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]




Contents






  • 1 Medal summary


  • 2 Medal table


  • 3 Participating nations


  • 4 References





Medal summary











































































































































































Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
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

Glen 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









































































































































Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
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 nations) 27 27 27 81


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.











  •  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)






  •  France (70)


  •  Great Britain (65)


  •  Greece (12)


  •  Haiti (3)


  •  Hungary (16)


  •  India (7) British India


  •  Ireland (11)


  •  Italy (36)


  •  Japan (8)


  •  Latvia (10)


  •  Luxembourg (3)


  •  Mexico (11)


  •  Monaco (1)


  •  Netherlands (19)






  •  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)




References





  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 June 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}











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