There were seven false starts for the final of the men鈥檚 100-meter dash at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Unlike this year in London, when a single false start will result in a runner鈥檚 disqualification, the eventual gold medalist in Stockholm, American Ralph Craig, jumped the gun three times, and on one of these false starts, he raced fellow American Donald Lippincott all the way to the finish line. Craig, who went on to a career in industrial engineering, made the US Olympic team 36 years later at age 59 as an alternate yachtsman. Although only a reserve at the 1948 London Games, he was honored by serving as the US flagbearer in the Opening Ceremony.
