Sports year 1920
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The Olympic flag is hoisted for the first time at the VII Olympic Games in Antwerp .
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Events
Olympic games
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April 20 : The VII Olympic Games are opened by King Albert in the Belgian city of Antwerp . Water polo player and epee fencer Victor Boin is the first athlete to swear the Olympic oath written by Pierre de Coubertin . For the first time, the Olympic flag with the Olympic rings is hoisted. The games last until September 12th . 156 competitions (132 for men, 8 for women, 2 mixed competitions and 14 open competitions) are held in 22 sports / 29 disciplines. As in 1908 in London , winter sports are again on the program at these summer games: figure skating and, for the first time, ice hockey . Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey are excluded from the games.
- The Italian Nedo Nadi wins five gold medals in six fencing competitions, three of them together with his brother Aldo .
- The oldest medalist of all time is the Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn , who receives a silver medal, at the age of 72 years and 279 days.
badminton
baseball
- The "Black Sox Scandal" at the 1919 World Series is exposed and leads to the demise of the Chicago White Sox .
Soccer
athletics
Athletics Championships
- April 23rd to 25th : The South American Athletics Championships are held in Santiago de Chile in 1920 .
Athletics world records
- June 26 : John Norton , USA, runs the men's 400 meter hurdles in 54.2 seconds.
- August 5th : Aleksander Klumberg-Kolmpere , Estonia, reaches 7485 p. In the men's decathlon.
- August 16 : Frank Loomis , USA, runs the men's 400 meter hurdles in 54 seconds.
- August 18 : Earl Thomson , Canada, runs the men's 110 meter hurdles in 14.8 seconds.
- September 12 : Frank Foss , USA, reaches 4.09 m in the men's pole vault .
- September 22nd : Charles Paddock , USA, runs the men's 100 meters in 10.4 s.
Equestrian sport
- October 3 : The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is awarded for the first time at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris . From now on it will be awarded to the annual winner of the gallop race over 2,400 meters for at least three-year-old racehorses .
Sports journalism
- July 14th : The first issue of the sports magazine Der Kicker , launched by Walther Bensemann, appears in Constance .
Founding of clubs
- October 4th : The Tunisian sports club Club Africain Tunis is founded, known primarily as a top team in Tunisian football, but also for its handball, basketball and volleyball departments.
Born
January to March
- January 5 : André Simon , French racing car driver († 2012 )
- January 12 : Mac Speedie , American football player and coach († 1993 )
- January 13 : Knut Erik Alexander Nordahl , Swedish football player († 1984 )
- January 15 : Gertrude Pritzi , Austrian table tennis player († 1968 )
- January 15 : Bob Davies , American basketball player († 1990 )
- January 17th : Bohumil Váňa , Czech table tennis player († 1989 )
- January 23 : Henry Eriksson , Swedish athlete and Olympic champion († 2000 )
- February 1 : Mike Scarry , American football player and coach († 2012 )
- February 2 : George Hardwick , English football player and coach († 2004 )
- February 3 : Stan Ockers , Belgian cyclist († 1956 )
- February 8 : Mike Magill , American racing driver († 2006 )
- February 9 : Ēriks Koņeckis , Latvian ice hockey player († 2006 )
- February 12 : Jack Turner , American racing car driver († 2004 )
- February 16 : Tony Crook , British racing driver, entrepreneur († 2014 )
- February 16 : Walt Faulkner , American racing driver († 1956 )
- March 3 : Tony Gaze , Australian aviator and racing car driver († 2013 )
- March 3 : Julius Boros , Hungarian-American professional golfer († 1994 )
- March 10 : Julio Bolbochán , Argentine chess grandmaster († 1996 )
- March 12 : Danilo Alvim , Brazilian soccer player († 1996 )
- March 16 : Buster Ramsey , American football player and coach († 2007 )
- March 25 : Arthur Wint , Jamaican athlete and Olympic champion († 1992 )
- March 30 : Walt Szot , American football player († 1981 )
April to June
- April 21 : Edmund Adamkiewicz , German football player († 1991 )
- April 23 : Heinz Seiler , German handball trainer and player († 2002 )
- April 24 : Luigi Valenzano , Italian racing car driver († 2011 )
- April 30th : Duncan Hamilton , Irish racing driver († 1994 )
- May 2nd : Gerda Daumerlang , German diver
- May 2 : Guinn Smith , American athlete († 2004 )
- May 10 : Theo Aaldering , German weightlifter († 1979 )
- May 25 : Herman van Laer , Dutch sports official († 2005 )
- June 1 : Syd van der Vyver , South African motorcycle and automobile racing driver († 1989 )
- June 2 : Gino Cappello , Italian football player († 1990 )
- June 2 : Tex Schramm , American football official († 2003 )
- June 5 : Marion Motley , American football player († 1999 )
- June 6 : Don Branson , American racing car driver († 1966 )
- June 9 : Paul Mebus , German football player († 1993 )
- June 13 : Fritz Barzilauskas , American football player († 1990 )
- June 13 : Désiré Keteleer , Belgian cyclist († 1970 )
- June 16 : Gustav Adolf Baumm , German graphic artist, motorcycle designer and racing driver († 1955 )
- June 19 : Keith Andrews , American racing driver († 1957 )
- June 30 : Zeno Colò , Italian ski racer († 1993 )
July to September
- July 1 : Lucidio Sentimenti , Italian football player († 2014 )
- July 9 : Bill Edwards , American football player († 2009 )
- July 17 : Juan Antonio Samaranch , Spanish sports official, Chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) († 2010 )
- July 18 : Eric Brandon , British racing driver († 1982 )
- July 26 : Bob Waterfield , American football player († 1983 )
- August 1st : Samuel Lee , American Olympic champion in high diving († 2016 )
- August 10 : Red Holzman , American basketball coach († 1998 )
- August 10 : Heinz Lucas , German soccer coach († 2016 )
- September 1 : Joyce King , Australian athlete and Olympian († 2001 )
- September 4 : Clemar Bucci , Argentine racing car driver († 2011 )
- September 4 : Jackie Holmes , American racing car driver († 1995 )
- September 10 : Fabio Taglioni , Italian motorcycle designer († 2001 )
- September 21 : Kenneth McAlpine , British racing car driver
October to December
- October 8 : Maxi Baier , German figure skater († 2006 )
- October 31 : Fritz Walter , German soccer player († 2002 )
- November 19 : Bernhard Kempa , German handball player
- November 21 : Walter Fritzsch , German soccer player and coach († 1997 )
- November 28 : Cecilia Colledge , British figure skater († 2008 )
- December 3 : Werner Vick , German handball player and coach († 2000 )
- December 5 : Paul Matzkowski , German soccer player († 2004 )
- December 9 : Bruno Ruffo , Italian motorcycle racer († 2007 )
- December 16 : Fritz Balogh , German football player († 1951 )
- December 16 : Les Leston , British racing car driver († 2012 )
- December 28 : Steve Van Buren , American football player († 2012 )
- December 28 : Al Wistert , American football player († 2016 )
Died
- 2. / February 10 : Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves , British physician and tennis player (* 1867 )
- June 23 : Edvard Möller , Swedish high and long jumper (* 1888 )
- November 25 : Gaston Chevrolet , Swiss / American racing driver (* 1892 )
See also
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