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

Event:	Men's pentathlon
Games:	1920 Summer
Venue:	Olympisch Stadion
Date:	August 16
Competitors:	19
Nations:	8
Gold:	Eero Lehtonen
Goldnoc:	FIN
Silver:	Everett Bradley
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Hugo Lahtinen
Bronzenoc:	FIN
Prev:	1912
Next:	1924

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

Results

Long jump

Event 1
Place	Athlete	Distance	Score
1		6.86	1
2		6.635	2
3		6.61	3
4		6.59	4
5		6.505	5
6		6.415	6
7		6.32	7
8		6.29	8
9		6.285	9
10		6.25	10
11		6.21	11
12		6.20	12
13		6.095	13
14		5.895	14
15		5.89	15
16		5.80	16
17		5.655	17
18		5.595	18
19		4.51	19

Javelin throw

Event 2
Place	Athlete	Distance	Score
1		60.76	1
2		54.67	2
3		54.25	3
4		53.13	4
5		50.85	5
6		50.43	6
7		49.88	7
8		49.16	8
9		48.65	9
10		48.36	10
11		44.6	11
12		43.68	12
13		41.52	13
14		39.82	14
15		38.99	15
16		31.37	16
17		30.25	17
18		24.11	18
—		DNS	—

After 2 events
Place	Athlete	1	2	Total
1		2	2	4
2		4	3	7
3		10	1	11
		7	4	11
		3	8	11
		1	10	11
7		6	7	13
8		5	11	16
9		12	5	17
10		9	9	18
11		14	6	20
11		8	12	20
13		11	16	27
14		13	15	28
15		18	13	31
16		15	17	32
17		19	14	33
18		17	18	35
19		16	—	DNF-1 (16)

200 metres

Event 3
Place	Athlete	Time	Score
1		23.0	1
		23.0	1
		23.0	1
4		23.4	4
5		23.6	5
5		23.6	5
7		23.8	7
7		23.8	7
9		23.9	9
10		24.0	10
10		24.0	10
12		24.2	12
12		24.2	12
14		25.2	14
15		25.3	15
16		25.8	16
17		29.0	17
—		DNS	—
—		DNS	—

After 3 events
Place	Athlete	1	2	3	Total
1		2	2	1	5
2		3	8	1	12
2		4	3	5	12
4		1	10	4	15
5		5	11	1	17
6		7	4	10	21
7		8	12	5	25
7		6	7	12	25
9		10	1	15	26
10		14	6	7	27
11		12	5	12	29
12		9	9	14	32
13		13	15	9	37
13		11	16	10	37
15		18	13	7	38

16		15	17	16	48
17		17	18	17	52
18		19	14	—	DNF-2 (33)
19		16	—	—	DNF-1 (16)

Discus throw

Event 4
Place	Athlete	Distance	Score
1		39.80	1
2		39.51	2
3		38.62	3
4		37.39	4
5		37.13	5
6		36.78	6
7		34.64	7
8		34.62	8
9		34.28	9
10		33.50	10
11		32.15	11
12		31.98	12
13		31.12	13
14		30.00	14
15		26.97	15
—		DNS	—
		DNS	—
		DNS	—
		DNS	—

After 4 events
Place	Athlete	1	2	3	4	Total
1		2	2	1	7	12
2		3	8	1	6	18
3		1	10	4	5	20
4		5	11	1	4	21
5		7	4	10	2	23
6		4	3	5	13	25
7		8	12	5	1	26

8		10	1	15	3	29
9		6	7	12	10	35
10		12	5	12	8	37
11		14	6	7	11	38
12		18	13	7	9	47
12		9	9	14	15	47
14		13	15	9	12	49
15		11	16	10	14	51
16		15	17	16	—	DNF-3 (48)
17		17	18	17	—	DNF-3 (52)
18		19	14	—	—	DNF-2 (33)
19		16	—	—	—	DNF-1 (16)

1500 metres

Event 5
Place	Athlete	Time	Score
1		4:36.0	1
2		4:40.2	2
3		4:42.8	3
4		4:45.8	4
5		4:46.0	5
6		5:10.0	6
7		5:12.8	7
—		DNS	—
		DNS	—
		DNS	—
		DNS	—
		DNS	—
		DNS	—
		DNS	—
		DNS	—
		DNS	—
		DNS	—
		DNS	—
		DNS	—

Final standings
Place	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1		2	2	1	7	2	14
2		3	8	1	6	6	24
3		4	3	5	13	1	26
4		5	11	1	4	5	26
5		7	4	10	2	4	27
6		1	10	4	5	7	27
7		8	12	5	1	3	29
8		10	1	15	3	100	DNF-4 (29)
9		6	7	12	10	100	DNF-4 (35)
10		12	5	12	8	100	DNF-4 (37)
11		14	6	7	11	100	DNF-4 (38)
12		18	13	7	9	100	DNF-4 (47)
12		9	9	14	15	100	DNF-4 (47)
14		13	15	9	12	100	DNF-4 (49)
15		11	16	10	14	100	DNF-4 (51)
16		15	17	16	100	100	DNF-3 (48)
17		17	18	17	100	100	DNF-3 (52)
18		19	14	100	100	100	DNF-2 (33)
19		16	100	100	100	100	DNF-1 (16)

Sources

Book: Belgium Olympic Committee . 1957 . Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report. fr.
Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 24 August 2007 . pl.

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's Pentathlon . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175025/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ATH/mens-pentathlon.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 29 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.