1912 Olympic Games

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Olympic_Games
gptkbp:closed 1912-07-27
gptkbp:firstEvent modern pentathlon
women's swimming
arts competitions
gptkbp:hostCity gptkb:Stockholm
gptkbp:hostCountry gptkb:Sweden
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1912 Olympic Games
gptkbp:lastTimeEvent tug of war
gptkbp:mainVenue gptkb:Stockholm_Olympic_Stadium
gptkbp:memberState 28
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1920_Olympic_Games
gptkbp:notableAthlete gptkb:Duke_Kahanamoku
gptkb:George_S._Patton
gptkb:Hannes_Kolehmainen
gptkb:Jim_Thorpe
gptkbp:notableFor First Olympics with Japan participating
First Olympics with electronic timing
First time Iceland participated
First time Finland participated as independent team
First Olympic art competitions
First Olympic decathlon
First Olympic pentathlon
First Olympics with photo finish
First time 10,000m run held
First time 4x100m and 4x400m relays held
First time Chile participated
First time Egypt participated
First time Luxembourg participated
First time Olympic Oath taken by athlete
First time Portugal participated
First time Russia participated
First time Serbia participated
First time Turkey participated
First time all five continents represented
First time relay swimming events held
First use of public address system at Olympics
Jim Thorpe stripped of medals (later reinstated)
First time Olympic flag not yet introduced (introduced in 1920)
First time Australia and New Zealand competed as Australasia
No Winter Olympics held; all events were summer sports
First time South Africa competed as a unified nation
First time marathon distance standardized at 42.195 km
gptkbp:numberOfAthletes 2359
2407
48
gptkbp:numberOfEvents 102
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:French
English
Swedish
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Games_of_the_V_Olympiad
gptkbp:opened gptkb:King_Gustaf_V_of_Sweden
1912-05-05
gptkbp:previousOlympics gptkb:1908_Olympic_Games
gptkbp:sport 14
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1908_Olympic_Games
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6