1912 Summer Olympics medal table explained

1912 Summer Olympics medals
Location:Stockholm,
Award2 Type:Most total medals
Award1 Type:Most gold medals
Award3 Type:Medalling NOCs
Award3 Winner:18
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The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,408 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports.

Medal table

thumb|right| Finnish javelin throwers: Urho Peltonen, Julius Saaristo and Väinö Siikaniemithumb|right|upright|Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie, the gold and silver medallists in the first women's individual swimming eventThe ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a National Olympic Committee have won (a nation is represented at a Games by the associated National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If NOCs are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.[1]

Changes in medal standings

Jim Thorpe, the winner of the pentathlon and decathlon events, was subsequently disqualified after having taken expense money for playing semi-professional baseball. The athletes ranking second through fourth were upgraded to first through third. In 1982, thirty years after Thorpe's death, he was reinstated as a co-winner in both events as the disqualification was deemed improper, and Thorpe became co-champion with Ferdinand Bie and Hugo Wieslander, although both of these athletes had always said they considered Thorpe to be the only champion. In 2022, Thorpe was reinstated as the sole winner of the events with the consent of the involved National Olympic Committees and descendants of the athletes.[2] [3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stockholm 1912 Medal Table. International Olympic Committee.
  2. Web site: Schaap . Jeremy . July 15, 2022 . IOC reinstates Jim Thorpe as sole winner of 1912 Olympic decathlon and pentathlon . July 15, 2022 . . en.
  3. News: Mather . Victor . Panja . Tariq . Jim Thorpe Is Restored as Sole Winner of 1912 Olympic Gold Medals . 15 July 2022 . The New York Times . 15 July 2022.