OLYMPIC HISTORY Jim Thorpe Baseball was first seen at the Games in 1912 and was a demonstration sport a further six times until 1988. Those first Games marked the start of a controversy that was to last until 1983. Jim Thorpe, the native American who won both the decathlon and pentathlon and finished fourth in the high jump and seventh in the long jump at Stockholm, also led the US to victory over Sweden at baseball. Born Wa-Tho-Huck, meaning Bri ...

www.olympic.org Français Olympic Games Sports Athletes News Passion Organisation olympic news © IOC/RRH8 June 2006 Vancouver 2010: learning from the past, progressing confidently forward After two days of meetings and visits by the IOC Coordination Commission, under the Chairmanship of IOC member René Fasel, the Commission has successfully completed its 3rd visit to the Organising Committee for the Vancouver... [Full story] 12th Olympic Collectors World Fair12th Olympic Colle ...

www.olympic.org Français Olympic Games Sports Athletes News Passion Organisation olympic news © IOC/RRH8 June 2006 Vancouver 2010: learning from the past, progressing confidently forward After two days of meetings and visits by the IOC Coordination Commission, under the Chairmanship of IOC member René Fasel, the Commission has successfully completed its 3rd visit to the Organising Committee for the Vancouver... [Full story] 12th Olympic Collectors World Fair12th Olympic Colle ...