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Track & Field

Event		Time
100m	Ralph Craig, USA	10.8	=OR
	Alvah Meyer, USA	10.9
	Donald Lippincott, USA	10.9
200m	Ralph Craig, USA	21.7
	Donald Lippincott, USA	21.8
	William Applegarth, GBR	22.0
400m	Charlie Reidpath, USA	48.2	OR
	Hanns Braun, GER	48.3
	Edward Lindberg, USA	48.4
800m	Ted Meredith, USA	1:51.9	WR
	Melvin Sheppard, USA	1:52.0
	Ira Davenport, USA	1:52.0
1500m	Arnold Jackson, GBR	3:56.8	OR
	Abel Kiviat, USA	3:56.9
	Norman Taber, USA	3:56.9
5000m	Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN	14:36.6	WR
	Jean Bouin, FRA	14:36.7
	George Hutson, GBR	15:07.6
10,000m	Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN	31:20.8
	Louis Tewanima, USA	32:06.6
	Albin Stenroos, FIN	32:21.8
X-country (12,000m)	Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN	45:11.6
	Hjalmar Andersson, SWE	45:44.8
	John Eke, SWE	46:37.6
Marathon	Kenneth McArthur, S. Afr.	2:36:54.8
	Christian Gitsham, S. Afr.	2:37:52.0
	Gaston Strobino, USA	2:38:42.4
110m H	Frederick Kelly, USA	15.1
	James Wendell, USA	15.2
	Martin Hawkins, USA	15.3
10k Walk	George Goulding, CAN	46:28.4
	Ernest Webb, GBR	46:50.4
	Fernando Altimani, ITA	47:37.6
4x100m	GBR (David Jacobs, Harold Macintosh, Victor d'Arcy, William Applegarth)	42.4	OR
	Sweden	42.6
4x400m	USA (Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charlie Reidpath)	3:16.6	WR
	FRA	3:20.7
	GBR	3:23.2
3000m Team	USA (Tel Berna, Norman Taber, George Bonhag)	9 pts
	SWE	13 pts
	GBR	23 pts
X-country (12,000m)	SWE (Hjalmar Andersson, John Eke, Josef Ternström)	10 pts
	FIN	11 pts
	GBR	49 pts

Event		Mark
High Jump	Alma Richards, USA	6- 4	OR
	Hans Liesche, GER	6- 3¹/4
	George Horine, USA	6- 2¹/2
Pole Vault	Harry Babcock, USA	12-11¹/2	OR
	Marcus Wright, USA	12- 7¹/2
	Frank Nelson, USA	12- 7¹/2
Long Jump	Albert Gutterson, USA	24-11¹/4	OR
	Calvin Bricker, CAN	23- 7³/4
	Georg Aberg, SWE	23- 6¹/2
Triple Jump	Gustaf Lindblom, SWE	48-5¹/4
	Georg Aberg, SWE	47- 7¹/4
	Erik Almlöf, SWE	89- 8¹/4
Shot Put	Babe McDonald, USA	50- 4	OR
	Ralph Rose, USA	50- 0¹/4
	Lawrence Whitney, USA	46- 5
Discus	Armas Taipale, FIN	148- 3	OR
	Richard Byrd, USA	138- 10
	James Duncan, USA	138- 8¹/2
Hammer	Matt McGrath, USA	179- 7	OR
	Duncan Gillis, CAN	158- 9
	Clarence Childs, USA	158- 0
Javelin	Erik Lemming, SWE	198-11	WR
	Juho Saaristo, FIN	192- 5
	Mór Kóczán, HUN	182- 1
Pentathlon	Jim Thorpe, USA	7 pts
	James Donahue, USA	24 pts
	Frank Lukemann, CAN	24 pts
Decathlon	Jim Thorpe, USA	8412 pts	WR
	Charles Lomberg, SWE	7413.510
	Gösta Holmér, SWE	7347.855

Event		Mark
High Jump	Platt Adams, USA	5- 4¹/4
	Benjamin Adams, USA	5- 3
	Konstantin Tsiklitiras, GRE	5- 1¹/4
Long Jump	Konstantin Tsiklitiras, GRE	11-0³/4

	Platt Adams, USA	11- 0¹/2
	Benjamin Adams, USA	10- 9¹/4
Both Hands		Mark
Shot Put	Ralph Rose, USA	90-10¹/2
	Patrick McDonald, USA	50- 4
	Elmer Niklander, FIN	89- 8¹/4
Discus	Armas Taipale, FIN	271-10
	Elmer Niklander, FIN	255- 11¹/2
	Emil Magnusson, SWE	254- 0¹/2
Javelin	Juho Saaristo, FIN	359- 0
	Väinö Siikaniemi, FIN	332- 0¹/2
	Urho Peltonen, FIN	329- 8¹/2

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