1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

If two or more competitors had the same number of points, thetime taken was to decide the order in which they were to be placed.In the cross country running, time alone was to be decisive ofthe event.THE COMMITTEE FOR THE MODERN PENTATHLON.The Committee for the Modern Pentathlon, the President of whichwas Colonel V. G. Balck, Kristian Hellström, Esq., General Secretaryof the Olympic Games, being the secretary, elected a selectcommittee for arranging and directing the organization of this competitionfor the Olympic Games. This special committee consistedof Colonel, Count C. E. Taube, Captain C. Silfverstolpe and LieutenantF. S. Granfelt, the two latter, as president and secretary, respectively,of the administrative committee of the Stockholm District of theMilitary Athletic Association, having the charge and direction of thetraining of the Swedish competitors in the Modern Pentathlon.The other members of the committee were:For athleticsLieutenant G. G:son Uggla.S. Smedmark, Esq.fencingCaptain E. FickLieutenant B. CnattingiusridingLieutenant, Count C. G. LewenhauptLieutenant C. KönigswimmingE. Bergvall, Esq., EditorG. Wretman, Esq.shootingColonel, Count C. E. TaubeLieutenant E. Carlberg.THE COMPETITION.As was case with the other competitions during the Olympic Games,the Modern Pentathlon was begun and continued under the mostfavourable conditions of the weather, although the great heat wassomewhat oppressive and probably affected the results of the severalevents.In consequence of the special character of this competition, it waswatched with very great interest both at home and abroad. As willbe seen by the list of entries, the Modern Pentathlon, in contrast withathletics in general was an almost exclusively military event.The various sections of the competition were placed on the programmein the following order:7 July: duel-shooting8 swimming 300 metres9 fencing with épée10 continuation of d:o11 cross-country riding, and12 cross-country running.646