1920 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Decathlon (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Decathlon
gender	Men
Attendees	29 athletes from 11 countries
Competition location	Antwerp Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	17./18. August 1920
Medalist Helge Løvland ( NOR )   Brutus Hamilton ( USA )   Bertil Ohlson ( SWE )

The men's decathlon at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp took place on August 20 and 21, 1920. 23 athletes took part.

At first, this competition was not part of the Antwerp Games program. The organizers decided that the pentathlon would be enough for eventing athletes. Finally, the discipline was added to the program.

Olympic champion was the Norwegian Helge Løvland, ahead of the American Brutus Hamilton and the Swede Bertil Ohlson .

Conducting the competition

The implementation of the competition, which took place for the second time at the Olympic Games, differed from the competition in 1912 in that the ten disciplines were only carried out on two days. On August 20, the athletes completed the 100-meter run , the long jump , the shot put , the high jump and the 400-meter run . The 110-meter hurdles , the discus throw , the pole vault , the javelin and the final 1,500-meter run followed on August 21 . So the process was the same as we find it to this day.

Attendees

Surname	nation
Dimitrios Andromedas	Greece
Constant Bucher	Switzerland
Carlo Butti	Italy
Everett Ellis	United States
Ernst Gerspach	Switzerland
Harry Goelitz	United States
Axel-Erik Gyllenstolpe	Sweden
Brutus Hamilton	United States
Eduard Hašek	Czechoslovakia
Gustaf Holmér	Sweden
René Joannes-Powell	Belgium
Pekka Johansson	Finland
Aleksander Klumberg	Estonia
Hugo Lahtinen	Finland
Eero Lehtonen	Finland
Helge Løvland	Norway
Apostolos Nikolaidis	Greece
Evert Nilsson	Sweden
Gensabulo Noguchi	Japan
Bertil Ohlson	Sweden
Einar Ræder	Norway
Eugene Vidal	United States
Valdemar Wickholm	Finland

23 athletes from 11 countries took part in the Olympic competition.

Disciplines

100 meter run

Classification space Surname time Points 01 Hamilton 11.4 s 809.6 02 Hašek 11.6 s 762.0 02 Lehtonen 11.6 s 762.0 02 Wickholm 11.6 s 762.0 05 Books 11.8 s 714.4 05 Holmer 11.8 s 714.4 07th Ellis 12.0 s 666.8 07th Gerspach 12.0 s 666.8 07th Goelitz 12.0 s 666.8 07th Gyllenstolpe 12.0 s 666.8 07th Lahtinen 12.0 s 666.8 07th Løvland 12.0 s 666.8 07th Ohlson 12.0 s 666.8 07th Bikes 12.0 s 666.8 07th Vidal 12.0 s 666.8 16 Noguchi 12.1 s 643.0 17th Joannes Powell 12.2 s 619.2 17th Nilsson 12.2 s 619.2 19th Klumberg 12.4 s 571.6 19th Johansson 12.4 s 571.6 21st Butti 12.6 s 524.0 21st Andromedas 12.6 s 524.0 23 Nikolaidis 12.8 s 476.4

Long jump

Classification space Surname Expanse Points 01 Lehtonen 6.56 m 743.975 02 Ohlson 6.44 m 714.575 03 Gyllenstolpe 6.35 m 693.750 04th Hamilton 6.33 m 687.625 05 Løvland 6.28 m 676,600 06th Bikes 6.27 m 675.375 07th Lahtinen 6.23 m 664,350 08th Klumberg 6.21 m 659,450 09 Vidal 6.13 m 639,850 10 Hašek 6.13 m 638.625 11 Wickholm 6.12 m 637,400 12 Johansson 6.04 m 617,800 13 Gerspach 6.00 m 608,000 14th Joannes Powell 5.94 m 592.075 15th Holmer 5.92 m 588,400 16 Books 5.85 m 571,250 17th Goelitz 5.84 m 567.575 18th Butti 5.74 m 544,300 19th Nilsson 5.67 m 527.150 20th Ellis 5.66 m 525.925 21st Noguchi 5.63 m 517,350 22nd Andromedas 5.52 m 490,400 23 Nikolaidis 5.45 m 472.025

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Lehtonen 1505.975 02 Hamilton 1497.225 03 Hašek 1400.625 04th Wickholm 1399,400 05 Ohlson 1381.375 06th Gyllenstolpe 1360.550 07th Løvland 1343,400 08th Bikes 1342.175 09 Lahtinen 1331.150 10 Vidal 1306,650 11 Holmer 1302,800 12 Books 1285.650 13 Gerspach 1274,800 14th Goelitz 1234.375 15th Klumberg 1231.050 16 Joannes Powell 1211.275 17th Ellis 1192.725 18th Johansson 1189,400 19th Noguchi 1160,350 20th Nilsson 1146.350 21st Butti 1068,300 22nd Andromedas 1014,400 23 Nikolaidis 948,425

Comment on the results of the athletes Eugene Vidal, Eduard Hašek and Valdemar Wickholm, who ranked ninth to eleven in the long jump: The distances were measured in the Anglo-American system (feet and inches) and then transferred to the metric system. Half a centimeter were also measured. Vidal jumped 6.130 m, Hašek 6.125 m and Wickholm 6.120 m.

Shot put

Classification space Surname Expanse Points 01 Johansson 11.69 m 635 02 Hamilton 11.61 m 627 02 Klumberg 11.61 m 627 04th Ellis 11.45 m 611 05 Wickholm 11.44 m 610 06th Nikolaidis 11.39 m 605 06th Nilsson 11.39 m 605 08th Løvland 11.19 m 585 09 Vidal 11.16 m 582 10 Ohlson 11.07 m 573 11 Holmer 11.06 m 572 12 Bikes 10.99 m 565 13 Goelitz 10.81 m 547 14th Gyllenstolpe 10.69 m 535 15th Lehtonen 10.66 m 532 16 Butti 10.61 m 527 17th Gerspach 10.59 m 525 18th Lahtinen 10.06 m 472 19th Hašek 9.93 m 459 20th Andromedas 9.92 m 458 21st Books 9.71 m 437 22nd Joannes Powell 9.47 m 413 23 Noguchi 8.13 m 279

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Hamilton 2124.225 02 Lehtonen 2037.975 03 Wickholm 2009,400 04th Ohlson 1954,375 05 Løvland 1928,400 06th Bikes 1907.175 07th Gyllenstolpe 1895,550 08th Vidal 1888,650 09 Holmer 1874,800 10 Hašek 1859,625 11 Klumberg 1858.050 12 Johansson 1824,400 13 Ellis 1803.150 14th Lahtinen 1803.150 15th Gerspach 1799,800 16 Goelitz 1781,375 17th Nilsson 1751,350 18th Books 1722,650 19th Joannes Powell 1624.275 20th Butti 1595,300 21st Nikolaidis 1553.425 22nd Andromedas 1472,400 23 Noguchi 1439,350

high jump

Classification space Surname height Points 01 Nilsson 1.75 m 748 02 Holmer 1.70 m 678 02 Klumberg 1.70 m 678 04th Goelitz 1.65 m 608 04th Gyllenstolpe 1.65 m 608 04th Løvland 1.65 m 608 04th Nikolaidis 1.65 m 608 04th Ohlson 1.65 m 608 04th Bikes 1.65 m 608 04th Vidal 1.65 m 608 11 Ellis 1.60 m 538 11 Gerspach 1.60 m 538 11 Hamilton 1.60 m 538 11 Wickholm 1.60 m 538 15th Andromedas 1.55 m 468 15th Butti 1.55 m 468 15th Joannes Powell 1.55 m 468 15th Johansson 1.55 m 468 19th Hašek 1.50 m 398 19th Lehtonen 1.50 m 398 21st Books 1.45 m 328 Noguchi ogV Lahtinen - 0

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Hamilton 2662.225 02 Ohlson 2562,375 03 Holmer 2552,800 04th Wickholm 2547,800 05 Løvland 2536,400 06th Klumberg 2536.050 07th Bikes 2515.175 08th Gyllenstolpe 2503,550 09 Nilsson 2499,350 10 Vidal 2496,650 11 Lehtonen 2435.975 12 Goelitz 2389.375 13 Ellis 2341.725 14th Gerspach 2337,800 15th Johansson 2292,400 16 Hašek 2257.625 17th Nikolaidis 2161,425 18th Joannes Powell 2092.275 19th Butti 2063,300 20th Books 2050.650 21st Andromedas 1940,400 22nd Lahtinen 1803.150 23 Noguchi 1767,350

400 meter run

Apostolos Nikolaidis (GRC) gave up after the high jump.

The two Greeks Dimitrios Andromedas and Apostolos Nikolaidis as well as the Finn Hugo Lahtinen no longer competed in the 400-meter run, the fifth discipline.

Classification space Surname time Points 01 Wickholm 52.8 s 827.04 02 Goelitz 53.9 s 785.68 03 Lehtonen 54.4 s 766.88 04th Ellis 54.6 s 759.36 05 Løvland 54.8 s 751.84 06th Hamilton 55.0 s 744.32 06th Ohlson 55.0 s 744.32 08th Hašek 55.6 s 721.76 09 Nilsson 55.7 s 718.00 09 Bikes 55.7 s 718.00 09 Vidal 55.7 s 718.00 12 Gyllenstolpe 55.8 s 714.24 13 Books 56.0 s 706.72 14th Klumberg 56.2 s 699.20 15th Joannes Powell 56.4 s 691.68 16 Holmer 56.5 s 687.92 17th Gerspach 57.0 s 669.12 18th Noguchi 57.2 s 661.60 19th Butti 58.0 s 631.52 20th Johansson 1: 00.2 min 548.80 DNS Andromedas - - Lahtinen Nikolaidis

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Hamilton 3406.565 02 Wickholm 3374,440 03 Ohlson 3306.695 04th Løvland 3288,240 05 Holmer 3240.720 06th Klumberg 3235,250 07th Bikes 3233.175 08th Gyllenstolpe 3217.790 09 Nilsson 3217,350 10 Vidal 3214,650 11 Lehtonen 3202.855 12 Goelitz 3175,055 13 Ellis 3101.085 14th Gerspach 3006,920 15th Hašek 2979,385 16 Johansson 2841,200 17th Joannes Powell 2783.955 18th Books 2757,370 19th Butti 2694,820 20th Noguchi 2428,950

110 meter hurdles

The two Finns Pekka Johansson and Eero Lehtonen as well as the Czech Eduard Hašek did not take part in the 110-meter hurdles, the sixth discipline.

Classification space Surname time Points 01 Ellis 16.2 s 886.0 01 Løvland 16.2 s 886.0 03 Goelitz 16.4 s 867.0 04th Holmer 16.6 s 848.0 05 Gyllenstolpe 16.8 s 829.0 05 Wickholm 16.8 s 829.0 07th Ohlson 17.0 s 810.0 07th Bikes 17.0 s 810.0 09 Vidal 17.1 s 800.5 10 Gerspach 17.2 s 791.0 11 Hamilton 17.3 s 781.5 12 Joannes Powell 18.0 s 715.0 12 Klumberg 18.0 s 715.0 14th Butti 19.0 s 620.0 15th Books 19.2 s 601.0 16 Nilsson 20.0 s 525.0 DNF Noguchi - 0.0 DNS Hašek - - Johansson Lehtonen

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Wickholm 4203,440 02 Hamilton 4188.045 03 Løvland 4174.240 04th Ohlson 4116,695 05 Holmer 4088.720 06th Gyllenstolpe 4046.790 07th Bikes 4043.175 08th Goelitz 4042.055 09 Vidal 4015,150 10 Ellis 3987.085 11 Klumberg 3950.250 12 Gerspach 3797,920 13 Nilsson 3742,350 14th Joannes Powell 3498.955 15th Books 3358,370 16 Butti 3314,820 17th Noguchi 2428,950

Discus throw

The Italian Carlo Butti did not take part in the discus throw, the seventh discipline.

Classification space Surname Expanse Points 01 Ohlson 37.78 m 717.66 02 Løvland 37.34 m 700.94 03 Vidal 37.30 m 699.42 04th Hamilton 36.14 m 655.34 05 Klumberg 35.91 m 646.60 06th Holmer 34.82 m 605.18 07th Nilsson 34.77 m 603.28 08th Gyllenstolpe 33.65 m 560.72 09 Goelitz 33.50 m 555.02 10 Gerspach 32.78 m 527.66 11 Books 32.43 m 514.36 12 Wickholm 32.30 m 509.42 13 Ellis 31.63 m 483.96 14th Bikes 28.74 m 374.14 15th Joannes Powell 28.29 m 357.04 16 Noguchi 21.97 m 116.88 DNS Butti - -

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Løvland 4875.180 02 Hamilton 4843,385 03 Ohlson 4834,355 04th Vidal 4714,570 05 Wickholm 4712,860 06th Holmer 4693,900 07th Gyllenstolpe 4607.510 08th Goelitz 4597.075 09 Klumberg 4596,850 10 Ellis 4471.045 11 Bikes 4417,315 12 Nilsson 4345.630 13 Gerspach 4325,580 14th Books 3872.730 15th Joannes Powell 3855.995 16 Noguchi 2545.830

Pole vault

Classification space Surname height Points 01 Nilsson 3.40 m 703 02 Hamilton 3.30 m 649 02 Ohlson 3.30 m 649 02 Vidal 3.30 m 649 05 Holmer 3.20 m 595 05 Løvland 3.20 m 595 07th Gerspach 3.10 m 541 07th Klumberg 3.10 m 541 09 Wickholm 3.00 m 487 10 Books 2.90 m 433 10 Gyllenstolpe 2.90 m 433 10 Joannes Powell 2.90 m 433 13 Goelitz 2.80 m 379 14th Ellis 2.70 m 325 15th Noguchi 2.60 m 271 16 Bikes 2.50 m 217

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Hamilton 5492,385 02 Ohlson 5483,355 03 Løvland 5470.180 04th Vidal 5363,570 05 Holmer 5288,900 06th Wickholm 5199,860 07th Klumberg 5137,850 08th Nilsson 5048.630 09 Gyllenstolpe 5040.510 10 Goelitz 4976.075 11 Gerspach 4866,580 12 Ellis 4796.045 13 Bikes 4634,315 14th Books 4305.730 15th Joannes Powell 4288,995 16 Noguchi 2816,830

Javelin throw

Aleksander Klumberg (EST) did not take part in the javelin throw.

The American Everett Ellis and the Estonian Aleksander Klumberg did not take part in the javelin throw, the ninth discipline.

Classification space Surname Expanse Points 01 Gyllenstolpe 49.31 m 678.525 02 Nilsson 49.28 m 677,700 03 Hamilton 48.08 m 644,700 04th Løvland 48.01 m 642.775 05 Holmer 47.62 m 632,050 06th Wickholm 42.76 m 498,400 07th Gerspach 41.88 m 474,200 08th Ohlson 39.89 m 419.475 09 Goelitz 37.30 m 348,250 10 Books 36.46 m 325.150 11 Bikes 35.74 m 305,350 12 Noguchi 35.48 m 298,200 13 Vidal 35.32 m 293,800 14th Joannes Powell 29.63 m 137.325 DNS Ellis - - Klumberg

Intermediate result space Surname Points 01 Hamilton 6137.085 02 Løvland 6112.955 03 Holmer 5920,950 04th Ohlson 5902.830 05 Nilsson 5726,330 06th Gyllenstolpe 5719.035 07th Wickholm 5698.260 08th Vidal 5657,370 09 Gerspach 5340.780 10 Goelitz 5324,325 11 Bikes 4939.665 12 Books 4630,880 13 Joannes Powell 4426,320 14th Noguchi 3115.030

1500 meter run

The US-American Harry Goelitz and the Norwegian Einar Ræder did not compete in the 1500-meter run, the tenth and final discipline.

Classification space Surname time Points 01 Nilsson 4: 45.6 min 707.2 01 Wickholm 4: 45.6 min 707.2 03 Vidal 4: 46.6 min 701.2 04th Løvland 4: 48.4 min 690.4 05 Ohlson 4: 50.6 min 677.2 06th Joannes Powell 4: 52.6 min 665.2 07th Books 4: 56.4 min 642.4 08th Hamilton 4: 57.8 min 634.0 09 Gyllenstolpe 5: 01.4 min 612.4 10 Holmer 5: 01.6 min 611.2 11 Gerspach 5: 02.3 min 607.0 12 Noguchi 5: 11.2 min 553.6 DNS Goelitz - - Bikes

The Olympic champion Helge Løvland (NOR)

Final score

space	Surname	nation	Points - official rating	Points - 1985 rating
1	Helge Løvland	Norway	6803,355	5803
2	Brutus Hamilton	United States	6771.085	5714
3	Bertil Ohlson	Sweden	6580,030	5640
4th	Gösta Holmér	Sweden	6532,150	5576
5	Evert Nilsson	Sweden	6433,530	5371
6th	Valdemar Wickholm	Finland	6405,460	5647
7th	Eugene Vidal	United States	6358,570	5489
8th	Axel-Erik Gyllenstolpe	Sweden	6331,435	5482
9	Ernst Gerspach	Switzerland	5947.780	5188
10	Constant Bucher	Switzerland	5273.280	4768
11	René Joannes-Powell	Belgium	5091,520	4721
12	Gensabulo Noguchi	Japan	3668.630	3775

Date: 20./21. August 1920

After his fifth place in the pentathlon , Helge Løvland won the gold medal in the decathlon in front of the pentathlon sixth Brutus Hamilton. The performances were far below the level of the 1912 Olympic champion Jim Thorpe . The Olympic runner-up from 1912 Hugo Wieslander would have been just before Løvland. However, the general conditions in Stockholm were much better than here in Antwerp .

The winner Helge Løvland was 29 years old at the time of the competition. Until 1988 he was the oldest Olympic champion in the decathlon.

The scores result from the then valid new rating system from 1920. To better classify the performance, the points converted according to the current rating system from 1985 are also given. According to this table, which is valid today, there would have been various other placements. But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis. This is most noticeable in the pole vault , where people jumped with completely different poles than they do today.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 149f

Web links

• SportsReference Decathlon , accessed September 3, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)
2. ^ Official report ( Memento of October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) p. 166/167, fr. (PDF)
3. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)