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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 programme. Results The best score for each event is highlighted. References Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics - Men's decathlon Men's all-around decathlon 1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympisch Stadion (Antwerp)
The () or Kielstadion () was built as the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. For those games, it hosted the Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics, athletics, Equestrian at the 1920 Summer Olympics, equestrian, Field hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics, field hockey, Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics, football, 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 and Korfball at the 1920 Summer Olympics, 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 ... [...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 (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo .... 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 (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i .... References External links * 1889 births 1929 deaths People from Evrotas (municipality) Greek male hurdlers Greek male high jumpers Greek decathletes Greek pentathletes Sportspeople from the Peloponnese Olympic athletes for Greece Olympic decathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Greek emigrants to the United States {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolos Nikolaidis (athlete)
Apostolos Nikolaidis (; 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.O. Life and career Nikolaidis 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) 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 a member of the Greek team at the 1920 Summer Olympics, 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 also became manager of the Greece national football team. In 1926–27 he was elected president of the Hellenic Football Federation and for a period of more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pekka Johansson
Paavo Johansson (later Jaale) (21 October 1895, in – 5 December 1983) was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw. Career 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. Johansson won the British AAA Championships title in the javelin event at the 1922 AAA Championships. Johansson returned to Olympics two 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) ** Smal .... He made one appearance for t ... [...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 (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i .... 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 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 Mikkeli (; ; ; ) is a List of cities and towns in Finland, city i ... [...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 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ... (1) ** Stone throw: 1921, 1922 (2) ** Vibrated ball: 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922 (4) ** Team vibrated ball: 1920, ... [...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 (; ; ), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (; ; ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (; Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German: ''Antwerpen 1920''), were an international multi-sport event held i .... 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 20th-century American sportsmen {{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 finished third behind Vilho Niittymaa in the discus, third behind Paavo Johansson in the javelin and third behind Vilho Tuulos in the triple jump event at the British 1922 AAA Championships. 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). H ... [...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 Municipality 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 in |
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 U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig .... 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 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
