The 1912 Summer Olympics (Swedish: Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 22 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,408 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual time trial | Rudolph Lewis  South Africa | Frederick Grubb  Great Britain | Carl Schutte  United States |
| Team time trial |  Sweden (SWE)Erik Friborg Ragnar Malm Axel Persson Algot Lönn |  Great Britain (GBR)Frederick Grubb Leonard Meredith Charles Moss William Hammond |  United States (USA)Carl Schutte Alvin Loftes Albert Krushel Walter Martin |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 metre springboard |  Paul Günther (GER) | Hans Luber (GER) | Kurt Behrens (GER) |
| 10 metre platform | Erik Adlerz (SWE) | Albert Zürner (GER) | Gustaf Blomgren (SWE) |
| Plain high diving | Erik Adlerz (SWE) | Hjalmar Johansson (SWE) | John Jansson (SWE) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 metre platform | Greta Johansson (SWE) | Lisa Regnell (SWE) | Isabelle White (GBR) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's event | Gösta Lillehöök (SWE) | Gösta Åsbrink (SWE) | Georg de Laval (SWE) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle | Duke Kahanamoku United States | Cecil Healy  Australasia | Ken Huszagh United States |
| 400 m freestyle | George Hodgson  Canada | John Hatfield Great Britain | Harold Hardwick Australasia |
| 1500 m freestyle | George Hodgson Canada | John Hatfield Great Britain | Harold Hardwick Australasia |
| 100 m backstroke | Harry Hebner United States | Otto Fahr  Germany | Paul Kellner Germany |
| 200 m breaststroke | Walter Bathe Germany | Wilhelm Lützow Germany | Paul Malisch Germany |
| 400 m breaststroke | Walter Bathe Germany | Thor Henning  Sweden | Percy Courtman Great Britain |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay |  Australasia (ANZ)Cecil Healy Malcolm Champion Leslie Boardman Harold Hardwick | United States (USA) Ken Huszagh Harry Hebner Perry McGillivray Duke Kahanamoku | Great Britain (GBR) William Foster Thomas Battersby John Hatfield Henry Taylor |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle | Fanny Durack Australasia | Wilhelmina Wylie Australasia | Jennie Fletcher Great Britain |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | Great Britain (GBR) Belle Moore Jennie Fletcher Annie Speirs Irene Steer | Germany (GER) Wally Dressel Louise Otto Hermine Stindt Grete Rosenberg |  Austria (AUT)Margarete Adler Klara Milch Josephine Sticker Berta Zahourek |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles outdoor | Charles Winslow South Africa | Harold Kitson South Africa | Oscar Kreuzer Germany |
| Men's singles indoor | André Gobert  France | Charles Dixon Great Britain | Anthony Wilding Australasia |
| Men's doubles outdoor | Harold Kitson and Charles Winslow South Africa | Felix Pipes and Arthur Zborzil  Austria | Albert Canet and Edouard Mény de Marangue France |
| Men's doubles indoor | Maurice Germot and André Gobert France | Carl Kempe and Gunnar Setterwall Sweden | Alfred Beamish and Charles Dixon Great Britain |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's singles outdoor | Marguerite Broquedis France | Dorothea Koring Germany | Molla Bjurstedt  Norway |
| Women's singles indoor | Edith Hannam Great Britain | Sofie Castenschiold  Denmark | Mabel Parton Great Britain |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed doubles outdoor | Dorothea Koring and Heinrich Schomburgk Germany | Sigrid Fick and Gunnar Setterwall Sweden | Marguerite Broquedis and Albert Canet France |
| Mixed doubles indoor | Edith Hannam and Charles Dixon Great Britain | Helen Aitchison and Herbert Roper Barrett Great Britain | Sigrid Fick and Gunnar Setterwall Sweden |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| featherweight |  Kaarlo Koskelo (FIN) | Georg Gerstäcker (GER) | Otto Lasanen (FIN) |
| lightweight | Emil Väre (FIN) | Gustaf Malmström (SWE) | Edvin Mattiasson (SWE) |
| middleweight | Claes Johanson (SWE) |  Martin Klein (RUS) | Alfred Asikainen (FIN) |
| light heavyweight | none awarded | Anders Ahlgren (SWE) |  Béla Varga (HUN) |
| Ivar Böhling (FIN) | |||
| heavyweight | Yrjö Saarela (FIN) | Johan Olin (FIN) |  Søren Marinus Jensen (DEN) |
The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 22 July 1912.
Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics was one of the 102 events at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the fourth time that football was on the Olympic schedule.
Sweden first participated at the Olympic Games at the inaugural 1896 Games, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then with one exception, the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics. Sweden has earned medals at all Olympic games except for two, the 1896 Games and the 1904 Games. The only other nation having earned medals at every Olympic game since 1908 is Sweden's neighboring country Finland.
Sweden competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations. Instead, those events were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden.
Four gymnastics events for men were contested at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. No women's competitions were held, though women did participate in non-competitive gymnastic displays. Including the displays, the events were held between 6 and 15 July 1912. All events took place in the Olympiastadion.
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.
The United States competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 174 competitors, took part in 68 events in 11 sports. Out of the 174 athletes who had participated, 63 won medals.
Russian Empire (Russia) competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 159 competitors took part in 62 events in 15 sports.
Austria competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time. 85 competitors, 76 men and 6 women, took part in 46 events in 12 sports.
Italy competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.
Hungary competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time. 121 competitors, all men, took part in 52 events in 11 sports.
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 33 competitors, all men, took part in 14 events in 7 sports.
Germany competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 185 competitors, 180 men and 5 women, took part in 69 events in 14 sports. Due to the political fallout from World War I, this was the country's last appearance until 1928.
The Union of South Africa competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 21 competitors, all men, took part in 21 events in 6 sports.
Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics featured four events, for men only. All races were held in Djurgårdsbrunnsviken from Thursday to Saturday, 17 to 19 July.
The men's 4 × 100 meters relay was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics program. It was the debut of the event, which along with the 4 × 400-meter relays marked the first relays of equal legs in the athletics program. The competition was held on Monday, July 8, 1912, and on Tuesday, July 9, 1912. NOCs could enter 1 team of 4 athletes, with up to 2 reserves.
The men's high jump, also known as the running high jump to distinguish it from the standing high jump, was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 7, 1912, and on July 8, 1912. Thirty-seven high jumpers from ten nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes. The event was won by Alma Richards of the United States, the nation's fifth consecutive victory in the men's high jump. Germany won its second silver medal in the event, after 1904.
Otto Maier was a German rowing coxswain who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
The Royal Swedish Yacht Club, is the largest and oldest yacht club in Sweden and one of the five oldest in the world, formed 15 May 1830. The Royal Swedish Yacht Club is also the oldest yacht club in Continental Europe.
