Hugo Wieslander

Hugo Wieslander

File:Hugo Wieslander crop.jpg
Personal information
Born	11 June 1889 Ljuder, Sweden
Died	24 May 1976 (aged 86) Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Sport	Ahtletics
Event(s)	Long jump, shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, decathlon
Club	IFK Stockholm
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	LJ – 6.56 m (1912) SP – 13.15sq (1908) DT – 37.53 m (1908) JT – 52.77 m (1908) Decathlon – 5965 (1912)
Medal record Representing Sweden Olympic Games 1912 Stockholm Decathlon

Karl Hugo Wieslander (11 June 1889 – 24 May 1976) was a Swedish athlete, who competed in combined events. He set the inaugural world record in the pentathlon in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1911 with a score of 5516 points. The following year he finished second in the decathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, 688 points behind Jim Thorpe. In 1913, after it was discovered that Thorpe played professional baseball for a minor league team, Thorpe was disqualified for not being an amateur. Wieslander was therefore declared the winner of the 1912 Olympics. He was awarded the Gold medal but refused to accept it. In 1982 Jim Thorpe was reinstated by the IOC with Hugo Wieslander as joint winners of the 1912 Olympic decathlon.