Medal Standings   Gold Silver Bronze Total United States 25 19 19 63 Sweden 24 24 17 65 Great Britain 10 15 16 41 Finland 9 8 9 26 France 7 4 3 14 Germany 5 13 7 25 South Africa 4 2 0 6 Norway 4 1 4 9 Hungary 3 2 3 8 Canada 3 2 3 8 CANADIAN MEDAL WINNERS Medal Event George Goulding Gold 10,000 m Walk George Hodgson Gold Swimming-400 m George Hodgson Gold Swimming-1,500 m Calvin Bricker Silver Long Jump Duncan Gillis Silver Hammer Throw Everard Butler Bronze Rowing-Single Sculls William Happenny Bronze Pole Vault Frank Lukeman Bronze Pentathlon

The Stockholm Olympics proved to be a model of efficiency with the hosts introducing the use of electronic timing for track and field as well as the first use of a public address system. While modern pentathlon and women's swimming and diving were added to the Olympic program, the Swedes refused to allow boxing events to be held in their country. The International Olympic Committee moved to limit the power of host nations in deciding what events would be on the Olympic program following the Games.

Canada would send its smallest team ever to an Olympic competition, 36 athletes.

George Goulding wins gold in Athletics while George Hodgson is a double gold medalist in Swimming - Canada's first double gold medalist at the Olympics. Hodgson would go on to break three world records in the pool - a feat unequalled until 1984 by Alex Baumann.

Calvin Bricker and Duncan Gillis win silver in Athletics while William Happeny, Frank Lukeman and Everard Butler bring home bronze medals in Athletics and Rowing.

The Canadian men's eights rowing team didn't win any medals but they did come home with a trophy. In the finals, the Toronto Argonaut crew were perplexed to find themselves dead last in their race. It was later discovered that the Canadians had rowed an extra 300 metres because of a mistake in measuring the course. The Canadians did not protest and Swedish King Gustav was so impressed by the gesture, he awarded the team a special trophy for good sportsmanship.

The Stockholm games are also best remembered for a young native American named Jim Thorpe. He won the five event pentathlon and the very next day, while most of his competitors were recovering, Thorpe went out and competed in the 10 event decathlon, easily winning the gold medal. That prompted King Gustav to say, "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world" during the awards ceremony. A year after his accomplishments, it was revealed that Thorpe had received $60 a month playing baseball, which went against the Olympic amateur code and Thorpe was asked to return his gold medals.

The Games also featured the longest cycling race of any kind with the road race course measuring 320 kilometres (199 miles) and the longest match in Greco-Roman wrestling, 11 hours.