Field hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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Field hockey
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates1 (1)–5 September 1920 (1920-09-05)
Teams4
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Belgium
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The field hockey competition at the 1920 Summer Olympics was held between September 1–5, 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. Only four teams took part in the tournament and Great Britain won the gold medal.[1]

Results[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain 3 3 0 0 17 2 +15 6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Denmark 3 2 0 1 15 8 +7 4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Belgium (H) 3 1 0 2 6 19 −13 2
4  France 3 0 0 3 3 12 −9 0
Source: Sports Reference
(H) Hosts

Matches[edit]

1 September 1920
15:30
Great Britain  5–1  Denmark
Shoveller field hockey ball 10'?'?'
McGrath field hockey ball ?'
Rasmussen field hockey ball ?'
Report Blach field hockey ball ?'
Umpires:
Thomas Burman (GBR)
Hans Kjær (DEN)
1 September 1920
17:30
Belgium  3–2  France
Becquet field hockey ball 27'?'
Valcke field hockey ball ?'
Report Bedel field hockey ball 7'
Guard field hockey ball ?'
Umpires:
Thomas Burman (GBR)
Rodolphe Seeldrayers (BEL)

3 September 1920
15:30
Great Britain  12–1  Belgium
Shoveller field hockey ball 2'?'?'?'?'?'
MacBryan field hockey ball ?'?'
Leighton field hockey ball 20'
Marcon field hockey ball ?'?'?'
Report ? field hockey ball 6'
Umpires:
Thomas Burman (GBR)
Verhoustraeten (BEL)
3 September 1920
17:30
Denmark  9–1  France
Blach field hockey ball 16'21'45'?'?'
Due field hockey ball ?'
Bjerrum field hockey ball ?'?'
Holst field hockey ball ?'
Report Bounal field hockey ball ?'
Umpires:
Hans Kjær (DEN)
George McGrath (GBR)

4 September 1920
15:00
Great Britain  W.O.  France
Report

5 September 1920
15:30
Denmark  5–2  Belgium
Blach field hockey ball ?'?'?'
Holst field hockey ball ?'
Eigenbrod field hockey ball ?'
Report ? field hockey ball ?'
? field hockey ball ?'

Medalists[edit]

Gold Silver Bronze
 Great Britain (GBR)
Charles Atkin
John Bennett
Colin Campbell[2]
Harold Cassels
Harold Cooke[2]
Eric Crockford
Reginald Crummack
Harry Haslam
Arthur Leighton
Charles Marcon
John MacBryan
George McGrath
Stanley Shoveller
William Smith
Cyril Wilkinson
 Denmark (DEN)
Hans Bjerrum
Ejvind Blach
Niels Blach
Steen Due
Thorvald Eigenbrod
Frands Faber
Hans Jørgen Hansen

Hans Herlak
Henning Holst
Erik Husted
Paul Metz
Andreas Rasmussen

 Belgium (BEL)
André Becquet
Pierre Chibert
Raoul Daufresne de la Chevalerie
Fernand de Montigny
Charles Delelienne
Louis Diercxsens
Robert Gevers
Adolphe Goemaere
Charles Gniette
Raymond Keppens
René Strauwen
Pierre Valcke
Maurice van den Bemden
Jean van Nerom
French team, 4th

The following players represented the French squad, who finished in fourth place:[3]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Hockey at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b These players are listed exclusively in the International Olympic Committee medal database. Colin Campbell is not even listed by the British Olympic Association Archived 2008-03-02 at the Wayback Machine as a team member in Antwerp. However Harold Cooke is listed (as team member, not as a medalist).
  3. ^ "France Hockey at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

References[edit]

  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2008.