The men's pentathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm was played on July 7, 1912 in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. 26 athletes took part. This discipline was held for the first time at the Olympic Games. At the two following Olympic Games in 1920 and 1924 , the competition was again on the program and was then deleted as an Olympic discipline.
At the Olympic premiere of the pentathlon, the American Jim Thorpe became Olympic champion. His victory was stripped from him in 1913, but was reinstated in 1982 - see the following section . From then on there were two Olympic champions: Jim Thorpe and the Norwegian Ferdinand Bie . Silver went to the American James Donahue , bronze to the Canadian Frank Lukeman .
The US all-rounder Jim Thorpe had won the pentathlon clearly ahead of the Norwegian Bie. In 1913 it became known that Thorpe had played as a semi-professional baseball before the Stockholm Games and thus violated the amateur rules of the Olympic Games. The IOC stripped him of the gold medal . All the athletes following in the ranking moved up one place.
On October 13, 1982, the IOC made the decision to rehabilitate Jim Thorpe and declared him joint Olympic champion with Ferdinand Bie. On January 18, 1983, IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch presented the children of the athlete, who died in 1953, with replicas of the 1912 gold medals (for pentathlon and decathlon victories).
Conducting the competition
The 26 athletes initially started in three competitions: long jump , javelin throw and 200-meter run . The placement resulted from the addition of the places achieved, i.e. a place number evaluation. Those in the first twelve places qualified for the fourth discipline, the discus throw . The last discipline, the final 1,500-meter run , was then only allowed to be contested by the best six athletes according to the regulations. After the fourth discipline in Stockholm , two athletes tied for sixth place. They were both then allowed to take part in the last competition, so there were seven 1,500-meter runners.
Attendees
26 athletes from 14 countries took part in the Olympic competition:
The widths and placements of the two Germans Karl von Halt and Josef Waitzer are not known.
Javelin throw
Classification
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Surname
Expanse
Points
01
Wieslander
49.56 m
1
02
lemming
49.51 m
2
03
Thorpe
46.71 m
3
04th
Bie
46.45 m
4th
05
Holmer
45.46 m
5
06th
Kukko
44.43 m
6th
07th
Ericson
43.74 m
7th
08th
Nilsson
43.67 m
8th
09
Brundage
42.85 m
9
10
of halt
42.75 m
10
11
Kugelberg
42.02 m
11
12
Lindholm
41.94 m
12
13
wagner
41.31 m
13
14th
Fjaestad
40.15 m
14th
15th
Kröjer
39.89 m
15th
16
Donahue
38.28 m
16
17th
Lomberg
37.15 m
17th
18th
Mığıryan
36.87 m
18th
19th
Lukeman
36.02 m
19th
20th
Menaul
35.85 m
20th
21st
André
34.83 m
21st
22nd
Bäurle
34.29 m
22nd
23
Pagani
34.23 m
23
24
Failliot
33.46 m
24
25th
Eller
33.36 m
25th
26th
Waitzer
26th
Intermediate result
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Surname
Points
01
Thorpe
4th
02
Bie
6th
03
lemming
7th
04th
Brundage
13
05
Wieslander
15th
06th
Donahue
19th
Kugelberg
08th
Kukko
23
Lomberg
Nilsson
11
Fjaestad
24
Lindholm
13
Holmer
25th
14th
Lukeman
27
15th
Bäurle
29
wagner
17th
Menaul
31
18/19
Ericson
33
18/20
of halt
32/34
20th
Kröjer
34
21st
Failliot
37
22nd
André
42
23
Eller
43
Mığıryan
25th
Pagani
46
26th
Waitzer
48/50
The width of Josef Waitzer is not known. It is only known that he finished last.
200 metres
The best 12 athletes were able to start in the fourth round, the others were eliminated. The ranking of the remaining 12 athletes was recalculated, all positions of the eliminated athletes were deleted, the remaining starters moved up in the points positions.
Note: The starters qualified for the fourth competition are highlighted in blue in the ranking.
Classification
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Surname
time
Points
01
Thorpe
22.9 s
1
02
Donahue
23.0 s
2
Menaul
04th
Eller
23.1 s
4th
05
Lukeman
23.2 s
5
Failliot
07th
Bie
23.5 s
7th
Lindholm
09
Bäurle
23.6 s
9
Fjaestad
11
Ericson
24.0 s
11
Holmer
Kukko
14th
Wieslander
24.1 s
14th
15th
Brundage
24.2 s
15th
16
Nilsson
24.3 s
16
17th
Lomberg
24.4 s
17th
18th
André
24.6 s
18th
lemming
20th
Kröjer
24.7 s
20th
21st
Kugelberg
24.9 s
21st
22nd
Pagani
25.2 s
22nd
23
wagner
25.3 s
23
24
Mığıryan
26.4 s
24
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of halt
DNF
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Waitzer
DNS
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Intermediate result
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Surname
Points
01
Thorpe
5
02
Bie
13
03
Donahue
21st
04th
lemming
25th
05
Brundage
28
06th
Wieslander
29
07th
Lindholm
31
08th
Lukeman
32
09
Fjaestad
33
Menaul
11
Kukko
34
12
Holmer
36
13
Bäurle
38
14th
Nilsson
39
15th
Kugelberg
40
Lomberg
17th
Failliot
42
18th
Ericson
44
19th
Eller
47
20th
wagner
52
21st
Kröjer
54
22nd
André
60
23
Mığıryan
67
Pagani
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of halt
DNF
Waitzer
Classification after recalculation
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Surname
Points
01
Thorpe
5
02
Bie
11
03
Donahue
15th
04th
lemming
19th
05
Lukeman
21st
Wieslander
07th
Brundage
22nd
Lindholm
Menaul
10
Fjaestad
23
11
Holmer
25th
Kukko
Discus throw
Note: The starters qualified for the fifth competition are highlighted in blue in the ranking.
Classification
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Surname
Expanse
Points
01
Thorpe
35.57 m
1
02
Brundage
34.72 m
2
03
Lukeman
33.76 m
3
04th
Bie
31.79 m
4th
05
Holmer
31.78 m
5
06th
Menaul
31.38 m
6th
07th
Wieslander
30.74 m
7th
08th
Lindholm
30.47 m
8th
09
Fjaestad
30.43 m
9
10
Kukko
29.97 m
10
11
Donahue
29.64 m
11
12
lemming
27.64 m
12
Intermediate result
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Surname
Points
01
Thorpe
6th
02
Bie
15th
03
Brundage
24
Lukeman
05
Donahue
26th
06th
Menaul
28
Wieslander
08th
Holmer
30th
Lindholm
10
lemming
31
11
Fjaestad
32
12
Kukko
35
1500 meters
Classification
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Surname
time
Points
01
Thorpe
4: 44.8 min
1
02
Menaul
4: 49.6 min
2
03
Donahue
4: 51.0 min
3
04th
Wieslander
4: 53.1 min
4th
05
Lukeman
5: 00.2 min
5
06th
Bie
5: 07.8 min
6th
DNF
Brundage
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7th
Actually, only six athletes were supposed to take part in the 1,500 meter run. However, after the fourth competition, two starters, Austin Menaul and Hugo Wieslander, took sixth place with equal points, so that both took part in the final.
Clearly the best pentathlete was the American Jim Thorpe, who won four of the five disciplines and was third in the javelin throw . His case and the final official scoring with two Olympic champions is described in the section above.
There was a tie between James Donahue and Frank Lukeman in second and third place. In order to determine the ranking, the then valid decathlon point system was applied to the results achieved by the two athletes. Donahue got 3475.865 points, Lukeman 3396.975.
Picture gallery
The Olympic champions: Jim Thorpe (USA) ...
... and Ferdinand Bie (NOR)
Avery Brundage (USA), who later became President of the IOC, finished sixth
Hugo Wieslander (SWE), 7th place
Pierre Failliot (FRA) is eliminated in 17th place after the 200-meter run
His compatriot Géo André reached 22nd place
Mığır Mığıryan (TUR) turns 23.
literature
Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 124f