Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Athletics
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Athletics; at the Games of the V Olympiad
Dates	6-15 July
No. of events	30

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	Ralph Craig United States	10.8	Alvah Meyer United States	10.9	Donald Lippincott United States	10.9
200 metres	Ralph Craig United States	21.7	Donald Lippincott United States	21.8	Willie Applegarth Great Britain	22.0
400 metres	Charles Reidpath United States	48.2 WR	Hanns Braun Germany	48.3	Edward Lindberg United States	48.4
800 metres	Ted Meredith United States	1:51.9 WR	Mel Sheppard United States	1:52.0	Ira Davenport United States	1:52.0
1500 metres	Arnold Jackson Great Britain	3:56.8 OR	Abel Kiviat United States	3:56.9	Norman Taber United States	3:56.9
5000 metres	Hannes Kolehmainen Finland	14:36.6 WR	Jean Bouin France	14:36.7	George Hutson Great Britain	15:07.6
10,000 metres	Hannes Kolehmainen Finland	31:20.8 OR	Lewis Tewanima United States	32:06.6	Albin Stenroos Finland	32:21.8
110 metres hurdles	Fred Kelly United States	15.1	James Wendell United States	15.2	Martin Hawkins United States	15.3
4 × 100 m relay	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	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	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	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	George Goulding Canada	46:28.4	Ernest Webb Great Britain	46:50.4	Fernando Altimani Italy	47:37.6
Individual cross country	Hannes Kolehmainen Finland	45:11.6	Hjalmar Andersson Sweden	45:44.8	John Eke Sweden	46:37.6
Team cross country	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	Albert Gutterson United States	7.60 m OR	Calvin Bricker Canada	7.21 m	Georg Åberg Sweden	7.18 m
Triple jump	Gustaf Lindblom Sweden	14.76 m	Georg Åberg Sweden	14.51 m	Erik Almlöf Sweden	14.17 m
High jump	Alma Richards United States	1.93 m OR	Hans Liesche Germany	1.91 m	George Horine United States	1.89 m
Pole vault	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	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Greece	3.37 m	Platt Adams United States	3.36 m	Benjamin Adams United States	3.28 m
Standing high jump	Platt Adams United States	1.63 m	Benjamin Adams United States	1.60 m	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Greece	1.55 m
Shot put	Pat McDonald United States	15.34 m OR	Ralph Rose United States	15.25 m	Lawrence Whitney United States	13.93 m
Discus throw	Armas Taipale Finland	45.21 m OR	Richard Byrd United States	42.32 m	James Duncan United States	42.28 m
Hammer throw	Matt McGrath United States	54.74 m OR	Duncan Gillis Canada	48.39 m	Clarence Childs United States	48.17 m
Javelin throw	Eric Lemming Sweden	60.64 m OR	Julius Saaristo Finland	58.66 m	Mór Kóczán Hungary	55.50 m
Two handed shot put	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	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	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	Jim Thorpe United States	7 pts	Ferdinand Bie Norway	16 pts	Frank Lukeman Canada	24 pts
Pentathlon	Jim Thorpe United States	7 pts	James Donahue United States	24 pts^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Frank Lukeman Canada	24 pts
Decathlon	Jim Thorpe United States	8412.955 pts^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Hugo Wieslander Sweden	7724.495 pts	Gösta Holmér Sweden	7347.855 pts
Decathlon	Jim Thorpe United States	8412.955 pts^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Charles Lomberg Sweden	7413.510 pts^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Gösta Holmér Sweden	7347.855 pts

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	16	14	12	42
2	Finland (FIN)	6	4	3	13
3	Sweden (SWE)	3	6	6	15
4	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	5	8
5	Canada (CAN)	1	2	2	5
6	South Africa (RSA)	1	1	0	2
7	Greece (GRE)	1	0	1	2
8	France (FRA)	0	2	0	2
8	Germany (GER)	0	2	0	2
10	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
11	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
11	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		30	33	31	94

Participating nations

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

Australasia (5)
Austria (12)
Belgium (2)
Bohemia (11)
Canada (18)
Chile (6)
Denmark (14)
Finland (23)
France (32)

Germany (24)
Great Britain (65)
Greece (5)
Hungary (27)
Iceland (1)
Italy (14)
Japan (2)
Luxembourg (2)
Netherlands (1)

Norway (23)
Portugal (4)
Russia (35)
Serbia (3)
South Africa (7)
Sweden (108)
Switzerland (1)
Turkey (2)
United States (109)

Notes

↑ 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]
↑ Total as given in Wudarski. A sum of the scores given by formula gives a total of 8412.995 points.
↑ 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

↑ 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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[2] 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]

[3] Total as given in Wudarski. A sum of the scores given by formula gives a total of 8412.995 points.

[4] 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.

[reinstatementNYT-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.

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