Projekat
"Peking 2008"
 		  
        | Kontakt |  E-mail | Sadržaj |   srpski ... English  
 
   
 
 
     

Games of the VII Olympiad - Antwerp 1920
Date: 20 April - 12 September.
Nations: 29.
Athletes: 2,669 (2,591 men, 78 women).
Sports: 20.
Events: 154.
Official opening of the Games by:
His Majesty King Albert.
Olympic flame:
(first time in Amsterdam in 1928).
Olympic oath:
Victor Boin (water polo, fencing).
Official oath:
(first time in Munich in 1972).
Number of medal-winning nations: 22.
National medal total:
1. USA 95 (41, 27, 27).
   
                   
      For the first time, a white Olympic flag with five multicoloured interlaced rings symbolising continents and their union fluttered above an Olympic stadium. The flag’s design was made in 1914 but due to the war six years had to elapse before the flag had its “premier”.
For the first time a representative of the athletes took the Olympic oath. The nations held responsible for the First World War were excluded from the Games: Germany (also in 1924), Bulgaria, Austria, Hungary and Turkey.
The Finns excelled in athletics. Hannes Kolehmainen won the 5000m, 10,000m and marathon race. The streak of nine Summer Olympic Games triumphs that ended in 1928 had been commenced by his fellow countryman Paavo Nurmi.
Yugoslavia debuted at the Olympic Games participating in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since. Eleven Yugoslav athletes participated in Antwerp, or to be more precise only the football team - without the substitutes.

Candidate cities: Amsterdam (Lyon withdrew just before the voting).

  
The most successful athlete:
Nedo Nadi (Italy) won five
fencing golds 		 
     

SPORTS (20)

        
     
  • Aquatics1
  • Athletics
  • Cycling
  • Boxing
  • Rowing
  • Gymnastics
  • Weightlifting
  • Sailing
  • Equestrian
  • Fencing
  • Modern Pentathlon
  • Tug-of-War2,3
  • Polo
  • Rugby
  • Wrestling
  • Shooting
  • Archery
  • Tennis
  • Football
  • Hockey
  
1 - swimming, diving, water polo and starting with 1984, synchronized swimming
2 - This event used to be on the Olympic programme, and today it is a sport with its own independent international federation, but it is no longer on the programme of the Games.
3 - discontinued events 		 
             
     

NATIONAL MEDAL TOTAL

      
     
  Country Gold Silver Bronze
1. USA 41 27 27
2. SWEDEN 19 20 25
3. FINLAND 15 10 9
4. GREAT BRITAIN 14 15 13
5. BELGIUM 13 11 11
6. NORWAY 13 9 9
7. ITALY 13 5 5
8. FRANCE 9 19 13
9. NETHERLANDS 4 2 5
10. DENMARK 3 9 1
11. SOUTH AFRICA 3 4 3
12. CANADA 3 3 3
13. SWITZERLAND 2 2 7
14. ESTONIA 1 2 0
15. BRASIL 1 1 1
16. AUSTRALIA 0 2 1
17. JAPAN 0 2 0
18. SPAIN 0 2 0
19. GREECE 0 1 0
21. LUXEMBOURG 0 1 0
22. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 0 2
23. NEW ZEALAND 0 0 1
  For the first time the medals were won by the athletes from Estonia, Brazil, Japan, Spain and Czechoslovakia.  
             
           
                   
             
      © 2005-2007. Copyright Olympic Committee of Serbia
Developed by Infotrend