Decathlon
Athletics
on July 15, 1912 in Stockholm
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Olympic Medals in this event
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Medals
Athletics
Decathlon
on July 15, 1912
in Stockholm
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8412.955PWorld record Jim Thorpe was the superstar of the Stockholm Olympic Games in 1912. He confidently won the pentathlon and decathlon in athletics. In the decathlon he set a world record with almost 700 points ahead of the Swede Hugo Wieslander, although he had never contested a decathlon before! One of his competitors was Avery Brundage, who later became the controversial IOC president. Jim Thorpe had Indian roots. Sweden's King Gustav V is said to have told him at the medal ceremony that he was the greatest athlete in the world and Thorpe is said to have thanked him with the words
