Ice Hockey 1920 Olympics

Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the olympic games since 1920.

Ice hockey 1920 olympics. Canada represented by the winnipeg falcons won the gold medal. Between 23 and 30 april 1920 an ice hockey tournament marked the early start of the games. Ice hockey was introduced to the olympic games at the 1920 summer olympics in antwerp. The soviet union ruled the sport for the second half of the 20th century.

All the best photo and video highlights of ice hockey at the antwerp 1920 summer games olympics plus official results and medals by event and athlete. The united states and great britain took the silver and bronze respectively while other contenders included czechoslovakia france and sweden. Access official results for the ice hockey event ice hockey men at the antwerp 1920 summer games olympics plus view video highlights of top performances. All matches took place in the palais de glace d anvers ice palace of antwerp.

The women s tournament was first held at the 1998 winter olympics. The men s ice hockey tournament at the 1924 winter olympics in chamonix france was the 2nd olympic championship also serving as the 2nd world championships. The matches were played between april 23 and april 29 1920. The olympic games were originally intended for amateur athletes.

Held in the palais de glace or ice palace in antwerp it was the first time that ice hockey was an olympic sport. The rink measured 56 to 18 meters 165 to 58 feet. The 1920 summer olympics ice hockey rosters consisted of 60 players on 7 national ice hockey teams. The competition was held from monday january 28 1924 to sunday february 3 1924.

Men s ice hockey became an olympic sport in 1920 and canada overshadowed the competition for several decades winning nearly all of the tournaments until the rise of the mighty soviet big red machine in 1956. The matches were played between april 23 and april 29 1920. The silver went to the united states and czechoslovakia took the bronze. Teams were required to be strictly amateur so players from the canadian based national hockey league or other professional leagues were excluded.

Played at the olympic games for the first time and later regarded by the international ice hockey federation as the first world championship. Six a side men s ice hockey has been on the programme of every edition of the winter games since 1924 in chamonix. Ice hockey spread to europe around the turn of the century and the first olympic games to include ice hockey for men were the 1920 antwerp summer games. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display.

Ice hockey was introduced to the olympic games at the 1920 summer olympics in antwerp. The first stone of the new olympic stadium at beerschot was laid on 4 july 1919 by jan de vos. The men s tournament was introduced at the 1920 summer olympics and was transferred permanently to the winter olympic games program in 1924 in france. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display.

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