1912 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Pentathlon (Men)

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Olympic rings
Stockholm's Olympic Stadium, 070310.JPG
sport athletics
discipline Pentathlon
gender Men
Attendees 26 athletes from 11 countries
Competition location Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Competition phase July 7, 1912
Medalist
gold medal Ferdinand Bie ( NOR ) Jim Thorpe ( USA ) NorwayNorway 
United States 48United States 
Silver medal James Donahue ( USA ) United States 48United States 
Bronze medal Frank Lukeman ( CAN ) Canada 1868Canada 

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 Jim Thorpe case

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:

Surname nation
Géo André Third French RepublicThird French Republic France
Otto Bäurle German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Ferdinand Bie NorwayNorway Norway
Avery Brundage United States 48United States United States
James Donahue United States 48United States United States
John Eller United States 48United States United States
Hugo Ericson SwedenSweden Sweden
Pierre Failliot Third French RepublicThird French Republic France
Nils Fjästad SwedenSweden Sweden
Karl von Halt German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Gösta Holmér SwedenSweden Sweden
Gustav Krojer Austria CisleithanienCisleithania Austria
Erik Kugelberg SwedenSweden Sweden
Emil Kukko Finland Grand Principality 1883Grand Duchy of Finland Grand Duchy of Finland
Oscar Lemming SwedenSweden Sweden
Inge Lindholm SwedenSweden Sweden
Charles Lomberg SwedenSweden Sweden
Frank Lukeman Canada 1868Canada Canada
Austin Menaul United States 48United States United States
Mığır Mığıryan Ottoman Empire 1844Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
Einar Nilsson SwedenSweden Sweden
Alfredo Pagani Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy
Jim Thorpe United States 48United States United States
Julius Wagner SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Josef Waitzer German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire
Hugo Wieslander SwedenSweden Sweden

Course of the competition

Long jump

Classification
space Surname Expanse Points
01 Thorpe 7.07 m 1
02 Bie 6.85 m 2
03 Donahue 6.83 m 3
04th Brundage 6.58 m 4th
05 lemming 6.55 m 5
06th Lomberg 6.53 m 6th
07th Bäurle 6.52 m 7th
08th Kugelberg 6.45 m 8th
Lukeman
10 Fjaestad 6.43 m 10
11 Menaul 6.40 m 11
12 Lindholm 6.32 m 12
13 Failliot 6.29 m 13
14th Wieslander 6.27 m 14th
15th Nilsson 6.23 m 15th
16 wagner 6.22 m 16
17th Kukko 6.19 m 17th
18th Eller 6.17 m 18th
19th Kröjer 6.10 m 19th
20th Holmer 6.02 m 20th
21st André 5.98 m 21st
22nd from Halt / Waitzer 22nd
23 Pagani 5.86 m 23
24 from Halt / Waitzer 24
25th Mığıryan 5.59 m 25th
26th Ericson 5.58 m 26th
Intermediate result
space Surname Points
01 Thorpe 1
02 Bie 2
03 Donahue 3
04th Brundage 4th
05 lemming 5
06th Lomberg 6th
07th Bäurle 7th
08th Kugelberg 8th
Lukeman
10 Fjaestad 10
11 Menaul 11
12 Lindholm 12
13 Failliot 13
14th Wieslander 14th
15th Nilsson 15th
16 wagner 16
17th Kukko 17th
18th Eller 18th
19th Kröjer 19th
20th Holmer 20th
21st André 21st
22nd from Halt / Waitzer 22nd
23 Pagani 23
24 from Halt / Waitzer 24
25th Mığıryan 25th
26th Ericson 26th

The widths and placements of the two Germans Karl von Halt and Josef Waitzer are not known.

Javelin throw

Classification
space 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
space 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
space 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
- of halt DNF -
Waitzer DNS -
Intermediate result
space 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
- of halt DNF
Waitzer
Classification after recalculation
space 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
space 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
space 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
space 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 - 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.

Final score

space Surname nation Points annotation
1 Jim Thorpe United States 48United States United States 7th
Ferdinand Bie NorwayNorway Norway 21st
2 James Donahue United States 48United States United States 29 Points according to 10fight table: 3475.865
3 Frank Lukeman Canada 1868Canada Canada 29 Points according to 10-fight table: 3396.975
4th Austin Menaul United States 48United States United States 30th
5 Avery Brundage United States 48United States United States 31
6th Hugo Wieslander SwedenSweden Sweden 32

Date: July 7, 1912

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.

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literature

  • Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 124f

Web links

Video

Individual evidence

  1. Information in Sports-Reference
  2. (Engl.) Official Report, page 413 ( Memento of the original on February 7, 2014 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / library.la84.org