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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
1912 Summer Olympics canonical	14
1912 Olympic individual cross country	1
Stockholm 1912	1

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 S. Patton ⓘ surface form: 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	Summer Olympics 1908 ⓘ surface form: 1908 Summer Olympics
stadiumOpeningForGames	1912 ⓘ
topRankedNationByMedals	Sweden ⓘ
year	1912 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Olympic Committee later assigned gold, silver and bronze medals retrospectively → appliesTo → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ

subject surface form: International Olympic Committee retrospective medal assignments

Summer Olympics 1908 → followedBy → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ

subject surface form: 1908 Summer Olympics

1920 Summer Olympics → precededBy → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Olympic Games baseball tournament → firstHeldAsDemonstrationSport → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Sam Mussabini → coachedAthletesAt → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Hannes Kolehmainen → competedIn → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Hannes Kolehmainen → wonGoldInEvent → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1912 Olympic individual cross country

decathlon → firstOlympicInclusion → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Cecil Healy → participatedIn → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Philip Noel-Baker → participatedIn → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Games of the V Olympiad → alsoKnownAs → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stockholm 1912

modern pentathlon → firstOlympicAppearance → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Stockholm Olympic Stadium → hosted → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Jim Thorpe → participantIn → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ

Duke Kahanamoku → OlympicGames → 1912 Summer Olympics ⓘ