Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Rowing
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Rowing; at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Dates	27–29 August 1920
Competitors	136 from 14 nations
	← 1912 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.^{[citation needed]}

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Single Sculls details	Jack Kelly Sr. (USA)	Jack Beresford (GBR)	Darcy Hadfield (NZL)
Double Sculls details	Paul Costello and Jack Kelly Sr. (USA)	Pietro Annoni and Erminio Dones (ITA)	Gaston Giran and Alfred Plé (FRA)
Coxed Pairs details	Italy (ITA) Ercole Olgeni Giovanni Scatturin Guido De Felip	France (FRA) Gabriel Poix Maurice Monney-Bouton Ernest Barberolle	Switzerland (SUI) Édouard Candeveau Alfred Felber Paul Piaget
Coxed four details	Switzerland (SUI) Willy Brüderlin Max Rudolf Paul Rudolf Hans Walter Paul Staub	United States (USA) Ken Myers Carl Klose Franz Federschmidt Erich Federschmidt Sherm Clark	Norway (NOR) Birger Var Theodor Klem Henry Larsen Per Gulbrandsen Thoralf Hagen
Eights details	United States (USA) Virgil Jacomini Edwin Graves William Jordan Edward Moore Alden Sanborn Donald Johnston Vince Gallagher Clyde King Sherm Clark	Great Britain (GBR) Ewart Horsfall Guy Oliver Nickalls Richard Lucas Walter James John Campbell Sebastian Earl Ralph Shove Sidney Swann Robin Johnstone	Norway (NOR) 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:

Belgium (20)
Brazil (5)
Canada (5)
Czechoslovakia (15)
Denmark (1)
France (14)
Great Britain (10)
Italy (6)
Netherlands (12)
New Zealand (1)
Norway (13)
Sweden (6)
Switzerland (13)
United States (15)

Medal table

Kelly v. Beresford, 1920 Olympics


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	1	0	4
2	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
3	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	1	2
4	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	0	2
5	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
6	Norway (NOR)	0	0	2	2
7	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		5	5	5	15

References

^ "Rowing at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jack Beresford". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2019.

Sources

Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
International Olympic Committee medal database

[SR-1] "Rowing at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[2] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jack Beresford". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2019.

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