Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon explained

Event:Men's decathlon
Games:1920 Summer
Venue:Olympisch Stadion
Dates:August 20–21
Competitors:23
Nations:11
Gold:Helge Løvland
Goldnoc:NOR
Silver:Brutus Hamilton
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Bertil Ohlson
Bronzenoc:SWE
Prev:1912
Next:1924

The men's decathlon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme.[1]

Results

The best score for each event is highlighted.

Final standings
Place Athlete 1
100m
2
LJ
3
SP
4
HJ
5
400m
6
DT
7
110mH
8
PV
9
JT
10
1500m
Total
1 668.8 676.600 585 608 751.84 bgcolor=gold886.0 700.94 595 642.775 690.4 6803.355
2 bgcolor=gold809.6 687.625 627 538 744.32 781.5 655.34 649 644.700 634.06771.085
3 668.8 714.575 573 608 744.32 810.0 bgcolor=gold717.66 649 419.475 677.2 6580.030
4 714.4 588.400 572 678 687.92 848.0 605.18 595 632.050 611.2 6532.150
5 619.2 527.250 605 bgcolor=gold748 718.00 525.0 603.28 bgcolor=gold703 bgcolor=gold677.700 bgcolor=gold707.2 6433.530
6 762.0 637.400 610 538 bgcolor=gold827.04 829.0 509.42 487 498.400 bgcolor=gold707.2 6405.460
7 668.8 639.850 582 608 718.00 800.5 699.42 649 293.800 701.2 6358.570
8 668.8 693.750 535 608 714.24 829.0 560.72 433 578.525 612.4 6331.435
9 668.8 608.000 525 538 669.12 791.0 527.66 541 474.200 607.0 5947.780
10 714.4 571.250 437 328 706.72 601.0 514.36 433 325.150 642.4 5273.280
11 619.2 592.075 413 468 691.68 715.0 357.04 433 137.325 665.2 5091.520
12 643.0 517.350 279 328 661.60 0.0 116.88 271 298.200 553.6 3668.630
668.8 567.575 547 608 785.68 867.0 555.02 379 348.250 DNF
668.8 675.375 565 608 718.00 810.0 374.14 217 305.350 DNF
571.6 659.450 627 678 699.20 715.0 646.60 541 DNF
668.8 525.925 611 538 759.36 886.0 483.96 325 DNF
524.0 544.300 527 468 631.52 620.0 DNF
762.0 bgcolor=gold743.975 532 398 766.88 DNF
762.0 638.625 459 398 721.76 DNF
571.6 617.800 bgcolor=gold635 468 548.80 DNF
476.4 472.025 605 608 DNF
524.0 490.400 458 468 DNF
668.8 664.350 472 0 DNF

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's Decathlon . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175531/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ATH/mens-decathlon.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.