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1912 Summer Olympics

Multi-sport event in Stockholm, Sweden

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Source revisionSep 25, 2026
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The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was held on 6 July. They were the only Summer Olympics to be held in the 1910s as the 1916 Summer Olympics in Berlin were cancelled due to World War I.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “1912 Summer Olympics” as multi-sport event in Stockholm, Sweden. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Summer, Olympics and Multi-sport.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1912, 1916—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Summer, Olympics and Multi-sport providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “1912 Summer Olympics”, the useful work is to connect “multi-sport event in Stockholm, Sweden” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 25, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1912 and 1916.

Critical limits

Later summaries often reconcile disputed chronology or motive more neatly than the contemporary record permits. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “1912 Summer Olympics” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.