Michigan the Olympics
1920 - Antwerp
Michigan had only two representatives in the Antwerp games. Three time Big 10 champion Carl Johnson earned a silver medal in the long jump with a leap of 23 ft. 3.5 inches. During his Michigan career, Johnson was twice Big 10 hurdles champion and won the high jump in 1919.
R. Jerome Dunne, a three sport letterman, made the U.S. team as a reserve in the pentathlon but did not compete in Antwerp.
Dunne and Johnson in Antwerp, Johnson winning Eastern Intercollegiates, 1919.
The U-M Results-1920
| Carl Johnson | |||
| long jump | 2nd, 23 ft. 3.5 in. | ||
| R. Jerome Dunne | |||
| pentathlon | reserve, did not compete | ||
Photo Credits:
- Jerome Dunne and Carl Johnson in Antwerp, copy print from 1921 Michiganensian, in Ath. Dept. Box 41, 1920-1926, neg. #na9968, BHL
- Carl Johnson at Eastern Intercollegiates, copy print from 1921 Michiganensian in Ath. Dept. Box 41, 1920-1926, neg.#na10187, BHL.
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