Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's pentathlon

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Men's pentathlon
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Olympisch Stadion
DateAugust 16
Competitors19 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Eero Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg Everett Bradley US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Hugo Lahtinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  1912
1924  

The men's pentathlon was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second time the event was held. [1]

Results

Long jump

Event 1
PlaceAthleteDistanceScore
1US flag 48 stars.svg  Brutus Hamilton  (USA)6.861
2Flag of Finland.svg  Eero Lehtonen  (FIN)6.6352
3US flag 48 stars.svg  Everett Bradley  (USA)6.613
4Flag of Finland.svg  Hugo Lahtinen  (FIN)6.594
5US flag 48 stars.svg  Robert LeGendre  (USA)6.5055
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Axel-Erik Gyllenstolpe  (SWE)6.4156
7Flag of Norway.svg  Helge Løvland  (NOR)6.327
8Flag of Sweden.svg  Bertil Ohlson  (SWE)6.298
9Flag of Finland.svg  Ossian Nylund  (FIN)6.2859
10Flag of Estonia.svg  Aleksander Klumberg  (EST)6.2510
11Flag of Monaco.svg  Edmond Médécin  (MON)6.2111
12Flag of Sweden.svg  Evert Nilsson  (SWE)6.2012
13Flag of Norway.svg  Ole Reistad  (NOR)6.09513
14Flag of Sweden.svg  Carl-Enock Svensson  (SWE)5.89514
15Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Konstantinos Roubesis  (GRE)5.8915
16Flag of Finland.svg  Jonni Myyrä  (FIN)5.8016
17Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Dimitrios Andromidas  (GRE)5.65517
18US flag 48 stars.svg  Robert Dunne  (USA)5.59518
19Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Hiroshi Masuda  (JPN)4.5119

Javelin throw

200 metres

Discus throw

1500 metres

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References

  1. "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's Pentathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

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