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Host City: Antwerpen, Belgium
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Antwerpen
Date Started: August 18, 1920
Date Finished: August 18, 1920
Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Albert Hill |
| Silver: | Philip Baker |
| Bronze: | Larry Shields |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Václav Vohralík | 28 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 4:02.2 | QU | |
| 2 | Albert Hill | 31 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:03.2est | 6 m. bh1 | QU |
| 3 | André Audinet | France | FRA | 4:03.7est | 3 m. bh2 | QU | |
| 4 | Edvin Wide | 24 | Sweden | SWE | 4:03.8est | 50 cm. bh3 | |
| 5 | Edward Lawrence | Canada | CAN | 4:03.9est | 1 m. bh4 | ||
| 6 | Carlo Martinenghi | Italy | ITA | ||||
| AC | Lucien Bangels | Belgium | BEL | DNF | |||
| AC | Edward Curtis | 21 | United States | USA | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sven Emil Lundgren | 23 | Sweden | SWE | 4:07.0 | QU | |
| 2 | Duncan McPhee | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:07.2est | 1 m. bh1 | QU |
| 3 | Larry Shields | 25 | United States | USA | 4:07.4est | 1 m. bh2 | QU |
| 4 | Armand Burtin | 23 | France | FRA | 4:07.7est | 2 m. bh3 | |
| 5 | Eivind Rasmussen | 26 | Norway | NOR | 4:08.2est | 3 m. bh4 | |
| 6 | Tommy Town | 27 | Canada | CAN | |||
| 7 | Mario-Giuseppe Bonini | 22 | Italy | ITA | |||
| 8 | Théophile Roeckaert | Belgium | BEL |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Zander | 30 | Sweden | SWE | 4:08.1 | QU | |
| 2 | Arturo Porro | Italy | ITA | 4:09.0est | 5 m. bh1 | QU | |
| 3 | James Connolly | 20 | United States | USA | 4:09.3est | 2 m. bh2 | QU |
| 4 | Maurice de Coninck | 22 | France | FRA | 4:09.8est | 3 m. bh3 | |
| 5 | Léoncé Oleffe | 22 | Belgium | BEL | 4:11.5est | 10 m. bh4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | MB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joie Ray | 26 | United States | USA | 4:13.4 | QU | |
| 2 | Philip Baker | 30 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:14.3est | 5 m. bh1 | QU |
| 3 | Léon Fourneau | 20 | Belgium | BEL | 4:14.8est | 3 m. bh2 | QU |
| 4 | Fritz Kiölling | 24 | Sweden | SWE | 4:14.8est | chest bh3 | |
| 5 | René Leray | France | FRA | 4:15.0est | 1 m. bh4 | QC | |
| 6 | Saburo Hasumi | 24 | Japan | JPN | |||
| AC | Johannes Villemson | 27 | Estonia | EST | DQ | ||
| AC | Juan Muguerza | 19 | Spain | ESP | DNF |