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1912 Stockholm Summer Games
2547 Athletes, 29 Countries, 102 Events

The 1912 Stockholm Games are considered the most efficient and organized of that time. They were also the most diverse as the first art and literature competitions were held at the 1912 Games, awarding medals just like the sporting events.

The most notable competitor at the Stockholm Games was undoubtedly American Jim Thorpe. Thorpe, part Native American, part Irish, won the pentathlon and decathlon. His decathlon performance was so magnificent that it would have earned him a silver medal at the 1948 London Games. The King of Sweden called Thorpe, "The greatest athlete in the world," to which Thorpe replied, "Thanks, King."

Unfortunately, it was later discovered that Thorpe played minor league baseball, violating the IOC's amateur laws. His medals were taken away in 1913, not to be returned until vast pleas led to the IOC lifting Thorpe's ban in 1982. Thorpe, also proficient in football, led his tiny Carlisle Indian School to victory over Harvard in 1911 by a score of 1815. Thorpe was responsible for all of Carlisle's 18 points on four field goals and a touchdown.

Twentythree Ancient Eight athletes traveled to Stockholm, joining Jim Thorpe for the Games. For the first time in Olympic history, all eight schools were represented in a single Games. Norman Stephen Taber (Brown '13) and Tel Berna (Cornell '12) teamed up with George Bonhag to win the gold medal in the 3000meter team race. Berna ran the fastest time, 8:44.6, with Taber coming in third. Taber would later become a life trustee at Brown.

Ivies came on top in the pole vault (Harry Babcock, Columbia '12) and high jump (Alma Richards, Cornell '17). In addition, Lawrence A. Whitney (Dartmouth '15) won the bronze in the shot put, while his teammate Marc S. Wright (Dartmouth '13) placed second in the pole vault. A Yalie, Clarence Childs '12, placed third in the hammer throw.

Penn fielded formidable competition in the track and field events. Don Lippincott '15 won the bronze in the 100meter dash. He went on to win the silver medal in the 200meter competition with a time of 21.8, exactly doubling his 100meter dash mark. For many years, Lippincott held the title of "World's Fastest Human."

Lippincott's teammate, James E. Ted Meredith, won two gold medals at the Stockholm Games. His first came in the 800meter race, where the top three finishers all broke the world record. Meredith finished on top with a time of 1:51.9, a record that lasted until the 1928 Amsterdam Games. He helped set another world record in the 4x400meter relay, with a gold medal time of 3:16.6.