Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 20–21
Competitors	23 from 11 nations
Medalists
Helge Løvland   Norway   Brutus Hamilton   United States   Bertil Ohlson   Sweden

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
3 km walk		men
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
56 lb weight throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

The men's decathlon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme.

Results

Final standings
Place	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Helge Løvland (NOR)	668.8	676.600	585	608	751.84	886.0	700.94	595	642.775	690.4	6803.355
2	Brutus Hamilton (USA)	809.6	687.625	627	538	744.32	781.5	655.34	649	644.700	634.0	6771.085
3	Bertil Ohlson (SWE)	668.8	714.575	573	608	744.32	810.0	717.66	649	419.475	677.2	6580.030
4	Gösta Holmér (SWE)	714.4	588.400	572	678	687.92	848.0	605.18	595	632.050	611.2	6532.150
5	Evert Nilsson (SWE)	619.2	527.250	605	748	718.00	525.0	603.28	703	677.700	707.2	6433.530
6	Valdemar Wickholm (FIN)	762.0	637.400	610	538	827.04	829.0	509.42	487	498.400	707.2	6405.460
7	Eugene Vidal (USA)	668.8	639.850	582	608	718.00	800.5	699.42	649	293.800	701.2	6358.570
8	Axel-Erik Gyllenstolpe (SWE)	668.8	693.750	535	608	714.24	829.0	560.72	433	578.525	612.4	6331.435
9	Ernst Gerspach (SUI)	668.8	608.000	525	538	669.12	791.0	527.66	541	474.200	607.0	5947.780
10	Constant Bucher (SUI)	714.4	571.250	437	328	706.72	601.0	514.36	433	325.150	642.4	5273.280
11	René Joannes-Powell (BEL)	619.2	592.075	413	468	691.68	715.0	357.04	433	137.325	665.2	5091.520
12	Gensabulo Noguchi (JPN)	643.0	517.350	279	328	661.60	0.0	116.88	271	298.200	553.6	3668.630
—	Harry Goelitz (USA)	668.8	567.575	547	608	785.68	867.0	555.02	379	348.250	—	DNF
	Einar Ræder (NOR)	668.8	675.375	565	608	718.00	810.0	374.14	217	305.350	—	DNF
	Aleksander Klumberg (EST)	571.6	659.450	627	678	699.20	715.0	646.60	541	—	—	DNF
	Everett Ellis (USA)	668.8	525.925	611	538	759.36	886.0	483.96	325	—	—	DNF
	Carlo Butti (ITA)	524.0	544.300	527	468	631.52	620.0	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Eero Lehtonen (FIN)	762.0	743.975	532	398	766.88	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Eduard Hašek (TCH)	762.0	638.625	459	398	721.76	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Pekka Johansson (FIN)	571.6	617.800	635	468	548.80	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Apostolos Nikolaidis (GRE)	476.4	472.025	605	608	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Dimitrios Andromidas (GRE)	524.0	490.400	458	468	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
	Hugo Lahtinen (FIN)	668.8	664.350	472	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF

References

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 August 2007.