Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the Olympics

Athletics

at the Games of the VIII Olympiad

Host stadium (shown in 2009)

Dates| 6-13 July
No. of events| 27
Competitors| 386 from 34 nations

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Athletics at the
1924 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m| men
200 m| men
400 m| men
800 m| men
1500 m| men
5000 m| men
10,000 m| men
110 m hurdles| men
400 m hurdles| men
3000 m steeplechase| men
4 × 100 m relay| men
4 × 400 m relay| men
3000 m team race| men
10 km walk| men
Road events
Marathon| men
Field events
Long jump| men
Triple jump| men
High jump| men
Pole vault| men
Shot put| men
Discus throw| men
Hammer throw| men
Javelin throw| men
Combined events
Pentathlon| men
Decathlon| men
Cross-country events
Individual| men
Team| men

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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

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100 metres
details | Harold Abrahams
Great Britain | Jackson Scholz
United States | Arthur Porritt
New Zealand
200 metres
details | 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
details | Eero Lehtonen
Finland | Elemér Somfay
Hungary | Robert LeGendre
United States
Decathlon
details | Harold Osborn
United States | Emerson Norton
United States | Aleksander Klumberg
Estonia

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States (USA)| 12| 10| 10| 32
2|  Finland (FIN)| 10| 5| 2| 17
3|  Great Britain (GBR)| 3| 3| 5| 11
4|  Italy (ITA)| 1| 1| 0| 2
5|  Australia (AUS)| 1| 0| 0| 1
6|  Sweden (SWE)| 0| 3| 2| 5
7|  Switzerland (SUI)| 0| 2| 0| 2
8|  South Africa (RSA)| 0| 1| 1| 2
9|  Argentina (ARG)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Hungary (HUN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
11|  France (FRA)| 0| 0| 3| 3
12|  Estonia (EST)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Netherlands (NED)| 0| 0| 1| 1
New Zealand (NZL)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Norway (NOR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (15 entries)| 27| 27| 27| 81

## 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.

* Argentina (10)
* Australia (9)
* Austria (6)
* Belgium (17)
* Brazil (8)
* Bulgaria (4)
* Canada (27)
* Chile (3)
* Czechoslovakia (17)
* Denmark (9)
* Ecuador (3)
* Egypt (1)
* Estonia (11)
* Finland (52)

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* France (70)
* Great Britain (65)
* Greece (12)
* Haiti (3)
* Hungary (16)
* India (7)
* Ireland (11)
* Italy (36)
* Japan (8)
* Latvia (10)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Mexico (11)
* Monaco (1)
* Netherlands (19)

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* New Zealand (1)
* Norway (10)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (14)
* Portugal (3)
* South Africa (12)
* Spain (13)
* Sweden (33)
* Switzerland (17)
* Turkey (4)
* United States (96)
* Yugoslavia (5)

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## 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.

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Events at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris

* Athletics
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* Basque pelota (demonstration)
* Canoeing (demonstration)
* Cycling
* Diving
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Football
* Gymnastics
* Modern pentathlon
* Polo
* Rowing
* Rugby
* Sailing
* Savate (demonstration)
* Shooting
* Swimming
* Tennis
* Water polo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling
* Art competitions (unofficial)

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Athletics at the Summer Olympics

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Events|

| Track|

* 100 m
* 200 m
* 400 m
* 800 m
* 1500 m
* 5000 m
* 10,000 m
* 4 × 100 m relay
* 4 × 400 m relay
* Sprint hurdles
* 400 m hurdles
* Steeplechase

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Field|

* Shot put
* Discus throw
* Hammer throw
* Javelin throw
* Pole vault
* High jump
* Long jump
* Triple jump

Others|

* Combined events
* Marathon
* Race walking

Defunct|

* Cross country
* Team races
* 60 metres
* Weight throw
* Wheelchair racing
* Professional events
* Handicap events

* List of medalists
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