The Danish women's gymnastics team in training

With over 100 events and more than 2000 competitors the level of competition was high but controversy and national rivalry still left a bitter taste on the Games.

With the US team accusing the host nation's judges of partiality the International Olympic Committee announced that it intended to use judges from various nations on future occasions.

However sportsmanship was evident in the final of the middleweight Greco-Roman wrestling between Sweden's Frithiof Martensson and Mauritz Andersson.

It was delayed one day to allow Martensson to recover from a minor injury and he duly recovered to be victorious.

There were 21 sports featured in total, including ice-skating, while bicycle-polo featured as a demonstration sport.