Date and place| Games of the 7th Olympiad 1920 in Antwerp, April 20 to September 12 |
StatisticsNumber of participants: 2626 (2561 men and 65 women)
Total spectators: 349,689
Olympic Oath: Victor Boin (Belgium, fencing)
Participating countries: 29
Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Yugoslavia, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Czechoslovakia, United States, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland. |
Accomodations| Athletics, tug of war, equestrian, polo, gymnastics, football, rugby, hockey in the Olympic stadium Champs de Beerschot (architect: Fernand de Montigny, spectator capacity: 30,000 cinder track with a length of 400 meters), weight lifting, wrestling, boxing, fencing, shooting, archery, modern pentathlon, cycling on the track in Tuinstad, on the road: Antwerp-Kempen-Antwerp, swimming, diving, water polo in the swimming stadium with a bath of 100 m length, rowing, sailing in Ostende, tennis, figure skating and Ice hockey the Ijsstadion in Antwerp (architect: Fernand de Montigny). |
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