1912 Men's Olympic Track & Field Medalists
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Ralph Craig, USA | 10.8 | =OR |
| Alvah Meyer, USA | 10.9 | ||
| Donald Lippincott, USA | 10.9 | ||
| 200m | Ralph Craig, USA | 21.7 | |
| Donald Lippincott, USA | 21.8 | ||
| William Applegarth, GBR | 22.0 | ||
| 400m | Charlie Reidpath, USA | 48.2 | OR |
| Hanns Braun, GER | 48.3 | ||
| Edward Lindberg, USA | 48.4 | ||
| 800m | Ted Meredith, USA | 1:51.9 | WR |
| Melvin Sheppard, USA | 1:52.0 | ||
| Ira Davenport, USA | 1:52.0 | ||
| 1500m | Arnold Jackson, GBR | 3:56.8 | OR |
| Abel Kiviat, USA | 3:56.9 | ||
| Norman Taber, USA | 3:56.9 | ||
| 5000m | Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN | 14:36.6 | WR |
| Jean Bouin, FRA | 14:36.7 | ||
| George Hutson, GBR | 15:07.6 | ||
| 10,000m | Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN | 31:20.8 | |
| Louis Tewanima, USA | 32:06.6 | ||
| Albin Stenroos, FIN | 32:21.8 | ||
| X-country (12,000m) |
Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN | 45:11.6 | |
| Hjalmar Andersson, SWE | 45:44.8 | ||
| John Eke, SWE | 46:37.6 | ||
| Marathon | Kenneth McArthur, S. Afr. | 2:36:54.8 | |
| Christian Gitsham, S. Afr. | 2:37:52.0 | ||
| Gaston Strobino, USA | 2:38:42.4 | ||
| 110m H | Frederick Kelly, USA | 15.1 | |
| James Wendell, USA | 15.2 | ||
| Martin Hawkins, USA | 15.3 | ||
| 10k Walk | George Goulding, CAN | 46:28.4 | |
| Ernest Webb, GBR | 46:50.4 | ||
| Fernando Altimani, ITA | 47:37.6 | ||
| 4x100m | GBR (David Jacobs, Harold Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy, William Applegarth) |
42.4 | OR |
| Sweden | 42.6 | ||
| 4x400m | USA (Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charlie Reidpath) |
3:16.6 | WR |
| FRA | 3:20.7 | ||
| GBR | 3:23.2 | ||
| 3000m Team | USA (Tel Berna, Norman Taber, George Bonhag) |
9 pts | |
| SWE | 13 pts | ||
| GBR | 23 pts | ||
| X-country (12,000m) |
SWE (Hjalmar Andersson, John Eke, Josef Ternström) |
10 pts | |
| FIN | 11 pts | ||
| GBR | 49 pts |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Alma Richards, USA | 6- 4 | OR |
| Hans Liesche, GER | 6- 31/4 | ||
| George Horine, USA | 6- 21/2 | ||
| Pole Vault | Harry Babcock, USA | 12-111/2 | OR |
| Marcus Wright, USA | 12- 71/2 | ||
| Frank Nelson, USA | 12- 71/2 | ||
| Long Jump | Albert Gutterson, USA | 24-111/4 | OR |
| Calvin Bricker, CAN | 23- 73/4 | ||
| Georg Aberg, SWE | 23- 61/2 | ||
| Triple Jump | Gustaf Lindblom, SWE | 48-51/4 | |
| Georg Aberg, SWE | 47- 71/4 | ||
| Erik Almlöf, SWE | 89- 81/4 | ||
| Shot Put | Babe McDonald, USA | 50- 4 | OR |
| Ralph Rose, USA | 50- 01/4 | ||
| Lawrence Whitney, USA | 46- 5 | ||
| Discus | Armas Taipale, FIN | 148- 3 | OR |
| Richard Byrd, USA | 138- 10 | ||
| James Duncan, USA | 138- 81/2 | ||
| Hammer | Matt McGrath, USA | 179- 7 | OR |
| Duncan Gillis, CAN | 158- 9 | ||
| Clarence Childs, USA | 158- 0 | ||
| Javelin | Erik Lemming, SWE | 198-11 | WR |
| Juho Saaristo, FIN | 192- 5 | ||
| Mór Kóczán, HUN | 182- 1 | ||
| Pentathlon | Jim Thorpe, USA | 7 pts | |
| James Donahue, USA | 24 pts | ||
| Frank Lukemann, CAN | 24 pts | ||
| Decathlon | Jim Thorpe, USA | 8412 pts | WR |
| Charles Lomberg, SWE | 7413.510 | ||
| Gösta Holmér, SWE | 7347.855 |
| Event | Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Platt Adams, USA | 5- 41/4 |
| Benjamin Adams, USA | 5- 3 | |
| Konstantin Tsiklitiras, GRE | 5- 11/4 | |
| Long Jump | Konstantin Tsiklitiras, GRE | 11-03/4 |
| Platt Adams, USA | 11- 01/2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Adams, USA | 10- 91/4 | |
| Both Hands | Mark | |
| Shot Put | Ralph Rose, USA | 90-101/2 |
| Patrick McDonald, USA | 50- 4 | |
| Elmer Niklander, FIN | 89- 81/4 | |
| Discus | Armas Taipale, FIN | 271-10 |
| Elmer Niklander, FIN | 255- 111/2 | |
| Emil Magnusson, SWE | 254- 01/2 | |
| Javelin | Juho Saaristo, FIN | 359- 0 |
| Väinö Siikaniemi, FIN | 332- 01/2 | |
| Urho Peltonen, FIN | 329- 81/2 | |
| Leading Medal Winners | 1912 Olympics | Swimming |
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