1912 Summer Olympics

Categories: 1912 Summer Olympics

Games of the V Olympiad
Image:Olympic 1912.jpg
Nations participating	28
Athletes participating	2,547 (2,490 men, 57 women)
Events	72 in 7 sports
Opening ceremony	May 5, 1912
Closing ceremony	July 27, 1912
Officially opened by	Gustav V of Sweden
Athlete's Oath	not applicable
Judge's Oath	not applicable
Olympic Torch	not applicable
Stadium	Olympiastadion

The Games of the V Olympiad were held in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden. For the first time, competitors in the Games came from all five continents symbolized in the Olympic rings. It was also the last time that solid gold medals were awarded; modern medals are usually gold coated silver.

A winter sports week for the 1912 Games featuring figure skating were rejected by organizers because they wanted to promote the Nordic Games, a quattuoroannual sporting event, instead.

1 Highlights
2 Medals awarded
3 Medal count
4 Nations
5 See also
6 External links

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Highlights

Francisco Lázaro, a Portuguese runner died while running the marathon.
Women's events in swimming and diving were introduced.
American Jim Thorpe won the pentathlon and the newly created decathlon.
Sweden, as the host country, refused to allow boxing events.

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Medals awarded

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Medal count

(Host nation in bold.)

Top medal-collecting nations:
(for the full table, see 1912 Summer Olympics medal count)

1912 Summer Olympics medal count					Image:Olympic-rings.png
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Image:Sweden flag large.png Sweden	23	24	17	64
2	Image:Us flag large 46 stars.png United States	25	18	20	63
3	Image:Uk flag large.png Great Britain	10	15	16	41
4	Image:Finland flag large.png Finland	9	8	9	26
5	Image:France flag large.png France	7	4	3	14
6	Image:Germany flag 1871.png Germany	5	13	7	25
7	Image:RedensignSA.png South Africa	4	2	0	6
8	Image:Norway flag large.png Norway	3	2	4	9
9	Image:Hungary flag 1867.png Hungary	3	2	3	8
10	Image:Redensign.png Canada	3	2	2	7