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Athletics At The 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's Decathlon
The men's decathlon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics At the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, 29 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from August 15, 1920, to August 23, 1920. Medal summary Medal table Participating nations 509 athletes from 25 nati ... programme. Results References Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics - Men's decathlon Men's all-around decathlon 1920 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympisch Stadion (Antwerp)
The Olympisch Stadion () or Kielstadion ) was built as the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. For those games, it hosted the athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rugby union, tug of war, weightlifting and korfball (demonstration) events. Following the Olympics it was converted to a football stadium. Its current tenant is K Beerschot VA, a Belgian football club. There are no remnants of the Olympic athletics track. It is possible that Archibald Leitch was involved in the design of the stadium having made several visits prior to the Games. References External links IOC Antwerp 1920 Page The IOC page of 1920 Summer Olympics includes a photo gallery with images of the stadium. Information and photos of the Olympisch Stadion {{coord, 51, 11, 06, N, 4, 22, 56, E, display=title, region:BE_type:landmark_source:dewiki Venues of the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic athletics venues Olympic equestrian venues Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Joannes-Powell
René Michel Emile Joannes-Powell (11 February 1896 – 11 May 1940) was a Belgian hurdler. He had played football for FC Liege until in 1910 he joined in a cross-country run that led him to branch out into track and field sports. He competed in the 110 metres hurdles at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1928 Summer Olympics. In later life active as a sports journalist, he was killed as a spectator in the deliberate destruction of a bridge in Liège to stop the German invasion of Belgium during World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... References External links * 1896 births 1940 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Belgian male hurdlers Belgian male pole vaulte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitrios Andromidas
Dimitrios Andromedas (17 March 1889 – 17 June 1929) was a Greek hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van .... References External links * 1889 births 1929 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Greek male hurdlers Greek male high jumpers Greek decathletes Greek pentathletes Olympic athletes for Greece Olympic decathletes Sportspeople from the Peloponnese People from Laconia Greek emigrants to the United States {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolos Nikolaidis (athlete)
Apostolos Nikolaidis ( el, Απόστολος Νικολαΐδης, 19 April 1896 – 15 October 1980) was a Greek athlete, football manager and businessman. He was a leading board member and president of Panathinaikos A.C. Life and career He was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, a member of the Greek community. After his graduation from the Robert College in Istanbul, he moved first to Thessaloniki (where he competed as an athlete of Aris Thessaloniki) and later to Athens in 1917 and joined the family of Panathinaikos. He was an athletic phenomenon, as he successfully competed in decathlon, football, basketball and volleyball and also a successful racing driver. He was member of the Greek team of 1920 (in Antwerp), both as a football player and as a track athlete. He played football for more than ten years and contributed to all sports departments of PAO. He became also manager of the Greece national football team. In 1926–27 he was elected president of the Hellenic Footba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pekka Johansson
Paavo ("Pekka") Johansson (later Jaale) (21 October 1895, in Helsinki – 5 December 1983) was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw. Johansson competed for Finland in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium, winning the bronze behind Jonni Myyrä and Urho Peltonen and ahead of Julius Saaristo as Finland claimed the first four spots. He also took part in the decathlon, but dropped out after the first day. He returned to Olympics four years later at Paris, this time competing only in the javelin, but failed to make the six man final. He also played football as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm .... He made one appearance for the Finland national team in 1919. References 1895 births 1983 deaths Athletes from Helsin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Hašek
Eduard Hašek (15 December 1893 – 25 October 1960) was a Czechoslovak track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van .... In 1920 he was eliminated in the first round of the 100 metres competition. He also participated in the decathlon event but quit competitions after the fifth contest. References External linksEduard Hašek Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-02-01.* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hasek, Eduard 1893 births 1960 deaths Czechoslovak decathletes Czechoslovak male sprinters Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Olympic decathletes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eero Lehtonen
Eero Reino Lehtonen (21 April 1898 – 9 November 1959) was a Finland, Finnish athlete. He competed at the 1920 Olympics in the pentathlon, long jump and decathlon and at the 1924 Olympics in the pentathlon and 4 × 400 m relay. He won the pentathlon at both Games, but performed poorly in other events. He retired after learning that pentathlon was excluded from the 1928 Olympics. In 1920 Lehtonen won the national titles in the pentathlon and long jump, setting a new national long jump record at 7.02 m. At the 1920 Olympics he tried decathlon, but gave up after five events. He semi-retired after the Olympics, but returned in 1922, again winning the national long jump and pentathlon titles. At the 1924 Olympic pentathlon competition Robert LeGendre set a world record in the long jump, but Lehtonen did better on average and won the gold medal. In 1984, a bronze statue of Lehtonen was installed at the sports park in Mikkeli, his home town. References 1898 births 1959 death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Butti
Carlo Butti (1 September 1891 – 14 March 1971) was an Italian decathlete who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics, Biography He specialized in throws, but versatile to the point of participating in the Olympic Games in Antwerp 1920 in the decathlon. He has been nine times Italian champion in four different disciplines of athletics. From 1929 to 1930 he was secretary of the Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL) with the president Augusto Turati, a role that he continued to hold for a few months also in 1931, with the president Luigi Ridolfi. National titles * Italian Athletics Championships ** Standing high jump: 1914 (1) ** Stone throw: 1921, 1922 (2) ** Vibrated ball: 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922 (4) ** Team vibrated ball: 1920, 1921 (2) See also * Men's high jump Italian record progression The Italian record progression for men's high jump is recognised by the Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL). Record progression See also * List of Italian records in athletics * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everett Ellis
Everett Ellis (January 12, 1897 – January 6, 1973) was an American athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van .... References External links * 1897 births 1973 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics American male decathletes Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Track and field athletes from Boston Olympic decathletes {{US-decathlon-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Klumberg
Aleksander Klumberg (since 1936 Kolmpere; 17 April 1899 – 10 February 1958) was an Estonian decathlete. He competed in several events at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the decathlon in 1924. In 1922 he became the first official world record holder in the decathlon, albeit with a performance inferior to the Stockholm 1912 series of Jim Thorpe. Klumberg took up athletics around 1912, and in 1915–1917 held Russian records in several jumping and throwing events. Besides athletics he won three Estonian titles in bandy. In 1918–19 he fought in the Estonian War of Independence as a volunteer, and after that worked as a physical education instructor with the Estonian army (1919–20), military schools (1924–1926) and police schools (1927 and 1942–1944). He also trained the national athletics teams of Poland (1927–1932) and Estonia, and in this capacity attended the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Olympics. He was arrested by NKVD in 1944 and kept in a prison camp i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einar Ræder
Einar Ræder (2 February 1896 – 10 March 1976) was a Norwegian long jumper. He represented Kristiania IF in Oslo. Ræder was born in Rindal in Møre og Romsdal county. At the 1920 Summer Olympics he finished eighth in the long jump final with a jump of 6.585 metres. He also competed in decathlon, but did not finish the competition. He never became Norwegian champion in long jump, but won the Norwegian championships in pentathlon in 1920 and 1923 and decathlon in 1922 and 1923. His personal best jump was 7.07 metres, achieved on 4 September 1920 in Trondheim. Ræder died in Levanger
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Harry Goelitz
Harry George Goelitz (January 9, 1894 – May 14, 1971) was an American athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Goelitz was trained at Oak Park and River Forest High School by Bob Zuppke, and at Mercersburg Academy by Jimmy Curran. In late 1913 he was thrown out of Mercersburg due to leaving the grounds without permission. He transferred to Keewatin Academy in Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M .... In 1921 Goelitz's leg was crushed between a cement mixer and a road roller. He was rushed to hospital and recovered, but it is likely this accident ended his athletics career.Olympic Games Track Star Hurt by Road Roller, ''Chicago Tribune'', November 11, 1921 References 1894 births 1971 deaths Athletes (track and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
