | 6771.085 pts | ||
| Bertil Ohlson, SWE | 6580.030 pts |
| Leading Medal Winners | 1920 Olympics | Swimming |
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