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Sweden at the 1912 Summer Olympics

The team of Sweden at the opening ceremony.

Sweden was the host nation for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. 444 competitors, 421 men and 23 women, took part in 95 events in 16 sports.[2]

Medalists

Athletics

106 or 107 athletes represented Sweden in the sport. Tage Brauer is listed in some sources as having competed and having cleared 1.60 metres in high jump,[3][4][5] but other sources make clear he did not start.[6][7]

Hugo Wieslander, who had originally won the silver medal in the decathlon, was awarded gold after Jim Thorpe was disqualified. When Thorpe was reinstated in 1982, Wieslander retained his gold medal in the event and became co-champions with Thorpe. In 2022, in consultation with surviving members of Wieslander's family, the IOC reinstated Thorpe as the sole winner of the event, as all his competitors had always wanted.[8]

Aside from the 107 athletes listed above Hugo Ahrén, Janne Andersson, Lennart Andrén, Tage Brauer, Carl Frick, Folke Hellstedt, Georg Holmqvist, John Johansson, Erik Larsson, Seth Levin, Josef Lindblom, Filip Löwendahl, Helmer Måhl, Anton Nilsson, Torwald Norling, David Nygren, Carl Silfverstrand, Erik Simonsson, Erik Svensson, Knut Thelning and Tor Österlund were also registered to participate in one or several athletic events, but did not do so.

Cycling

Road cycling

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Football

Summary

Key:

Round of 16

Olympiastadion, Stockholm
Attendance: 14,000

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Tennis

Tug of war

Water polo

Summary

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Repechage second round

Silver medal match

Wrestling

References

  1. ^ "Robert Olsson". olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Sweden at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. ^ Paweł Wudarsky. "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2004.
  4. ^ Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (2002). The 1912 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. History of the Early Olympics Series. McFarland. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7864-1047-7. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. ^ Todor Krastev. "Men High Jump Athletics V Olympic Games". Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  6. ^ "(Interview)". Kronobergaren. Växsjö, Sweden. 10 May 1973 – via the official historian of the Swedish Olympic Committee.
  7. ^ "Olympedia – Tage Breuer". olympedia.org. 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  8. ^ Mather, Victor; Panja, Tariq (15 July 2022). "Jim Thorpe Is Restored as Sole Winner of 1912 Olympic Gold Medals". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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