Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Athletics
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Dates6-15 July
No. of events30

These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only.

The athletics programme grew by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre races were introduced, as the 5 mile event was eliminated. The 400 metre hurdle event made a brief disappearance, making the 1912 Olympics the only time that event was not held since its introduction in 1900. The 4x100 and 4x400 relays replaced the medley relay while the team race was shortened from 3 miles to 3000 metres. The decathlon, which had been held in 1904 but not in 1908, returned to the programme. Steeplechasing was eliminated, while racewalking was cut from 2 events to 1 with the 10 kilometre replacing the 10 mile and the 3500 metre eliminated. The pentathlon was introduced (as well as the separate sport modern pentathlon). The 1908 experiments of the Greek-style discus and the restricted javelin were replaced with two-handed throwing, for the shot put, discus, and javelin. Cross-country events, both for the individual and the team, were introduced. The competitions were held from Saturday, July 6, 1912, to Monday, July 15, 1912.

Medal summary

110 metre hurdles final.
1500 metre final.
3000 metre team race final.
400 metre final.
4x100 metre final.
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Ralph Craig
 United States
10.8 Alvah Meyer
 United States
10.9 Donald Lippincott
 United States
10.9
200 metres
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Ralph Craig
 United States
21.7 Donald Lippincott
 United States
21.8 Willie Applegarth
 Great Britain
22.0
400 metres
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Charles Reidpath
 United States
48.2 WR Hanns Braun
 Germany
48.3 Edward Lindberg
 United States
48.4
800 metres
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Ted Meredith
 United States
1:51.9 WR Mel Sheppard
 United States
1:52.0 Ira Davenport
 United States
1:52.0
1500 metres
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Arnold Jackson
 Great Britain
3:56.8 OR Abel Kiviat
 United States
3:56.9 Norman Taber
 United States
3:56.9
5000 metres
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Hannes Kolehmainen
 Finland
14:36.6 WR Jean Bouin
 France
14:36.7 George Hutson
 Great Britain
15:07.6
10,000 metres
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Hannes Kolehmainen
 Finland
31:20.8 OR Lewis Tewanima
 United States
32:06.6 Albin Stenroos
 Finland
32:21.8
110 metres hurdles
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Fred Kelly
 United States
15.1 James Wendell
 United States
15.2 Martin Hawkins
 United States
15.3
4 × 100 m relay
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 Great Britain (GBR)
Willie Applegarth
Victor d'Arcy
David Jacobs
Henry Macintosh
42.4  Sweden (SWE)
Knut Lindberg
Charles Luther
Ivan Möller
Ture Person
42.6 none awarded
4 x 400 metres relay
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 United States (USA)
Edward Lindberg
Ted Meredith
Charles Reidpath
Mel Sheppard
3:16.6 WR  France (FRA)
Pierre Failliot
Charles Lelong
Charles Poulenard
Robert Schurrer
3:20.7  Great Britain (GBR)
Ernest Henley
George Nicol
Cyril Seedhouse
James Soutter
3:23.2
3000 metres team race
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 United States (USA)
Tell Berna
George Bonhag
Abel Kiviat
Louis Scott
Norman Taber
9 pts  Sweden (SWE)
Bror Fock
Nils Frykberg
Thorild Olsson
Ernst Wide
John Zander
13 pts  Great Britain (GBR)
Joe Cottrill
George Hutson
William Moore
Edward Owen
Cyril Porter
23 pts
Marathon
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Ken McArthur
 South Africa
2:36:54.8 OR Christian Gitsham
 South Africa
2:37:52.0 Gaston Strobino
 United States
2:38:42.4
10 kilometres walk
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George Goulding
 Canada
46:28.4 Ernest Webb
 Great Britain
46:50.4 Fernando Altimani
 Italy
47:37.6
Individual cross country
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Hannes Kolehmainen
 Finland
45:11.6 Hjalmar Andersson
 Sweden
45:44.8 John Eke
 Sweden
46:37.6
Team cross country
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 Sweden (SWE)
Hjalmar Andersson
John Eke
Josef Ternström
10 pts  Finland (FIN)
Jalmari Eskola
Hannes Kolehmainen
Albin Stenroos
11 pts  Great Britain (GBR)
Ernest Glover
Frederick Hibbins
Thomas Humphreys
49 pts
Long jump
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Albert Gutterson
 United States
7.60 m OR Calvin Bricker
 Canada
7.21 m Georg Åberg
 Sweden
7.18 m
Triple jump
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Gustaf Lindblom
 Sweden
14.76 m Georg Åberg
 Sweden
14.51 m Erik Almlöf
 Sweden
14.17 m
High jump
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Alma Richards
 United States
1.93 m OR Hans Liesche
 Germany
1.91 m George Horine
 United States
1.89 m
Pole vault
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Harry Babcock
 United States
3.95 m OR Frank Nelson
 United States
Marc Wright
 United States
3.85 m William Halpenny
 Canada
Frank Murphy
 United States
Bertil Uggla
 Sweden
3.80 m
Standing long jump
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Konstantinos Tsiklitiras
 Greece
3.37 m Platt Adams
 United States
3.36 m Benjamin Adams
 United States
3.28 m
Standing high jump
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Platt Adams
 United States
1.63 m Benjamin Adams
 United States
1.60 m Konstantinos Tsiklitiras
 Greece
1.55 m
Shot put
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Pat McDonald
 United States
15.34 m OR Ralph Rose
 United States
15.25 m Lawrence Whitney
 United States
13.93 m
Discus throw
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Armas Taipale
 Finland
45.21 m OR Richard Byrd
 United States
42.32 m James Duncan
 United States
42.28 m
Hammer throw
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Matt McGrath
 United States
54.74 m OR Duncan Gillis
 Canada
48.39 m Clarence Childs
 United States
48.17 m
Javelin throw
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Eric Lemming
 Sweden
60.64 m OR Julius Saaristo
 Finland
58.66 m Mór Kóczán
 Hungary
55.50 m
Two handed shot put
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Ralph Rose
 United States
15.23 + 12.47 = 27.70 m Pat McDonald
 United States
15.08 + 12.45 = 27.53 m Elmer Niklander
 Finland
14.71 + 12.43 = 27.14 m
Two handed discus throw
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Armas Taipale
 Finland
44.68 + 38.18 = 82.86 m Elmer Niklander
 Finland
40.28 + 37.68 = 77.96 m Emil Magnusson
 Sweden
40.58 + 36.79 = 77.37 m
Two handed javelin throw
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Julius Saaristo
 Finland
61.00 + 48.42 = 109.42 m Väinö Siikaniemi
 Finland
54.09 + 47.04 = 101.13 m Urho Peltonen
 Finland
53.58 + 46.66 = 100.24 m
Pentathlon
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Jim Thorpe
 United States
7 pts Ferdinand Bie
 Norway
16 pts Frank Lukeman
 Canada
24 pts
James Donahue
 United States
24 pts[a]
Decathlon
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Jim Thorpe
 United States
8412.955 pts[b] Hugo Wieslander
 Sweden
7724.495 pts Gösta Holmér
 Sweden
7347.855 pts
Charles Lomberg
 Sweden
7413.510 pts[c]

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)16141242
2 Finland (FIN)64313
3 Sweden (SWE)36615
4 Great Britain (GBR)2158
5 Canada (CAN)1225
6 South Africa (RSA)1102
7 Greece (GRE)1012
8 France (FRA)0202
 Germany (GER)0202
10 Norway (NOR)0101
11 Hungary (HUN)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (12 entries)30333194

Participating nations

556 athletes from 27 nations competed. Egypt was the only nation not to compete in athletics.

Notes

  1. ^ The tie between Donahue and Lukeman was broken by calculating each athlete's score on the decathlon table, originally deciding between a bronze medal and fourth place. Donahue won, 3475.865 points to 3396.975 points, to take the bronze medal. Thorpe's disqualification in 1913 resulted in Bie being awarded the gold medal, while Donahue and Lukeman moved up to silver and bronze, respectively. When Thorpe's results were reinstated 70 years later, his gold medal status was returned while the other three athletes kept their upgraded placings—resulting in two gold medalists. In 2022, the IOC declared Thorpe as the sole winner of the gold medal, and named Bie a co-winner of silver alongside Donahue.[1]
  2. ^ Total as given in Wudarski. A sum of the scores given by formula gives a total of 8412.995 points.
  3. ^ Thorpe's disqualification in 1913 and subsequent reinstatement 70 years later resulted in the top 4 finishers being awarded medals—2 gold, a silver, and a bronze. The IOC's 2022 decision to reinstate Thorpe as sole gold medallist resulted in there being two silver medallists instead of two gold.

References

  1. ^ Mather, Victor; Panja, Tariq (15 July 2022). "Jim Thorpe Is Restored as Sole Winner of 1912 Olympic Gold Medals". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  • International Olympic Committee medal database
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