News of 1912

  • Sports: Stockholm Olympic Games


    Sport: 100m Winner: Ralph Cook Craig Country: USA
    Sport: 200m Winner: Ralph Cook Craig Country: USA
    Sport: 400m Winner: Charles Reidpath Country: USA
    Sport: 800m Winner: James Edwin Meredith Country: USA
    Sport: 1500m Winner: Arnold Jackson Country: GBR
    Sport: 5000m Winner: Johannes Kolehmainen Country: FIN
    Sport: 10,000m Winner: Johannes Kolemainen Country: FIN
    Sport: Marathon Winner: Kenneth McArthur Country: SAF
    Sport: 110m Hurdles Winner: Frederick Kelly Country: USA
    Sport: 4x100m Relay Winner: GBR
    Sport: 4x400m Relay Winner: USA
    Sport: High Jump Winner: Alma Richards Country: USA
    Sport: Pole Vault Winner: Harry Babcock Country: USA
    Sport: Long Jump Winner: Albert Gutterson Country: USA
    Sport: Triple Jump Winner: Gustaf Lindblom Country: SWE
    Sport: Shotput Winner: Patrick McDonald Country: USA
    Sport: Discus Winner: Armas Taipale Country: FIN
    Sport: Hammer Winner: Matthew McGrath Country: USA
    Sport: Javelin Winner: Eric Lemming Country: SWE
    Sport: Decathlon Winner: James Thorpe Country: USA
    Sport: 3000m Team Winner: USA
    Sport: Cross Country Individual Winner: Johannes Kolemainen Country: FIN
    Sport: Cross Country Team Winner: Sweden
    Sport: Pentathlon Winner: James Thorpe Country: USA
    Sport: Standing Long Jump Winner: Konstantin Tsiklitiras Country: GRE
    Sport: Standing High Jump Winner: Platt Adams Country: USA
    Sport: Shotput, Both Hands Winner: Ralph Rose Country: USA
    Sport: Discus Throw, Both Hands Winner: Armas Taipale Country: FIN
    Sport: Javelin, Both Hands Winner: Julius Saaristo Country: FIN
    Sport: Tug-of War Winner: Sweden
    Sport: 10km Walk Winner: George Goulding Country: CAN
    Sport: 100m Freestyle Winner: Duke Paoa Kahanamoku Country: USA
    Sport: 400m Freestyle Winner: George Ritchie Hodgson Country: CAN
    Sport: 1500m Freestyle Winner: George Ritchie Hodgson Country: CAN
    Sport: 100m Backstroke Winner: Harry Hebner Country: USA
    Sport: 200m Breaststroke Winner: Walter Bathe Country: GER
    Sport: 400m Breaststroke Winner: Walter Bathe Country: GER
    Sport: 4x22m Relay Winner: AUS/NZ
    Sport: Springboard Diving Winner: Paul Gunther Country: GER
    Sport: High Diving Winner: Erik Adlerz Country: SWE
    Sport: Plain High Diving Winner: Erik Adlerz Country: SWE
    Sport: Water Polo Winner: Great Britain
    Sport: 100m Freestyle Winner: Fanny Durack Country: AUS
    Sport: 4x100m Relay Winner: GBR
    Sport: Platform Diving Winner: Greta Johansson Country: SWE
    Sport: Featherweight(Greco Roman Wrestling) Winner: Kaarlo Koskelo Country: FIN
    Sport: Lightweight (Greco Roman Wrestling) Winner: Eemil WŠre Country: FIN
    Sport: Middleweight( Greco Roman Wrestling) Winner: Claes Johanson Country: SWE
    Sport: Heavyweight(Greco Roman Wresting) Winner: Yrjš Saarela Country: FIN
    Sport: Foil Individual Winner: Nedo Nadi Country: ITA
    Sport: EpŽe Individual Winner: Paul Anspach Country: BEL
    Sport: EpŽe Team Winner: Belgium
    Sport: Sabre Individual Winner: Dr. Jenš Fuchs Country: HUN
    Sport: Sabre Team Winner: Hungary
    Sport: Modern Pentathlon Winner: Gšsta Lilliehššk
    Sport: Single Sculls Winner: William Kinnear Country: GBR
    Sport: Coxed Fours Winner: Germany
    Sport: Eights Winner: Great Britain
    Sport: Coxed Fours, Inriggers Winner: Denmark
    Sport: Yachting 6m Class Winner: France
    Sport: 8m Class Winner: Norway
    Sport: 10m Class Winner: Sweden
    Sport: 12m Class Winner: Norway
    Sport: Cycling Individual Road Race Winner: Rudolph Lewis Country: SAF
    Sport: Team Time Trial Winner: Sweden
    Sport: Equestrian Three Day Event, Individual Winner: Axel Nordlander Country: SWE
    Sport: Three Day Event, Team Winner: Sweden
    Sport: Dressage Individual Winner: Carl Bonde Country: SWE
    Sport: Grand Prix Jumping Individual Winner: Jean Cariou Country: FRA
    Sport: Grand Prix Jumping Team Winner: Sweden
    Sport: Free Rifle 300m 3 positions Winner: Paul Colas Country: FRA
    Sport: Free Rifle Team Winner: Sweden
    Sport: Small-Bore Rifle, Prone Winner: Frederick Hird Country: USA
    Sport: Small-Bore Rifle, Individual disappearing target Winner: Wilhel Carlberg Country: SWE
    Sport: Miniature Rifle Team 25m Winner: Sweden
    Sport: Miniature Rifle Team 50m Winner: Great Britain
    Sport: Rapid Fire Pistol Winner: Alfred Lane Country: USA
    Sport: Free Pistol 50m Winner: Alfred Lane Country: USA
    Sport: Miltiary Revolver Team 30m Winner: Sweden
    Sport: Clay Pigeon Team Winner: USA
    Sport: Military Rifle Individual 3 Positions Winner: S‡ndor Prokopp Country: HUN
    Sport: Military Rifle Individual Any Position Winner: Paul Colas Country: FRA
    Sport: Military Rifle Team Winner: USA
    Sport: Running Deer Shooting (SingleShot) Individual Winner: Alferd Swahn Country: SWE
    Sport: Running Deer Shooting (Single Shot) Team Winner: Sweden
    Sport: Running Deer Shooting (Double Shot) Individual Winner: Ake Lundeberg Country: SWE
    Sport: Military Revolver Team 50m Winner: USA
    Sport: Clay Pigeon Individual Winner: James Graham Country: USA
    Sport: Men Gymnastics Individual All around Competition Winner: Alberto Braglia Country: ITA
    Sport: Team All-around Competition Winner: Italy
    Sport: Team Swedish System Gymnastics Winner: Sweden
    Sport: Free System Team Winner: Norway
    Sport: Football Winner: Great Britain
    Sport: Tennis MenÕs singles Winner: Charles Winslow Country: SAF
    Sport: MenÕs singles (indoors) Winner: AndrŽ Gobert Country: FRA
    Sport: Men doubles Winner: SAF
    Sport: Men doubles (indoor) Winner: FRA
    Sport: Women singles Winner: Marguerite Broquedis Country: FRA
    Sport: Women singles (indoors) Winner: Edith Hannam Country: GBR
    Sport: Mixed Doubles Winner: GER
    Sport: Mixed Doubles (indoors) Winner: GBR

    Nobel Prizes

    Chemistry
    The prize was divided equally between: GRIGNARD, VICTOR, France, Nancy University, b. 1871, d. 1935: "for the discovery of the so-called Grignard reagent, which in recent years has greatly advanced the progress of organic chemistry"; and SABATIER, PAUL, France, Toulouse University, b. 1854, d. 1941: "for his method of hydrogenating organic compounds in the presence of finely disintegrated metals whereby the progress of organic chemistry has been greatly advanced in recent years"

    Literature
    HAUPTMANN, GERHART JOHANN ROBERT, Germany, b. 1862, d. 1946: "primarily in recognition of his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of dramatic art"

    Peace
    ROOT, ELIHU, USA, b. 1845, d. 1937: Former Secretary of State. Initiator of several arbitration agreements.

    Physiology or Medicine
    CARREL, ALEXIS, France, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York, NY, b. 1873, d. 1944: "in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood vessels and organs"

    Physics
    DALƒN, NILS GUSTAF, Sweden, Swedish Gas-Accumulator Co., Lidingš-Stockholm, b. 1869, d. 1937: "for his invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys"