[DOC] [TLE] ESPN Classic - Thorpe preceded Deion, Bo - ESPN.com [PAR] Jim Thorpe won the decathlon and pentathlon in the 1912 Olympics. ... He was 
the Olympic track champion who lost his gold medals because he played ... Then 
again, Thorpe may have thought he would never compete as an amateur. ... Then 
came the decathlon, and Thorpe established a world record with 8,412 points. [DOC] [TLE] Jim THORPE - Olympic Athletics | United States of America [PAR] Aug 20, 2004 ... Athletics at Stockholm 1912 Olympics. ... Though he died in poverty, Jim Thorpe 
is remembered as one of the greatest sportsmen of the 20th century, having won 
two Olympic track and field golds and played baseball, ... 700 points, he set a 
new world record of 8,412 points, which would ... decathlon men... [DOC] [TLE] Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Decathlon ... [PAR] One week after winning the pentathlon, Jim Thorpe won the decathlon by an 
almost ... Using point-for-place scoring, he scored 25 points to Wieslander's 67 
and ... But from 1913 until 1982 the Olympic record books invariably listed Hugo... [DOC] [TLE] ESPN.com: Thorpe preceded Deion, Bo [PAR] He was the Olympic track champion who lost his gold medals because he played 
minor league baseball. ... But Thorpe's legend was galvanized into America's 
conscience at the 1912 Olympics. He won the decathlon and pentathlon in 
Stockholm. ... Then came the decathlon, and Thorpe set a world record with 
8,412 points. [DOC] [TLE] Jim Thorpe The Greatest Athlete A Century Later June 11 2012 [PAR] Jun 11, 2012 ... I knew about him, that he won a couple of gold medals, and that he was an ... at 
the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Lenhart is absolutely sure of Thorpe's ... 
A week later, Thorpe began the first Olympic decathlon, which was held over ... 
and 1,500 meters  while setting a world record of 8,412 points. [DOC] [TLE] Jim Thorpe Is Dead On West Coast at 64 - The New York Times [PAR] Hero of the 1912 Olympic Games at Stockholm and a towering football figure, Jim 
... other, a record unequaled to this day, and in the decathlon he scored 8,412 out 
of a ... In 1950 Thorpe's athletic prowess won for him selection as the greatest ... 
Indian School at Lawrence, Kan., and then to the Carlisle School at Carlisle, Pa. [DOC] [TLE] Modern standardization - Decathlon - Articles - Decathlon 2000 [PAR] Oct 3, 2010 ... The Amateur Athletic Union held "all around events" from the 1880s. ... The 
decathlon was added to the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. ... Thorpe won 
the decathlon by almost 700 points over his closest opponent, Hugo ... Thompson 
missed the world record by one point on then-used 1962/77 tables. [DOC] [TLE] Early Sports and Pop Culture History Blog: Jim Thorpe Punts ... [PAR] Apr 24, 2014 ... His score of 8412 points in the decathlon (contested over three days, ... It would 
have won gold in every Olympics, but one, until 1972. ... time in the 1912 Olympic 
decathlon) with a strong leg (he could drop-kick ... Carlisle's first two touchdowns 
were scored on record kicks, Thorpe .... More Fun than a Box(?)... [DOC] [TLE] Decathlon Olympic Medalists 1912-2008 - Track & Field - About.com [PAR] He was later stripped of his medal due to technical violations of the then-existing 
amateurism rules. ... books, even though he scored fewer points than the 
previous two Olympic champions. ... Three more Olympic gold medalists set 
decathlon world records: Mykola Avilov in 1972, ... SILVER Antonio Pealver, 
ESP 8412 [DOC] [TLE] 10 Olympians Who Became Household Names Oklahoma Native ... [PAR] Jun 23, 1996 ... Won pentathlon (then a track and field event) and decathlon at the games, 
finishing fourth in the high jump and seventh in the long jump. . . . Set decathlon 
world record of 8412 points. ... in 1912 games in Stockholm may have saved the 
Olympics. ... Pack-a-day smoker, he died of lung

Question: In the 1912 Olympics he won the decathlon with a then-record 8,412 points
Answer: Jim Thorpe