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Sports at the 1920 Olympic Games

The 1920 Olympic games were held in Antwerp, Belgium. There were 22 sports on the program, eight more than at the previous Olympics in 1912. No sports were dropped. Added were archery, boxing, field hockey, weight lifting, polo, rugby union, figure skating and ice hockey.



List of sports for the 1920 Olympics

  1. Aquatics (Swimming, Diving and Water Polo)
  2. Archery
  3. Athletics
  4. Boxing
  5. Cycling (Road & Track)
  6. Equestrian
  7. Fencing
  8. Field Hockey
  9. Figure Skating
  10. Football
  11. Gymnastics (Artistic)
  12. Ice Hockey
  13. Modern Pentathlon
  14. Polo
  15. Rowing
  16. Rugby Union
  17. Sailing
  18. Shooting
  19. Tennis
  20. Tug of war
  21. Weight Lifting
  22. Wrestling (Greco-Roman and Freestyle)


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