Sweden Stockholm
V International Olympic Games

There was no problem with selection of the host city for the Games of the V Olympiad. As suggested by IOC President Pierre de Coubertin it was Swedish Stockholm.
Athletes of 28 nations competed at the Games. Athletes of Egypt, Luxemburg, Portugal, Serbia and Japan made their debut there. Totally 102 sets of medals (according to other sources – 109) had been played for in 16 sports by 2407 athletes (including 48 female ones).
What innovations have been introduced at these Games? For the first time, electric timing was used in athletics.
There was also another innovation. Following the ancient tradition, the 1912 Summer Olympic Games for the first time provided a good platform for cultural events. Exhibited masterpieces of architecture, pictorial art, sculpture, music and literature were devoted to sports and Olympic movement.
The Games of the V Olympiad were officially opened by King Gustav V of Sweden on May 5, 1912.
At the Stockholm Summer Olympics, the winners in various sports were awarded the following medals:
• The first-prize winners in individual events were awarded the 683 (14 KT) gold medal.
• The first-prize winners in team events were awarded the silver-gilt medal each.
• The second-prize winners of either individual or team events were awarded the silver medal.
• The third-prize winners of either individual or team events were awarded the bronze medal.
To this end, organizers provided ninety 583-gold medals, two hundred 925-silver-gilt medals (6 g of 14KT gold were used for each such medal), three hundred eighty five 925 Sterling silver medals and two hundred seventy bronze medals. 

OBVERSE: a replica of the 1908 London Summer Olympic medal design - a composition of a young nude athlete with two female figures on his right and left placing a laurel crown on his head. The initials of the designer “B.M.” (Bertram Mackennal) are engraved at the left bottom edge.
REVERSE: a young herald proclaiming the opening of the Games, holding a scroll in his right hand and pipe in the left hand; a statue of P. Henric Ling, the founder of the institutions and Swedish gym system, on the right of the herald. An inscription around the medal rim reads: “OLYMPISKA SPELEN STOCKHOLM 1912” (Olympic Games in Stockholm). Date “1912” on the left of the herald. 

OBVERSE: a replica of the London Olympic medal design - a classic Greek quadriga with two male figures standing in it, one is a charioteer and the other is a judge holding a palm leaf in his left hand and a laurel crown in his right hand, ready to award a triumphant athlete. The initials of the designer “B.M.” (Bertram Mackennal) are engraved at the left bottom edge.
REVERSE: a composition of Zeus, sitting in a throne of ancient form on the capital of an Ionian column – a replica of the statute by Fidias that decorated the Parthenon in Olympia in the ancient era. Zeus is holding the globe with the figure of the Goddess of Victory standing on it in his right hand. In the background, the outlines of the Royal Palace of Stockholm can be seen. A two-line inscription in Swedish over the composition reads “Till Minne Af Olympiska Spelen Stockholm 1912 (In commemoration of the 1912 Olympics, Stockholm)”. The designer name “Erik Lindberg” is engraved underneath to the left of the column. 

Note: The readers may have noticed already that the descriptions of prize and commemorative medals due to various reasons often lack exact information. It is very difficult to find it now. Therefore, the author believes it necessary to provide the readers with the details that were earlier missed, regarding the Stockholm Olympics medals.
So, about 6000 medals made of pewter (lead-tin alloy) had been issued. They were presented to athletes, journalists and staff. Two medals were made of 585 gold to be presented to the King of Sweden and Sweden Crown Prince. 50 medals were made of 925 Sterling silver to be presented to the IOC Organizing Committee members. 100 bronze medals were presented to the judges in various sports and chef de missions.

King Gustav V Olympic Medal

The medal of merit in organization of the V Olympic Games in Stockholm (also known as the King Gustav V Olympic Medal) was instituted by King Gustav V of Sweden. The ribbon-suspended King Gustav V Olympic Medal was minted in silver and worn on the right breast. The recipients of the medal included members of the Swedish and foreign royal families, members of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and members of the International Olympic Committee.