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Antwerp 1920 - Key Facts

ESPN staff
October 12, 2011
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2,626 athletes took part in the Antwerp Olympics © PA Photos
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Dates
April 20 - September 12

Other candidate cities
Amsterdam, Atlanta, Budapest, Cleveland, Havana, Lyon, Philadelphia

Participants
2,626 (65 women)

Participating nations
29 (including Estonia, Spain, Monaco, Yugoslavia)

Sports
19

Events
154

Medals given out
435

IOC President
Pierre de Coubertin (France)

Games declared open by
Albert I, King of Belgium

Olympic oath read by
Victor Boin (Belgium, fencing)

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