Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics explained

See main article: Rowing at the Summer Olympics.

Event:	Rowing
Games:	1920 Summer
Dates:	27–29 August 1920
Competitors:	136
Nations:	14
Prev:	1912
Next:	1924

Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics after World War I, saw five events. The competitions were held from 27 to 29 August in Antwerp, Belgium.^[1]

The event was marked by the arrival of future triple gold medalists John B. Kelly Sr., Jack Beresford and Paul Costello. Kelly and Beresford would stage a dramatic dual for the singles title, with Kelly prevailing. Immediately after his victory, Kelly would step into the double with his cousin Paul Costello, and easily win the gold in that event. Beresford, though he didn't win gold in these Olympics, would medal at five straight Olympics.^[2]

In the eight, the United States was represented by the United States Naval Academy. The United States would be represented by university crews at the next seven games in the men's eight, winning each time.

Medal summary

Single Sculls
Double Sculls
Coxed Pairs	Ercole Olgeni Giovanni Scatturin Guido De Felip	Gabriel Poix Maurice Monney-Bouton Ernest Barberolle	Édouard Candeveau Alfred Felber Paul Piaget
Coxed four	Willy Brüderlin Max Rudolf Paul Rudolf Hans Walter Paul Staub	Ken Myers Carl Klose Franz Federschmidt Erich Federschmidt Sherm Clark	Birger Var Theodor Klem Henry Larsen Per Gulbrandsen Thoralf Hagen
Eights	Virgil Jacomini Edwin Graves William Jordan Edward Moore Alden Sanborn Donald Johnston Vince Gallagher Clyde King Sherm Clark	Ewart Horsfall Guy Oliver Nickalls Richard Lucas Walter James John Campbell Sebastian Earl Ralph Shove Sidney Swann Robin Johnstone	Theodor Nag Conrad Olsen Adolf Nilsen Håkon Ellingsen Thore Michelsen Arne Mortensen Karl Nag Tollef Tollefsen Thoralf Hagen

Participating nations

A total of 136 rowers from 14 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

Sources

• Book: Belgium Olympic Committee . 1957 . Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report . fr . 7 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181007202443/http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1920/1920.pdf . 7 October 2018 . dead .
• International Olympic Committee medal database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rowing at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060241/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 25 July 2018.
2. Jack Beresford . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417114238/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/jack-beresford-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 19 February 2019.