Olympics History Timeline 1911 - 1920 |
| Year | Venue and Date | Medal count | Records | Nations participating | Athletes participating | No. of Events | News | Main Events |
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| 1911 | 
Young Olympic Games, c.1914 Giclee Print Elzingre Buy at AllPosters.com |
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| 1912 | Stockholm, Sweden May 5 - July 27 |
United States finished in first position in the final
medal rankings, with 25 gold medals and 63 medals overall. Sweden finished in second position in the final medal rankings, with 24 gold medals and 65 medals overall. |
28 | 2407 | 102 in 14 sports | The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were held in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden | Most notable case of an athlete losing Olympic eligibility
for violation the amateur code is that of the 1912 gold medalist Jim Thorpe
of the United States. Thorpe was stripped of his Olympic medals because
he has earned a small amount of money playing semi-professional baseball
two years before the 1912 Stockholm Games. Jim Thorpe was an American Indian,
who won both the decathlon and pentathlon in Stockholm; Thorpe was eventually
honored as the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century. For the first time, competitors in the Games came from all five continents symbolized in the Olympic rings. It was also the last time that solid gold medals were awarded; modern medals are usually gold coated silver. The main arena was Stockholms Olympiastadion. |
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| 1913 | Baron Pierre de Coubertin designed the Olympic emblem in 1913. In his words, "These 5 rings represent the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games. The colors were chosen because at least one of these colors is found in the flag of every nation. | 
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| 1914 | 
Miss Broquedis, Olympic Tennis Champion, Front Cover of "Femina," Issue 278, 15th August 1912 Giclee Print French School Buy at AllPosters.com |
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| 1916 | The anticipated 1916 Summer Olympics, which were to be officially known as the Games of the VI Olympiad, were to have been held in Berlin, Germany. At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, organization continued, as no one foresaw the war dragging on for four years. | |||||||
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| 1920 | Antwerp, Belgium April 20 - September 12 |
The USA won 41 Gold, 27 Silver, and 27 Bronze medals, the most won by any of the 29 nations attending. Sweden, Great Britain, Finland and Belgium round out the top 5 medal winning nations. | 29 | 2626 | 154 in 22 sports | The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium | These Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath
was uttered, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace,
and was the first time the Olympic Flag was flown. At the age of 72, Sweden's running deer double-shot event champion Oscar Swahn won in the team event to become the oldest Olympic champion ever. |
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| Year | Venue and Date | Medal count | Records | Nations participating | Athletes participating | No. of Events | News | Main Events |
Olympics History Timeline 1901 - 1910 |
Olympics History Timeline 1921 - 1930 |
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