NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Final results of Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics. These are the 30 athletics events presented at the 1912 games. Athletics has been contested at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics. ... The Games of the V Olympiad were held in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden. ...

Medalists

Event

Gold

Silver

Bronze

100 m

Ralph Cook Craig, USA 10.8

Alvah Meyer, USA 10.9

Donald Lippincott, USA 10.9

200 m

Ralph Cook Craig, USA 21.7

Donald Lippincott, USA 21.8

William Applegarth, GBR 22.0

400 m

Charles Reidpath, USA 48.2

Hanns Braun, GER 48.3

Edward Lindberg, USA 48.4

800 m

James Meredith, USA 1:51.9

Melvin Sheppard, USA 1:52.0

Ira Davenport, USA 1:52.0

1,500 m

Arnold Jackson, GBR 3:56.8

Abel Kiviat, USA 3:56.9

Norman Taber, USA 3:56.9

3,000 m team

United States
Tell Schinding Berna
Norman Taber
George Bonhag
Abel Kiviat
Henry Louis Scott
9

Sweden
Thorild Ohlsson
Ernest Wide
Bror Fock
Nils Frykberg
John Zander
13

Great Britain
William Cottrill
George Hutson
Cyril Porter
Edward Owen
Frank Moore
23

5,000 m

Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN 14:36.6

Jean Bouin, FRA 14:36.7

George Hutson, GBR 15:07.6

10,000 m

Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN 31:20.8

Louis Tewenima, USA 32:06.6

Albin Stenroos, FIN 32:21.8

Maratón (25 mi)

Kenneth McArthur, RSA 2:36:54.8

Christian Gitsham, RSA 2:37:52.0

Gaston Strobino, USA 2:38:42.4

110 m Vallas

Frederick Kelly, USA 15.1

James Wendell, USA 15.2

Martin Hawkins, USA 15.3

Cross country Individual

Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN 45:11.6

Hjalmar Anderson, SWE 45:44.8

John Eke, SWE 46:37.6

Cross country Team

Sweden
Hjalmar Andersson
John Eke
Josef Ternström
10

Finland
Hannes Kolehmainen
Jalmari Eskola
Albin Stenroos
11

Great Britain
Frederick Hibbins
Ernest Glover
Frederick Humphreys
49

4 x 100 m

Great Britain
David Jacobs
Henry Mackintosh
Victor d'Arcy
William Applegarth
42.4

Sweden
Schweden Ivan Möller
Karl August Luther
Ture Persson
Knut Lindberg
42.6

4 x 400 m

United States
Melvin Sheppard
Edward Lindberg
James Meredith
Charles Reidpath
3:16.6

France
Charles Poulenard
Pierre Failliot
Charles Lelong
Robert Schurrer
3:20.7

Reino Unido
Cyril Seedhouse
George Nicol
Ernest Henley
James Soutter
3:23.2

10 km walk

George Goulding, CAN 46:28,4

Ernest Webb, GBR 46:50,4

Fernando Altimani, ITA 47:37,6

High jump

Alma Richards, USA 1.93 m

Hans Liesche, GER 1.91 m

George Horine, USA 1.89 m

High jump, standing

Platt Adams, USA 1.63 m

Benjamin Adams, USA 1.60 m

Konstantin Tsiklitiras, GRE 1.55 m

Pole vault

Harry Babcock, USA 3.95 m

Marcus Wright, USA 3.85 m

Frank Nelson, USA

William Happenny, CAN

Bertil Uggla, SWE 3.80 m

Long jump

Albert Gutterson, USA 7.60 m

Calvin Bricker, CAN 7.21 m

Georg Aberg, SWE 7.18 m

Long jump, stand

Konstantin Tsiklitiras, GRE 3.37 m

Platt Adams, USA 3.36 m

Benjamin Adams, USA 3.28 m

Triple jump

Gustaf Lindblom, SWE 14.76 m

Georg Aberg, SWE 14.51 m

Erik Almlöf, SWE 14.17 m

Shot put

Patrick McDonald, USA 15.34 m

Ralph Rose, USA 15.25 m

Lawrence Whitney, USA 13.93 m

Shot put, both hands

Ralph Rose, USA 27.70 m

Patrick McDonald, USA 27.53 m

Elmer Niklander, FIN 27.14 m

Discus throw

Armas Taipale, FIN 45.21 m

Richard Byrd, USA 42.32 m

James Duncan, USA 42.28 m

Discus throw, both hands

Armas Taipale, FIN 82.86 m

Elmer Niklander, FIN 77.96 m

Emil Magnusson, SWE 77.37 m

Hammer throw

Matthew McGrath, SWE 54.74 m

Duncan Gillis, CAN 48.39 m

Clarence Childs, USA 48.17 m

Javelin throw

Erik Lemming, SWE 60.64 m

Juho Saaristo, FIN 58.66 m

Mor Koczan, HUN 55.50 m

Javelin throw, both hands

Julio Saaristo, FIN 109.42 m

Vaino Siikaniemi, FIN 101.13 m

Urho Peltonen, FIN 100.24 m

Pentathlon

Jim Thorpe, USA

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James Donahue, USA 24

Frank Lukemann, CAN 24

Decathlon

Jim Thorpe, USA

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Gosta Holmer, SWE 7347.855

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