The decathlon was held for the second time at the Olympic Games after 1904 , 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 Swede Hugo Wieslander . Silver went to his compatriot Charles Lomberg , bronze to Gösta Holmér , also from Sweden.
The US all-rounder Jim Thorpe had won the decathlon clearly ahead of the Swede Wieslander. 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 Hugo Wieslander. 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).
Six athletes stopped taking part in the discipline: Babcock, Failliot, Hackberg, Langkjær, Legat and Mığıryan.
Classification
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Surname
height
Points
01
Thorpe
1.87 m
958
02
Lomberg
1.80 m
860
Philbrook
04th
André
1.75 m
790
Lukeman
Wieslander
07th
Alslēbens
1.70 m
720
Brundage
of halt
Holmer
Nilsson
Tube
13
Bie
1.65 m
650
Donahue
Kugelberg
Mercer
Pagani
18th
Roenström
1.60 m
580
Wickholm
20th
Jacobsson
1.55 m
510
Schäffer
Schulz
23
Abraham
1.50 m
440
Intermediate result
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Surname
Points
01
Thorpe
3502.75
02
Lomberg
3159.55
03
Wieslander
3026.30
04th
Philbrook
2998.90
05
Mercer
2941.60
06th
Nilsson
2925.20
07th
Tube
2844.75
08th
Holmer
2827.70
09
Lukeman
2815.50
10
Bie
2782.25
11
Brundage
2754.20
12
of halt
2699.60
13
Wickholm
2667.55
14th
Jacobsson
2667.50
15th
Donahue
2654.00
16
André
2649.00
17th
Kugelberg
2497.40
18th
Schäffer
2470.20
19th
Alslēbens
2458.35
20th
Roenström
2446.95
21st
Pagani
2351.95
22nd
Abraham
2323.20
23
Schulz
2257.15
400 meters
Another five athletes did not compete: Abraham, Jacobsson, Nilsson, Röhr and Rönström.
Classification
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Surname
time
Points
01
Mercer
49.9 s
943.60
02
Donahue
51.6 s
879.68
03
Lukeman
52.1 s
860.88
04th
Thorpe
52.2 s
857.12
05
Wickholm
52.3 s
853.36
06th
Bie
53.2 s
819.52
Holmer
08th
Wieslander
53.6 s
804.48
09
of halt
54.2 s
781.92
10
André
54.5 s
770.64
11
Schulz
54.6 s
766.88
12
Lomberg
55.0 s
751.84
13
Brundage
55.2 s
744.32
14th
Kugelberg
55.7 s
725.52
15th
Pagani
56.1 s
710.48
16
Philbrook
56.7 s
687.92
17th
Schäffer
58.2 s
632.52
18th
Alslēbens
59.0 s
601.44
Intermediate result
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Surname
Points
01
Thorpe
4359.87
02
Lomberg
3911.39
03
Mercer
3885.20
04th
Wieslander
3830.78
05
Philbrook
3686.82
06th
Lukeman
3676.38
07th
Holmer
3647.22
08th
Bie
3601.77
09
Donahue
3533.68
10
Wickholm
3520.91
11
Brundage
3498.52
12
of halt
3481.52
13
André
3419.64
14th
Kugelberg
3222.92
15th
Schäffer
3101.72
16
Pagani
3062.43
17th
Alslēbens
3059.79
18th
Schulz
3024.03
Discus throw
Philbrook's throw over 41.56 m was above Martin Sheridan's Olympic record from 1908 (40.89 m). This distance was still not an Olympic record , as the Finn Armas Taipale had improved the record to 45.21 m in the discus throwing competition two days earlier.
Classification
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Surname
Expanse
Points
01
Philbrook
41.56 m
1038.00
02
Schäffer
37.14 m
835.84
03
Thorpe
36.98 m
829.76
04th
Wieslander
36.29 m
803.54
05
of halt
35.46 m
772.00
06th
Lomberg
35.35 m
767.72
07th
Brundage
34.07 m
719.28
08th
Holmer
31.78 m
632.16
09
Bie
31.65 m
627.22
10
Kugelberg
31.48 m
620.76
11
Schulz
31.34 m
615.44
12
Lukeman
30.52 m
584.28
13
Pagani
30.20 m
572.12
14th
Donahue
29.95 m
562.62
15th
Wickholm
29.78 m
556.16
16
Alslēbens
29.21 m
534.50
17th
André
25.37 m
388.56
18th
Mercer
21.95 m
258.62
Intermediate result
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Surname
Points
01
Thorpe
5189.63
02
Philbrook
4724.82
03
Lomberg
4679.21
04th
Wieslander
4634.32
05
Holmer
4279.38
06th
Lukeman
4260.66
07th
of halt
4253.52
08th
Bie
4228.99
09
Brundage
4217.80
10
Mercer
4143.82
11
Donahue
4096.30
12
Wickholm
4077.07
13
Schäffer
3937.56
14th
Kugelberg
3843.68
15th
André
3808.20
16
Schulz
3639.47
17th
Pagani
3634.55
18th
Alslēbens
3594.29
110 meter hurdles
Classification
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Surname
time
Points
01
Thorpe
15.6 s
943.0
02
Donahue
16.2 s
886.0
03
Lukeman
16.3 s
876.5
04th
André
16.4 s
867.0
Bie
Mercer
07th
Philbrook
16.8 s
829.0
08th
Holmer
17.0 s
810.0
Wickholm
10
Brundage
17.1 s
800.5
11
Kugelberg
17.2 s
791.0
Pagani
Wieslander
14th
Lomberg
17.6 s
753.0
15th
of halt
17.7 s
743.5
16
Schulz
17.8 s
734.0
17th
Schäffer
18.9 s
629.5
18th
Alslēbens
19.5 s
572.5
Intermediate result
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Surname
Points
01
Thorpe
6132.63
02
Philbrook
5553.82
03
Lomberg
5432.21
04th
Wieslander
5425.32
05
Lukeman
5137.16
06th
Bie
5095.99
07th
Holmer
5089.38
08th
Brundage
5018.30
09
Mercer
5010.82
10
of halt
4997.02
11
Donahue
4982.30
12
Wickholm
4887.07
13
André
4675.20
14th
Kugelberg
4634.68
15th
Schäffer
4567.06
16
Pagani
4425.55
17th
Schulz
4373.47
18th
Alslēbens
4166.79
Pole vault
Two athletes no longer competed: André and Pagani.
Classification
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Surname
height
Points
01
Mercer
3.60 m
940.6
02
Donahue
3.40 m
832.6
03
Lomberg
3.25 m
751.6
Schäffer
Thorpe
Wickholm
07th
Holmer
3.20 m
724.6
08th
Wieslander
3.10 m
670.6
09
Kugelberg
3.00 m
616.6
10
Bie
2.90 m
562.6
Brundage
12
of halt
2.70 m
454.6
Lukeman
Schulz
15th
Philbrook
2.50 m
346.6
16
Alslēbens
not a valid amount
0.0
Intermediate result
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Surname
Points
01
Thorpe
6884.23
02
Lomberg
6183.81
03
Wieslander
6095.92
04th
Mercer
5951.42
05
Philbrook
5900.42
06th
Donahue
5814.90
07th
Holmer
5813.98
08th
Bie
5658.59
09
Wickholm
5638.67
10
Lukeman
5591.76
11
Brundage
5580.90
12
of halt
5451.62
13
Schäffer
5318.66
14th
Kugelberg
5251.28
15th
Schulz
4828.07
16
Alslēbens
4166.79
Javelin throw
Two athletes no longer competed: Brundage and Lukeman.
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. His case and the final official score with two Olympic champions are described in the section above.
For a better classification of the performance, the points converted according to the current rating system from 1985 are also given. According to this table, which is valid today, there would have been various other placements. But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis. This is most noticeable in the pole vault , where people jumped with completely different poles than they do today.
Picture gallery
The Olympic champions: Jim Thorpe (USA) ...
... and Hugo Wieslander (SWE)
Eugene Mercer (USA), here in the long jump, finished sixth
Ferdinand Bie (NOR), winner of the pentathlon, is eliminated after the ninth discipline
Avery Brundage (USA), who later became President of the IOC, no longer competes in the ninth discipline
Géo André (FRA) stops early
His compatriot Pierre Failliot (FRA) is eliminated after the shot put ...
... just like Harry Babcock (USA)
literature
Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 125f
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