The Olympisch Stadion () or Kielstadion ) was built as the main stadium for the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

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. For those games, it hosted the

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field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

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, tug of war,

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and korfball (demonstration) events. Following the Olympics it was converted to a football stadium. Its current tenant is K Beerschot VA, a Belgian football club. There are no remnants of the Olympic athletics track. It is possible that Archibald Leitch was involved in the design of the stadium having made several visits prior to the Games.

References

External links

IOC Antwerp 1920 Page
The IOC page of 1920 Summer Olympics includes a photo gallery with images of the stadium.

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Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

Sports venues completed in 1920 Olympic rugby union venues Rugby union stadiums in Belgium Athletics (track and field) venues in Belgium Football venues in Flanders Sports venues in Antwerp Province Sport in Antwerp Buildings and structures in Antwerp K. Beerschot V.A.C. Beerschot A.C. 1920 establishments in Belgium