Field_hockey_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics Knowpia

Field hockey
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Field hockey; at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	1–5 September 1920
Teams	4
Medalists
	← 1908 1928 →

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Great Britain	3	3	0	17	2	+15	6
	Denmark	3	2	1	15	8	+7	4
	Belgium (H)	3	1	2	6	19	−13	2
4	France	3	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Source: Sports Reference
(H) Hosts

Matches edit

1 September 1920
15:30

Great Britain	5–1	Denmark
Shoveller 10', ?', ?' McGrath ?' Rasmussen ?'	Report	Blach ?'

Umpires:
Thomas Burman (GBR)
Hans Kjær (DEN)

1 September 1920
17:30

Belgium	3–2	France
Becquet 27', ?' Valcke ?'	Report	Bedel 7' Guard ?'

Umpires:
Thomas Burman (GBR)
Rodolphe Seeldrayers (BEL)

3 September 1920
15:30

Great Britain	12–1	Belgium
Shoveller 2', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' MacBryan ?', ?' Leighton 20' Marcon ?', ?', ?'	Report	? 6'

Umpires:
Thomas Burman (GBR)
Verhoustraeten (BEL)

3 September 1920
17:30

Denmark	9–1	France
Blach 16', 21', 45', ?', ?' Due ?' Bjerrum ?', ?' Holst ?'	Report	Bounal ?'

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 ?', ?', ?' Holst ?' Eigenbrod ?'	Report	? ?' ? ?'

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

^ "Hockey at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
^ ^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).
^ "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.

[SR-1] "Hockey at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

[medal_list-2] 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).

[FRA-3] "France Hockey at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

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