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Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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Athletics
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Host stadium (shown in 2009)
Dates6-13 July
No. of events27
Competitors386 from 34 nations
← 1920
1928 →

At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, 27 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from 6 to 13 July.[1]

There were no events in athletics for women at this edition of the Olympic Games.

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details
Harold Abrahams
 Great Britain
Jackson Scholz
 United States
Arthur Porritt
 New Zealand
200 metres
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Jackson Scholz
 United States
Charles Paddock
 United States
Eric Liddell
 Great Britain
400 metres
details
Eric Liddell
 Great Britain
Horatio Fitch
 United States
Guy Butler
 Great Britain
800 metres
details
Douglas Lowe
 Great Britain
Paul Martin
 Switzerland
Schuyler Enck
 United States
1500 metres
details
Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
Willy Schärer
 Switzerland
H. B. Stallard
 Great Britain
5000 metres
details
Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
Ville Ritola
 Finland
Edvin Wide
 Sweden
10,000 metres
details
Ville Ritola
 Finland
Edvin Wide
 Sweden
Eero Berg
 Finland
110 metres hurdles
details
Daniel Kinsey
 United States
Sid Atkinson
 South Africa
Sten Pettersson
 Sweden
400 metres hurdles
details
Morgan Taylor
 United States
Erik Vilen
 Finland
Ivan Riley
 United States
3000 metres steeplechase
details
Ville Ritola
 Finland
Elias Katz
 Finland
Paul Bontemps
 France
4 × 100 metres relay
details
 United States (USA)
Loren Murchison
Louis Clarke
Frank Hussey
Alfred LeConey
 Great Britain (GBR)
Harold Abrahams
Walter Rangeley
Wilfred Nichol
Lancelot Royle
 Netherlands (NED)
Jan de Vries
Jacob Boot
Harry Broos
Marinus van den Berge
4 × 400 metres relay
details
 United States (USA)
Commodore Cochran
Alan Helffrich
Oliver MacDonald
William Stevenson
 Sweden (SWE)
Artur Svensson
Erik Byléhn
Gustaf Wejnarth
Nils Engdahl
 Great Britain (GBR)
Edward Toms
George Renwick
Richard Ripley
Guy Butler
3000 metres team race
details
 Finland (FIN)
Paavo Nurmi
Ville Ritola
Elias Katz
 Great Britain (GBR)
Bertram Macdonald
Herbert Johnston
George Webber
 United States (USA)
Edward Kirby
William Cox
Willard Tibbetts
Marathon
details
Albin Stenroos
 Finland
Romeo Bertini
 Italy
Clarence DeMar
 United States
10 kilometres walk
details
Ugo Frigerio
 Italy
Gordon Goodwin
 Great Britain
Cecil McMaster
 South Africa
Individual cross country
details
Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
Ville Ritola
 Finland
Earl Johnson
 United States
Team cross country
details
 Finland (FIN)
Paavo Nurmi
Ville Ritola
Heikki Liimatainen
 United States (USA)
Earl Johnson
Arthur Studenroth
August Fager
 France (FRA)
Henri Lauvaux
Gaston Heuet
Maurice Norland
High jump
details
Harold Osborn
 United States
Leroy Brown
 United States
Pierre Lewden
 France
Pole vault
details
Lee Barnes
 United States
Glenn Graham
 United States
James Brooker
 United States
Long jump
details
DeHart Hubbard
 United States
Edward Gourdin
 United States
Sverre Hansen
 Norway
Triple jump
details
Nick Winter
 Australia
Luis Brunetto
 Argentina
Vilho Tuulos
 Finland
Shot put
details
Bud Houser
 United States
Glenn Hartranft
 United States
Ralph Hills
 United States
Discus throw
details
Bud Houser
 United States
Vilho Niittymaa
 Finland
Thomas Lieb
 United States
Hammer throw
details
Fred Tootell
 United States
Matt McGrath
 United States
Malcolm Nokes
 Great Britain
Javelin throw
details
Jonni Myyrä
 Finland
Gunnar Lindström
 Sweden
Eugene Oberst
 United States
Pentathlon
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Eero Lehtonen
 Finland
Elemér Somfay
 Hungary
Robert LeGendre
 United States
Decathlon
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Harold Osborn
 United States
Emerson Norton
 United States
Aleksander Klumberg
 Estonia

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)12101032
2 Finland (FIN)105217
3 Great Britain (GBR)33511
4 Italy (ITA)1102
5 Australia (AUS)1001
6 Sweden (SWE)0325
7 Switzerland (SUI)0202
8 South Africa (RSA)0112
9 Argentina (ARG)0101
 Hungary (HUN)0101
11 France (FRA)0033
12 Estonia (EST)0011
 Netherlands (NED)0011
 New Zealand (NZL)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (15 entries)27272781

Participating nations

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657 athletes from 40 nations competed. Ten nations competed in athletics for the first time. Cuba, Lithuania, Romania, Uruguay and Germany were the only five nations not to compete in athletics.

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2017.