1912 Summer Olympics / Athletics

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Athletics at the
1912 Olympics
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information
venue Olympic Stadium
Competition venue SwedenSweden Stockholm
Athletes 534
date July 6 to July 15, 1912
decisions 30th
London 1908
Olympic Games 1912
(athletics medal table)
space team Gold medals Silver medals Bronze medals Total
1 United States 48United States United States 16 14th 11 31
2 Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland Finland 6th 4th 3 13
3 SwedenSweden Sweden 4th 5 6th 15th
4th United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain 2 1 5 8th
5 Canada 1868Canada Canada 1 2 2 5
6th South Africa 1912South African Union South African Union 1 1 - 2
7th Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece Greece 1 - 1 2
8th NorwayNorway Norway 1 - - 1
9 German EmpireThe German Imperium Germany - 2 - 2
Third French RepublicThird French Republic France - 2 - 2
11 Hungary 1867Hungary Hungary - - 1 1
Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy - - 1 1

At the V Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 , thirty competitions were held in athletics .

Games of breakthrough

After the previous Olympic Games in London had significantly advanced the Olympic movement in terms of audience interest , athlete participation, sports facilities, etc., the Games here in Stockholm represented a real breakthrough. Even before that, international attention, especially in the host country Sweden, was intense on the upcoming Event directed. The importance of the competitions had a lasting effect. For the first time, athletes from all five continents took part.

Stadion

The stadium for the athletics competitions was not oversized with space for 30,000 spectators. That had a very positive effect on the mood and tension at the competitions. The track was not as standardized as it is today, there was a cinder track 383 meters long with a very performance-enhancing quality.

Attendees

The exact number of participants is stated differently in different sources. The numbers vary between 534 and 556. They are made up of 26 nations. However, this posed a certain problem. Ireland z. B. was then part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and officially started for Great Britain. It was different for Bohemia , which belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire , and also for Finland , which was part of the Russian Empire. Bohemia's and Finland's athletes could start for their own smaller nations, but had to march into the stadium together with Austria-Hungary and Russia when the invasion, which took place for the first time as a nation invasion.
Women were still not eligible. In athletics, female athletes were not admitted until the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam .

Competition program

As with all previous games, the competition offer brought some changes with it.

The athletics offer slowly took on the framework that we know today. The two previously missing long-distance rail routes over 5000 and 10,000 meters were now included, as were the two seasons of today's events. In the running area, the intermittent disciplines of 400 meter hurdles and the obstacle course were missing. At that time there was also the cross-country run - which today would be called cross-country run, but has long since ceased to be Olympic. The disciplines in jumping, pushing and throwing were completely available as they are today. In addition, there were standing jumping competitions and two-armed pushing / throwing. The decathlon was also back in the program. The second all-around event was the pentathlon, which is no longer Olympic today.
What was still completely missing were offers for women's athletics.

Sporting successes

As in all previous games, the USA turned out to be by far the best nation . The Americans dominated with 16 gold medals and 42 total medals. Behind was little Finland with six Olympic victories, which was actually not yet independent and belonged to Russia . The host country Sweden followed with four gold medals, followed by Great Britain with two gold medals.
The most successful athlete was the Finnish long distance runner Hannes Kolehmainen . He was a three-time Olympic champion - 5000 meter run , 10,000 meter run , cross country run - and also won the silver medal in the 3000 meter team
run with his Finnish compatriots.
The following athletes were two-time Olympic champions:

Results

100 m

Final run over 100 meters
space athlete country Time (s)
1 Ralph Craig United States 48United States United States 10.8
2 Alvah Meyer United States 48United States United States 10.9
3 Donald Lippincott United States 48United States United States 10.9
4th George Patching South Africa 1912South African Union RSA 10.9
5 Frank Belote United States 48United States United States 10.9
DNS Howard Drew United States 48United States United States

Finale: July 7th

Donald Lippincott had set an Olympic record with 10.6 s in the run- up. Favorite Howard Drew qualified for the final, but tore his muscle in the semifinals and did not start. Ralph Craig, who never won a US title, became Olympic Sprint Champion .

200 m

space athlete country Time (s)
1 Ralph Craig United States 48United States United States 21.7
2 Donald Lippincott United States 48United States United States 21.8
3 Willie Applegarth United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR 22.0
4th Richard Rau German EmpireThe German Imperium GER 22.2
5 Charles Reidpath United States 48United States United States 22.2
6th Donnell Young United States 48United States United States 22.3

Finale: July 11th

Eighty meters from the finish, the 100-meter Olympic champion Ralph Craig stormed powerfully to the top and also retained the upper hand against the attack of his compatriot Donald Lippincott. It was also very close behind that. William Applegarth was third ahead of Richard Rau from Berlin .

400 m

Charles Reidpath at the finish just ahead of Hanns Braun
space athlete country Time (s)
1 Charles Reidpath United States 48United States United States 48.2 OR
2 Hanns Braun German EmpireThe German Imperium GER 48.3
3 Edward Lindberg United States 48United States United States 48.4
4th Ted Meredith United States 48United States United States 49.2
5 Carroll Haff United States 48United States United States 49.5

Finale: July 13th

In contrast to the preliminary and intermediate runs, in which, as four years earlier, in 1908 in London there was a hard fight and a disqualification, the final was held on marked lanes. This benefited the German Hanns Braun, who had to assert himself here against four Americans. In the interim run, Braun was so unfairly harassed by the one USA runner that he - Donnell Young - was disqualified. In the final there was equal opportunities and in a close race Charles Reidpath won ahead of Hanns Braun and Edward Lindberg.

800 m

space athlete country Time (min)
1 Ted Meredith United States 48United States United States 1: 51.9 WR
2 Mel Sheppard United States 48United States United States 1: 52.0
3 Ira Davenport United States 48United States United States 1: 52.0
4th Mel Brock Canada 1868Canada CAN 1: 52.7
5 David Caldwell United States 48United States United States 1: 52.8
6th Hanns Braun German EmpireThe German Imperium GER 1: 53.1
7th Clarence Edmundson United States 48United States United States 1: 53.8
8th Herbert Putnam United States 48United States United States k. A.

Finale: July 8th

Six Americans competed in this final against a Canadian and a German. The US runners worked together skillfully tactically, but there were no unfair actions at any point. In the end there was a triple victory for her and a world record for the winner, whose correct name was actually James Edwin Meredith. When he won the Olympic Games, he was not yet 20 years old.

1500 m

Arnold Jackson won the 1500 meter run ahead of Abel Kiviat
space athlete country Time (min)
1 Arnold Jackson United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR 3: 56.8 OR
2 Abel Kiviat United States 48United States United States 3: 56.9
3 Norman Taber United States 48United States United States 3: 56.9
4th John Paul Jones United States 48United States United States 3: 57.2
5 Ernst Wide SwedenSweden SWE 3: 57.6
6th Philip Baker United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR 4: 01.0
7th John Zander SwedenSweden SWE 4: 02.0
8th Henri Arnaud Third French RepublicThird French Republic FRA 4: 02.2

Finale: July 10th

In the final, the 1908 Olympic champion Melvin Sheppard took the lead. In the meantime, Henri Arnaud moved forward. At the beginning of the last lap Abel Kiviat pushed hard, but Norman Taber, Arnold Jackson, John Paul Jones and initially Melvin Sheppard, who then fell back, were able to follow. It got dramatic in the last fifty meters. The three Americans were ahead, then left a gap that Jackson pushed into and ultimately fought for victory with Taber. Only the target photograph could then decide which of the two had won. This technique was first used in this race at the Olympic Games to determine the winner.

There are different results for this race in the various sources from sixth place onwards. Partly look completely different than shown here. What is actually true is hardly comprehensible any more. Since, according to the variant chosen here, there are also time specifications, it could be the one with the highest probability of correctness. .

5000 m

Hannes Kolehmainen crossed the finish line after a tough fight in front of Jean Bouin
space athlete country Time (min)
1 Hannes Kolehmainen Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 14: 36.6 WR
2 Jean Bouin Third French RepublicThird French Republic FRA 14: 36.7
3 George Hutson United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR 15: 07.6
4th George Bonhag United States 48United States United States 15: 09.8
5 Tell Berna United States 48United States United States 15: 10.0
6th Mauritz Carlsson SwedenSweden SWE 15: 18.6
7th Louis Scott United States 48United States United States k. A.
8th Alexander Decoteau Canada 1868Canada CAN

Finale: July 10th

The race turned into a duel between Hannes Kolehmainen and Jean Bouin. The Finn ensured a high pace from the start, only Bouin was able to follow him and now accelerated himself. But he couldn't shake Kolehmainen. At the beginning of the last lap, Bouin pushed again, but on the back straight Kolehmainen took the lead again. Only in the last twenty meters could the Finn narrowly prevail against the French. Both runners stayed almost half a minute below the previous world record .

10,000 m

space athlete country Time (min)
1 Hannes Kolehmainen Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 31: 20.8 OR
2 Lewis Tewanima United States 48United States United States 32: 06.6
3 Albin Stenroos Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 32: 21.8
4th Joe Keeper Canada 1868Canada CAN 32: 36.2
5 Alfonso Orlando Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) ITA 33: 31.2

Finale: July 8th

Since the Frenchman Jean Bouin , two days later Olympic runner-up over 5000 meters , did without the 10,000 meters , there were no serious opponents for Hannes Kolehmainen and he won the race by over 45 seconds. Officially, his time was initially even rated as a world record . However, Jean Bouin was the first ever to run faster than 31 minutes with 30: 58.8 minutes in November 1911. It was only in 1926 that the Frenchman's time was subsequently recognized as a world record.

Six of the eleven runners who competed in the final did not reach the finish line, and four actually qualified athletes did not even make it to the final after the heats.

marathon

space athlete country Time (h)
1 Ken McArthur South Africa 1912South African Union RSA 2: 36: 54.8
2 Christopher Gitsham South Africa 1912South African Union RSA 2: 37: 52.0
3 Gaston Strobino United States 48United States United States 2: 38: 42.4
4th Andrew Sockalexis United States 48United States United States 2: 42: 07.9
5 James Duffy Canada 1868Canada CAN 2: 42: 18.8
6th Sigfrid Jacobsson SwedenSweden SWE 2: 43: 24.9
7th John Gallagher United States 48United States United States 2: 44: 19.4
8th Joseph Erxleben United States 48United States United States 2: 45: 47.4

Date: July 14th
Distance: 40.2 kilometers

For the first time at the Olympic Games, the marathon was run with a turning point. The start and finish were in the stadium. At the turning point, Christopher Gitsham led Tatu Kolehmainen , who later had to retire. Kenneth McArthur was already in third place, making up more and more ground and overtaking Gitsham when he stopped to drink a glass of water. This order did not change until the finish.

There was a lot of drama in this race. The Portuguese Francisco Lázaro was the first athlete to die as a result of completing his competition during the modern Olympic Games. To protect himself from the sun he had rubbed himself with wax and could no longer sweat. Due to the completely disturbed electrolyte balance and the heating, he collapsed exhausted. Treatment in a clinic could not prevent his death the following day either.

110 m hurdles

The 110 meter hurdles with the leading Fred Kelly
space athlete country Time (s)
1 Fred Kelly United States 48United States United States 15.1
2 James Wendell United States 48United States United States 15.2
3 Martin Hawkins United States 48United States United States 15.3
4th John Case United States 48United States United States 15.3
5 Kenneth Powell United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR 15.5
DNF John Nicholson United States 48United States United States

Finale: July 12th

Eleven preliminary runs were carried out over 110 m hurdles , in which only two participants were eliminated ...
Five US Americans and one British qualified for the final. John Nicholson and James Wendell were just ahead halfway through the track when Nicholson collided with a hurdle and completely lost his rhythm. Fred Kelly then overtook Wendell and became Olympic champion. His time was a tenth of a second above the world and Olympic records of his predecessor Forrest Smithson .
The dominance of the US athletes in the Olympic Games was impressively continued here. It was her third triple success in a row. All Olympic champions by then were US Americans and they had won thirteen of the fourteen medals awarded.

4 × 100 m relay

The German final runner Richard Rau (right) crosses the finish line behind Victor d'Arcy, but the German relay is later disqualified

Finale: July 9th

The German relay set a new world record in the semifinals with 42.3 seconds , but failed in the final due to a faulty change after the German final runner had reached the finish line roughly on a par with the British. A bronze medal was not awarded because only three seasons had qualified for the final. Sweden received the silver medal.

Concerning. after the disqualification there was a lot of confusion. Photos from a Swedish daily newspaper showed that the switch in question had actually taken place regularly. So the German team lodged a protest, which was not granted, as the decision of three judges was to be accepted as a factual decision.

4 × 400 m relay

The winning US season over 4 × 400 meters , from left to right: Charles Reidpath, Edwar Lindberg, James Meredith and Melvin Sheppard

Final: July 15th

The victorious US season started as a huge favorite. Starting runner Melvin Sheppard, three-time Olympic champion in 1908 , was a semi-finalist over 400 meters , the first two over 400 meters Edward Lindberg - second runner - and Charles Reidpath - final runner - were part of this season and finally James Meredith, the Olympic champion over 800 meters as third runner . A new world record was also set here with 3: 16.6 min .

3000 m team

space country Athletes Place number
1 United States 48United States United States Tell Berna (1st - 8: 44.6)
Norman Taber (3rd - 8: 45.2)
George Bonhag (5th - 8: 46.6)
not counted:
Abel Kiviat ( DNF )
Louis Scott ( DNF )
09
2 SwedenSweden Sweden Thorild Olsson (2nd - 8: 44.6)
Ernst Wide (4th - 8: 46.2)
Bror Fock (7th - 8: 47.2)
not counted:
John Zander (10th - 8: 48.9 )
Nils Frykberg (11th - 8th: 49.0)
13
3 United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain Joe Cottrill (6th - 8th: 46.8)
George Hutson (8th - 9th: 47.2)
Cyril Porter (9th - 8: 48.0)
not counted:
Edward Owen (12th - n / a )
William Moore ( DNF )
23

Finale: July 13th

Each country could start with up to five participants. As in the team runs of the previous games, the pure placement of the best three in each country was rated. These placements were added up and the order resulted from the lowest sums.
With 8: 36.9 minutes, Hannes Kolehmainen had set a new 3000 meter world record in the lead- up. Nevertheless, the Finns were eliminated here against the overall stronger runners of the USA .

Cross country running

The cross-country run, known in English-speaking countries and also today as cross-country run, was held here as an Olympic competition for the first time. There was an individual and a team classification. The discipline was on the Olympic program up to and including 1924 and was then canceled. The length of the course of Stockholm is given in many sources as about 8000 meters. However, this seems difficult to understand due to the times achieved, because then the participants would have to sneak across the route rather than run. A comparison with the times achieved at the Olympic Games in 1920 also makes it clear that the route here in Stockholm must have been considerably longer.

Date: July 8th

Individual evaluation

space athlete country Time (min)
1 Hannes Kolehmainen Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 45: 11.6
2 Hjalmar Andersson SwedenSweden SWE 45: 44.8
3 John Eke SwedenSweden SWE 46: 37.6
4th Jalmari Eskola Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 46: 54.8
5 Josef Ternström SwedenSweden SWE 47: 07.1
6th Albin Stenroos Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 47: 23.4
7th Ville Kyrönen Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 47: 32.0
8th Leonard Richardson South Africa 1912South African Union RSA 47: 33.5

First there was the duel between Hannes Kolehmainen and Jean Bouin like over 5000 meters . The Frenchman suddenly lost contact on the track, although he was actually considered a specialist in such races. I.a. he had won the Cross of Nations in 1911 and 1912. Then Bouin gave up and Kolehmainen won his third gold medal at these games by more than half a minute.

Team ranking

space country Athletes Place number
1 SwedenSweden Sweden Hjalmar Andersson (2nd - 45: 44.8)
John Eke (3rd - 46: 37.6)
Josef Ternström (5th - 47: 07.1)
10
2 Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland Finland Hannes Kolehmainen (1st - 45: 11.6)
Jalmari Eskola (4th - 46: 54.8)
Albin Stenroos (6th - 47: 23.4)
11
3 United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Great Britain Frederick Hibbins (15th - 49: 18.2)
Ernest Glover (16th 49: 53.7)
Thomas Humphreys (18th - 50: 28.0)
49
4th NorwayNorway Norway Olaf Hovdenak (19th - 50: 40.8)
Parelius Finnerud (20th - 51: 16.2)
Johannes Andersen (22nd - 51: 47.4)
61
5 DenmarkDenmark Denmark Lauritz Christiansen (14 - 49: 06.4)
Viggo Pedersen (23 - 53: 00.8)
Gerhard Topp (26 - 54: 24.9)
63

Five out of six teams came into the ranking, which, as in the 3,000-meter team run, was based on the number of places alone.

10,000 m walking

The referees checked the walkers precisely, here George Golding in the lead ahead of Ernest Webb
space athlete country Time (min)
1 George Goulding Canada 1868Canada CAN 46: 28.4 WR
2 Ernest Webb United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR 46: 50.4
3 Fernando Altimani Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) ITA 47: 37.6
4th Aage Rasmussen DenmarkDenmark THE 48: 00.0
DNF Vilhelm Gylche DenmarkDenmark THE
Frederick Kaiser United States 48United States United States
William Palmer United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR
DSQ Thomas Dumbill United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR
Arthur St. Norman South Africa 1912South African Union RSA
William Yates United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR

Finale: July 8th

Ernest Webb - in 1908 in London both silver in the two walking competitions at the time - had to put up with second place again. The winner was the Canadian George Goulding - in 1908 fourth in the 3500 meter walk and 22nd in the marathon at that time .

Of the ten finalists who took part, only four made it to the finish. Three walkers gave up and three others were disqualified under the hawk eyes of the judges for impure walking style.

high jump

space athlete country Height (m)
1 Alma Richards United States 48United States United States 1.93 OR
2 Hans Liesche German EmpireThe German Imperium GER 1.91
3 George Horine United States 48United States United States 1.89
4th Egon Erickson United States 48United States United States 1.87
Jim Thorpe United States 48United States United States
6th Harry grumbles United States 48United States United States 1.85
John Johnstone United States 48United States United States
8th Karl-Axel Kullerstrand SwedenSweden SWE 1.83

Finale: July 8th

The real favorite in this competition was George Horine, who in May was the first jumper ever to break the 2-meter mark and thus took on the world record here. He had his own jumping style, in contrast to everyone else, he didn't run from the front, but from the left side and then curled himself over the bar in the so-called western roll , while the 'shear jump' was otherwise common. But Horine didn't get past six feet, with which he won the bronze medal. Up front there was a duel between Hans Liesche and Alma Richards. Liesche had crossed 1.91 m in the second attempt, which Richards only succeeded in the third attempt. But the American mastered 1.93 m, on which Liesche failed three times, and was Olympic champion.

Pole vault

Olympic pole vault champion Harry Babcock
space athlete country Height (m)
1 Harry Babcock United States 48United States United States 3.95 OR
2 Frank Nelson United States 48United States United States 3.85
Marc Wright United States 48United States United States
4th Bertil Uggla SwedenSweden SWE 3.80
William Halpenny Canada 1868Canada CAN
Frank Murphy United States 48United States United States
7th Samuel Bellah United States 48United States United States 3.75
8th Frank Coyle United States 48United States United States 3.65
Gordon Dukes United States 48United States United States 3.65
Bill Fritz United States 48United States United States 3.65

Finale: July 11th

In the pole vault , as in many other disciplines, there was a great dominance of the US athletes. Only three of the eleven finalists did not come from the USA and actually if they shared second place the three medals were distributed among the USA jumpers. For inexplicable reasons, however, the organizers decided to award a bronze medal to each of the three fourth-placed. The numerous equal rankings result u. a. from the fact that at that time there was no rule for multiple attempts.
Among the participants was the first four-meter jumper in history. Marc Wright had improved the world record to 4.02 m in June 2012 . Together with Frank Nelson he won the silver medal after jumping 3.85 m. Gold went to Harry Babcock with 3.95 m.
The qualitative further development of the pole vault is also evident from the fact that the seventh placed still surpassed the previous
Olympic record of 3.71 m - achieved in London in 1908 .

Long jump

space athlete country Width (m)
1 Albert Gutterson United States 48United States United States 7.60 OR
2 Calvin Bricker Canada 1868Canada CAN 7.21
3 Georg Åberg SwedenSweden SWE 7.18
4th Harry Worthington United States 48United States United States 7.03
5 Eugene Mercer United States 48United States United States 6.97
6th Fred Allen United States 48United States United States 6.94
7th Jim Thorpe United States 48United States United States 6.89
8th Robert Pasemann German EmpireThe German Imperium GER 6.82

Finale: July 13th

Initially, there were three groups of jumping, there were no preliminary fights. The three best then each had three more attempts. Olympic champion Albert Gutterson reached 7.60 m in the first round and was only one centimeter below the world record of Irishman Peter O'Connor , whose record achievement was only recognized later. Gutterson couldn't improve any further, but would have won Olympic gold with his two next best attempts - 7.48 m and 7.25 m.

Triple jump

space athlete country Width (m)
1 Gustaf Lindblom SwedenSweden SWE 14.76
2 Georg Åberg SwedenSweden SWE 14.51
3 Erik Almlöf SwedenSweden SWE 14.17
4th Erling Vinne NorwayNorway NOR 14.14
5 Platt Adams United States 48United States United States 14.09
6th Edvard Larsen NorwayNorway NOR 14.06
7th Hjalmar Ohlsson SwedenSweden SWE 14.01
8th Nils Fixdal NorwayNorway NOR 13.96

Final: July 15th

This was the discipline of the athletes from the host country. Half of the first ten were Swedes, three other jumpers came from Norway. All three medals stayed in Sweden. But Tim Ahearnes Olympic record of 1908 with 14.92 m and especially Dan Ahearns world record over 15.52 m - Dan Ahearn and Tim Ahearne were brothers despite different spelling - remained untouched.

Standing vault

Platt Adams, winner in standing vault and silver medalist in  standing long jump
space athlete country Height (m)
1 Platt Adams United States 48United States United States 1.63
2 Ben adams United States 48United States United States 1.60
3 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece GRE 1.55
4th Richard Byrd United States 48United States United States 1.50
Leo Goehring United States 48United States United States
Edvard Möller SwedenSweden SWE

Finale: July 13th

Ray Ewry , who had dominated the standing jump competitions in the previous games , had retired from active competitive sports. His Olympic record was not reached here. His successors were the brothers Platt and Ben Adams, who won gold and silver medals here. Konstantinos Tsiklitiras - second in London in 1908 - won bronze.

The high jump from standing was held for the last time.

Stand long jump

space athlete country Width (m)
1 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Kingdom of GreeceKingdom of Greece GRE 3.37
2 Platt Adams United States 48United States United States 3.36
3 Ben adams United States 48United States United States 3.28
4th Gustaf Malmsten SwedenSweden SWE 3.20
5 Leo Goehring United States 48United States United States 3.14
6th Edvard Möller SwedenSweden SWE 3.14
7th András Baronyi Hungary 1867Hungary HUN 3.13
8th Richard Byrd United States 48United States United States 3.12

8th of July

Ray Ewry , who had dominated the standing jump competitions in the previous games , had retired from active competitive sports. His Olympic record was not reached here. As in the standing vault , the brothers Platt and Ben Adams each won a medal, for Platt it was silver, for Ben bronze. Konstantinos Tsiklitiras - already second in London in 1908 - won the gold medal here.

The long jump from standing was held for the last time.

The shot put medalist, v. l. No. : Pat McDonald (gold, two-armed: silver), Lawrence Whitney (bronze, two-armed: fourth) and Ralph Rose (silver, two-armed: gold)

Shot put

space athlete country Width (m)
1 Pat McDonald United States 48United States United States 15.34 OR
2 Ralph Rose United States 48United States United States 15.25
3 Lawrence Whitney United States 48United States United States 13.93
4th Elmer Niklander Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 13.65
5 George Philbrook United States 48United States United States 13.13
6th Imre Mudin Hungary 1867Hungary HUN 12.81
7th Einar Nilsson SwedenSweden SWE 12.62
8th Patrick Quinn United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR 12.53

Finale: July 10th

In the shot put there was a two-class society, in front the two Americans Pat McDonald and Ralph Rose, behind them the rest of the field. The 1908 Olympic champion Rose led up to the third round with initially 14.98 m and then 15.25 m. Rose also held the world record with 15.54 m . But with his fourth attempt, McDonald exceeded him, reaching 15.34 m here. Pat McDonald remained active in the sport for more than two decades, winning his last American championship in 1933 in weight throwing at the age of 46.

Both armed shot put

space athlete country Partial widths (m) End width (m)
1 Ralph Rose United States 48United States United States 15.23 / 12.47 27.70 OR
2 Pat McDonald United States 48United States United States 15.08 / 12.45 27.53
3 Elmer Niklander Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 14.71 / 12.43 27.14
4th Lawrence Whitney United States 48United States United States 13.48 / 10.61 24.09
5 Einar Nilsson SwedenSweden SWE 12.52 / 10.85 23.37
6th Paavo Aho Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 12.72 / 10.58 23.30
7th Mığır Mığıryan Ottoman Empire 1844Ottoman Empire DOOR 10.85 / 8.93 19.78

July 11th

As with the two-armed discus and javelin throw , the participants had three attempts each with their left and right hands. The final result of the preliminary round was calculated by adding up the best distances. The best three bumpers then completed a further three attempts per hand to determine the medal ranks, taking into account the results of the first round.

The Finn Elmer Niklander improved significantly in the two-arm push. But here, too, the two Americans Pat McDonald and Ralph Rose dominated - but now in reverse order: Rose won ahead of McDonald.

The competition was part of the Olympic program only once.

The two-time Olympic champion Armas Taipale, also gold with both arms

Discus throw

space athlete country Width (m)
1 Armas Taipale Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 45.21 OR
2 Richard Byrd United States 48United States United States 42.32
3 James Duncan United States 48United States United States 42.28
4th Elmer Niklander Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 42.09
5 Hans Tronner Austria CisleithanienCisleithania AUT 41.24
6th Arlie Mucks United States 48United States United States 40.93
7th George Philbrook United States 48United States United States 40.92
8th Emil Magnusson SwedenSweden SWE 39.91

Finale: July 12th

Armas Taipale performed here with a new throwing technique. He was the first to use his legs and hips intensively when turning and dropping and was clearly ahead of his competitors with his width. James Duncan, world record holder with 47.58 m, had to be satisfied with the bronze medal. Richard Byrd exceeded him by four centimeters.

Discus throw with both arms

space athlete country Partial widths (m) End width (m)
1 Armas Taipale Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 44.68 / 38.18 82.86 OR
2 Elmer Niklander Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 44.68 / 38.18 77.96
3 Emil Magnusson SwedenSweden SWE 40.58 / 36.79 77.37
4th Einar Nilsson SwedenSweden SWE 40.99 / 30.51 71.40
5 James Duncan United States 48United States United States 39.78 / 31.35 71.13
6th Emil Muller United States 48United States United States 39.93 / 29.73 69.56
7th Folke Fleetwood SwedenSweden SWE 36.95 / 31.27 68.22
8th Carl Johan Lind SwedenSweden SWE 34.20 / 33.82 68.02

July 13th

As with the two-armed shot put and javelin throw , participants had three attempts each with their left and right arms. The final result of the preliminary round was calculated by adding up the best distances. The best three throwers then completed another three attempts per arm to determine the medal ranks, taking into account the results of the first round.

Also in this competition the Finn Armas Taipale dominated the competition and achieved the best distance with both arms. There was even a Finnish double victory, Elmer Niklander, the fourth of the two-armed discus throw won silver and since the Swede Emil Magnusson came third, the US athletes left the ring without medals.

The competition was part of the Olympic program only once.

Hammer throw

Olympic champion Matt McGrath
space athlete country Width (m)
1 Matt McGrath United States 48United States United States 54.74 OR
2 Duncan Gillis Canada 1868Canada CAN 48.39
3 Clarence Childs United States 48United States United States 48.17
4th Robert Olsson SwedenSweden SWE 46.50
5 Carl Johan Lind SwedenSweden SWE 45.61
6th Denis Carey United Kingdom 1801United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GBR 43.78
7th Nils Linde SwedenSweden SWE 43.32
8th Carl Jahnzon SwedenSweden SWE 42.58
Ralph Rose United States 48United States United States

Finale: July 14th

The outstanding thrower of this competition was the 1908 Olympic runner-up Matthew McGrath. With an Olympic record and a lead of more than six meters over his opponents, he won the gold medal at the age of 35, which is a bit advanced for a competitive athlete.

Javelin throw

space athlete country Width (m)
1 Eric Lemming SwedenSweden SWE 60.64 OR
2 Juho Saaristo Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 58.66
3 Mór Kóczán Hungary 1867Hungary HUN 55.50
4th Juho Halme Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 54.65
5 Väinö Siikaniemi Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 52.43
6th Richard Åbrink SwedenSweden SWE 52.20
7th Arne Halse NorwayNorway NOR 51.98
8th Jonni Myyra Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 51.33

Date: July 6th

In the javelin throw , there was a duel between the Finnish world record holder Juho Saaristo, who had achieved the world record distance of 61.45 m in June 2012 , and the Swedish Olympic champion from 1908 Eric Lemming, whose annual best before these Olympic Games was 57.45 m. But in contrast to Saaristo, Lemming was able to improve and became Olympic champion with the Olympic record of 60.64 m before Saaristo, who achieved a very good 58.66 m.
Eric Lemming's Olympic history began in
Paris in the 1900s , where he finished fourth in the pole vault and fifth in the high jump . At the Olympic Intermediate Games in 1906 , Lemming had won the two newly introduced competitions in javelin throwing (central grip / free grip) - at that time still known as 'Gerwurf' - which he had repeated at the Olympic Games in 1908 .

Juho Saaristo - Javelin throw, one arm: silver / two arms: gold

Javelin throw (two-armed)

space athlete country Partial widths (m) End width (m)
1 Juho Saaristo Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 61.00 OR / 48.42 109.42 OR
2 Väinö Siikaniemi Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 54.09 / 47.04 101.13
3 Urho Peltonen Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 53.58 / 46.66 100.24
4th Eric Lemming SwedenSweden SWE 58.33 / 40.26 098.59
5 Arne Halse NorwayNorway NOR 55.05 / 41.87 096.92
6th Richard Åbrink SwedenSweden SWE 50.04 / 43.08 093.12
7th Daniel Johansen NorwayNorway NOR 48.78 / 44.04 092.82
8th Otto Nilsson SwedenSweden SWE 50.21 / 38.69 088.90

Date: July 9th

As with the two-armed shot put and discus throw , participants had three attempts each with their left and right arms. The final result of the preliminary round was calculated by adding up the best distances. The best three throwers then completed another three attempts per arm to determine the medal ranks, taking into account the results of the first round.

In a two-armed javelin throw , Juho Saaristo was able to turn the order in his favor. He won by a huge margin and improved the Olympic record in the javelin throw with his best arm to a smooth 61 meters

The competition was part of the Olympic program only once.

Pentathlon

space athlete country Place number
1 Jim Thorpe United States 48United States United States 07th
Ferdinand Bie NorwayNorway NOR 21st
2 James Donahue United States 48United States United States 29
3 Frank Lukeman Canada 1868Canada CAN 29
4th Austin Menaul United States 48United States United States 30th
5 Avery Brundage United States 48United States United States 31
6th Hugo Wieslander SwedenSweden SWE 32

Date: July 7th

26 athletes started the competition. The pentathlon consisted of the long jump , javelin , 200-meter run , discus throw and 1500-meter run . The 21 best up to then were admitted to the fourth discipline, and only the seven best to the fifth. The scoring consisted of the addition of the athletes' respective placements in the various disciplines. In the event of a tie, the number of points in the decathlon table decided on the placement. James Donahue (3475.865 P) received the silver medal ahead of Frank Lukeman (3396.975 P).

Original Olympic champion Jim Thorpe was disqualified from the IOC in 1913 for breaking amateur rules at a baseball game. This disqualification was found null and void by the IOC in 1982 and Thorpe was declared a joint Olympic champion with Ferdinand Bie. In 1983 his children received replicas of the gold medal on behalf of the athlete who died in 1953.

Decathlon

Jim Thorpe, who was still recognized as an Olympic champion after his death
space athlete country P - official value. P - 85 value.
1 Jim Thorpe United States 48United States United States 8412,955 WR 6564
Hugo Wieslander SwedenSweden SWE 7724,495 5966
2 Charles Lomberg SwedenSweden SWE 7413,510 5722
3 Gösta Holmér SwedenSweden SWE 7347.855 5768
4th James Donahue United States 48United States United States 7083,450 5701
5 Eugene Mercer United States 48United States United States 7074.995 5825
6th Valdemar Wickholm Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland FIN 7058.795 5613
7th Erik Kugelberg SwedenSweden SWE 6758.780 5345
8th Karl stop German EmpireThe German Imperium GER 6682,445 5286

Date: July 13-15

The disciplines of the decathlon and their order were then the same as they are today. However, the competition was spread over three days. As in the pentathlon, Jim Thorpe was the clearly dominant athlete. With 8412.955 points, he set a new world record . The valuation at that time was based on the Olympic records , which was a starting value of 1000 points. According to the current table from 1985, Thorpe scored the equivalent of 6564 points.

Original Olympic champion Jim Thorpe was disqualified from the IOC in 1913 for breaking amateur rules at a baseball game. This disqualification was found null and void by the IOC in 1982 and Thorpe was declared a joint Olympic champion with Hugo Wieslander. In 1983 his children received replicas of the gold medal on behalf of the athlete who died in 1953.

For a better classification of the performance, the converted points according to today's rating system are also given.

literature

  • Ekkehard zur Megede , The history of Olympic athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stockholm 1912. The Deep Fall of "Jim" Thorpe , RP Online July 23, 2004, accessed December 18, 2017

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