The Olympic Games and the Duke of Westminster's Appeal

2 THE OLYMPIG GAMES. II.-THE GAMES IN LONDON AND STOCKHOLM. The immense increase in interest in the Games of recent years is shown by the fact that the entries in 1908 in London were 2,666, ,vhile those at Stockholm were 5,882. Allowing for duplica· tions of entries, the actual number of competitors was about 4,000. Eight new " nations" were represented in 1912 for the fi.rst time- namely, Chile, Egypt, Iceland, Japan, Luxemburg, Monaco, Portugal, and Servia . None of them succeeded in scoring a point. The total number of nations competing at Stockholm was 29 ; and the growing keenness of the competitions and the raising of the standard of pe1formances are shown by the fact that in the track and field events 14 new Olympic records were established. The pro· gramme, however, has not been the same at different Games. Only 15 track and field events were identical in London and at Stockholm, and in all but three the London record was beaten iii 1912. The list of Olympic records which have now been established in track and field events is as follmvs :- OLYMPIC RECORDS. 100 metres 10 4-5 sec. 110 metres hurdles 15 ,, 200 metres 21 7-10 ,, 400 metres 48 1-5 ,, 400 metres hurdles 55 ,, 800 metres 1.51 9-10 ,, 1,500 metres 3.56 4-5 ,. 3,200 metres bross country 10.47 1-5 ,, 5,000 metres 14.36 3-5 ,, 8,000 metres 25.11 1-5 ,, 10,000 metres 31.20 . 25 Mile Marathon Race 2.36.54 3,500 metres walk 14.55 10,000 metres walk 46.28 2-5 ,, 16,000 metres walk l.i5.57 2-5 ,, .400 metres relay race 42 2-5 ,, 1,600 in~~ relay race 3.16 3-5 Running High Jump 6ft. 4in. -~----_:~mming- Broad..Jump_. 24ft. il!in. Standµlg High Jump . . 5ft. 4 3-8in. ~~ding Broad Jump. . llft. O 5-8in. P.ole Jump . . . . 12ft. lHin. Hop, Step, and J )IJhp. 48ft. ll{in. Javelin, best hand 198ft. 11 3-8in. Javelin, both liancis 358ft. 11 7-8in. Discus, best liand 148ft. 3 9-iOin. Discus, both hands 271ft. 10 l-8in. Weiglit, best hand 50ft. 4ih. Weight, both hands 90ft. 10 9-lOin. Hammer . . 177ft. 7in. In Lonclon the m~thod of scoring adopted, was to give fi.v~ pointi for a first place, tliree for a ieooiid, and two for a tliifd. The total number of point.a 11,wimled was 885. !~, Stockholm th~ ineth~ was to give three pomt.a for a fifiit p,1a.ce, two for a secona, and oiie for a third. Tlie t.otiil iiumlier of points a.warded was 606. Trahsiatmg tiie 81:ookholm tesult.s into terms of the London eco~, the number of points awarded would have been 913, the Stock– holm programme being slightly the longer. The British Olympic Council in its official report on the Games of 1912 gives the following com– parative table, showing the number of •entries from, the points won by, and the rank of, each competing nation :- STANDING OF THE NATIONS. 1908. Nations. Ent ries. .. 1 United King- d om .. 839 ~ 2 Australasia .. 4 3 Canada .. 86 077 4 S. Africa .. 18 . 5 France .. 363 () Austria . . 34} 7 Bohemia .. 31 218 8 Hungary .. 153 9 Sweden .. 204 10 Holland .. 165 11 U .S.A. .. IGO 12 Italy .. ll5 13 Germany .. llO 14 Denmark . . 101 15 Belgium .. 88 16 Russia. .. 6n75 17 Finland .. 18 Norway .. 64 19 Greece .. 20 20 ~Jfi\~ rland .. 4 21 .tur•.ey .. 1 22 Argentine .. 1 -- 2,666 • 1912. Nations. I Entries. 1 United King- dom . . . . )526 2 Australasia 778 59 3 Canada 74 4 S. Africn ll9 5 Fro.nee 508 6 Austria { 250 7 Bohemia 875 167 8 Hungary 45~ 9 S,vedon 882 10 Holland 85 11 U .S.A. 572 12 Italy 252 13 Germany 337 14 Denmark 297 15 Belgium 99 16 Russia ~ { 369 17 finland 093 224 18 Norway 300 19 Greece 153 20 Swi~zerland . . 3 21 Turkey . . 10 22 Ar~entine · 0 ~3 Chi).e • • 4~ 24 Iceland 2 25 Egypt 2 ~6 Japan 5 27 Luxemburg . . 66 28 Monaco 2 29 Portugal 13 30 Servia 5 Points. Order. 446! ( I. u · XI. 2~t 491 v. xv. 41 IV. ~.} 24s XVII. XVIII. 22,- VII. G7t III. 0 - 153! II. 14 IX. 26t VI. 5 XVI. 14 x . 9 } 18 XIII. 9 XIV. 19 VIII. ll XII. 0 - 0 - 0 - -- 885 Points. Order. 111 } IiI. } 66! 177! 50 . VI. . ~ }32 VII. 24 207! I. 3 XIII. 195! II. 20 x. 69 v. 27 VIII. 16 XI. 9 } 85 IV. 76 24 IX. 6 xn. 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,882 913