Olympic Summer Games 1920 / Participant (Luxembourg)

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Luxembourg participated in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , Belgium , with a delegation of 25 athletes (all men) in 18 competitions in six sports. A medal (silver) could be won. The youngest athlete was sprinter Paul Hammer (20 years and 34 days), the oldest athlete was long jumper Nicolas Kanivé (32 years and 268 days). It was the country’s third Summer Olympics participation .

Medalist

silver

Joseph Alzin

Weightlifting

Heavyweight

Participants by sport

Soccer

Results

• Eighth place

  Round of 16: 3-0 loss to the Netherlands

Squad

• Robert Elter

  Emile Hamilius

  Joseph Koetz

  Charles Kruger

  François Langers

  Arthur Leesch

  Jean Massard

  Léon Metzler

  Thomas Schmit

  Camille Schumacher

  Michel monster

Weightlifting

• Joseph Alzin
  • Heavyweight

  Final: 260.0 kg, second place

  One-handed tear: 65.0 kg, second place

  One-handed push: 75.0 kg, second place

  Push: 120.0 kg, first place

• Johny Green
  • lightweight

  Final: 210.0 kg, eighth place

  One-handed tear: 52.5 kg, ninth place

  One-handed push: 67.5 kg, sixth place

  Push: 90.0 kg, tenth place

• Michel Mertens
  • Featherweight

  Final: 45.0 kg, competition not finished (DNF)

  One-handed snatch: 45.0 kg, eighth place

  One-handed thrusting: competition not finished (DNF)

  Push: competition not finished (DNF)

athletics

4 x 100 meter relay

• Results

  Round one: qualified for the final in run one (second place), 44.4 s, twelve meters behind the first place

  Final: 43.6 s, three meters behind the fifth placed, sixth place

• Season

  Jean Colbach

  Paul Hammer

  Jean Proess

  Alex Servais

singles

• Jean Colbach
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in round seven (fourth place), no time known

• Paul Hammer
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in round one (fifth place), no time known

  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run four (fourth place), 24.1 s, two meters behind the third-placed

  • Long jump

  Qualifying round: 5.450 m. Rank 28, not qualified for the final

• Nicolas Kanivé
  • Long jump

  Qualifying round: 5.415 m. Rank 29, not qualified for the final

• Henri Pleger
  • high jump

  Qualifying round: 1.60 m. 19th place, not qualified for the final

  • Long jump

  Qualifying round: 5.815 m. Rank 23, not qualified for the final

• Jean Proess
  • 400 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in race nine (third place), 52.6 s, one meter behind the runner-up

  • 800 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in round one (ninth place), no time known

• Alex Servais
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in round five (fifth place), no time known

  • Javelin

  Qualifying round: 40,000 m. 21st place, not qualified for the final

Cycling

train

• Jean Michel Majerus
  • sprint

  Round one: eliminated in run five (third place), five lengths back

  • 50 km

  Final: competition not finished (DNF), abandonment at kilometer 28.8

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

• Michel Dechmann
  • medium weight

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: Shoulders defeat against Carl Westergren from Sweden

• Oscar Theisen
  • Light heavyweight

  Round one: Eliminated against František Tázler from Czechoslovakia by victory over the shoulders of the opponent

swim

• Théodore Michel
  • 200 meters chest

  Round one: eliminated in round two (fourth place), no time known

• Léon Pesch
  • 100 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in round four (fourth place), no time known

Web links

• Luxembourg Olympic team 1920 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )