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Sports year 1920
The Olympic flag is hoisted for the first time at the VII Olympic Games in Antwerp .
chronology

Events

Olympic games

Poster of the games of the VII Olympiad

• 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

• All England 1920

baseball

Front cover of the Sporting News dated October 7, 1920 on the Black Sox Scandal

• The "Black Sox Scandal" at the 1919 World Series is exposed and leads to the demise of the Chicago White Sox .

Soccer

• September 11th to October 3rd : Campeonato Sudamericano 1920

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

• 0January 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 )

• 0February 1 : Mike Scarry , American football player and coach († 2012 )
• 0February 2 : George Hardwick , English football player and coach († 2004 )
• 0February 3 : Stan Ockers , Belgian cyclist († 1956 )
• 0February 8 : Mike Magill , American racing driver († 2006 )
• 0February 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 )

• 0March 3 : Tony Gaze , Australian aviator and racing car driver († 2013 )
• 0March 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 )

• 0May 2nd : Gerda Daumerlang , German diver
• 0May 2 : Guinn Smith , American athlete († 2004 )
• May 10 : Theo Aaldering , German weightlifter († 1979 )
• May 25 : Herman van Laer , Dutch sports official († 2005 )

• 0June 1 : Syd van der Vyver , South African motorcycle and automobile racing driver († 1989 )
• 0June 2 : Gino Cappello , Italian football player († 1990 )
• 0June 2 : Tex Schramm , American football official († 2003 )
• 0June 5 : Marion Motley , American football player († 1999 )
• 0June 6 : Don Branson , American racing car driver († 1966 )
• 0June 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

• 0July 1 : Lucidio Sentimenti , Italian football player († 2014 )
• 0July 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 )

• 0August 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 )

• 0September 1 : Joyce King , Australian athlete and Olympian († 2001 )
• 0September 4 : Clemar Bucci , Argentine racing car driver († 2011 )
• 0September 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

• 0October 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 )

• 0December 3 : Werner Vick , German handball player and coach († 2000 )
• 0December 5 : Paul Matzkowski , German soccer player († 2004 )
• 0December 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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