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Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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]

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Harold Abrahams
Great Britain
Jackson Scholz
United States
Arthur Porritt
New Zealand
200 metres
Jackson Scholz
United States
Charles Paddock
United States
Eric Liddell
Great Britain
400 metres
Eric Liddell
Great Britain
Horatio Fitch
United States
Guy Butler
Great Britain
800 metres
Douglas Lowe
Great Britain
Paul Martin
Switzerland
Schuyler Enck
United States
1500 metres
Paavo Nurmi
Finland
Willy Schärer
Switzerland
H. B. Stallard
Great Britain
5000 metres
Paavo Nurmi
Finland
Ville Ritola
Finland
Edvin Wide
Sweden
10,000 metres
Ville Ritola
Finland
Edvin Wide
Sweden
Eero Berg
Finland
110 metres hurdles
Daniel Kinsey
United States
Sid Atkinson
South Africa
Sten Pettersson
Sweden
400 metres hurdles
Morgan Taylor
United States
Erik Vilen
Finland
Ivan Riley
United States
3000 metres steeplechase
Ville Ritola
Finland
Elias Katz
Finland
Paul Bontemps
France
4 × 100 metres relay
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
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
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
Albin Stenroos
Finland
Romeo Bertini
Italy
Clarence DeMar
United States
10 kilometres walk
Ugo Frigerio
Italy
Gordon Goodwin
Great Britain
Cecil McMaster
South Africa
Individual cross country
Paavo Nurmi
Finland
Ville Ritola
Finland
Earl Johnson
United States
Team cross country
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
Harold Osborn
United States
Leroy Brown
United States
Pierre Lewden
France
Pole vault
Lee Barnes
United States
Glen Graham
United States
James Brooker
United States
Long jump
DeHart Hubbard
United States
Edward Gourdin
United States
Sverre Hansen
Norway
Triple jump
Nick Winter
Australia
Luis Brunetto
Argentina
Vilho Tuulos
Finland
Shot put
Bud Houser
United States
Glenn Hartranft
United States
Ralph Hills
United States
Discus throw
Bud Houser
United States
Vilho Niittymaa
Finland
Thomas Lieb
United States
Hammer throw
Fred Tootell
United States
Matt McGrath
United States
Malcolm Nokes
Great Britain
Javelin throw
Jonni Myyrä
Finland
Gunnar Lindström
Sweden
Eugene Oberst
United States
Pentathlon
Eero Lehtonen
Finland
Elemér Somfay
Hungary
Robert LeGendre
United States
Decathlon
Harold Osborn
United States
Emerson Norton
United States
Aleksander Klumberg
Estonia

Medal table

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 nations)27272781

Participating nations

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

  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.
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