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Olympic Games- 1912 Stockholm

Olympic Games- 1912 Stockholm

For Stockholm, the games duration was reduced to about 10 weeks.

By tradition, each host country is allowed to stage an event of thier choice, after all they are laying on the events.  In 1912 the Swedes introduced the modern Pentathlon and it was no surprise that they dominated the event.  However, who should be in 5th place, future American General, George S. Patton.

The Americans sailed to Europe in the liner ' Finland' .  This was an omen for the middle distances which were dominated by Kolehmainen.   In the 5,000 M Kolehmainen was pushed so hard by Bouin of France that he knocked over 20 seconds of the world record.

In this era produced some colourful swimming champions, in the 1912 Olympics Duke Paoa Kahanamoku won the blue riband event - 100m freestyle.   Duke seemed an unlikely ' moniker' for a Hawaiin, but research show that his royal parents named him after the Duke of Edinburgh (Queen Victoria's second son).

For many Jim Thorpe was the greatest athlete of the era.  He did not just win the 1912 Olympic Pentathlon and Decathlon but he annihilated the opposition.   The name Jim Thorpe is also famous as he was controversially disqualified for alleged professionalism.  Some say there as anti-Indian prejudice, others say it was personal animosity between Thorpe and Avery Brundage (Later IOC president) who was 5th in the pentathlon.