STOCKHOLM 1912

 

The Games of the V Summer Olympiad. May 5 - July 27, 1912. Stockholm, Sweden.

 

Athletics   Diving   Fencing   Football   Gymnastics   Rowing   Shooting   Swimming   Tennis   Water Polo   Wrestling   Medal Count

 

ATHLETICS

 

400 m

NQF (DNS in Semifinal 4).Yahiko Mishima (Japan)

 

800 m

2.Mel Sheppard (USA)

 

5000 m

1.Hannes Kolehmainen (Finland)

2.Jean Bouin (France)

 

10000 m

1.Hannes Kolehmainen (Finland)

 

4 x 400 m

1.USA (Mel Sheppard)

 

Marathon

1.Ken McArthur (South Africa)

DNF.Shizo Kanakuri (Japan)

 

Individual cross-country: 1.Hannes Kolehmainen (Finland)

Team cross-country: 2.Finland (Hannes Kolehmainen)

 

Standing long jump

1.Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (Greece)

 

Standing high jump

3.Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (Greece)

 

Shot put

1.Pat McDonald (USA)

 

Javelin throw

1.Eric Lemming (Sweden)

 

Two handed shot put

2.Pat McDonald (USA)

 

Pentathlon

1.Jim Thorpe (USA)

 

Decathlon

1.Jim Thorpe (USA)

1.Hugo Wieslander (Sweden)

(received Gold after Thorpe was stripped of his, but retained it even after Thorpe’s Gold was reinstated)

 

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DIVING

 

MEN

 

10 m platform

2.Albert Zurner (Germany)

 

WOMEN

 

10 m platform

1.Greta Johansson (Sweden)

 

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FENCING

 

Individual epee: 1.Paul Anspach (Belgium)

Team epee: 1.Belgium (Paul Anspach)

 

Individual foil

1.Nedo Nadi (Italy)

 

Individual sabre: 1.Jeno Fuchs (Hungary)

Team sabre: 1.Hungary (Jeno Fuchs)

 

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FOOTBALL

1.Great Britain

 

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GYMNASTICS

 

Individual all-around

1.Alberto Braglia (Italy)

 

Team all-around

1.Italy (Alberto Braglia)

 

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ROWING

 

Single sculls

1.William Kinnear (Great Britain)

 

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SHOOTING

 

300 m free rifle, three positions

 1.Paul Colas (France)

 

600 m military rifle

1.Paul Colas (France)

 

100 m running deer, double shots: 3.Oscar Swahn (Sweden)

100 m team running deer, single shots: 1.Sweden (Oscar Swahn)

 

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SWIMMING

 

MEN

 

100 m freestyle

1.Duke Kahanamoku (USA)

 

200 m breaststroke

1.Walter Bathe (Germany)

 

400 m breaststroke

1.Walter Bathe (Germany)

 

4 x 200 m freestyle

1.Australasia (Malcolm Champion)

2.USA (Duke Kahanamoku)

3.Great Britain (Henry Taylor)

 

WOMEN

 

100 m freestyle

1.Fanny Durack (Australia)

 

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TENNIS

 

OUTDOOR

 

Mixed doubles

1.Dorothea Koring / Heinrich Schomburgk (Germany)

 

INDOOR

 

Men’s singles

3.Anthony Wilding (Australasia)

 

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WATER POLO

1.Great Britain (Paul Radmilovic)

 

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WRESTLING

 

Greco-Roman 75 kg

 

Final Round

Martin Klein (Russia) def. Alfred Asikainen (Finland)

 

1.Claes Johanson (Sweden)

2.Martin Klein (Russia)

3.Alfred Asikainen (Finland)

 

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MEDAL COUNT

 

1.USA (25-19-19)

2.SWEDEN (24-24-17)

3.GREAT BRITAIN (10-15-16)

 

 

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