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His schedule in the Olympics was busy.
Along with the decathlon and pentathlon, he competed in the long jump and high jump.
The first competition was the pentathlon.
He won four of the five events and placed third in the javelin, an event he had not competed in before 1912.
Although the pentathlon was primarily decided on place points, points were also earned for the marks achieved in the individual events.
He won the gold medal.
That same day, he qualified for the high jump final in which he placed fourth, and also took seventh place in the long jump.
Even more remarkably, because someone had stolen his shoes just before he was due to compete, he found some discarded ones in a rubbish bin and won his medals wearing them.
He is shown in the 1912 photo wearing two different shoes and extra socks because one shoe was too big.
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