Athletics - Olympic Games - 1912

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Olympic Games - Results Men 1912

Sweden - Stockholm - 6 July 1912 - 15 July 1912

Men's Javelin throw - 6 July 1912

1	Eric Lemming (SWE)	60.64
2	Julius Saaristo (FIN)	58.66
3	Mór Kóczán (HUN)	55.50
4	Juho Halme (FIN)	54.65
5	Väinö Siikaniemi (FIN)	52.43
6	Richard Abrink (SWE)	52.20
7	Arne Halse (NOR)	51.98
8	Jonni Myyrä (FIN)	51.33
9	Urho Peltonen (FIN)	49.20
10	Otto Nilsson (SWE)	49.18
11	Hilding Sonne (SWE)	47.85
12	Daniel Johansen (NOR)	47.61
13	Svante Olsson (SWE)	46.94
14	William Krigsman (SWE)	46.71
15	Janne Dahl (SWE)	45.67
16	Arvid Ohrling (SWE)	45.32
17	Nikolay Neklepayev (RUS)	44.98
18	Emil Kukko (FIN)	44.66
19	Josef Waitzer (GER)	43.71
20	Nikolajs Svedrevics (RUS)	43.21
21	Algot Larsson (SWE)	43.18
22	Karl Von Halt (GER)	41.99
23	Paul Willführ (GER)	41.05

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Men's 100 m - 7 July 1912

1	Ralph Craig (USA)	10.8
2	Alvah Meyer (USA)	10.9
3	Don Lippincott (USA)	11.0
4	George Patching (RSA)	11.0
5	Frank Belote (USA)

Men's Pentathlon - 7 July 1912

Jim Thorpe was disqualified for breeching amateur rules; in 1982 he was reinstated as joint gold medal winner

1	Jim Thorpe (USA)	7
2	Ferdinand Bie (NOR)	21
3	James Donahue (USA)	29
4	Frank Lukeman (CAN)	29
5	Austin Menaul (USA)	30
6	Avery Brundage (USA)	31
7	Hugo Wieslander (SWE)	32
8	Gösta Holmer (SWE)	30-4
9	Inge Lindholm (SWE)	30-4
10	Oscar Lemming (SWE)	31-4
11	Nils Fjästad (SWE)	32-4
12	Emil Kukko (FIN)	35-4
13	Otto Bäurle (GER)	38-3
14	Einar Nilsson (SWE)	39-3
15	Erik Kugelberg (SWE)	40-3
16	Charles Lomberg (SWE)	40-3
17	Pierre Failliot (FRA)	42-3
18	Hugo Ericson (SWE)	44-3
19	Jack Eller (USA)	47-3
20	Julius Wagner (SWI)	52-3
21	Gustav Krojer (AUT)	54-3
22	Géo André (FRA)	60-3
23	Mkrtich Mkryan (TÜR)	67-3
24	Alfredo Pagani (ITA)	68-3

Jim Thorpe was disqualified for breeching amateur rules; in 1982 he was reinstated as joint gold medal winner

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Men's 800 m - 8 July 1912

1	James Meredith (USA)	1:51.9
2	Mel Sheppard (USA)	1:52.0
3	Ira Davenport (USA)	1:52.0
4	Daniel Caldwell (USA)	1:52.8
5	Melville Brook (CAN)	1:53.0
6	Hanns Braun (GER)	1:53.0
7	Clarence Edmundson (USA)
8	Herbert Putnam (USA)

Men's 10000 m - 8 July 1912

1	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	31:20.8
2	Lewis Tewanima (USA)	32:06.6
3	Albin Stenroos (FIN)	32:21.8
4	Joseph Keeper (CAN)	32:36.2
5	Alfonso Orlando (ITA)	33:31.2

Men's Long Jump Standing - 8 July 1912

1	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (GRE)	3.37
2	Platt Adams (USA)	3.36
3	Ben Adams (USA)	3.28
4	Gustaf Malmsten (SWE)	3.20
5	Edvard Möller (SWE)	3.14
5	Leo Goehring (USA)	3.14
7	András Baronyi (HUN)	3.13
8	Dick Byrd (USA)	3.12
9	Forest Fletcher (USA)	3.11
10	Alfred Motté (FRA)	3.10
11	Gustav Ljunggren (SWE)	3.09
12	Birger Brodtkorb (NOR)	3.05
13	Ragnar Ekberg (SWE)	3.03
14	Douglas Melin (SWE)	3.02
15	Henry Ashington (GBR)	3.02
16	Géo André (FRA)	3.02
17	Arthur Maranda (CAN)	2.98
18	Karl Bergh (SWE)	2.95
19	Philip Kingsford (GBR)	2.75

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Men's High jump - 9 July 1912

1	Alma Richards (USA)	1.93
2	Hans Liesche (GER)	1.91
3	George Horine (USA)	1.89
4	Jim Thorpe (USA)	1.87
4	Egon Erickson (USA)	1.87
6	John Johnstone (USA)	1.85
6	Harry Grumpelt (USA)	1.85
8	Karl-axel Kullerstrand (SWE)	1.83
9	Iván Baron Wardener (HUN)	1.80
9	Timothy Carroll (GBR)	1.80
11	Howard Baker (GBR)	1.75

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Men's 4x100 m relay - 9 July 1912

1	Great Britain (William Applegarth, Victor D'arcy, Henry Macintosh, David Jacobs)	42.4
2	Sweden (Knut Lindberg, Ture Persson, Charles Luther, Ivan Möller)	42.6

Men's Javelin throw, both hands - 9 July 1912

1	Julius Saaristo (FIN)	109.42
2	Väinö Siikaniemi (FIN)	101.13
3	Urho Peltonen (FIN)	100.24
4	Eric Lemming (SWE)	98.59
5	Arne Halse (NOR)	96.92
6	Richard Abrink (SWE)	93.12
7	Daniel Johansen (NOR)	92.82
8	Otto Nilsson (SWE)	88.90
9	Juho Halme (FIN)	88.54
10	Arvid Ohrling (SWE)	87.17
11	Sten Hagander (SWE)	86.80
12	Mór Kóczán (HUN)	86.39
13	William Krigsman (SWE)	85.80
14	Hilding Sonne (SWE)	84.96

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Men's 1500 m - 10 July 1912

1	Arnold Jackson (GBR)	3:56.8
2	Abel Kiviat (USA)	3:56.9
3	Norman Taber (USA)	3:56.9
4	John Paul Jones (SWE)	3:57.2
5	Ernst Wide (SWE)	3:57.6
6	Philip Baker (GBR)	3:59.6
7	John Zander (FRA)	4:02.0
8	Henri Arnaud (FRA)	4:02.2

Men's 5000 m - 10 July 1912

1	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	14:36.6
2	Jean Bouin (FRA)	14:36.7
3	George Hutson (GBR)	15:07.6
4	George Bonhag (USA)	15:09.8
5	Tel Bema (USA)	15:10.0
6	Mauritz Karlsson (SWE)	15:18.6
7	Henry Scott (USA)
8	Alex Decoteau (CAN)

Men's Shot put - 10 July 1912

1	Patrick McDonald (USA)	15.34
2	Ralph Rose (USA)	15.25
3	Lawrence Whitney (USA)	13.93
4	Elmer Niklander (FIN)	13.65
5	George Philbrook (USA)	13.13
6	Imre Mudin (HUN)	12.81
7	Einar Nilsson (SWE)	12.62
8	Patrick Quinn (GBR)	12.53
9	André Tison (FRA)	12.41
10	Paavo Aho (FIN)	12.40
11	Mikhail Dorizas (GRE)	12.05
12	Aurelio Lenzi (ITA)	11.57
13	Josef Schäffer (AUT)	11.44
14	Karl Von Halt (GER)	11.16
15	Frantisek Janda-Suk (BOH)	11.15
16	Raoul Paoli (FRA)	11.11
17	Marcel Pelletier (LUX)	11.04
18	Paul Willführ (GER)	10.90
19	Mkrtich Mkryan (TÜR)	10.63
20	Riks Vanags (RUS)	10.44
21	Arvds Ozols-Berne (RUS)	10.33
22	Charles Lagarde (FRA)	9.41

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Men's 200 m - 11 July 1912

1	Ralph Craig (USA)	21.7
2	Don Lippincott (USA)	21.8
3	William Applegarth (GBR)	22.0
4	Richard Rau (GER)	22.2
5	Charles Reidpath (USA)	22.3
6	Donnell Young (USA)	22.3

Men's Pole vault - 11 July 1912

1	Harry Babcock (USA)	3.95
2	Frank Nelson (USA)	3.85
2	Marc Wright (USA)	3.85
3	William Halpenny (CAN)	3.80
3	Frank Murphy (USA)	3.80
3	Bertil Uggla (SWE)	3.80
7	Samuel Bellah (USA)	3.75
8	Bill Fritz (USA)	3.65
8	Frank Coyle (USA)	3.65
8	Gordon Dukes (USA)	3.65
11	Robert Pasemann (GER)	3.40

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Men's 10 km walk - 11 July 1912

1	George Goulding (CAN)	46:28
2	Ernest Webb (GBR)	46:50
3	Fernando Altimani (ITA)	47:37
4	Aage Rasmussen (DEN)	48:00

Men's Shot put, both hands - 11 July 1912

1	Ralph Rose (USA)	27.70
2	Patrick McDonald (USA)	27.53
3	Elmer Niklander (FIN)	27.14
4	Lawrence Whitney (USA)	24.09
5	Einar Nilsson (SWE)	23.37
6	Paavo Aho (FIN)	23.30
7	Megerich Megherian (TÜR)	19.78

Men's 110 m Hurdles - 12 July 1912

1	Frederick Kelly (USA)	15.1
2	James Wendell (USA)	15.2
3	Martin Hawkins (USA)	15.3
4	John Case (USA)	15.3
5	Kenneth Powell (GBR)	15.5

Men's Discus throw - 12 July 1912

1	Armas Taipale (FIN)	45.21
2	Dick Byrd (USA)	42.32
3	James Duncan (USA)	42.28
4	Elmer Niklander (FIN)	42.09
5	Hans Tronner (AUT)	41.24
6	Arlie Mucks (USA)	40.93
7	George Philbrook (USA)	40.92
8	Emil Magnusson (SWE)	39.91
9	Rezso Ujlaki (HUN)	39.82
10	Einar Nilsson (SWE)	39.69
11	Ralph Rose (USA)	39.65
12	Emil Muller (SWI)	39.35
13	Mikhail Dorizas (GRE)	39.28
14	Duncan Gillis (CAN)	39.01
15	Verner Järvinen (FIN)	38.60
16	Josef Waitzer (GER)	38.44
17	Frantisek Janda-Suk (BOH)	38.31
18	Aurelio Lenzi (ITA)	38.19
19	Károly Kobulszky (HUN)	38.15
20	Lawrence Whitney (USA)	37.91
21	György Luntzer (HUN)	37.88
22	Avery Brundage (USA)	37.85
23	Gunnar Nilsson (SWE)	37.44
24	Emil Welz (GER)	37.24
25	Samu Fóti (HUN)	36.37
26	Gunnar Bolander (SWE)	36.22
27	Carl-johan Lind (SWE)	36.07
28	Folke Fleetwood (SWE)	35.06
29	Josef Schäffer (AUT)	34.87
30	André Tison (FRA)	34.73
31	Marcel Pelletier (LUX)	33.73
32	Walter Henderson (GBR)	33.61
33	Mór Kóczán (HUN)	33.30
34	Mkrtich Mkryan (TÜR)	32.98
35	Nikolay Neklepayev (RUS)	32.59
36	Charles Lagarde (FRA)	32.35
37	Henning Möller (SWE)	32.23
38	Miroslav Sustera (BOH)	31.83
39	Otto Nilsson (SWE)	31.07
40	Riks Vanags (RUS)	31.34

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Men's 400 m - 13 July 1912

1	Charles Reidpath (USA)	48.2
2	Hanns Braun (GER)	48.3
3	Edward Lindberg (USA)	48.4
4	James Meredith (USA)	49.2
5	Carroll Haff (USA)	49.5

Men's Long jump - 13 July 1912

1	Albert Gutterson (USA)	7.60
2	Calvin Bricker (CAN)	7.21
3	Georg Aberg (SWE)	7.18
4	Harry Worthington (USA)	7.03
5	Roy Mercer (USA)	6.97
6	Fred Allen (USA)	6.94
7	Jim Thorpe (USA)	6.89
8	Robert Pasemann (GER)	6.82
9	Frank Irons (USA)	6.80
10	Henry Ashington (GBR)	6.78
11	Ferdinand Bie (NOR)	6.75
12	Sidney Abrahams (GBR)	6.72
13	Nils Fixdal (NOR)	6.71
14	Eddie Farrell (USA)	6.71
15	Philip Kingsford (GBR)	6.65
16	André Campana (FRA)	6.64
17	Charles Lomberg (SWE)	6.62
18	Viktor Franzl (AUT)	6.57
19	Angelo Tonini (ITA)	6.44
20	Patrik Ohlsson (SWE)	6.28
21	Gustav Betzén (SWE)	6.24
22	Aleksandr Schultz (RUS)	6.15
23	Philipp Ehrenreich (AUT)	6.14
24	Emil Kukko (FIN)	6.11
25	Pál Szalay (HUN)	5.98
26	Nándor Kovács (HUN)	5.96
27	Alfredo Pagani (ITA)	5.95
28	Arthur Maranda (CAN)	5.87
29	Manlio Legat (ITA)	5.50

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Men's 3000 m Team - 13 July 1912

1	United States (George Bonhag, Norman Taber, Tel Berna)	9
2	Sweden (Bror Fock, Ernst Wide, Thorild Ohlsson)	13
3	Great Britain (William Cottrill, George Hutson, Cyril Porter)	23

Men's High Jump Standing - 13 July 1912

1	Platt Adams (USA)	1.63
2	Benjamin Adams (USA)	1.60
3	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (GRE)	1.55
4	Richard Byrd (USA)	1.50
4	Leo Goehring (USA)	1.50
4	Edvard Möller (SWE)	1.50

Men's Discus throw, both hands - 13 July 1912

1	Armas Taipale (FIN)	82.86
2	Elmer Niklander (FIN)	77.96
3	Emil Magnusson (SWE)	77.37
4	Einar Nilsson (SWE)	71.40
5	James Duncan (USA)	71.13
6	Emil Muller (SWI)	69.56
7	Folke Fleetwood (SWE)	68.22
8	Carl-johan Lind (SWE)	68.02
9	Nils Linde (SWE)	67.10
10	Gunnar Nilsson (SWE)	67.09
11	Eric Lemming (SWE)	67.08
12	Verner Järvinen (FIN)	66.69
13	Hans Tronner (AUT)	66.66
14	Rezso Ujlaki (HUN)	66.18
15	Arlie Mucks (USA)	63.83
16	Josef Schäffer (AUT)	63.50
17	Dick Byrd (USA)	62.32
18	Károly Kobulszky (HUN)	59.48
19	Vasily Molokanov (RUS)	47.37

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Men's Hammer throw - 14 July 1912

1	Matt McGrath (USA)	54.74
2	Duncan Gillis (CAN)	48.39
3	Clarence Childs (USA)	48.17
4	Robert Olsson (SWE)	46.50
5	Carl-johan Lind (SWE)	45.61
6	Denis Carey (GBR)	43.78
7	Nils Linde (SWE)	43.32
8	Carl Jahnzon (SWE)	42.58
8	Ralph Rose (USA)	42.58
10	Arvid Aberg (SWE)	41.11
11	Gunnar Johnson (SWE)	39.92
12	Benjamin Sherman (USA)	38.77
13	Viktor Hackberg (SWE)	38.44

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Men's Marathon - 14 July 1912

1	Kenneth Mcarthur (RSA)	2:36:54.8
2	Christian Gitsham (RSA)	2:37:52.0
3	Gaston Strobino (USA)	2:38:42.4
4	Andrew Sockalexis (USA)	2:42:07.9
5	James Duffy (CAN)	2:42:18.8
6	Sigfrid Jacobsson (SWE)	2:43:24.9
7	John Gallagher (USA)	2:44:19.4
8	Joseph Erxleben (USA)	2:45:47.2
9	Richard Piggott (USA)	2:46:40.7
10	Joseph Forshaw (USA)	2:49:49.4
11	Ed Fabre (CAN)	2:50:36.2
12	Clarence Demar (USA)	2:50:46.6
13	Renon Boissière (FRA)	2:51:06.6
14	Harry Green (USA)	2:52:11.4
15	William Forsyth (CAN)	2:52:23.0
16	Lewis Tewanima (USA)	2:52:41.4
17	Harry Smith (USA)	2:52:53.8
18	Thomas Lilley (USA)	2:59:35.4
19	Arthur Townsend (GBR)	3:00:05.0
20	Felix Kwieton (AUT)	3:00:48.0
21	Fred Lord (GBR)	3:01:39.2
22	Jacob Westberg (SWE)	3:02:05.2
23	Axel Simonsen (NOR)	3:04:59.4
24	Carl Andersson (SWE)	3:06:13.0
25	Edgar Lloyd (GBR)	3:09:25.0
26	Iraklis Sakellaropoulos (GRE)	3:11:37.0
27	Hjalmar Dahlberg (SWE)	3:13:32.2
28	Ivar Lundberg (SWE)	3:16:35.2
29	Johannes Christensen (DEN)	3:21:57.4
30	Olaf Lodal (DEN)	3:21:57.6
31	Ödön Kárpáti (HUN)	3:25:21.6
32	Carl Nilsson (SWE)	3:26:56.4
33	Emmerich Rath (AUT)	3:27:03.8
34	Otto Osen (NOR)	3:36:35.2

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Men's Triple jump - 15 July 1912

1	Gustaf Lindblom (SWE)	14.76
2	Georg Aberg (SWE)	14.51
3	Erik Almlöf (SWE)	14.17
4	Erling Vinne (NOR)	14.14
5	Platt Adams (USA)	14.09
6	Edvard Larsen (NOR)	14.06
7	Hjalmar Ohlsson (SWE)	14.01
8	Nils Fixdal (NOR)	13.96
9	Charles Brickley (USA)	13.88
10	Gustaf Nordén (SWE)	13.81
11	Juho Halme (FIN)	13.79
12	Inge Lindholm (SWE)	13.74
13	Eddie Farrell (USA)	13.57
14	Otto Bäurle (GER)	13.52
15	Patrik Ohlsson (SWE)	13.45
16	Gustav Krojer (AUT)	13.45
17	Skotte Jacobsson (SWE)	13.33
18	Calvin Bricker (CAN)	13.25
19	Timothy Carroll (GBR)	12.56
20	Arthur Maranda (CAN)	12.53

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Men's Decathlon - 15 July 1912

1	Jim Thorpe (USA)	8412
2	Hugo Wieslander (SWE)	7724
3	Charles Lomberg (SWE)	7413
4	Gösta Holmer (SWE)	7347
5	James Donahue (USA)	7083
6	Roy Mercer (USA)	7074
7	Valdemar Wickholm (FIN)	7058
8	Erik Kugelberg (SWE)	6758
9	Karl Von Halt (GER)	6682
10	Josef Schäffer (AUT)	6568
11	Aleksandr Schultz (RUS)	6134
12	Alfreds Alslebens (RUS)	5294

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Men's 4x400 m relay - 15 July 1912

1	United States (Charles Reidpath, James Meredith, Edward Lindberg, Mel Sheppard)	3:16.6
2	France (Charles Poulenard, Pierre Failliot, Robert Schurrer, Charles Lelong)	3:20.7
3	Great Britain (George Nicol, Ernest Henley, James Soutter, Cyril Seedhouse)	3:23.2

Men's Cross - 15 July 1912

1	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	45:11.6
2	Hjalmar Andersson (SWE)	45:44.8
3	John Eke (SWE)	46:37.6
4	Lauri Eskola (FIN)	46:54.8
5	Josef Ternström (SWE)	47:07.7
6	Albin Stenroos (FIN)	47:23.4
7	Ville Kyrönen (FIN)	47:32.0
8	Len Richardson (RSA)	47:33.5
9	Brynolf Larsson (SWE)	47:37.4
10	Johan Sundkvist (SWE)	47:40.0
11	Viljam Johansson (FIN)	48:03.0
12	Harry Hellawell (USA)	48:12.0
13	Klas Lundström (SWE)	48:45.4
14	Lauritz Christiansen (DEN)	49:06.4
15	Frederick Hibbins (GBR)	49:18.2
16	Ernest Glover (GBR)	49:53.7
17	Bror Fock (SWE)	50:15.8
18	Thomas Humphreys (GBR)	50:28.0
19	Olaf Hovdenak (NOR)	50:40.8
20	Parelius Finnerud (NOR)	51:16.2
21	Gustaf Carlén (SWE)	51:26.8
22	Johannes Andersen (NOR)	51:47.4
23	Viggo Pedersen (DEN)	53:00.8
24	Louis Scott (USA)	53:51.4
25	Väinö Heikkilä (FIN)	54:08.0
26	Gerhard Topp (DEN)	54:24.9
27	Gregor Vietz (GER)	54:40.6
28	Steen Rasmussen (DEN)	55:27.0

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Men's Cross Country Team - 15 July 1912

1	Sweden (Hjalmar Andersson, John Eke, Josef Ternström)	10
2	Finland (Hannes Kolehmainen, Jalmari Eskola, Albin Stenroos)	11
3	Great Britain (Fred Hibbins, Ernest Glover, Thomas Humphreys)	49
4	Norway (Olaf Hovdenak, Parelius Finnerud, Johannes Andersen)	61
5	Denmark (Lauritz Christiansen, Viggo Pedersen, Carl Alfred Holmberg)	63

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