00:00The 1920 Olympic Games, officially named the Games of the 7th Olympiad, were the sixth edition of the modern Olympic Games.
00:07They took place in Antwerp, Belgium, from August 23 to September 12, 1920.
00:11The bid committee was created on August 9, 1913 and notably included the president of the Belgian Olympic committee, Édouard
00:18de Lavelay and the member of the international Olympic committee Henri de Bayer-Latour.
00:22The 1916 Olympic Games were cancelled due to the First World War and, after the 1918 armistice,
00:29Those from 1920 were awarded to the Flemish city on April 5, 1919, in homage to the suffering and to
00:35The bravery of the Belgians during the war.
00:37The events are held in Antwerp and other cities in the country such as Brussels and Ostend.
00:42Defeated and held responsible for the war, the Central Powers and their successors, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and
00:51Hungary, are not invited to the game.
00:53Participation still reached a record of 29 nations and 2626 athletes, including 65 women.
01:00They compete in 22 sports and 29 disciplines, encompassing a total of 156 events.
01:05Six delegations are making their Olympic debuts: Brazil, Estonia, Monaco, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia and the
01:13Yugoslavia.
01:14In April 1920, the figure skating and ice hockey competitions took place, ice hockey being a sport featured in the Olympic Games.
01:20for the first time.
01:21They will be included in the new Winter Olympic Games from 1924 onwards.
01:26Two symbols made their appearance during the opening ceremony on August 14.
01:30The Olympic flag designed by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1913 and the Olympic oath taken for the first
01:37times by the Belgian athlete Victor Voin.
01:39On August 22, corfebol is contested as a demonstration sport.
01:43As in the 1912 Games, the nations with the most medals were the United States, Sweden, and Great Britain.
01:49and Finland.
01:50Belgium won 36 medals, including 14 gold, and finished fifth, which was their best result.
01:56of its history.
01:58American shooter Willis Lee is the most decorated athlete with 7 awards, including 5 gold medals, while
02:03Italian fencer Nedo Nadi wins all 5 events he participates in.
02:08Archer Hubert Vaninis, the most decorated Belgian in Olympic history, wins 6 medals
02:13including 4 in gold.
02:14In athletics events, Finland's Paavo Nurmi won the first 3 of his 9 Olympic titles.
02:21American swimmer Etelda Blybetray, with 3 gold medals in 3 events, and French tennis player Suzanne Langlène,
02:293 medals, including 2 gold medals,
02:30dominate their respective disciplines and American swimmer Duke Kaanamoku retains the Olympic title in the 100-meter freestyle.
02:37'He obtained it in 1912.
02:39Two Swedes set records that still stand a century later.
02:43Diver Nils Skoglund, at 14, becomes the youngest Olympic medalist in an individual men's event
02:49while shooter Oscar Swan, at 72, is the oldest medalist at the Olympic Games.
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