These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only.

The athletics programme had grown by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre races were introduced for the first time, as the 5 mile event was eliminated. The 400 metre hurdle event made a brief disappearance, making the 1912 Olympics the only time that event was not held since its introduction in 1900. The 4x100 and 4x400 relays replaced the medley relay while the team race was shortened from 3 miles to 3000 metres. The decathlon, which had been held in 1904 but not in 1908, returned to the programme. Steeplechasing was eliminated, while racewalking was cut from 2 events to 1 with the 10 kilometre replacing the 10 mile and the 3500 metre eliminated. The pentathlon was introduced (as well as the separate sport modern pentathlon). The 1908 experiments of the Greek-style discus and the restricted javelin were replaced with two-handed throwing, for the shot put, discus, and javelin. Cross-country events, both for the individual and the team, were introduced for the first (and only) time. The competitions were held from Saturday, July 6, 1912 to Monday, July 15, 1912.

[edit] Medal summary

110 metre hurdles final.

1500 metre final.

3000 metre team race final.

400 metre final.

4x100 metre final.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 metres details	Ralph Craig United States (USA)	Alvah Meyer United States (USA)	Don Lippincott United States (USA)
200 metres details	Ralph Craig United States (USA)	Don Lippincott United States (USA)	William Applegarth Great Britain (GBR)
400 metres details	Charles Reidpath United States (USA)	Hanns Braun Germany (GER)	Edward Lindberg United States (USA)
800 metres details	Ted Meredith United States (USA)	Mel Sheppard United States (USA)	Ira Davenport United States (USA)
1500 metres details	Arnold Jackson Great Britain (GBR)	Abel Kiviat United States (USA)	Norman Taber United States (USA)
5000 metres details	Hannes Kolehmainen Finland (FIN)	Jean Bouin France (FRA)	George Hutson Great Britain (GBR)
10000 metres details	Hannes Kolehmainen Finland (FIN)	Lewis Tewanima United States (USA)	Albin Stenroos Finland (FIN)
110 metre hurdles details	Frederick Kelly United States (USA)	James Wendell United States (USA)	Martin Hawkins United States (USA)
4x100 metre relay details	Great Britain (GBR) William Applegarth Victor d'Arcy David Jacobs Henry Macintosh	Sweden (SWE) Knut Lindberg Charles Luther Ivan Möller Ture Person	none awarded
4x400 metre relay details	United States (USA) Edward Lindberg Ted Meredith Charles Reidpath Mel Sheppard	France (FRA) Pierre Failliot Charles Lelong Charles Poulenard Robert Schurrer	Great Britain (GBR) Ernest Henley George Nicol Cyril Seedhouse James Soutter
3000 metre team race details	United States (USA) Tell Berna George Bonhag Abel Kiviat Louis Scott Norman Taber	Sweden (SWE) Bror Fock Nils Frykberg Thorild Olsson Ernst Wide John Zander	Great Britain (GBR) William Cottrill George Hutson William Moore Edward Owen Cyril Porter
Marathon details	Kenneth McArthur South Africa (RSA)	Christian Gitsham South Africa (RSA)	Gaston Strobino United States (USA)
10 kilometre walk details	George Goulding Canada (CAN)	Ernest Webb Great Britain (GBR)	Fernando Altimani Italy (ITA)
Individual cross country details	Hannes Kolehmainen Finland (FIN)	Hjalmar Andersson Sweden (SWE)	John Eke Sweden (SWE)
Team cross country details	Sweden (SWE) Hjalmar Andersson John Eke Josef Ternström	Finland (FIN) Jalmari Eskola Hannes Kolehmainen Albin Stenroos	Great Britain (GBR) Ernest Glover Frederick Hibbins Thomas Humphreys
Long jump details	Albert Gutterson United States (USA)	Calvin Bricker Canada (CAN)	Georg Åberg Sweden (SWE)
Triple jump details	Gustaf Lindblom Sweden (SWE)	Georg Åberg Sweden (SWE)	Erik Almlöf Sweden (SWE)
High jump details	Alma Richards United States (USA)	Hans Liesche Germany (GER)	George Horine United States (USA)
Pole vault details	Harry Babcock United States (USA)	Frank Nelson United States (USA)  Marc Wright United States (USA)	William Happenny Canada (CAN)  Frank Murphy United States (USA)  Bertil Uggla Sweden (SWE)
Standing long jump details	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Greece (GRE)	Platt Adams United States (USA)	Benjamin Adams United States (USA)
Standing high jump details	Platt Adams United States (USA)	Benjamin Adams United States (USA)	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Greece (GRE)
Shot put details	Patrick McDonald United States (USA)	Ralph Rose United States (USA)	Lawrence Whitney United States (USA)
Discus throw details	Armas Taipale Finland (FIN)	Richard Byrd United States (USA)	James Duncan United States (USA)
Hammer throw details	Matt McGrath United States (USA)	Duncan Gillis Canada (CAN)	Clarence Childs United States (USA)
Javelin throw details	Eric Lemming Sweden (SWE)	Juho Saaristo Finland (FIN)	Mór Kóczán Hungary (HUN)
Two handed shot put details	Ralph Rose United States (USA)	Patrick McDonald United States (USA)	Elmer Niklander Finland (FIN)
Two handed discus throw details	Armas Taipale Finland (FIN)	Elmer Niklander Finland (FIN)	Emil Magnusson Sweden (SWE)
Two handed javelin throw details	Juho Saaristo Finland (FIN)	Väinö Siikaniemi Finland (FIN)	Urho Peltonen Finland (FIN)
Pentathlon details	Ferdinand Bie Norway (NOR)	James Donahue United States (USA)	Frank Lukeman Canada (CAN)
	Jim Thorpe [1] United States (USA)
Decathlon details	Hugo Wieslander Sweden (SWE)	Charles Lomberg Sweden (SWE)	Gösta Holmér Sweden (SWE)
	Jim Thorpe [1] United States (USA)

1. ^ ^{a b} Medal withdrawn by IOC in 1913, re-instated in 1982.

[edit] Participating nations

556 athletes from 27 nations competed. Egypt was the only nation not to compete in athletics.

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	16	14	12	42
2	Finland (FIN)	6	4	3	13
3	Sweden (SWE)	4	5	6	15
4	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	5	8
5	Canada (CAN)	1	2	2	5
6	South Africa (RSA)	1	1	0	2
7	Greece (GRE)	1	0	1	2
8	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
9	France (FRA)	0	2	0	2
	Germany (GER)	0	2	0	2
11	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Total		32	31	31	94

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee medal database

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