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1912 Athletics Summary in Olympics

Info about the Games    
Host City: Stockholm, Sweden Participants: 534 (534 men and 0 women) from 27 countries  poster1912.jpg
Date Started: July 6, 1912 Youngest Participant: SWE Douglas Melin (16 years, 278 days)
Date Finished: July 15, 1912 Oldest Participant: FIN Verner Järvinen (42 years, 131 days)
Events: 30 Most Medals (Athlete): FIN Hannes Kolehmainen (4 medals)
  Most Medals (Country): USA United States (42 medals)
   
Venue  Olympic Stadium  
 1912_olympic_stadium.jpg
Year Dates City Venue Countries Athletes Men Women Events (Men/Women)
1912 Jul 6-15 Stockholm,SWE Olympic Stadium 26 534 534 0 30 30/0
 
Athletics at the
1912 Olympic Games Stockholm, Sweden
Men's 100 m
Men's 200 m
Men's 400 m
Men's 800 m
Men's 1500 m
Men's 5000 m
Men's 10000 m
Men's 110 m Hurdles
Men's 4 x 100 m
Men's 4 x 400 m
Men's 3000 m Team
Men's Cross-Country Individual
Men's Cross-Country Team
Men's Marathon
Men's 10 km Walk
Men's High Jump
Men's Standing High Jump
Men's Pole Vault
Men's Long Jump
Men's Standing Long Jump
Men's Triple Jump
Men's Shot Put
Men's Shot Put Both Hands
Men's Discus Throw
Men's Discus Throw Both Hands
Men's Hammer Throw
Men's Javelin Throw
Men's Javelin Throw Both Hands
Men's Decathlon
Men's Pentathlon
 
400 metre final.

Overview

Track & field athletics was the showcase event of the 1912 Olympic Games, as it often is. The biggest stars of the competition were Hannes Kolehmainen, the Finnish distance runner who won the 5,000 and 10,000 metre runs, and the cross-country, and Jim Thorpe, the American Indian multi-performer, who won the decathlon and pentathlon.

Track & field athletics was conducted within the Olympic stadium that had been especially constructed for the 1912 Olympic Games. The track was the unusual distance of just over 383 metres in length. It was constructed by Charles Perry, the British trainer, who had also helped build the tracks that were used at the 1896, 1906, and 1908 Olympic Games.
The men's 10 kilometres walk event at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games took place July 24 and July 27. The final was won by Swede John Mikaelsson, who won the event four years prior in 1948. This was the last time this event took place and was replaced by the 20 kilometres walk in 1956.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only.

The athletics programme grew by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre races were introduced, as the 5 mile event was eliminated. The 400 metre hurdle event made a brief disappearance, making the 1912 Olympics the only time that event was not held since its introduction in 1900. The 4x100 and 4x400 relays replaced the medley relay while the team race was shortened from 3 miles to 3000 metres. The decathlon, which had been held in 1904 but not in 1908, returned to the programme. Steeplechasing was eliminated, while racewalking was cut from 2 events to 1 with the 10 kilometre replacing the 10 mile and the 3500 metre eliminated. The pentathlon was introduced (as well as the separate sport modern pentathlon). The 1908 experiments of the Greek-style discus and the restricted javelin were replaced with two-handed throwing, for the shot put, discus, and javelin. Cross-country events, both for the individual and the team, were introduced. The competitions were held from Saturday, July 6, 1912 to Monday, July 15, 1912.

Medal summary

Event

 GoldSilverBronze
100 metres Ralph Craig
 United States
Alvah Meyer
 United States
Donald Lippincott
 United States
200 metres Ralph Craig
 United States
Donald Lippincott
 United States
Willie Applegarth
 Great Britain
400 metres Charles Reidpath
 United States
Hanns Braun
 Germany
Edward Lindberg
 United States
800 metres Ted Meredith
 United States
Mel Sheppard
 United States
Ira Davenport
 United States
1500 metres Arnold Jackson
 Great Britain
Abel Kiviat
 United States
Norman Taber
 United States
5000 metres Hannes Kolehmainen
 Finland
Jean Bouin
 France
George Hutson
 Great Britain
10,000 metres Hannes Kolehmainen
 Finland
Lewis Tewanima
 United States
Albin Stenroos
 Finland
110 metres hurdles Fred Kelly
 United States
James Wendell
 United States
Martin Hawkins
 United States
4 x 100 metres relay  Great Britain (GBR)
Willie Applegarth
Victor d'Arcy
David Jacobs
Henry Macintosh
 Sweden (SWE)
Knut Lindberg
Charles Luther
Ivan Möller
Ture Person
none awarded
4 x 400 metres relay  United States (USA)
Edward Lindberg
Ted Meredith
Charles Reidpath
Mel Sheppard
 France (FRA)
Pierre Failliot
Charles Lelong
Charles Poulenard
Robert Schurrer
 Great Britain (GBR)
Ernest Henley
George Nicol
Cyril Seedhouse
James Soutter
3000 metres team race  United States (USA)
Tell Berna
George Bonhag
Abel Kiviat
Louis Scott
Norman Taber
 Sweden (SWE)
Bror Fock
Nils Frykberg
Thorild Olsson
Ernst Wide
John Zander
 Great Britain (GBR)
Joe Cottrill
George Hutson
William Moore
Edward Owen
Cyril Porter
Marathon Ken McArthur
 South Africa
Christian Gitsham
 South Africa
Gaston Strobino
 United States
10 kilometres walk George Goulding
 Canada
Ernest Webb
 Great Britain
Fernando Altimani
 Italy
Individual cross country Hannes Kolehmainen
 Finland
Hjalmar Andersson
 Sweden
John Eke
 Sweden
Team cross country  Sweden (SWE)
Hjalmar Andersson
John Eke
Josef Ternström
 Finland (FIN)
Jalmari Eskola
Hannes Kolehmainen
Albin Stenroos
 Great Britain (GBR)
Ernest Glover
Frederick Hibbins
Thomas Humphreys
Long jump Albert Gutterson
 United States
Calvin Bricker
 Canada
Georg Åberg
 Sweden
Triple jump Gustaf Lindblom
 Sweden
Georg Åberg
 Sweden
Erik Almlöf
 Sweden
High jump Alma Richards
 United States
Hans Liesche
 Germany
George Horine
 United States
Pole vault Harry Babcock
 United States
Frank Nelson
 United States
Marc Wright
 United States
William Halpenny
 Canada
Frank Murphy
 United States
Bertil Uggla
 Sweden
Standing long jump Konstantinos Tsiklitiras
 Greece
Platt Adams
 United States
Benjamin Adams
 United States
Standing high jump Platt Adams
 United States
Benjamin Adams
 United States
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras
 Greece
Shot put Pat McDonald
 United States
Ralph Rose
 United States
Lawrence Whitney
 United States
Discus throw Armas Taipale
 Finland
Richard Byrd
 United States
James Duncan
 United States
Hammer throw Matt McGrath
 United States
Duncan Gillis
 Canada
Clarence Childs
 United States
Javelin throw Eric Lemming
 Sweden
Julius Saaristo
 Finland
Mór Kóczán
 Hungary
Two handed shot put Ralph Rose
 United States
Pat McDonald
 United States
Elmer Niklander
 Finland
Two handed discus throw Armas Taipale
 Finland
Elmer Niklander
 Finland
Emil Magnusson
 Sweden
Two handed javelin throw Julius Saaristo
 Finland
Väinö Siikaniemi
 Finland
Urho Peltonen
 Finland
Pentathlon Ferdinand Bie
 Norway
James Donahue
 United States
Frank Lukeman
 Canada
Jim Thorpe [1]
 United States
Decathlon Hugo Wieslander
 Sweden
Charles Lomberg
 Sweden
Gösta Holmér
 Sweden
Jim Thorpe [1]
 United States
Medal withdrawn by IOC in 1913, re-instated in 1982.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA) 16 14 12 42
2  Finland (FIN) 6 4 3 13
3  Sweden (SWE) 4 5 6 15
4  Great Britain (GBR) 2 1 5 8
5  Canada (CAN) 1 2 2 5
6  South Africa (RSA) 1 1 0 2
7  Greece (GRE) 1 0 1 2
8  Norway (NOR) 1 0 0 1
9  France (FRA) 0 2 0 2
 Germany (GER) 0 2 0 2
11  Hungary (HUN) 0 0 1 1
 Italy (ITA) 0 0 1 1
           
Total32313194

Participating nations

556 athletes from 27 nations competed. Egypt was the only nation not to compete in athletics.

  • Australasia (5)
  • Austria (12)
  • Belgium (2)
  • Bohemia (11)
  • Canada (18)
  • Chile (6)
  • Denmark (14)
  • Finland (23)
  • France (32)
 
  • Germany (24)
  • Great Britain (65)
  • Greece (5)
  • Hungary (27)
  • Iceland (1)
  • Italy (14)
  • Japan (2)
  • Luxembourg (2)
  • Netherlands (1)
 
  • Norway (23)
  • Portugal (4)
  • Russia (35)
  • Serbia (3)
  • South Africa (7)
  • Sweden (108)
  • Switzerland (1)
  • Turkey (2)
  • United States (109)
PLACING TABLES
Stockholm 1912
  Gold Silver Bronze 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th Medals Points
USA 16 12+2= 11 9+5= 11+1= 4+2= 6 3+3= 41 437.5
SWE 4 5 5 4+2= 4+1= 5 7 6 14 179.5
FIN 6 4 3 4 1 3 1 1 13 130
GBR1 2 1 5 - 1 2 - 1 8 64
CAN 1 2 1 2+1= 1 - - 1 4 47
NOR 1 - - 2 1 1 2 1 1 30
GER - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 2 24
RSA 1 1 - 1 - - - 1 2 21
FRA - 2 - - - - - 1 2 15
GRE 1 - 1 - - - - - 2 14
HUN - - 1 - - 1 1 - 1 11
ITA - - 1 - 1 - - - 1 10
DEN - - - 1 1 - - - 0 9
AUT - - - - 1 - - - 0 4
TUR - - - - - - 1 - 0 2
Totals 32 29+2= 28 24+8= 22+2= 17+2= 18 17+3= 91 998
1. Breakdown of combined Great Britain & Ireland team placings:
IRL - - - - - 1 - - 0 3
GBR 2 1 5 - 1 1 - 1 8 61
Totals 2 1 5 - 1 2 - 1 8 64
Jim Thorpe (USA)  
After winning the 1912 Pentathlon and Decathlon, Thorpe was disqualified for having
infringed his amateur status. He was re-instated, posthumously, in 1983 and declared the
co-winner of those events along with the men who were promoted after his
disqualification; Ferdinand Bie (NOR) and Hugo Wieslander (SWE). Therefore, in these
two events two golds, one silver and one bronze medals have been counted here

Calendar of the Games


July 6 13h00 Men's Javelin throw qualifying round: group 1
Men's Javelin throw qualifying round: group 2
Men's Javelin throw qualifying round: group 3
Men's Javelin throw qualifying round: group 4
13h30 Men's 100 m round 1: heat 1
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 2
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 3
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 4
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 5
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 6
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 7
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 8
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 9
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 10
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 11
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 12
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 13
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 14
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 15
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 16
Men's 100 m round 1: heat 17
14h45 Men's 800 m round 1: heat 1
Men's 800 m round 1: heat 2
Men's 800 m round 1: heat 3
Men's 800 m round 1: heat 4
Men's 800 m round 1: heat 5
Men's 800 m round 1: heat 6
Men's 800 m round 1: heat 7
Men's 800 m round 1: heat 8
Men's 800 m round 1: heat 9
15h00 Men's Javelin throw Final
15h45 Men's 100 m Semifinal: heat 1
Men's 100 m Semifinal: heat 2
Men's 100 m Semifinal: heat 3
Men's 100 m Semifinal: heat 4
Men's 100 m Semifinal: heat 5
Men's 100 m Semifinal: heat 6
 
July 7 09h00 Men's 10,000 m round 1: heat 1
Men's High jump qualifying round: group 1
Men's High jump qualifying round: group 2
Men's High jump qualifying round: group 3
09h45 Men's 10,000 m round 1: heat 2
13h30 Men's 10,000 m round 1: heat 3
Men's Pentathlon 1,500 m
Men's Pentathlon 200 m
Men's Pentathlon discus throw
Men's Pentathlon javelin throw
Men's Pentathlon long jump
14h45 Men's 100 m Final
15h15 Men's 800 m Semifinal: heat 1
15h30 Men's 800 m Semifinal: heat 2
July 8 09h30 Men's 10 km walk round 1: heat 1
Men's 10 km walk round 1: heat 2
10h30 Men's Standing long jump qualifying round: group 1
Men's Standing long jump qualifying round: group 2
Men's Standing long jump qualifying round: group 3
Men's Standing long jump qualifying round: group 4
12h00 Men's 4 x 100 m relay round 1: heat 1
Men's 4 x 100 m relay round 1: heat 2
Men's 4 x 100 m relay round 1: heat 3
Men's 4 x 100 m relay round 1: heat 4
Men's 4 x 100 m relay round 1: heat 5
Men's 4 x 100 m relay round 1: heat 6
Men's Standing long jump Final
15h00 Men's High jump Final
15h30 Men's 4 x 100 m relay Semifinal: heat 1
Men's 4 x 100 m relay Semifinal: heat 2
Men's 4 x 100 m relay Semifinal: heat 3
16h15 Men's 10,000 m Final
17h00 Men's 800 m Final
July 9 09h30 Men's 5,000 m round 1: heat 1
10h00 Men's 5,000 m round 1: heat 2
10h30 Men's 5,000 m round 1: heat 3
14h00 Men's Javelin throw, both hands Final
Men's Javelin throw, both hands qualifying round: group 1
Men's Javelin throw, both hands qualifying round: group 2
Men's Javelin throw, both hands qualifying round: group 3
14h30 Men's 1,500 m round 1: heat 1
Men's 1,500 m round 1: heat 2
Men's 1,500 m round 1: heat 3
Men's 1,500 m round 1: heat 4
Men's 1,500 m round 1: heat 5
Men's 1,500 m round 1: heat 6
Men's 1,500 m round 1: heat 7
16h00 Men's 4 x 100 m relay Final
16h15 Men's 5,000 m round 1: heat 4
16h45 Men's 5,000 m round 1: heat 5
July 10 09h30 Men's Shot put qualifying round: group 1 and 2
Men's Shot put qualifying round: group 3
Men's Shot put qualifying round: group 4
10h30 Men's 200 m round 1: heat 1
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 2
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 3
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 4
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 5
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 6
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 7
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 8
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 9
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 10
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 11
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 12
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 13
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 14
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 15
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 16
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 17
Men's 200 m round 1: heat 18
11h00 Men's Shot put Final
14h00 Men's 5,000 m Final
14h15 Men's Pole Vault qualifying round: group 1
Men's Pole Vault qualifying round: group 2
15h30 Men's 1,500 m Final
16h00 Men's 200 m Semifinal: heat 1
Men's 200 m Semifinal: heat 2
Men's 200 m Semifinal: heat 3
Men's 200 m Semifinal: heat 4
Men's 200 m Semifinal: heat 5
Men's 200 m Semifinal: heat 6
July 11 09h30 Men's 110 m hurdles round 1: heat 1
Men's 110 m hurdles round 1: heat 2
Men's 110 m hurdles round 1: heat 3
Men's 110 m hurdles round 1: heat 4
Men's 110 m hurdles round 1: heat 5
Men's 110 m hurdles round 1: heat 6
Men's 110 m hurdles round 1: heat 7
Men's 110 m hurdles round 1: heat 8
Men's 110 m hurdles round 1: heat 9
Men's 110 m hurdles round 1: heat 10
Men's 110 m hurdles round 1: heat 11
11h15 Men's 10 km walk Final
14h00 Men's Shot put both hands qualifying round: group 1
Men's Shot put both hands qualifying round: group 2
15h00 Men's 200 m Final
15h15 Men's Pole Vault Final
15h30 Men's Shot put both hands Final
16h15 Men's 110 m hurdles Semifinal: heat 1
Men's 110 m hurdles Semifinal: heat 2
Men's 110 m hurdles Semifinal: heat 3
Men's 110 m hurdles Semifinal: heat 4
Men's 110 m hurdles Semifinal: heat 5
Men's 110 m hurdles Semifinal: heat 6
July 12 09h30 Men's Discus throw qualifying round: group 1
Men's Discus throw qualifying round: group 2
Men's Discus throw qualifying round: group 3
Men's Discus throw qualifying round: group 4
Men's Discus throw qualifying round: group 5
11h00 Men's 400 m round 1: heat 1
Men's 400 m round 1: heat 2
Men's 400 m round 1: heat 3
Men's 400 m round 1: heat 4
Men's 400 m round 1: heat 5
Men's 400 m round 1: heat 6
Men's 400 m round 1: heat 7
Men's 400 m round 1: heat 8
Men's 400 m round 1: heat 9
Men's 400 m round 1: heat 10
Men's 400 m round 1: heat 11
Men's 400 m round 1: heat 12
Men's 400 m round 1: heat 13
Men's 400 m round 1: heat 14
Men's 400 m round 1: heat 15
12h00 Men's Discus throw Final
14h00 Men's Long jump qualifying round: group 1
Men's Long jump qualifying round: group 2 and 3
Men's Long jump qualifying round: group 4
Men's Long jump Final
15h00 Men's 110 m hurdles Final
Men's 3,000 m team round 1: heat 1
Men's 3,000 m team round 1: heat 2
Men's 3,000 m team round 1: heat 3
16h15 Men's 400 m Semifinal: heat 1
Men's 400 m Semifinal: heat 2
Men's 400 m Semifinal: heat 3
Men's 400 m Semifinal: heat 4
Men's 400 m Semifinal: heat 5
July 13 09h30 Men's Standing high jump qualifying round: group 1
Men's Standing high jump qualifying round: group 2
Men's Standing high jump qualifying round: group 3
10h00 Men's Decathlon 100 m
Men's Decathlon long jump
Men's Decathlon shot put
14h00 Men's Discus throw, both hands qualifying round: group 1
Men's Discus throw, both hands qualifying round: group 2
Men's Discus throw, both hands qualifying round: group 3
15h00 Men's 400 m Final
15h30 Men's 3,000 m team Final
16h00 Men's Discus throw, both hands Final
Men's Standing high jump Final
July 14 10h00 Men's Decathlon 110 m hurdles
Men's Decathlon 400 m
Men's Decathlon discus throw
Men's Decathlon high jump
13h30 Men's Hammer throw qualifying round: group 1
Men's Hammer throw qualifying round: group 2
13h48 Men's Marathon (40,200 m)
14h45 Men's 4 x 400 m relay round 1: heat 1
Men's 4 x 400 m relay round 1: heat 2
Men's 4 x 400 m relay round 1: heat 3
15h30 Men's Hammer throw Final
July 15 10h00 Men's Decathlon 1,500 m
Men's Decathlon javelin throw
Men's Decathlon pole vault
14h00 Men's Triple jump qualifying round: group 1
Men's Triple jump qualifying round: group 2
Men's Triple jump qualifying round: group 3
14h15 Men's Cross-country (8,000 m)
Men's Cross-country team 12,000 m
14h30 Men's 4 x 400 m relay Final
16h00 Men's Triple jump Final
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