1920 Summer Olympics

Games of the VII Olympiad

Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics
Host city	Antwerp, Belgium
Nations	29
Athletes	2,626 (2,561 men, 65 women)
Events	156 in 22 sports (29 disciplines)
Opening	14 August[1]
Closing	12 September
Opened by	King Albert I[2]
Stadium	Olympisch Stadion
Summer
← Stockholm 1912 ← Berlin 1916 Paris 1924 →
Winter
Chamonix 1924 →

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were held at Antwerp in Belgium.^[3]

The games were a financial strain for the host country and the participants. The events were not well attended.^[4]

1. ↑ Findling, John E. (2004). Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement. Greenwood. p. 74. ISBN 9780313322785.
2. ↑ "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games f the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. September 13, 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
3. ↑ Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1920 Antwerpen Summer Games" Archived 2020-05-05 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-23.
4. ↑ Zarnowski, C. Frank. "A Look at Olympic Costs," Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Citius, Altius, Fortius (US). Summer 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 20-21 [5-6 of 17 PDF]; retrieved 2012-7-24.