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Sweden is the country with the longest Olympic Games medalling streak in history, having earned medals at every Olympic game since 1908. Sweden hosted the Games on one occasion, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm .
The 1912 Summer Olympics (Swedish: Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad (Swedish: Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was held on 6 July.
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The Stockholm Games were a model of efficiency. The Swedish hosts introduced the first Olympic use of automatic timing devices for the track events, the photo finish and a public address system.
If there was an unofficial theme of the 1912 Games, it was endurance. The course for the cycling road race was 320km (199 miles), the longest race of any kind in Olympic history. In Greco-Roman wrestling, the middleweight semi-final match between Russian Martin Klein and Finland’s Alfred Asikainen lasted 11 hours.
For the first time, competitors in the Games came from all five continents. It was also the first time Japan participated. The modern pentathlon, women’s swimming and women’s diving all made their Olympic debuts.
Jim Thorpe, an Indigenous man from Oklahoma, won the pentathlon and decathlon by huge margins, and was described by King Gustav V of Sweden as "the greatest athlete in the world". He was later disqualified when it was discovered that he had accepted a modest sum to play baseball before the Games. In 1982, the Executive Board of the International Ol...
Jun 15, 2012 · The 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden marked a genuine coming of age for the Olympic movement, which took on a truly international tone with athletes representing five different...
Jul 5, 2021 · The opening ceremony of the Stockholm Olympics was conducted on July 6, 1912 and by July 22, the event was wrapped up. Since then, no Summer Olympics have stretched beyond 16-17 days.
As Japan prepares to host the Olympic Games, let's take a look back to the Olympic Games when Japan first took part - the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. Twenty-eight nations and 2,408 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports.
Sweden have also hosted the summer Olympic Games once, in 1912 when it was held in the city of Stockholm. Swedish athletes won nine medals at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, extending its medal-winning streak to 48 straight Olympic Games.
