Great Britain At The 1920 Summer Olympics
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 235 competitors, 219 men and 16 women, took part in 84 events in 21 sports. British athletes won fifteen gold medals (up from ten in 1912) and 43 medals overall, finishing third.
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Are they not but in Britain?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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