THE ROARING THE ROARING TWENTIESTWENTIES

SPORTSSPORTS

Alex Szianiecki Gabriel Jadoul Alex Szianiecki Gabriel Jadoul 27/10/0927/10/09

IntroductionIntroductionI. The main sports and their principal athletesI. The main sports and their principal athletes

II. The Olympic Games of the nineteen twentiesII. The Olympic Games of the nineteen twenties– 1. 1920 Olympic Games, Antwerp1. 1920 Olympic Games, Antwerp– 2. 1924 Olympic Games, Paris2. 1924 Olympic Games, Paris– 3. 1928 Olympic Games, Amsterdam3. 1928 Olympic Games, Amsterdam

III. ConclusionIII. Conclusion

IV. SourcesIV. Sources

BaseballBaseball

TennisTennis

FootballFootball

BoxingBoxing

GolfGolf

II. The Olympic II. The Olympic GamesGames

1920, Antwerp Olympic Games 1920, Antwerp Olympic Games  Rank 

Nation GoldSilver

Bronze Total

1 United States 41 27 27 95

2 Sweden 19 20 25 64

3 Great Britain 15 15 13 43

4 Finland 15 10 9 34

5 Belgium (host nation) 14 11 11 36

1924, Paris Olympic Games1924, Paris Olympic Games

 Rank 

Nation GoldSilver

Bronze Total

1 United States 45 27 27 99

2 Finland 14 13 10 37

3France (host nation)

13 15 10 38

4 Great Britain 9 13 12 34

5 Italy 8 3 5 16

1928,Amsterdam Olympic Games1928,Amsterdam Olympic Games

 Rank  Nation Gold SilverBronze

Total

1United States

22 18 16 56

2 Germany 10 7 14 31

3 Finland 8 8 9 25

4 Sweden 7 6 12 25

5 Italy 7 5 7 19

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSIONWith any doubt, the Roaring Twenties was With any doubt, the Roaring Twenties was not only a prosperous decade for the not only a prosperous decade for the economics, but for the sports. It’s in this economics, but for the sports. It’s in this decade, that many sports developed, like decade, that many sports developed, like boxing, golf, and baseball. The American boxing, golf, and baseball. The American superiority in sports is always visible until superiority in sports is always visible until today. As a proof, in the twenty nine today. As a proof, in the twenty nine Olympic Games of the history, United Olympic Games of the history, United States won all the ones he participated. States won all the ones he participated.

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