The Olympic Games

Stockholm 1912

Edited by James E Sullivan
American Sports Publishing Company

The Fifth Olympiad, held under the auspices of the Swedish Olympic Committee at Stockholm, was acclaimed, at the time, as the greatest of all international-contests in history, 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 for 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 sensational 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.

Contents:
The Olympic Idea Its Origin, Foundation and Progress
The Work of the International Olympic Committee
Organization of the American Committee
The Steamship Finland Trip
The Stadium
The Fifth Olympiad
Members of the American Team
Receptions in Sweden
Olympic Records
Score of First Seven Men in Pentathlon
Score of First Six Men in Decathlon
Marathon Race
Olympic Records for Events Not on Stockholm Programme
Olympic Swimming
Swimming Records
Winners of Olympic Competitions Other Than Track and Field
Rifle Shooting Competitions
Pistol and Revolver Competitions
Base Ball at Stockholm, 1912
Soccer Foot Ball Competition
How the Points Were Scored
The Prizes
Points Scored by the Different Nations in the Purely Athletic Events
Points Scored at the Conclusion of the Entire Olympic Programme
Winners in Olympic Games, Stockholm, 1912
Winners in Olympic Games Since 1896
Number of Competitors from the Different Countries who Entered for the
Olympic Games at Stockholm, 1912
Robert Means Thompson
New York Reception to Returning American Olympic Team
The International Olympic Committee
How the Team Trained on the Finland
Organization of Sports in Sweden
Now for Berlin in 1916.

This resource is an Ebook on CD.

250 pages, published as coverage of the 1912 Olympics. You will receive an Ebook on CD in Adobe PDF Format.