The 1912 Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden, were the most "modern" Olympic Games yet celebrated and the most successful of the Modern Era to that date. Much of the success is credited to the influence of Viktor Balck, who is remembered as "The Father of Swedish Sports." The 1912 Olympics also featured new innovations and events. A semiautomatic electrical timing device and a photo-finish camera were used, and the decathlon and modern pentathalon were new events. This work, the sixth in a series on the early Olympics, provides unusually extensive information on the sites, dates,…mehr
The 1912 Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden, were the most "modern" Olympic Games yet celebrated and the most successful of the Modern Era to that date. Much of the success is credited to the influence of Viktor Balck, who is remembered as "The Father of Swedish Sports." The 1912 Olympics also featured new innovations and events. A semiautomatic electrical timing device and a photo-finish camera were used, and the decathlon and modern pentathalon were new events. This work, the sixth in a series on the early Olympics, provides unusually extensive information on the sites, dates, competitors, and nations of the Stockholm games. Results for each event, including cycling, diving, fencing, rowing and sculling, shooting, tennis, water polo, and yachting, among others, are provided.
Bill Mallon is cofounder and vice president of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) and the original editor of the Journal of Olympic History. He is a surgeon in Durham, North Carolina.
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Table of Contents Introduction Abbreviations References 1912 Olympic Games-Background and Analysis NOTES Summary and Statistics NOTES Athletics (Track and Field) NOTES Cycling NOTES Diving NOTES Equestrian Events NOTES Fencing NOTES Football (Association Football [Soccer]) NOTES Gymnastics NOTES Modern Pentathlon NOTES Rowing & Sculling NOTES Shooting NOTES Swimming NOTES Tennis (Lawn and Covered Courts) NOTES Tug-of-War NOTES Water Polo NOTES Wrestling (Greco-Roman) NOTES Yachting NOTES Art Competitions (Concours d'Art) NOTES Other Sports and Events NOTES Appendix I: The 1912 Olympic Program Appendix II: In the Matter of Jacobus Franciscus Thorpe NOTES Appendix III: "Smiling Hannes," the First of the Flying Finns NOTES Appendix IV: Philip Baker, Avery Brundage, and George Patton NOTES Appendix V: The 1912 Russian Olympic Team NOTES Appendix VI: Competitors (by Country) NOTES Index
Table of Contents Introduction Abbreviations References 1912 Olympic Games-Background and Analysis NOTES Summary and Statistics NOTES Athletics (Track and Field) NOTES Cycling NOTES Diving NOTES Equestrian Events NOTES Fencing NOTES Football (Association Football [Soccer]) NOTES Gymnastics NOTES Modern Pentathlon NOTES Rowing & Sculling NOTES Shooting NOTES Swimming NOTES Tennis (Lawn and Covered Courts) NOTES Tug-of-War NOTES Water Polo NOTES Wrestling (Greco-Roman) NOTES Yachting NOTES Art Competitions (Concours d'Art) NOTES Other Sports and Events NOTES Appendix I: The 1912 Olympic Program Appendix II: In the Matter of Jacobus Franciscus Thorpe NOTES Appendix III: "Smiling Hannes," the First of the Flying Finns NOTES Appendix IV: Philip Baker, Avery Brundage, and George Patton NOTES Appendix V: The 1912 Russian Olympic Team NOTES Appendix VI: Competitors (by Country) NOTES Index
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