Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games: The Swedish Masterpiece
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Besides their meatballs and their ready-to-assemble furniture, what does Sweden do really well? The Olympic Games. Stockholm 1912, the only time that Sweden has hosted the Olympics, is known as “The Swedish Masterpiece” for being a well-organized event that firmly established the revived Olympics as the pinnacle of international athletic participation From the addition of more women’s competition and electronic timing devices, to a marathon runner with a race time of over fifty years, Stockholm’s legacy is nothing short of legendary.
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