Editing 1920 Summer Olympics (section)

==Highlights==
* The Olympic Games being a symbol of peace and global solidarity shone at Antwerp. These Olympics were the first in which the [[Olympic Oath]] was voiced, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and the first in which the [[Olympic Flag]] was flown to display the unity of the world's continents through its 5 rings.<ref>{{Cite web|last=IOC|date=2018-04-25|title=Antwerp 1920 Summer Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results|url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/antwerp-1920|access-date=2021-05-09|website=Olympic Channel|language=en}}</ref>
* The United States won 41 gold, 27 silver, and 27 bronze medals. Sweden, Great Britain, Finland, and Belgium rounded out the five most successful medal-winning nations, with France and Belgium being the nations that fielded the most athletes, with the United States being only the third by that statistic.
* The Games also featured a week of winter sports, with [[figure skating]] appearing for the first time since the [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908 Olympics]], and [[ice hockey]] making its Olympic debut.
* [[Nedo Nadi]] won 5 gold medals in the fencing events. 
* At the age of 72, Sweden's [[100 metre running deer double-shot]] event champion [[Oscar Swahn]], who had participated in the 1908 and 1912 Games, came in second in the team event to become the oldest Olympic medal winner ever.
* 23-year-old [[Paavo Nurmi]] won the 10,000 m and 8000 m [[cross country at the 1920 Summer Olympics|cross country]] races, took another gold in team cross country, and a silver in the 5000 m run. His contributions for [[Finland]] broke a record in track and field with 9 medals.
* [[Duke Kahanamoku]] retained the 100 m swimming title he won before the war.
* The [[Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics|sailing]] events were among some of strangest moments in Olympic history:<ref name="SAL"/>
**there were originally 16 events scheduled but there were no entrants for the 9 metre, 1907 rating class nor the 8.5 metre 1919 rating class
**the 12-foot dinghy event took place in two different countries. The final two races in the event were independently held in the [[Netherlands]], on its own accord, supposedly because the only two competitors in the event were Dutch.<ref name="ioc_games">{{IOC games|games=1920 Summer Olympics }}</ref>
*[[Sport shooter]] [[Guilherme Paraense]] won [[Brazil]]'s very first gold medal at the Olympic Games.
*The United States sent a women's swimming team for the first time, and the Americans won seven out of seven available swimming medals.