1912 Summer Olympics

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Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1912 Summer Olympics were an early modern Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden, notable for their well-organized competitions, introduction of new events like the modern pentathlon, and participation by athletes from all five inhabited continents.

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Summer Olympic Games → multi-sport event →
closingDate	1912-07-27 →
continentParticipation	Africa → Asia → Europe → North America → South America →
featuredSport	art competitions → athletics → cycling → diving → equestrian → fencing → football → gymnastics → modern pentathlon → rowing → sailing → shooting → swimming → tennis → wrestling →
followedBy	1920 Summer Olympics →
hostCity	Stockholm →
hostCityMayor	Carl Lindhagen →
hostCountry	Sweden →
hostNation	Sweden →
introducedEvent	modern pentathlon → women’s 10 metre platform diving → women’s 100 metre freestyle → women’s 4×100 metre freestyle relay →
introducedScoringSystem	semi-automatic timing and scoring methods →
introducedTechnology	photo finish equipment in athletics →
introducedTimingTechnology	electronic timing in athletics →
iocPresidentAtTime	Pierre de Coubertin →
languageOfOrganization	English → French → Swedish →
locationContinent	Europe →
mainStadium	Stockholm Olympic Stadium →
notableAthlete	Duke Kahanamoku → George Patton → Hannes Kolehmainen → Jim Thorpe →
notableFor	introduction of modern pentathlon → introduction of women’s diving events → introduction of women’s swimming events → well-organized competitions →
numberOfAthletes	2407 →
numberOfEvents	102 →
numberOfFemaleAthletes	48 →
numberOfMaleAthletes	2359 →
numberOfParticipatingNations	28 →
numberOfSports	14 →
officialName	Games of the V Olympiad →
olympiadNumber	5 →
openingDate	1912-05-05 →
organizingBody	International Olympic Committee →
organizingCommitteePresident	Viktor Balck →
precededBy	1908 Summer Olympics →
stadiumOpeningForGames	1912 →
topRankedNationByMedals	Sweden →
year	1912 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
International Olympic Committee retrospective medal assignments →	appliesTo
1908 Summer Olympics →	followedBy
1920 Summer Olympics →	precededBy