He had won the decathlon by 688 points.

He was now listed as sharing the gold medal with the man who had finished 688 points behind him.

Bie and Wieslander themselves had always disputed the justice of what had been given to them.

The Swedish Olympic Committee and Wieslander’s family would later confirm, in the context of the 2022 campaign, that Wieslander had held throughout his life that Thorpe was the rightful champion.

He had refused to accept the gold medal in 1913 when it was first offered to him, though accounts of this differ slightly across sources.