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SPALDING & MOS.. ,1 an> »I the nbove ildrftM », will recetvc promt»« attention. * ‘ i d e d i c a t e d T o 3aron $>ierre Dc'Coubcrtin TO WHOSE PERSEVERANCE AND ZEALOUS WORK FOR THIRTY YEARS 18 DUE THE REVIVAL ANI) FINAL SUCCESS O F T H E jDIpmpic (3amc0 HENRY D. MEYER 7410 (Din Of. Apt- B tazdmod, Missouri 63042 U.S.A. I * , i - i m M H o n . WILLIAM H. TAFT. H onorary P resident Olym pic Games, 1912. A thletic H andbooks N o . 17 R THE OLYMPIC GAMES STOCKHOLM 1 9 1 2 E D IT E D BY JAMES E. SULLIVAN American Olympic Commissioner to the Olympic Games of 1912 f PUBLISHED BY AMERICAN SPORTS PUBLISHING C O M P A N Y □ 21 W arren Street, New York C o p y r ig h t , 1912 BY A m e r ic a n S p o r t s P u b l is h in g C o m p a n y N e w Y o r k HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS CROWN PRINCE GUSTAVE. OF SWEDEN. President of the Swedish Olympic Committee. CONTENTS Introduction........................................... .............................. ........................................ 9 The Olympic Idea—-Its Origin, Foundation and Progress.................................... 15 The Work of the International Olympic Committee.............................................. 25 Organization of the American Committee................................................................ 29 The Steamship Finland T rip.... ............................................................................... 37 The Stadium..................................................................................................................... 53 The Fifth Olympiad.................................................... ........................................... 55 Members of the American Team................................................................................. 91 Receptions in Sweden..................... ........................................................................... 99 Olympic Records............................................................................................................. 109 Score of First Seven Men in Pentathlon............................................................... 137 Score of First Six Men in Decathlon................ .......... .......... 139 Marathon Race................................................................................................................. 141 Olympic Records for Events Not on Stockholm Programme.............................. 143 Olympic Swimming...................................................................................................... 149 Swimming Records...................................................................................................... 155 W inners of Olympic Competitions Other Than Track and Field.................. 179 Rifle Shooting Competitions......................................................................................... 187 Pistol and Revolver Competitions.............................................................................. 195 Base Ball at Stockholm. 1912.................................................................................... 199 Soccer Foot Ball Competition. 4 ^ ..... ......................-.......................................... 201 How the Points Were Scored...................................................................................... 211 . The Prizes..................................................................... ............................................... 218 Points Scored by the Different Nations in the Purely Athletic Events.......... 220 Points Scored at the Conclusion of the Entire Olympic Programme................ 220 Winners in Olympic Games, Stockholm, 1912> ^.. ........................................... 221 Winners in Olympic Games Since 1896............................................................... 222, 223 Number of Competitors from the Different Countries who Entered for the Olympic Games a t Stockholm, 1912................................................................ 224 Robert Means Thompson.............................................................................................. 225 New York Reception to Returning American Olympic Team............................. 227 The International Olympic Committee........................................- 235 How the Team Trained on the Finland......................................................... 237 Organization of Sports in Sweden............................................................................. 240 Now for Berlin in 1916..,............................................................................................ 245 BARON PIERRE DeCOUBERTTN, President International Olympic Committee. SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBBAaY. 9 INTRODUCTION T h e Fifth Olympiad, held under the auspices of the Swedish Olympic Committee at Stockholm, will unquestionably go down in history as the greatest of all international contests, as well as the premier gathering of the world's most expert athletes. Twenty-seven countries sent teams of more or less size and merit fo r thirty-one events on the track and field programme, and a majority tried for such odd contests as the aquatics, gymnastics, wrestling, rowing, fencing, shooting, cycling and yachting. Chiefly on account of the fact that originally the Olympic Games only embraced track and field contests, that part of the programme, as at all previous Olympic struggles, proved to be the most attractive. On it was focussed the main strength of the teams, and the battle for supremacy, both individually and for points, produced one continuous string of the most sensa­ tional performances. Record after record went tottering to oblivion and in many instances new marks saw the light, and of a quality which even the most enthusiastic followers of amateur sport had calculated to be impossible to modern prowess. While almost every track event is worthy of a descriptive chapter in itself, there arc two which stand out in bold relief, and these are the 1,500 and 800 meters, the latter being the greater, as it was the means of contributing a new world's rec­ ord for the half-mile. An extra string had been put at the 880- yard mark, and though the winner hesitated slightly after hitting the finish of the 800 meters, he reached the half mile in 1 minute 1-2 seconds. There in the broad light of day, at a great occasion, among the choicest of the world's competitors, and before the world's keenest experts, all previous marks for the 800 meters and half-mile were blotted out and the new ones substituted were of a caliber simply bordering on the marvelous. The young man to perform the feat was an American and it is still more satisfactory to remember that the second and third were also Americans and that they beat the previous record. The track and field part of the programme occupied the Sta­ dium, or Stadion, as the Swedes termed it, from Ju ly 6th to 15th, the grand opening occurring on the former date. Every­ thing that went to make the inaugural was propitious, the weather was glorious, and a bright, warm sun shone on the arena, making the flags of all nations ruffling in the breeze A. Cm . SPALDING, First American Director to the Olympic Games from the United States; appointed by President McKinley to Olympic Games at Paris. 1900. SPALDING'S ATHLETIC LIBRARY. U resemble an enormous multi-colored bow. Long before the hour set for the ceremonies to begin the streets were thronged with persons quietly wending their way to the Stadium. Trolley cars, cabs, hacks and taxis were crowded to double their capacity, and any sort of a conveyance was at a premium. At one o’clock, to the fanfare of heralds and the applause of the waiting multitudes, King Gustave V., accompanied by the Queen, the Crown Prince Gustave Adolphe and the royal house­ hold,