24-1079: (Redirected from Don Scott ) Donald Scott may refer to: Sportspeople [ edit ] Donald Scott (middle-distance runner) (1894–1980), American middle-distance runner and modern pentathlete Donald Scott (triple jumper) (born 1992), American triple jumper Don Scott (American football) (died 1943), American footballer for Ohio State University Don Scott (boxer) (1928–2013), British Olympic boxer Don Scott (Canadian football) (1927–2005), played for Toronto Argonauts Donald Scott (cricketer) (1898–1981), played first-class cricket for Somerset Don Scott (footballer, born 1929) , Australian rules footballer for West Perth, South Melbourne, Swan Districts and Waverley Don Scott (footballer, born 1930) (1930–2002), Australian rules footballer for Geelong Don Scott (footballer, born 1947) , Australian rules footballer for Hawthorn Donald Scott (rugby union) (born 1928), Scotland rugby union player Other people [ edit ] Donald P. Scott , killed during
48-611: A police raid in 1992 Donald Scott (politician) (1901–1974), British politician Don Scott (Alberta politician) (born 1966), Canadian politician from Alberta Don Scott (Manitoba politician) (born 1948), Canadian politician from Manitoba Don Scott (Ontario author) (1924–2011), Canadian author and politician Don Scott (Virginia politician) , American politician from Virginia Don Scott (Wyoming politician) , American politician from Wyoming Other uses [ edit ] Ohio State University Airport , nicknamed OSU Don Scott Airport [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
72-472: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This biographical article related to modern pentathlon in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics ( French : Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920 ; Dutch : Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920 ; German : Olympische Sommerspiele 1920 ), officially known as
96-477: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Donald Scott (middle-distance runner) Donald Magruder Scott (November 5, 1894 – October 8, 1980) was an American middle-distance runner and modern pentathlete . He competed in the 800 metres at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the modern pentathlon at the 1924 Summer Olympics . This biographical article about an American middle distance runner
120-444: The 1928 Summer Olympics ), Antwerp, Budapest, and Rome (which would eventually host the 1960 Summer Olympics ) were discussed. Despite a slight preference at the time for Budapest, no final choice was made, and the outbreak of World War I soon afterwards prevented any further progress. In 1915, Lyon made a bid for the 1920 Games, but after some discussion, they agreed to support Antwerp and postpone their bid until 1924 if Antwerp
144-706: The 1996 Summer Olympics ), while Cuba also submitted a bid for Havana . However, shortly after the armistice in November 1918, the IOC decided to give Antwerp their first preference, if they were still willing to host the 1920 Games. In March 1919, the Belgian Olympic Committee decided to go ahead with the organization of the Games: on 5 April 1919, at a meeting in Lausanne, Antwerp was officially declared
168-561: The Civil War and chose not to attend the Games. Germany did not return to Olympic competition until 1928 and instead hosted a series of games called Deutsche Kampfspiele , starting with the Winter edition of 1922 (which predated the first Winter Olympics). The United States won the most gold and overall medals at the 1920 Summer Games. In March 1912, during the 13th session of the IOC ,
192-590: The Games of the VII Olympiad ( French : Jeux de la VII olympiade ; Dutch : Spelen van de VIIe Olympiade ; German : Spiele der VII. Olympiade ) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 ( French : Anvers 1920 ; Dutch and German : Antwerpen 1920 ), were an international multi-sport event held in 1920 in Antwerp , Belgium. In March 1912, during the 13th session of the IOC, Belgium's bid to host
216-611: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes succeeded Serbia , with both nations had sent athletes prior to World War I (in the case of Bohemia as part of the Austrian Empire ). Soviet Russia was busy with the Polish-Soviet War and therefore was unable to form an Olympic team ( Poland in turn, had never participated in the games before, only doing so in later editions). Brazil and Monaco competed as nations at
240-687: The 1920 Summer Games as tribute to the Belgian people. The aftermath of the war and the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 affected the Olympic Games not only due to new states being created, but also by sanctions against the nations that lost the war and were blamed for starting it. Hungary , Germany , Austria , Bulgaria , and the Ottoman Empire were banned from competing in the Games. Soviet Russia had just emerged from
264-609: The 1920 Summer Olympics was made by Baron Édouard de Laveleye , president of the Belgian Olympic Committee and of the Royal Belgian Football Association . No fixed host city was proposed at the time. The 1916 Summer Olympics , to have been held in Berlin, capital of the German Empire , were cancelled due to World War I . When the Olympic Games resumed after the war, Antwerp was awarded hosting
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#1732787146806288-551: The 1920 Summer Olympics. This marked the first time that the football tournament was spread throughout the country, which has mostly been the case since. A total of 29 nations participated in the Antwerp Games, only one more than in 1912, as Germany , Austria , Hungary , Bulgaria and Turkey were not invited, having lost World War I and sanctioned for starting it. From the newly created European states, only Estonia took part, as Czechoslovakia succeeded Bohemia and
312-735: The British Empire but nonetheless administered by the United Kingdom ). As the local Olympic Organizing Committee went bankrupt during the Antwerp 1920 Games, no official report of the Games was ever produced. The documents of the Games were archived at the Belgium Olympic Committee headquarters in Brussels. These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1920 Games. These were the first Olympics where
336-485: The Olympic Games for the first time. New Zealand , which had competed as part of a combined team with Australia in 1908 and 1912, competed on its own for the first time. The games marked the return of Argentina and India to the competitions. At the time, Australia , New Zealand , Canada , India and South Africa were all part of the British Empire . Egypt was a British protectorate (a state not part of
360-587: The bid on the behalf of Belgium to host the 1920 Summer Olympics was made by Baron Édouard de Laveleye , president of the Belgian Olympic Committee and of the Royal Belgian Football Association . No fixed host city was proposed at the time. The organizing committee was created on 9 August 1913. It had four presidents: Among the 22 vice-presidents of the committee were people with a military or industrial background, and further people from sports organizations like Paul Havenith , president of
384-617: The early start of the Games. Held in the "Palais de Glace" or Ice Palace in Antwerp, it was the first time that ice hockey was an Olympic sport. The first stone of the new Olympisch Stadion was laid on 4 July 1919 by Jan De Vos , mayor of Antwerp, and inaugurated less than a year later on 23 May 1920 with a gymnastics demonstration. When the Olympic Games began, the stadium was still unfinished with some events being built over fortifications and others using existing locations. The athletes quarters were crowded and athletes slept on folding cots. The nautical stadium or Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
408-460: The event for free. After the conclusion of the Olympic Games, Belgium recorded a loss of more than 600 million francs. There were 162 events in 28 disciplines that were part of the Olympic program in 1920. The number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses. Korfball was a demonstration sport. Women's water polo was a demonstration sport. Seventeen sports venues were used in
432-765: The football and athletics club K. Beerschot V.A.C. and Nicolaas Jan Cupérus , president of the Belgian Gymnastics Federation . The first action of the committee was to send an official letter to the IOC in Paris, confirming Antwerp as the city for the Belgian Olympic bid. With Antwerp confirmed as the Olympic Games host, Belgium began reconstructing the Beerschot Stadium into the Olympisch Stadion . Construction on
456-532: The host city for the games of the VIIth Olympiad. The 1920 Summer Games organizers had very little time to prepare. The time between the IOC's decision of choosing Antwerp as the host city and the opening ceremony was 1 year, 4 months, and 9 days. Making this the shortest amount of time for a host city to plan and organize an Olympic games. An executive committee was established on 17 April 1919, with Henri de Baillet-Latour as chairman and Alfred Verdyck,
480-600: The new Olympic stadium began in July 1919 and finished in May 1920. In 1914, a 109-page brochure was created to promote the idea of Antwerp as a host city for the Olympics: Aurons-nous la VIIème Olympiade à Anvers? ( Will we have the 7th Olympiad at Antwerp? ). It was sent to all IOC members and was used during the 6th Olympic Congress in Paris in 1914, where the candidacies of Amsterdam (which would eventually host
504-406: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Scott&oldid=1134612126 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732787146806528-577: The secretary of the Belgian Union of Football Clubs, as general secretary. Seven commissions were created, to deal with finances, accommodation, press relations, propaganda, schedules, transport, and festivities. Finances and scheduling proved to be the two hardest parts to tackle: the program of events only was published in February 1920, six months before the official start of the Games. Between 23 and 30 April 1920, an ice hockey tournament marked
552-517: Was built at the end of the Jan Van Rijswijcklaan , using the city ramparts there as a spectator's stand. Other events, like shooting, boxing, and equestrian sports, were held at pre-existing locations in and around Antwerp and as far away as Ostend . The amount of spectators were low throughout Antwerp's Summer Olympics since not many people could afford tickets. In the closing days of the Olympic Games, students were allowed to attend
576-412: Was liberated in time to organize the Games. The support for Belgium by cousin country France, then the leading country of the IOC, also meant that Amsterdam and Budapest (in an enemy state) had no chance for the 1920 games against Antwerp. New candidacies from American cities did not have that disadvantage, and bids were received from Cleveland , Philadelphia , and Atlanta (which would eventually host
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