Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 20–21
Competitors23 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Helge Løvland  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brutus Hamilton  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bertil Ohlson  Sweden
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Athletics at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m steeplechasemen
4 × 100 m relaymen
4 × 400 m relaymen
3000 m team racemen
3 km walkmen
10 km walkmen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmen
56 lb weight throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonmen
Decathlonmen
Cross-country events
Individualmen
Teammen

The men's decathlon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme.[1]

Results

The best score for each event is highlighted.


Final standings
Place Athlete 1
100m		 2
LJ		 3
SP		 4
HJ		 5
400m		 6
DT		 7
110mH		 8
PV		 9
JT		 10
1500m		 Total
1  Helge Løvland (NOR) 668.8 676.600 585 608 751.84 886.0 700.94 595 642.775 690.4 6803.355
2  Brutus Hamilton (USA) 809.6 687.625 627 538 744.32 781.5 655.34 649 644.700 634.0 6771.085
3  Bertil Ohlson (SWE) 668.8 714.575 573 608 744.32 810.0 717.66 649 419.475 677.2 6580.030
4  Gösta Holmér (SWE) 714.4 588.400 572 678 687.92 848.0 605.18 595 632.050 611.2 6532.150
5  Evert Nilsson (SWE) 619.2 527.250 605 748 718.00 525.0 603.28 703 677.700 707.2 6433.530
6  Valdemar Wickholm (FIN) 762.0 637.400 610 538 827.04 829.0 509.42 487 498.400 707.2 6405.460
7  Eugene Vidal (USA) 668.8 639.850 582 608 718.00 800.5 699.42 649 293.800 701.2 6358.570
8  Axel-Erik Gyllenstolpe (SWE) 668.8 693.750 535 608 714.24 829.0 560.72 433 578.525 612.4 6331.435
9  Ernst Gerspach (SUI) 668.8 608.000 525 538 669.12 791.0 527.66 541 474.200 607.0 5947.780
10  Constant Bucher (SUI) 714.4 571.250 437 328 706.72 601.0 514.36 433 325.150 642.4 5273.280
11  René Joannes-Powell (BEL) 619.2 592.075 413 468 691.68 715.0 357.04 433 137.325 665.2 5091.520
12  Gensabulo Noguchi (JPN) 643.0 517.350 279 328 661.60 0.0 116.88 271 298.200 553.6 3668.630
—  Harry Goelitz (USA) 668.8 567.575 547 608 785.68 867.0 555.02 379 348.250 — DNF
 Einar Ræder (NOR) 668.8 675.375 565 608 718.00 810.0 374.14 217 305.350 — DNF
 Aleksander Klumberg (EST) 571.6 659.450 627 678 699.20 715.0 646.60 541 — — DNF
 Everett Ellis (USA) 668.8 525.925 611 538 759.36 886.0 483.96 325 — — DNF
 Carlo Butti (ITA) 524.0 544.300 527 468 631.52 620.0 — — — — DNF
 Eero Lehtonen (FIN) 762.0 743.975 532 398 766.88 — — — — — DNF
 Eduard Hašek (TCH) 762.0 638.625 459 398 721.76 — — — — — DNF
 Pekka Johansson (FIN) 571.6 617.800 635 468 548.80 — — — — — DNF
 Apostolos Nikolaidis (GRE) 476.4 472.025 605 608 — — — — — — DNF
 Dimitrios Andromidas (GRE) 524.0 490.400 458 468 — — — — — — DNF
 Hugo Lahtinen (FIN) 668.8 664.350 472 0 — — — — — — DNF

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's Decathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

Sources

  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 August 2007.