Gymnastics at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Beerschot Stadium |
Dates | 23-27 August 1920 |
Gymnastics at the 1920 Summer Olympics | |
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All-around | men |
Team | men |
Team (free) | men |
Team (Swedish) | men |
The competition of gymnastics at the 1920 Summer Olympics was held from Monday 23 to Friday 27 August 1920 at the Beerschot Stadium in Antwerp. Four events were contested and only men were allowed to compete. [1]
A total of 250(*) gymnasts from 11 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:
(*) NOTE: Both amounts are given without the four Danish gymnasts, which are exclusively listed in the IOC medal database.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
5 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
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