Rowing at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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The Olympic Rowing Events at the 1920 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics after World War I, saw five events. The competitions were held from August 27, 1920 to August 29, 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.

The event was marked by the arrival of future triple Gold Medalists John B. Kelly, Sr., Jack Beresford and Paul Costello. Kelly and Beresford would stage a dramatic dual for the singles title, with Kelly prevailing. Immediately after his victory, Kelly would step into the double with his cousin Paul Costello, and easily win the gold in that event. Beresford, though he didn't win Gold in these Olympics, would medal at five straight Olympics.

In the 8 man boat, the United States was represented by the United States Naval Academy. The United States would be represented by University crews at the next 7 games in the 8, winning each time.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's single sculls details	United States (USA) Jack Kelly	Great Britain (GBR) Jack Beresford	New Zealand (NZL) Clarence Hadfield D'Arcy
Men's double sculls details	United States (USA) Jack Kelly Paul Costello	Italy (ITA) Erminio Dones Pietro Annoni	France (FRA) Alfred Plé Gaston Giran
Men's coxed pairs details	Italy (ITA) Ercole Olgeni Giovanni Scatturin Guido De Filip	France (FRA) Gabriel Poix Maurice Bouton Ernest Barberolle	Switzerland (SUI) Edouard Candeveau Alfred Felber Paul Piaget
Men's coxed fours details	Switzerland (SUI) Willy Brüderlin Max Rudolf Paul Rudolf Hans Walter Paul Staub	United States (USA) Kenneth Myers Carl Klose Franz Federschmidt Erich Federschmidt Sherman Clark	Norway (NOR) Birger Var Theodor Klem Henry Larsen Per Gulbrandsen Thoralf Hagen
Men's eights details	United States (USA) Virgil Jacomini Edwin Graves William Jordan Edward Moore Alden Sanborn Donald Johnston Vincent Gallagher Clyde King Sherman Clark	Great Britain (GBR) Ewart Horsfall Guy Oliver Nickalls Richard Lucas Walter James John Campbell Sebastian Earl Ralph Shove Sidney Swann Robin Johnstone	Norway (NOR) Theodor Nag Conrad Olsen Adolf Nilsen Håkon Ellingsen Thore Michelsen Arne Mortensen Karl Nag Tollef Tollefsen Thoralf Hagen

Participating nations

A total of 135(*) rowers from 14 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

• Belgium (20)
• Brazil (5)
• Canada (5)
• Czechoslovakia (15)
• Denmark (1)
• France (13)(*)
• Great Britain (10)
• Italy (6)
• Netherlands (12)
• New Zealand (1)
• Norway (13)
• Sweden (6)
• Switzerland (13)
• United States (15)

(*) NOTE: The French coxswain Ernest Barberolle or Émile Barberolle is counted as one and the same person.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	1	0	4
2	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
3	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	1	2
4	Great Britain (GBR)	0	2	0	2
5	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
6	Norway (NOR)	0	0	2	2
7	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1

References

• International Olympic Committee medal database

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