The Native American Who Won Two Olympic Gold Medals – Then Had His Titles Taken Away Before History Finally Reversed The Decision

What The Official Record Now Says — And What It Cannot Repair

As of July 2022, the official Olympic historical record lists Jim Thorpe as the sole gold medalist in the pentathlon and the sole gold medalist in the decathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Games.

Hugo Wieslander is the silver medalist in the decathlon.

Ferdinand Bie and James Donahue are co-silver medalists in the pentathlon.

The record that Thorpe set in the decathlon — 8,412 points under the scoring system used in 1912 — is in the books.

The performance that stood until 1948, the 1,500-meter run that would not be matched by a decathlete until 1972, is part of the documented history of the event.