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{{Short description|Multi-sport event in Antwerp, Belgium}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} 
{{Infobox Olympic games|1920|Summer|Olympics|
| image       = 1920 olympics poster.jpg
| image_size  = 160
| caption     = Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics
| host_city   = [[Antwerp]], Belgium
| nations     = 29
| athletes    = 2,626 (2,561 men, 65 women)
| events      = 162<ref name="OLYMPICS1920"/> in 22 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (28 disciplines)
| opening     = 14 August 1920<ref>{{cite book |last1=Findling |first1=John E. |title=Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement |date=2004 |publisher=Greenwood |isbn=9780313322785 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QmXi_-Jujj0C&pg=PA74}}</ref>
| closing     = 12 September 1920
| opened_by   = [[Monarchy of Belgium|King]] [[Albert I of Belgium|Albert I]]<ref>{{cite press release |title=Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games f the Olympiad|url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf|url-status=live |publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=13 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814215458/https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2016|access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref>
| stadium     = {{Lang|nl|[[Olympisch Stadion (Antwerp)|Olympisch Stadion]]|italic=no}}
| summer_prev = [[1912 Summer Olympics|Stockholm 1912]]<br />←{{Colored link|grey|1916 Summer Olympics|Berlin 1916}}
| summer_next = [[1924 Summer Olympics|Paris 1924]] 
| winter_next = [[1924 Winter Olympics|Chamonix 1924]]
}}
The '''1920 Summer Olympics''' ({{langx|fr|'''Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920'''}}; {{langx|nl|'''Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920'''}}; {{langx|de|'''Olympische Sommerspiele 1920'''}}), officially known as the '''Games of the VII Olympiad''' ({{langx|fr|'''Jeux de la VII<sup>e</sup> olympiade'''}}; {{langx|nl|'''Spelen van de VIIe Olympiade'''}}; {{langx|de|'''Spiele der VII. Olympiade'''}}) and commonly known as '''Antwerp 1920''' ({{langx|fr|'''Anvers 1920'''}}; [[Dutch language|Dutch]] and [[German language|German]]: '''''Antwerpen 1920'''''), were an international [[multi-sport event]] held in 1920 in [[Antwerp]], Belgium.

In March 1912, during the 13th session of the IOC, Belgium's bid to host the 1920 Summer Olympics was made by Baron [[Édouard de Laveleye]], president of the Belgian Olympic Committee and of the [[Royal Belgian Football Association]]. No fixed host city was proposed at the time.

The [[1916 Summer Olympics]], to have been held in Berlin, capital of the [[German Empire]], were cancelled due to [[World War I]]. When the Olympic Games resumed after the war, Antwerp was awarded the hosting rights to the 1920 Summer Games as a tribute to the Belgian people. The [[Aftermath of World War I|aftermath of the war]] and the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919]] affected the Olympic Games not only due to new states being created, but also by sanctions against the nations that lost the war and were blamed for starting it. [[Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46)|Hungary]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]], [[First Austrian Republic|Austria]], [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]], and the [[Ottoman Empire]] were banned from competing in the Games. [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]] had just emerged from the [[Russian Civil War|Civil War]] and chose not to attend the Games. Germany did not return to Olympic competition until [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928]] and instead hosted a series of games called [[Deutsche Kampfspiele]], starting with the Winter edition of 1922 (which predated the first Winter Olympics).

The United States won the most gold and overall medals at the 1920 Summer Games.

==Host city selection==
In March 1912, during the 13th [[List of IOC meetings|session of the IOC]], the bid on behalf of Belgium to host the 1920 Summer Olympics was made by Baron [[Édouard de Laveleye]], president of the [[Belgian Olympic Committee]] and of the [[Royal Belgian Football Association]]. No fixed host city was proposed at the time.<ref>{{cite book|last=Renson|first=Roland|title=The Games Reborn. The VIIth Olympiad Antwerp 1920|year=1996|publisher=Pandora|location=Antwerp|isbn=90-5325-051-4|page=11}}</ref>

The organizing committee was created on 9 August 1913. It had four presidents:
*Édouard de Laveleye, president of the Belgian Olympic Committee
*[[Henri de Baillet-Latour]], member of the [[IOC]]
*[[Robert Osterrieth]], president of the [[Royal Yacht Club of Belgium]]
*[[Charles Cnoops]], vice-president of the [[Belgian Fencing Association]]

Among the 22 vice-presidents of the committee were people with a military or industrial background, and further people from sports organizations like [[Paul Havenith]], president of the football and athletics club [[K. Beerschot V.A.C.]] and [[Nicolaas Jan Cupérus]], president of the [[Belgian Gymnastics Federation]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Renson|first=Roland|title=The Games Reborn. The VIIth Olympiad Antwerp 1920|year=1996|publisher=Pandora|location=Antwerp|isbn=90-5325-051-4|page=12}}</ref>

The first action of the committee was to send an official letter to the IOC in Paris, confirming Antwerp as the city for the Belgian Olympic bid. With Antwerp confirmed as the Olympic Games host, Belgium began reconstructing the Beerschot Stadium into the {{Lang|nl|[[Olympisch Stadion (Antwerp)|Olympisch Stadion]]|italic=no}}.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-28|title=Olympisch Stadion - Olympic News|url=https://olympics.com/ioc/legacy/antwerp-1920/olympisch-stadion|access-date=2021-05-09|website=International Olympic Committee|language=en}}</ref> Construction on the new Olympic stadium began in July 1919 and finished in May 1920.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Home|first=John|title=Understanding the Olympics|last2=Whannel|first2=Garry|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2012|isbn=9781317495208|pages=160}}</ref>

In 1914, a 109-page brochure was created to promote the idea of Antwerp as a host city for the Olympics: ''Aurons-nous la VIIème Olympiade à Anvers?'' (''Will we have the 7th Olympiad at Antwerp?''). It was sent to all IOC members and was used during the [[List of IOC meetings|6th Olympic Congress]] in Paris in 1914, where the candidacies of Amsterdam (which would eventually host the [[1928 Summer Olympics]]), Antwerp, Budapest, and Rome (which would eventually host the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]) were discussed. Despite a slight preference at the time for Budapest, no final choice was made, and the outbreak of [[World War I]] soon afterwards prevented any further progress.<ref>{{cite book|last=Renson|first=Roland|title=The Games Reborn. The VIIth Olympiad Antwerp 1920|year=1996|publisher=Pandora|location=Antwerp|isbn=90-5325-051-4|page=13}}</ref>

In 1915, [[Lyon]] made a bid for the 1920 Games, but after some discussion, they agreed to support Antwerp and postpone their bid until 1924 if Antwerp was liberated in time to organize the Games. The support for Belgium by cousin country France, then the leading country of the IOC, also meant that Amsterdam and Budapest (in an enemy state) had no chance for the 1920 games against Antwerp. 

New candidacies from American cities did not have that disadvantage, and bids were received from [[Cleveland]], [[Philadelphia]], and [[Atlanta]] (which would eventually host the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]), while Cuba also submitted a bid for [[Havana]].

However, shortly after the armistice in November 1918, the IOC decided to give Antwerp their first preference, if they were still willing to host the 1920 Games. In March 1919, the Belgian Olympic Committee decided to go ahead with the organization of the Games: on 5 April 1919, at a meeting in Lausanne, Antwerp was officially declared the host city for the games of the VIIth Olympiad.<ref>{{cite book|last=Renson|first=Roland|title=The Games Reborn. The VIIth Olympiad Antwerp 1920|year=1996|publisher=Pandora|location=Antwerp|isbn=90-5325-051-4|page=14}}</ref>

==Organization==
The 1920 Summer Games organizers had very little time to prepare. The time between the IOC's decision of choosing Antwerp as the host city and the opening ceremony was 1 year, 4 months, and 9 days, making this the shortest time for a host city to plan and organize an Olympic edition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Antwerp 1920: a symbol of peace and unity 100 years after the Games|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/antwerp-1920-is-a-symbol-of-peace-and-unity-100-years-after-the-games|access-date=2021-05-09|website=Olympic Channel}}</ref>

An executive committee was established on 17 April 1919, with Henri de Baillet-Latour as chairman and Alfred Verdyck, the secretary of the Belgian Union of Football Clubs, as general secretary. Seven commissions were created, to deal with finances, accommodation, press relations, propaganda, schedules, transport, and festivities. Finances and scheduling proved to be the two hardest parts to tackle: the program of events was not published until February 1920, six months before the official start of the Games.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

Between 23 and 30 April 1920, an ice hockey tournament marked the early start of the Games. Held in the "Palais de Glace" or Ice Palace in Antwerp, it was the first time that ice hockey was an Olympic sport.<ref>{{cite book|last=Renson|first=Roland|title=The Games Reborn. The VIIth Olympiad Antwerp 1920|year=1996|publisher=Pandora|location=Antwerp|isbn=90-5325-051-4|pages=15–17}}</ref>

The first stone of the new Olympisch Stadion was laid on 4 July 1919 by [[Jan De Vos (politician)|Jan De Vos]], mayor of Antwerp, and inaugurated less than a year later on 23 May 1920 with a [[gymnastics]] demonstration.<ref>{{cite book|last=Renson|first=Roland|title=The Games Reborn. The VIIth Olympiad Antwerp 1920|year=1996|publisher=Pandora|location=Antwerp|isbn=90-5325-051-4|pages=18–19}}</ref>

When the Olympic Games began, the stadium was still unfinished with some events being built over fortifications and others using existing locations. The athletes quarters were crowded and athletes slept on folding cots.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Antwerp-1920-Olympic-Games|access-date=2021-05-08|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|language=en}}</ref>

The nautical stadium or [[Stade Nautique d'Antwerp]] was built at the end of the [[Jan Van Rijswijcklaan]], using the city ramparts there as a spectator's stand. Other events, like shooting, boxing, and equestrian sports, were held at pre-existing locations in and around Antwerp and as far away as [[Ostend]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Renson|first=Roland|title=The Games Reborn. The VIIth Olympiad Antwerp 1920|year=1996|publisher=Pandora|location=Antwerp|isbn=90-5325-051-4|pages=20–21}}</ref>

The number of spectators was low throughout Antwerp's Summer Olympics, since not many people could afford tickets. In the closing days of the Olympic Games, students were allowed to attend the event for free.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Antwerp-1920-Olympic-Games|access-date=2021-05-09|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> After the conclusion of the Olympic Games, Belgium recorded a loss of more than 600 million francs.<ref>{{Cite web|last=B. A.|first=History|title=What Was Interesting About the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp?|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/1920-olympics-in-antwerp-1779595|access-date=2021-05-08|website=ThoughtCo|language=en}}</ref>

==Highlights==
* The Olympic Games being a symbol of peace and global solidarity shone at Antwerp. These Olympics were the first in which the [[Olympic Oath]] was voiced, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and the first in which the [[Olympic Flag]] was flown to display the unity of the world's continents through its 5 rings.<ref>{{Cite web|last=IOC|date=2018-04-25|title=Antwerp 1920 Summer Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/antwerp-1920|access-date=2021-05-09|website=Olympic Channel|language=en}}</ref>
* The United States won 41 gold, 27 silver, and 27 bronze medals. Sweden, Great Britain, Finland, and Belgium rounded out the five most successful medal-winning nations, with France and Belgium being the nations that fielded the most athletes, with the United States being only the third by that statistic.
* The Games also featured a week of winter sports, with [[figure skating]] appearing for the first time since the [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908 Olympics]], and [[ice hockey]] making its Olympic debut.
* [[Nedo Nadi]] won 5 gold medals in the fencing events. 
* At the age of 72, Sweden's [[100 metre running deer double-shot]] event champion [[Oscar Swahn]], who had participated in the 1908 and 1912 Games, came in second in the team event to become the oldest Olympic medal winner ever.
* 23-year-old [[Paavo Nurmi]] won the 10,000 m and 8000 m [[cross country at the 1920 Summer Olympics|cross country]] races, took another gold in team cross country, and a silver in the 5000 m run. His contributions for [[Finland]] broke a record in track and field with 9 medals.
* [[Duke Kahanamoku]] retained the 100 m swimming title he won before the war.
* The [[Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|sailing]] events were among some of strangest moments in Olympic history:<ref name="SAL"/>
**there were originally 16 events scheduled but there were no entrants for the 9 metre, 1907 rating class nor the 8.5 metre 1919 rating class
**the 12-foot dinghy event took place in two different countries. The final two races in the event were independently held in the [[Netherlands]], on its own accord, supposedly because the only two competitors in the event were Dutch.<ref name="ioc_games">{{IOC games|games=1920 Summer Olympics }}</ref>
*[[Sport shooter]] [[Guilherme Paraense]] won [[Brazil]]'s very first gold medal at the Olympic Games.
*The United States sent a women's swimming team for the first time, and the Americans won seven out of seven available swimming medals.

==Sports/Events==
[[File:French national football team - Olympic games 1920.jpg|thumb|370px|The [[France national football team]] at the 1920 Olympics.]]
There were 162 events in 28 disciplines that were part of the Olympic program in 1920.<ref name="OLYMPICS1920">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7  |title= 1920 Summer Olympics |work=Sports Reference |access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref> The number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.
{|
|
*Aquatics
**{{GamesSport|Diving|Events=5|Format=d}}<ref name="DIV">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/DIV  |title=Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
**{{GamesSport|Swimming|Events=10|Format=d}}<ref name="SWM">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/SWM  |title=Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
**{{GamesSport|Water polo|Events=1|Format=d}}<ref name="WPO">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/WPO  |title=Water Polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Archery|Events=10|Format=d}}<ref name="ARC">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/ARC  |title=Archery at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Athletics|Events=29|Format=d}}<ref name="ATH">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/ATH  |title=Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Boxing|Events=8|Format=d}}<ref name="BOX">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/BOX  |title= Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Cycling|Format=d}}
**Road <small>(2)</small><ref name="CRD">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/CRD  |title= Cycling Road at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
**Track <small>(4)</small><ref name="CTR">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/CTR |title= Cycling Track at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Equestrian|Format=d}}
**Dressage <small>(1)</small><ref name="EDR">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/EDR |title= Equestrian Dressage at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
**Eventing <small>(2)</small><ref name="EVE">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/EVE |title= Equestrian Eventing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
**Jumping <small>(2)</small><ref name="EJP">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/EJP |title= Equestrian Jumping at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
**Vaulting <small>(2)</small><ref name="EVL">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/EVL |title= Equestrian Vaulting at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Fencing|Events=6|Format=d}}<ref name="FEN">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/FEN  |title= Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Field hockey|Events=1|Format=d}}<ref name="HOC">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/HOC  |title= Hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Figure skating|Events=3|Format=d}}<ref name="FSK">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/FSK  |title= Figure Skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Football|Events=1|Format=d}}<ref name="FBL">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/FBL  |title= Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Gymnastics|Events=4|Format=d}}<ref name="GAR">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/GAR |title=Artistic Gymnastics at the 1920 Summer Olympics |work=Sports Reference |access-date= April 25, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Ice hockey|Events=1|Format=d}}<ref name="IHO">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/IHO |title= Ice Hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
*[[File:Modern pentathlon pictogram (pre-2025).svg|20px]] [[Modern pentathlon at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Modern pentathlon]] <small>(1)</small><ref name="MPN">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/MPN |title=Modern Pentathlon at the 1920 Summer Olympics |work=Sports Reference |access-date= April 25, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Polo|Events=1|Format=d}}<ref name="POL">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/POL |title= Polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Rowing|Events=5|Format=d}}<ref name="ROW">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/ROW |title= Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Rugby union|Events=1|Format=d}}<ref name="RGB">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/RGB |title= Rugby at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Sailing|Events=14|Format=d}}<ref name="SAL">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/SAL |title=Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics |work=Sports Reference |access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Shooting|Events=21|Format=d}}<ref name="SHO">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/SHO  |title=Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics |work=Sports Reference |access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Tennis|Events=5|Format=d}}<ref name="TEN">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/TEN |title=Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics |work=Sports Reference |access-date=April 25, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Tug of war|Events=1|Format=d}}<ref name="TOW">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/TOW  |title=Tug of War at the 1920 Summer Olympics |work=Sports Reference |access-date= April 25, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Events=5|Format=d}}<ref name="WLF">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/WLF |title=Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics |work=Sports Reference |access-date= April 25, 2024}}</ref>
*{{GamesSport|Wrestling|Events=10|Format=d}}<ref name="WRE">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/WRE |title= Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics |work=Sports Reference |access-date= April 25, 2024}}</ref>
|}

[[Korfball at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Korfball]] was a demonstration sport.<ref name="KBL">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/7/sports/KBL |title= Korfball at the 1920 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference |access-date= May 2, 2024}}</ref>
<br/>Women's water polo was a demonstration sport.<ref name="WPO"/>

==Venues==
Seventeen sports venues were used in the 1920 Summer Olympics. This marked the first time that the football tournament was spread throughout the country, which has mostly been the case since.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/FTB/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060245/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/FTB/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Football at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-04}}</ref>
[[File:Antwerp_1920_banner.jpg|thumb|516x516px|Photograph of the games at Antwerp, Belgium, 1920.]]
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! class="unsortable" style="width:45%;"|Sports
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!class="unsortable"| Ref.
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|| [[Antwerp]] || [[Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] (road) ||align="right"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/CYC/mens-road-race-individual.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132504/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/CYC/mens-road-race-individual.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics cycling individual road race |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date=12 August 1920 |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/CYC/mens-road-race-team.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132506/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/CYC/mens-road-race-team.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics cycling team road race |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date=12 August 1920 |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
|| [[Antwerp Zoo]] || [[Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Boxing]], [[Wrestling at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/BOX/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060244/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/BOX/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics boxing |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/WRE/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053626/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/WRE/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics wrestling |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
|| [[Beerschot Tennis Club]] || [[Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Tennis]] || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/TEN/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060248/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/TEN/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=profile of Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
|| [[Beverloo Camp]] || [[Shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Shooting]] (pistol/rifle) || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref name=shoot>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SHO/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053623/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SHO/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Shooting overview of the 1920 Summer Olympics |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref>
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|| [[Brussels–Scheldt Maritime Canal]] || [[Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Rowing]] || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ROW/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ROW/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics rowing website |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref>
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|| [[IJ (bay)|Buiten Y]] ([[Amsterdam]]) || [[Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Sailing]] (12 foot dinghy) || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124621/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SAI/mixed-12-foot.html Sports-Reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics sailing mixed 12-foot results.].</ref>
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|| [[Egmont Palace|Gardens of the Egmont Palace]] ([[Brussels]]) || [[Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Fencing]] || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/FEN/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060243/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/FEN/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=profile of the 1920 Summer Olympics fencing events |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
|| [[Hoogboom Military Camp]] || Shooting (trap shooting, running target) || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref name=shoot />
|-
|| [[Jules Ottenstadion]] ([[Ghent]]) || [[Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Football]] ([[Italy at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Italy]]-[[Egypt at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Egypt]] match). || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref>[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197008/matches/match=32276/report.html FIFA.com 1920 Summer Olympics ITA-EGY results.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201211636/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197008/matches/match%3D32276/report.html |date=1 February 2009 }}  – accessed 6 October 2010.</ref>
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|| [[Nachtegalen Park]] || [[Archery at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Archery]] || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ARC/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ARC/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics archery profile |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
|| {{Lang|nl|[[Olympisch Stadion (Antwerp)|Olympisch Stadion]]|italic=no}} || [[Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Athletics]], [[Equestrian at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Equestrian]], [[Field hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]], Football (final), [[Gymnastics at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Gymnastics]], [[Modern pentathlon at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Modern pentathlon]], [[Rugby union at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Rugby union]], [[Tug of war at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Tug of war]], [[Weightlifting at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]] || style="text-align:right;"|30,000
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ATH/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040926/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ATH/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics athletics |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/EQU/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053627/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/EQU/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics equestrian |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/HOK/mens-hockey.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124631/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/HOK/mens-hockey.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics men's field hockey |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=football>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/FTB/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060245/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/FTB/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics football |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/GYM/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060244/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/GYM/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics gymnastics |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/MOP/mens-individual.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181838/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/MOP/mens-individual.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics modern pentathlon |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/RUG/mens-rugby.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011023/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/RUG/mens-rugby.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics rugby union |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/TOW/mens-tug-of-war.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130730/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/TOW/mens-tug-of-war.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics tug of war |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/WLT/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053624/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/WLT/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics weightlifting |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date=29 August 1920 |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref>
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|| [[Ostend]] ||  [[Polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Polo]], Sailing || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/POL/mens-polo.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132515/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/POL/mens-polo.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics polo |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SAI/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060243/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SAI/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=1920 Summer Olympics sailing |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
|| [[Palais de Glace d'Anvers]] ||  [[Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Figure skating]], [[Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Ice hockey]] || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/FSK/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053622/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/FSK/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=profile of Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ICH/mens-ice-hockey.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124636/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ICH/mens-ice-hockey.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=profile of the men's Ice Hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
|| [[Stade Joseph Marien]] ([[Brussels]]) ||  Football || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref name=football />
|-
|| [[Stade Nautique d'Antwerp]] ||  [[Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Diving]], [[Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Swimming]], [[Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics|Water polo]] || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/DIV/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053628/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/DIV/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=profile of Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SWI/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044622/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SWI/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=profile of Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/WAP/mens-water-polo.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417195802/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/WAP/mens-water-polo.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=profile of Men's water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
|| [[Stadion Broodstraat]] ||  Football || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref name=football />
|-
|| [[Vélodrome d'Anvers Zuremborg]] ||  Cycling (track) || style="text-align:right;"|Not listed.
| align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/CYC/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060236/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/CYC/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=profile of Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics |publisher=Sports-reference.com |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref>
|}

==Participating nations==
[[File:1920 Summer Olympic games countries.png|thumb|Participants in the 1920 games, with the nations in blue participating for the first time.]] [[File:1920 Summer olympics team numbers.png|thumb|Number of athletes]]
A total of 29 nations participated in the Antwerp Games, only one more than in 1912, as [[Germany]], [[Austria]], [[Hungary]], [[Bulgaria]] and [[Ottoman Empire|Turkey]] were not invited, having lost [[World War I]] and sanctioned for starting it. From the newly created European states, only [[Estonia]] took part, as [[Czechoslovakia]] succeeded [[Bohemia]] and the [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] succeeded [[Serbia]], with both nations had sent athletes prior to [[World War I]] (in the case of Bohemia as part of the [[Austrian Empire]]). [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]] was busy with the [[Polish-Soviet War]] and therefore was unable to form an Olympic team ([[Poland]] in turn, had never participated in the games before, only doing so in later editions). [[Brazil]] and [[Monaco]] competed as nations at the Olympic Games for the first time. [[New Zealand]], which had competed as part of a combined team with Australia in 1908 and 1912, competed on its own for the first time. The games marked the return of [[Argentina]] and [[India]] to the competitions.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}

At the time, [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Canada]], [[India]] and [[South Africa]] were all part of the [[British Empire]]. [[Egypt]] was a British protectorate (a state not part of the British Empire but nonetheless administered by the [[United Kingdom]]).

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Participating [[:Category:Nations at the 1920 Summer Olympics|National Olympic Committees]]
|-
|
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagIOC|ARG|1920 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|AUS|1920 Summer|13}}
* {{flagIOC|BEL|1920 Summer|336}} '''(host)'''
* {{flagIOC|BRA|1920 Summer|19}}
* {{flagIOC|CAN|1920 Summer|53}}
* {{flagIOC|CHI|1920 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|TCH|1920 Summer|121}}
* {{flagIOC|DEN|1920 Summer|154}}
* {{flagIOC|EGY|1920 Summer|22}}
* {{flagIOC|EST|1920 Summer|14}}
* {{flagIOC|FIN|1920 Summer|63}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|1920 Summer|304}}
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1920 Summer|235}}
* {{flagIOC|GRE|1920 Summer|57}}
* {{flagIOC|IND|1920 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|ITA|1920 Summer|174}}
* {{flagIOC|JPN|1920 Summer|15}}
* {{flagIOC|LUX|1920 Summer|25}}
* {{flagIOC|MON|1920 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|NED|1920 Summer|113}}
* {{flagIOC|NZL|1920 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|NOR|1920 Summer|194}}
* {{flagIOC|POR|1920 Summer|13}}
* {{flagIOC|RSA|1920 Summer|39}}
* {{flagIOC|ESP|1920 Summer|32}}
* {{flagIOC|SWE|1920 Summer|260}}
* {{flagIOC|SUI|1920 Summer|77}}
* {{flagIOC|USA|1920 Summer|288}}
* {{flagIOC|YUG|1920 Summer|15}}
{{div col end}}
|}
* The {{Flag|Dominion of Newfoundland}} had one competitor, [[Eric Robertson (athlete)|Eric Robertson]]. But as the dominion had no official Olympic committee, his nationality could not be confirmed and he represented [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dohey|first1=Larry|title=Newfoundlanders and Olympic Connections|url=http://archivalmoments.ca/2014/02/newfoundlanders-and-olympic-connections/|website=Archivalmoments.ca|access-date=7 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107030852/http://archivalmoments.ca/2014/02/newfoundlanders-and-olympic-connections/|archive-date=7 January 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

As the local Olympic Organizing Committee went bankrupt during the Antwerp 1920 Games, no official report of the Games was ever produced. The documents of the Games were archived at the Belgium Olympic Committee headquarters in Brussels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1920/1920.pdf |title=Olympic Games Official Report 1920 |access-date=23 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505163318/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1920/1920.pdf |archive-date=5 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="border:0;"
|-
! Country
! Athletes
|-
| {{flagIOC|BEL|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 336
|-
| {{flagIOC|FRA|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 304
|-
| {{flagIOC|USA|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 288
|-
| {{flagIOC|SWE|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 260
|-
| {{flagIOC|GBR|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 235
|-
| {{flagIOC|NOR|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 194
|-
| {{flagIOC|ITA|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 174
|-
| {{flagIOC|DEN|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 154
|-
| {{flagIOC|NED|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 146
|-
| {{flagIOC|TCH|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 121
|-
| {{flagIOC|SUI|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 77
|-
| {{flagIOC|FIN|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 63
|-
| {{flagIOC|GRE|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 57
|-
| {{flagIOC|CAN|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 53
|-
| {{flagIOC|RSA|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 39
|-
| {{flagIOC|ESP|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 32
|-
| {{flagIOC|LUX|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 25
|-
| {{flagIOC|EGY|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 22
|-
| {{flagIOC|BRA|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 19
|-
| {{flagIOC|JPN|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 15
|-
| {{flagIOC|EST|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 14
|-
| {{flagIOC|AUS|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 13
|-
| {{flagIOC|POR|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 13
|-
| {{flagIOC|YUG|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 12
|-
| {{flagIOC|IND|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| {{flagIOC|MON|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| {{flagIOC|NZL|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| {{flagIOC|CHI|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| {{flagIOC|ARG|1920 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:right; border:0px; background:#fff;"| '''Total''' ||style="text-align:center; border:0px; background:#fff;"| '''2,682'''
|-
|}

==Medal count==
[[File:2000-158-19 Medal, Olympics, 1920, Antwerp, Gold, Obverse (7268561188) (cropped).jpg|thumb|160px|One of the 154 (identical) gold medals awarded at the Games of the VII Olympiad]]
{{Main article|1920 Summer Olympics medal table}}
These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1920 Games.<ref>{{cite web |work=olympanalyst.com|url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1920%2F1 |title=Olympic Analytics}}</ref> These were the first Olympics where the host nation did not win the most medals overall.
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = BEL
 | flag_template  = flagIOCteam
 | event          = 1920 Summer
 | team           = 
 | gold_USA = 41 | silver_USA = 27 | bronze_USA = 27
 | gold_SWE = 19 | silver_SWE = 20 | bronze_SWE = 25
 | gold_GBR = 14 | silver_GBR = 16 | bronze_GBR = 13
 | gold_FIN = 15 | silver_FIN = 10 | bronze_FIN = 9
 | gold_BEL = 14 | silver_BEL = 11 | bronze_BEL = 11 | host_BEL = yes 
 | gold_NOR = 13 | silver_NOR = 9 | bronze_NOR = 9
 | gold_ITA = 13 | silver_ITA = 5 | bronze_ITA = 5
 | gold_FRA = 9 | silver_FRA = 19 | bronze_FRA = 13
 | gold_NED = 4 | silver_NED = 2 | bronze_NED = 5
}}

==See also==
{{IOC seealso|games=1920 Summer Olympics }}

==Notes==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
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*{{IOC games|games=1920 Summer Olympics }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091016052133/http://home.scarlet.be/~fhermans/antwerpen1920/opening.html Openingsceremonie] – An article about the opening ceremonies of the 1920 Antwerp Olympiade in Flemish (archived)

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