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Global Global championships · since 1896

1912 Olympic Games

Stockholm, Sweden 6–22 Jul 1912

events: 30
medals awarded: 94
nations on the podium: 12
world records: 4

Podiums

Sprints

100m

1

Ralph Craig NR= 10.8

2

Alvah Meyer 10.9

3

Donald Lippincott 10.9

Sprints

200m

1

Ralph Craig 21.7

2

Donald Lippincott 21.8

3

Willie Applegarth 22.0

Sprints

400m

1

Charles Reidpath OR 48.2

2

Hanns Braun 48.3

3

Ed Lindberg 48.4

Middle & long

800m

1

Ted Meredith WR 1:51.9

2

Mel Sheppard 1:52.0

3

Ira Davenport 1:52.0

Middle & long

1500m

1

Arnold Jackson OR 3:56.8

2

Abel Kiviat 3:56.9

3

Norman Taber 3:56.9

Middle & long

3000m team

1

United States of America

Tell Berna Norman Taber George Bonhag Abel Kiviat Louis Scott

9 1

2

Sweden

Thorild Olsson Ernst Wide Bror Fock John Zander Nils Frykberg

13 2

3

Great Britain & NI

Joe Cottrill George Hutson Cyril Porter Edward Owen William Moore

23 6

Middle & long

5000m

1

Hannes Kolehmainen WR 14:36.6

2

Jean Bouin NR 14:36.7

3

George Hutson 15:07.6

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Hannes Kolehmainen OR 31:20.8

2

Lewis Tewanima 32:06.6

3

Albin Stenroos 32:21.8

Road

Marathon

1

Ken MacArthur Competed as SAF (South Africa) 2:36:55

2

Christian Gitsham Competed as SAF (South Africa) 2:37:52

3

Gaston Strobino 2:38:43

Hurdles

110m hurdles

1

Fred Kelly 15.1

2

James Wendell 15.2

3

Martin Hawkins 15.3

Jumps

High jump

1

Alma Richards OR 1.93

2

Hans Liesche 1.91

3

George Horine 1.89

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Harry Babcock 3.95

2

Marc Wright 3.85

2

Frank Nelson 3.85

3

William Halpenny Equal bronze 3.80

3

Frank Murphy Equal bronze 3.80

3

Bertil Uggla Equal bronze 3.80

Jumps

Long jump

1

Albert Gutterson OR 7.60

2

Calvin Bricker 7.21

3

Georg Aberg NR 7.18

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Gustaf Lindblom NR 14.76

2

Georg Aberg 14.51

3

Erik Almlöf 14.17

Throws

Shot put

1

Patrick McDonald OR 15.34

2

Ralph Rose 15.25

3

Lawrence Whitney 13.93

Throws

Discus throw

1

Armas Taipale OR 45.21

2

Richard Byrd 42.32

3

James Duncan 42.28

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Matt McGrath OR 54.74

2

Duncan Gillis 48.39

3

Clarence Childs 48.17

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Eric Lemming ORNR 60.64

2

Juho Saaristo 58.66

3

Mor Kovacs 55.50

Throws

Shot put (both hands)

1

Ralph Rose 27.70

2

Patrick McDonald 27.53

3

Elmer Niklander 27.14

Throws

Javelin throw (both arms)

1

Juho Saaristo 109.42

2

Vaino Siikaniemi 101.13

3

Urho Peltonen 100.24

Throws

Discus throw (both arms)

1

Armas Taipale 82.86

2

Elmer Niklander 77.96

3

Emil Magnusson 77.37

Jumps

Standing high jump

1

Platt Adams 1.63

2

Ben Adams 1.60

3

Kostas Tsiklitiras 1.55

Jumps

Standing long jump

1

Kostas Tsiklitiras 3.37

2

Platt Adams 3.36

3

Ben Adams 3.28

Race walks

10,000m race walk

1

George Goulding WR 46:28.4

2

Ernest Webb 46:50.4

3

Fernando Altimani 47:37.6

Combined

Decathlon

1

Jim Thorpe REINSTATED IN 1980 / Upd to 84 table: 6564 pts WR 8412 ,955

2

Hugo Wieslander Upd to 84 table: 5966 pts 7724 ,495

2

Charles Lomberg Upd to 84 table: 5722 pts 7413 ,510

3

Gösta Holmer 7347 ,855

Combined

Pentathlon

1

Jim Thorpe Placing: 1-3-1-1-1 / Reinstated in 1983. 7 pts

2

Ferdinand Bie 21 pts

2

James Donahue 29 pts

3

Franke Lukeman 29 pts

Relays

4x100m

1

Great Britain & NI

Willie Applegarth Victor d'Arcy David Jacobs Henry Macintosh

42.4

2

Sweden

Knut Lindberg Charles Luther Ivan Moller Ture Persson

42.6

Relays

4x400m

1

United States of America

Mel Sheppard Ed Lindberg Ted Meredith Charles Reidpath

3.16.6

2

France

Charles Lelong Robert Schürrer Pierre Failliot Charles Poulenard

NR 3.20.7

3

Great Britain & NI

George Nicol Ernest Henley James Soutter Cyril Seedhouse

3.23.2

Cross country

Cross country

1

Hannes Kolehmainen 45:11.6

2

Hjalmar Andersson 45:44.8

3

John Eke 46:37.6

Cross country

Cross country team

1

Sweden

Hjalmar Andersson John Eke Josef Ternström

10 pts

2

Finland

Hannes Kolehmainen Jalmari Eskola Albin Stenroos

11 pts

3

Great Britain & NI

Frederick Hibbins Thomas Humpreys Ernest Glover

49 pts

Medal table

12 nations · 94 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	United States of America USA	16	14	12	42
2	Finland FIN	6	4	3	13
3	Sweden SWE	3	6	6	15
4	Great Britain & NI GBR	2	1	5	8
5	Canada CAN	1	2	2	5
6	Republic of South Africa RSA	1	1	0	2
7	Greece GRE	1	0	1	2
8	France FRA	0	2	0	2
9	Germany GER	0	2	0	2
10	Norway NOR	0	1	0	1
11	Hungary HUN	0	0	1	1
12	Italy ITA	0	0	1	1

Records set

4 WR · 9 OR

WR Ted Meredith 800m · Men 1:51.9
WR Hannes Kolehmainen 5000m · Men 14:36.6
WR George Goulding 10,000m race walk · Men 46:28.4
WR Jim Thorpe Decathlon · Men 8412
OR Charles Reidpath 400m · Men 48.2
OR Arnold Jackson 1500m · Men 3:56.8
OR Hannes Kolehmainen 10,000m · Men 31:20.8
OR Alma Richards High jump · Men 1.93
OR Albert Gutterson Long jump · Men 7.60
OR Patrick McDonald Shot put · Men 15.34
OR Armas Taipale Discus throw · Men 45.21
OR Matt McGrath Hammer throw · Men 54.74
OR Eric Lemming Javelin throw · Men 60.64