1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Athletics at the 1924 Olympics
information
venue	Stade Olympique de Colombes
Competition venue	Paris
Athletes	509
date	July 6th to July 13th 1924
decisions	27
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Olympic Games 1924 (athletics medal table)
space	team				Total
1	United States	12	10	10	32
2	Finland	10	5	2	17th
3	Great Britain	3	3	5	11
4th	Italy	1	1	-	2
5	Australia	1	-	-	1
6th	Sweden	-	3	2	5
7th	Switzerland	-	1	2	3
8th	South African Union	-	1	1	2
9	Argentina	-	1	-	1
	Hungary	-	1	-	1
11	France	-	-	3	3
12	Estonia	-	-	1	1
	New Zealand	-	-	1	1
	Netherlands	-	-	1	1
	Norway	-	-	1	1

At the VIII Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 , 27 competitions were held in athletics .

Stadion

The Stade Olympique de Colombes was in the Paris suburb of Colombes , about ten kilometers north-west of Paris. It was renamed four years later in honor of rugby player Yves du Manoir and from then on bore his name. The cinder track in Colombes was a circular track with a length of 500 meters.

Attendees

Germany was denied participation a second time after the events of the First World War , while the other four nations, which had been excluded in 1920 , were re-admitted.
In athletics, only men were eligible for one final time. The first competitions for women finally came into the Olympic program four years later in Amsterdam .

Competitions

As with all previous Olympic Games, there were also a few changes in the range of competitions in Paris. The two disciplines of 3000 meter walking and weight throwing have been canceled.
The offer had almost taken on the form we know today. There were still differences when it came to walking , which at that time only held the 10,000 meter competition. Today there are two competitions over twenty and fifty kilometers. Compared to today, the 3,000-meter team run, the cross-country run with individual / team evaluation and the pentathlon Olympic disciplines were also in Paris .

Sporting successes

The most successful nation was again the United States with twelve gold medals . But like in 1920 , little Finland was very successful and won ten gold medals. Great Britain followed at a great distance , with three Olympic champions. The level of the competitions had risen significantly again. There were five world records , nine more Olympic records were improved or set.
The outstanding participant was the Finn Paavo Nurmi , who experienced his sporting climax here. He won five gold medals in the following competitions: 1500 meters , 5000 meters , 10,650 meters cross-country individual / team competition, 3000 meters team run. This is unique in Olympic athletics to this day. His Olympic victory over 5000 meters was particularly remarkable. The race took place just 26 minutes after crossing the finish line of the 1,500 meter run. Nurmi set Olympic records in both races.
Other successful athletes were:

• Ville Ritola , Finland - 4 gold medals: 10,000 m , 3,000 m obstacle , 10,650 m cross-country team competition, 3,000 m team run; 2 times silver: 5000 m , 10,650 m individual cross-country classification
• Harold Osborn , USA - 2 times gold: high jump , decathlon
• Bud Houser , USA - 2 gold medals: shot put , discus throw .

Results

100 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Harold Abrahams	GBR	10.6 ORe
2	Jackson Scholz	United States	10.7
3	Arthur Porritt	NZL	10.8
4th	Chester Bowman	United States	10.9
5	Charles Paddock	United States	10.9
6th	Loren Murchison	United States	11.0

Finale: July 7th

Harold Abrahams was the first European who could become Olympic champion in the 100 meters . He later became a well-known sports journalist and was involved in the British Athletics Federation. Jackson Scholz, Olympic champion in 1920 and two days later Olympic champion over 200 meters , won silver. The bronze medal went to Arthur Porritt from New Zealand, who later was a member of the IOC for many years .

200 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jackson Scholz	United States	21.6 ORe
2	Charles Paddock	United States	21.7
3	Eric Liddell	GBR	21.9
4th	George Hill	United States	22.0
5	Bayes Norton	United States	22.0
6th	Harold Abrahams	GBR	22.3

Finale: July 9th

In the 200-meter final , almost all runners were tied at the start of the home stretch except for Harold Abrahams, who had already lost ground. Now Jackson Scholz could break away. Charles Paddock came closer again, but was unable to catch up with Scholz despite his target jump. Scholz presented Archie Hahn's Olympic record from 1904 , but Hahn was then run on a straight path. Abraham's compatriot Eric Liddell won the bronze medal here before becoming Olympic champion over 400 meters two days later .

400 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Eric Liddell	GBR	47.6 WR
2	Horatio Fitch	United States	48.4
3	Guy Butler	GBR	48.6
4th	David Johnson	CAN	48.8
5	John Coard Taylor	United States	67.0
6th	Josef Imbach	SUI	DNF

Finale: July 11th

Eric Liddell's forte was actually the 100-meter run . But since the final of this sprint took place on a Sunday and Liddell, as the Scottish pastor, did not want to start on Sundays, he signed up for the 400 meters as well as the 200 meters . The Olympic record fell several times in the heats and although the final took place two hours after the semi-finals, Liddell increased the world record to 47.6 seconds. Well behind, Horatio Fitch won the silver medal after a tough battle with Guy Butler. Two runners had serious problems finishing the race. John Coard Taylor, who had already competed with a bandage, injured himself 30 meters from the end and dragged himself to the finish. Josef Imbach stepped on the inside edge of the train, fell and was treated in the hospital. The jury officially put him in sixth place, even though he hadn't finished the race.

800 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Douglas Lowe	GBR	1: 52.4
2	Paul Martin	SUI	1: 52.5
3	Schuyler Enck	United States	1: 52.9
4th	Henry Stallard	GBR	1: 53.0
5	William Richardson	United States	1: 53.7
6th	Ray Dodge	United States	1: 54.2
7th	John Watters	United States	1: 54.8
8th	Charles Hoff	NOR	1: 56.7

Finale: July 8th

Henry Stallard, who had become British champion and had also defeated Douglas Lowe, came as the favorite. But in his intermediate run Stallard injured himself and was handicapped. He sought his salvation in flight, leading to the 600-meter mark after a 400-meter passage time of 54.0 s. Then his strength faded. Douglas Lowe, Paul Martin and, most recently, Schuyler Enck passed him. Right at the front there was a tough duel for gold, which Lowe narrowly won against the outsider Martin.
The times were top notch, Ted Meredith's world record from 1912 was missed by only half a second. Amazingly, here was the eighth place that Charles Hoff achieved. He was actually a world-class pole vaulter and would have started as a favorite at these games. But he sustained an injury that made it impossible for him to continue practicing this sport. So he switched to the middle distance at very short notice with impressive success .

1500 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	3: 53.6 OR
2	Willy Schärer	SUI	3: 55.0
3	Henry Stallard	GBR	3: 55.6
4th	Douglas Lowe	GBR	3: 57.0
5	Ray Buker	United States	3: 58.6
6th	Lloyd Hahn	United States	3: 59.0
7th	Ray Watson	United States	3: 59.9
8th	Frej Liewendahl	FIN	4: 00.3

Finale: July 10th

The finals over 1500 and 5000 meters were scheduled in such a way that a double start over these two distances seemed impossible. The start of the 5000 meter run took place 26 minutes after the finish line of the 1,500 meter run. But obviously nothing was impossible for Paavo Nurmi. On June 19, 1924, the Finn tested whether he could risk tackling these two routes at the Olympic Games. The result of his attempt ended with world records on both distances. Here in Paris Nurmi first won the 1500 meters, which he easily won with an Olympic record with a stopwatch in hand . Willy Schärer came second and Henry Stallard won an Olympic medal with bronze despite his injury.

5000 m

→ Main article : 1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 5000 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	14: 31.2 OR
2	Ville Ritola	FIN	14: 31.4
3	Edvin Wide	SWE	15: 01.8
4th	John Romig	United States	15: 12.3
5	Eino Seppälä	FIN	15: 18.3
6th	Charles Clibbon	GBR	15: 28.9
7th	Lucien Dolquès	FRA	15: 33.0
8th	Axel Eriksson	SWE	15: 38.0

Finale: July 10th

26 minutes after reaching the finish line over 1500 meters , Paavo Nurmi now continued the 5000 meter distance . The competition was to be taken very seriously. V. a. Nurmi's compatriot Ville Ritola had the best cards four days after his Olympic victory over 10,000 meters because, unlike Nurmi, he was able to go to the start well rested. Ritola and Edvin Wide tried to wear down Nurmi at high speed right from the start. But they didn't succeed. At the 3,000 meter mark, Wide lost touch. Nurmi took the lead himself at 4000 meters. Despite a few attacks, Ritola failed to beat Nurmi. Both remained well below the existing Olympic record of their compatriot Hannes Kolehmainen from 1912 and Wide came in third about half a minute later.

10,000 m

→ Main article : 1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 10,000 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ville Ritola	FIN	30: 23.2 WR
2	Edvin Wide	SWE	30: 55.2
3	Eero mountain	FIN	31: 43.0
4th	Väinö Sipilä	FIN	31: 50.2
5	Ernie Harper	GBR	31: 58.0
6th	Halland Britton	GBR	32: 06.0
7th	Guillaume Tell	FRA	32: 12.0
8th	Earl Johnson	United States	32: 17.0

July 6th

Paavo Nurmi would have loved to have taken part in this competition, especially since there were no preliminary runs as usual. But the Finnish federation feared an overload of its star and so Ville Ritola, who competed here as a world record holder, could develop freely here. His only adversary was Edvin Wide, whom Ritola had already defeated long before the end of the race. When he won the Olympic Games, the Finn improved his own world record by more than twelve seconds and experts assumed that Nurmi would have found it very difficult with this ritola. However, Nurmi pulverized Ritola's world record with 30: 06.2 minutes at the end of August.

marathon

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space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Albin Stenroos	FIN	2:41:23 OR
2	Romeo Bertini	ITA	2:47:20
3	Clarence DeMar	United States	2:48:14
4th	Lauri Halons	FIN	2:49:48
5	Sam Ferris	GBR	2:52:26
6th	Manuel Plaza	CHI	2:52:54
7th	Boughera El-Ouafi	FRA	2:54:20
8th	Gustav Chin	SWE	2:54:34

July 13th

Albin Stenroos, already 35 years old, initially held back. Twelve years earlier at the Olympic Games in 1912 he had already won the bronze medal in the 10,000-meter run . The Greek Alexandros Kranis started the race at a fast pace and soon set himself apart from everyone else. But after ten kilometers he kept falling back and later gave up. From kilometer fourteen, Georges Verger took over the lead. But even this one had taken over and had to give up. At the turning point, Stenroos moved forward and extended his lead to more than six minutes by the time the goal was reached. The silver medal went to Romeo Bertini, the bronze to Clarence DeMar. He won the Boston Marathon seven times in his career, the first time in 1911 and the last time in 1930 at the age of 42.

110 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Daniel Kinsey	United States	15.0
2	Sidney Atkinson	RSA	15.0
3	Sten Pettersson	SWE	15.4
4th	Carl-Axel Christiernsson	SWE	15.5
5	Karl Anderson	United States	k. A.
6th	George Guthrie	United States	3 hurdles broken

Finale: July 9th

The spectators experienced a duel between Daniel Kinsey and Sidney Atkinson that was exciting to the end. With a narrow lead, Atkinson hit the last hurdle and lost his rhythm. So Kinsey passed him and won the gold medal.
George Guthrie crossed the finish line in third with 15.1 s, but did not receive the bronze medal for breaking three hurdles. He was officially ranked sixth.

400 m hurdles

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Morgan Taylor	United States	52.6
2	Erik Wilén	FIN	53.8 OR
3	Ivan Riley	United States	54.2
4th	Géo André	FRA	56.2
	Charles Brookins	United States	DSQ
	Frederick Blackett	GBR	DSQ

Finale: July 7th

The logic of the time ratings of this race - according to the rules applicable at the time - is difficult to understand. Morgan F. Taylor's time was not recognized as a world record because he had broken a hurdle, but his Olympic victory did not affect it. The same as today, however, was done with Charles Brookins, who had originally been in second place, but was disqualified because he had run outside of his track. Erik Wilén won the silver medal and was slower than the winner with a time of 1.2 seconds. Nevertheless, he was the sole holder of the Olympic record . Frederick Blackett had broken three hurdles and finished sixth. In contrast to George Guthrie , who passed the same 110 meter hurdles , Blackett was officially disqualified.

3000 m obstacle

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ville Ritola	FIN	09: 33.6 OR
2	Elias Katz	FIN	09: 44.0
3	Paul Bontemps	FRA	09: 45.2
4th	Marvin Rick	United States	09: 56.4
5	Karl Ebb	FIN	09: 57.5
6th	Evelyn Montague	GBR	09: 58.0
7th	Michael Devaney	United States	10: 01.0
8th	Albert Isola	FRA	10: 14.8

Finale: July 9th

Ville Ritola, already Olympic champion over 10,000 meters, was so far superior to his opponents in running that he won his second gold medal by a clear margin over Elias Katz and Paul Bontemps, even without special obstacle technique. With his winning time, Ritola undercut the existing Olympic record by almost 27 seconds.

4 × 100 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Frank Hussey Louis Clarke Loren Murchison Al LeConey	41.0 WRe
2	Great Britain	Harold Abrahams Walter Rangeley Lancelot Royle William Nichol	41.2
3	Netherlands	Jaap Boot Harry Broos Jan de Vries Marinus van den Berge	41.8
4th	Hungary	Ferenc Gerő Lajos Kurunczy László Muskát Gusztáv Rózsahegyi	42.0
5	France	Maurice Degrelle Albert Heisé René Mourlon André Mourlon	42.2
	Switzerland	Karl Borner Heinz Hemmi Josef Imbach Victor Moriaud	DSQ

Finale: July 13th

The clearly favored US season ultimately won and set its own world record from the intermediate run. But the British were able to keep up for a long time and were only two tenths of a second behind in the end. The bronze medal went to the Dutch.

4 × 400 m relay

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space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Commodore Cochran William Stephenson Oliver MacDonald Alan Helffrich	3: 16.0 WR
2	Sweden	Artur Svensson Erik Byléhn Gustaf Wejnarth Nils Engdahl	3: 17.0
3	Great Britain	Edward Toms George Renwick Richard Ripley Guy Butler	3: 17.4
4th	Canada	Horace Aylwin Alan Christie David Johnson William Maynes	3: 22.8
5	France	Raymond Fritz Gaston Féry Francis Galtier Barthélémy Favodon	3: 23.4
6th	Italy	Guido Cominotto Luigi Facelli Alfredo Gargiullo Ennio Maffiolini	3: 28.0

Finale: July 13th

Great Britain was in the lead until the first change. However, the British had to do without their 400 meter Olympic champion Eric Liddell because the race took place on a Sunday and Liddell did not start on Sundays, as he did over 100 meters . William Stephenson brought the USA relay as the second runner with a five-meter lead. Oliver MacDonald and Alan Helffrich also continued the race for the United States at high speed. So the Americans won with a new world record time . Sweden took second place ahead of Great Britain.

3000 m team

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space	country	Athletes	Place number
1	Finland	Paavo Nurmi (1st - 8: 32.0) Ville Ritola (2nd - 8: 40.6) Elias Katz (5th - 8: 45.4) not in the rating: Sameli Tala (13th) Frej Liewendahl ( DNF )	08th
2	Great Britain	Bertram Macdonald (3rd) Herbert Johnston (4th) George Webber (7th) not in the ranking: Walter Porter (10th) Arthur Clark (14th) William Seagrove (16th)	14th
3	United States	Edward Kirby (6th) William Cox (8th) Willard Tibbetts (11th) not in the ranking: Leo Larrivee (17th) Joie Ray (18th) James Connolly ( DNF )	25th
4th	France	Paul Bontemps (9th) Armand Burtin (11th) Léonard Mascaux (15th) not in the ranking: Camille Barbaud (19th) Jean Keller ( DNF ) Lucien Duquesne ( DNF )	31

Finale: July 13th

As in all earlier Olympic events of this race, the individual placements were added together, i.e. the number of places. Finland won this competition superiorly. Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola, by far the best track stretchers of these games, took first and second place by a clear margin - which meant their gold medals number five (Nurmi) and four (Ritola) respectively. Her team mate Elias Katz came in fifth. Behind them, too, there was a clear ranking with the British in second place and the USA in third place.
The 3000-meter team race was on the Olympic program for the last time.

Cross country running

→ Main article : 1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Cross Country (Men)

The cross-country run, known in English-speaking countries and today also in our country as cross-country run , was held here for the third and last time as an Olympic competition. There was an individual and a team classification. The route length in Paris was 10,650 meters.
This competition went down in history as the Sun Battle or the Heat Battle of Colombes . The race took place at 36 ° C in the shade and was beyond the strength of most of the participants. Out of 38 runners who started, just fifteen reached the finish. In the hospitals, doctors worked overtime to help the athletes who were suffering from their hardships.

Individual evaluation

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	32: 54.8
2	Ville Ritola	FIN	34: 19.4
3	Earl Johnson	United States	35: 21.0
4th	Ernie Harper	GBR	35: 45.4
5	Henri Lauvaux	FRA	36: 44.8
6th	Arthur Studenroth	United States	36: 45.4
7th	Carlo Martinenghi	ITA	37: 01.0
8th	August Fager	United States	37: 40.6

Date: July 12th

Even the great heat could not harm Paavo Nurmi's superiority. Like over 5000 meters there was a double victory for Finland with Nurmi in first place and Ville Ritola in second place. However, in contrast to the 5000 meter run, there was a considerable gap between the two, which was almost a minute and a half. The favorites had led together until halfway through the race. But in the end Edvin Wide, who later gave up, also had to let the two Finns go. Then Nurmi hung his last remaining opponent Ritola. The further distances at the finish were also large. More than a minute after Ritola was Earl Johnson, who won the bronze medal.

Team ranking

space	country	Athletes	Place number
1	Finland	Paavo Nurmi (1st) Ville Ritola (2nd) Heikki Liimatainen (8th) not in the ranking: Eero Berg ( DNF ) Eino Rastas Väinö Sipilä ( DNF )	11
2	United States	Earl Johnson (3rd) Arthur Studenroth (5th) August Fager (6th) not in the ranking: James Henigan ( DNF ) Verne Booth ( DNF ) John Gray ( DNF )	14th
3	France	Henri Lauvaux (4th) Gaston Heuet (7th) Maurice Norland (9th) not in the ranking: Robert Marchal ( DNF ) Lucien Dolquès ( DNF ) André Lausseigh ( DNF )	20th

Date: July 12th

As in the 3000 meter team run, the ranking of this race was based on the number of places. The rankings given in brackets in the table on the left deviate from the positions achieved in the individual ranking of the race because those runners whose teams were eliminated because fewer than three runners had reached the finish were not taken into account.

Finland was also in front here after the double victory of Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola and twelfth place for Heikki Liimatainen in the individual standings. The USA won silver, France bronze. All other teams were eliminated because they did not finish the required minimum number of three runners.

10,000 m walking

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ugo Frigerio	ITA	47: 49.0
2	Gordon Goodwin	GBR	48: 37.9
3	Cecil McMaster	RSA	49: 08.0
4th	Donato Pavesi	ITA	49: 17.0
5	Arthur Tell Schwab	SUI	49: 50.0
6th	Ernest Clark	GBR	49: 59.2
7th	Armando Valente	ITA	50: 07.0
8th	Luigi Bosatra	ITA	50: 09.0

Finale: July 13th

This time there was only one competition for the walkers . Here in Paris , too , the competition was held on the track again. And again Ugo Frigerio was the outstanding athlete in the field. He won the gold medal more than fifty seconds ahead of Gordon Goodwin and Cecil McMaster. Four years later, walking was temporarily removed from the Olympic program entirely, before there was another competition in 1932 , which was held in Los Angeles over the distance of fifty kilometers. Ugo Frigerio was there again and won the bronze medal.

high jump

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space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Harold Osborn	United States	1.98 OR
2	Leroy Brown	United States	1.95
3	Pierre Lewden	FRA	1.92
4th	Tom Poor	United States	1.88
5	Jenő Gáspár	HUN	1.88
6th	Helge Jansson	SWE	1.85
7th	Pierre Guilloux	FRA	1.85
8th	Sverre Helgesen	NOR	1.83
	Lawrence Roberts	RSA	1.83

7th of July

Harold Osborn became Olympic champion in the high jump here without any tricks . In other competitions before and after these games, Osborn had developed an actually forbidden technique to perfection: in the Western Roll developed by George Horine , he rolled over the bar and pressed it against the support stands so skillfully that it did not fall off, even if Osborn actually did not had really crossed. This technique was only possible because the bar could only fall forward in the direction of the jump pit and rest firmly on the other side. To prevent this forbidden species, the slat suspension was soon designed so that it could also fall backwards. In Paris , Osborn correctly jumped 1.98 m, which was an Olympic record . Leroy Brown did not manage this height and finished second in the Olympics, Pierre Lewden won the bronze medal with 1.92 m. He also failed at 2.02 m, which Osborn had still hung up. There were jump-offs for places four / five and six / seven due to the lack of multiple or failed attempts. Harold Osborn also won the decathlon five days later and is to this day the only athlete who could win gold medals in an individual discipline and in the decathlon.

Pole vault

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space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Lee Barnes	United States	3.95
2	Glenn Graham	United States	3.95
3	James Brooker	United States	3.90
4th	Henry Petersen	THE	3.90
5	Victor Pickard	CAN	3.80
6th	Ralph Spearow	United States	3.70
7th	Maurice Henrijean	BEL	3.65

Finale: July 10th

In the pole vault final, for which seven jumpers had qualified, there was a jump-off for gold and bronze. The only 17-year-old Lee Barnes was Olympic champion with 3.95 m ahead of the 20-year-old Glenn Graham. James Brooker won the bronze medal against Henry Petersen - both 3.90 m. The Olympic record of Frank Foss with 4.09 m of 1920 remained unchanged, however. In addition, the Norwegian world record holder - 4.21 m - Charles Hoff , who could no longer practice this sport due to an injury , was missing . Hoff had therefore decided to switch to the middle distance and was here in Paris Olympic eight in the 800-meter run .

Long jump

→ Main article : 1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - long jump (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	William DeHart Hubbard	United States	7.445
2	Edward Gourdin	United States	7.275
3	Sverre Hansen	NOR	7.260
4th	Vilho Tuulos	FIN	7.070
5	Louis Wilhelme	FRA	6,990
6th	Chris Mackintosh	GBR	6,920
7th	Virgilio Tommasi	ITA	6.890
8th	Jaap Boot	NED	6.860

Finale: July 8th

The day before, Robert LeGendre had set a long jump world record in the pentathlon with 7.765 m . However, that did not change the fact that William DeHart Hubbard was Olympic champion with 7.445 m. With DeHart Hubbard, one of the world's best long jumpers of his time won. He was American champion from 1922 to 1927 and replaced LeGendre in 1925 with 7.89 m as the world record holder. Second and third place went to Edward Gourdin and Sverre Hansen.

Triple jump

→ Main article : 1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Nick Winter	OUT	15,525 WR
2	Luis Brunetto	ARG	15.425
3	Vilho Tuulos	FIN	15,370
4th	Väinö Rainio	FIN	15.010
5	Folke Jansson	SWE	14,970
6th	Mikio Oda	JPN	14.350
7th	Earle Wilson	United States	14.235
8th	Ivar Sahlin	SWE	14,160

July 12

The triple jump developed into a competition of a special class. Four jumpers mastered the 15-meter mark and Luis Brunetto improved Tim Ahearnes' Olympic record to 15.425 m in the preliminary fight. Favorite Vilho Tuulos , Olympic champion from 1920 jumped with 15.37 m exactly 87 cm further than his Olympic victory and still won "only" bronze. The gold medal went to the surprisingly strong Nick Winter, who set a new world record with 15.525 m in the last attempt and thus pushed Brunetto into second place.

Shot put

→ Main article : 1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Bud Houser	United States	14,995
2	Glenn Hartranft	United States	14.895
3	Ralph Hills	United States	14,640
4th	Hannes Torpo	FIN	14,450
5	Norman Anderson	United States	14.290
6th	Elmer Niklander	FIN	14.265
7th	Ville Pörhölä	FIN	14,100
8th	Bertil Jansson	SWE	13.760

Finale: July 8th

In the shot put there was a triple success for the Americans. Bud Houser - actually Lemuel Clarence Houser's full name - won just ahead of Glenn Hartranft. The performances of the athletes did not quite come close to the distances that Ralph Rose and Pat McDonald had achieved in the era before the First World War . Ville Pörhölä, who was still Olympic champion in Antwerp four years ago , had to be content with seventh place here.

Discus throw

→ Main article : 1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus throw (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Bud Houser	United States	46.155 OR
2	Vilho Niittymaa	FIN	44,950
3	Thomas Lieb	United States	44.830
4th	Gus Pope	United States	44,420
5	Ketil Askildt	NOR	43,405
6th	Glenn Hartranft	United States	42,490
7th	Elmer Niklander	FIN	42.090
8th	Heikki Malmivirta	FIN	41.160

July 13th

The two Finnish Olympic champions of previous years Armas Taipale - 1912 - and Elmer Niklander - 1920 - were eliminated in the qualification, because only the best six made it to the final. They no longer reached the level of their best times. But they had worthy followers. Bud Houser, who had already won gold in the shot put, set a new Olympic record in his Olympic discus throw with 46.155 m . Vilho Niittymaa and Thomas Lieb finished second and third, just under the 45-meter mark.

Hammer throw

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Fred Tootell	United States	53.295
2	Matt McGrath	United States	50.840
3	Malcolm Nokes	GBR	48.875
4th	Erik Eriksson	FIN	48.740
5	Ossian Skiold	SWE	45.285
6th	James McEachern	United States	45.225
7th	Carl Johan Lind	SWE	44.785
8th	John Murdoch	CAN	42,480

Finale: July 10th

Olympic champion Fred Tootell remained just under 1.50 meters away from the Olympic record with his 53.295 m . This record was set by his compatriot Matthew McGrath at the Olympic Games in 1912 . McGrath took part in his fourth Olympic Games here in Paris at the age of 48 and won the silver medal behind Tootell with 50.84 m. Bronze went to the Briton Malcolm Nokes, who remained below the 50-meter mark with 48.875 m.

Javelin throw

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jonni Myyra	FIN	62.96
2	Gunnar Lindström	SWE	60.92
3	Eugene Colonel	United States	58.35
4th	Yrjö Ekqvist	FIN	57.56
5	William Neufeld	United States	56.96
6th	Erik Blomqvist	SWE	56.85
7th	Urho Peltonen	FIN	55.66
8th	Pekka Johansson	FIN	55.10

Finale: July 6th

The performance in the javelin could not come close to the level of the last Olympic Games . Six throwers had exceeded the 60-meter mark in Antwerp , here in Paris there were only two. Jonni Myyrä repeated his Olympic victory in 1920 with 62.96 m, defeating fellow favorite Gunnar Lindström, who achieved 60.92 m and then set a new world record with 66.62 m in October of the Olympic year . The bronze medal went to the American Eugene Oberst.

Pentathlon

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space	athlete	country	Place number
1	Eero Lehtonen	FIN	14th
2	Elemér Somfay	HUN	16
3	Robert LeGendre	United States	18th
4th	Leo Leino	FIN	23
5	Morton Kaer	United States	24
6th	Hugo Lahtinen	FIN	27
7th	Brutus Hamilton	United States	after 4 disciplines 7.
8th	Göran Unger	SWE	after 4 disciplines 8.

Date: July 7th

The pentathlon consisted as in the previous sweeps from the disciplines of long jump , javelin throw , 200 meter dash , discus throw and 1500 Meters . It was carried out similarly as before. This time the twelve best were admitted to the fourth discipline, and only the six best to the fifth. The number of points resulted from the individual placements of the athletes in the respective disciplines, so it was a ranking. Only in the event of a tie would the number of points in the decathlon table decide on the placement, but this was not necessary here.
The Finn Eero Lehtonen, who had already won this competition in 1920 , was also successful this time. He won the gold medal in front of the Hungarian Elemér Somfay and the American Robert LeGendre. The bronze medalist LeGendre managed the feat of setting a new world record in the long jump with 7.77 m . LeGendre did not qualify for participation in the long jump competition that took place a day later.

Decathlon

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space	athlete	country	P - official value.	P - 85 value.
1	Harold Osborn	United States	7710.775 OR	6478
2	Emerson Norton	United States	7350.895	6117
3	Aleksander Klumberg	EST	7329,360	6057
4th	Antti Huusari	FIN	7005.175	5952
5	Ernest Sutherland	RSA	6794.145	5749
6th	Ernst Gerspach	SUI	6743,530	5765
7th	Helge Jansson	SWE	6656.160	5633
8th	Harry Frieda	United States	6618,300	5542

Date: July 11th and 12th

The decathlon was already carried out then as it is today and also consisted of the same sub-disciplines. The scoring table, however, was different. It dates from 1920.
The two top favorites of this competition had won gold and bronze in the end. The Estonian - whose full name was Aleksander Klumberg-Kolmpere - was handicapped by an upset stomach so that he could not achieve his full potential. Harold Osborn became Olympic champion in Paris for the second time after his victory in the high jump . To this day he is the only athlete who could win the gold medal in the decathlon and in an individual discipline. Even Osborn's excellent result did not quite come close to the performance of Jim Thorpe , which he achieved in the 1912 . For a better classification of the performance, the converted points according to today's rating system are also given.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The history of Olympic athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970

Web links

• IOC website on athletics at the 1924 Olympic Games at olympic.org, accessed August 1, 2017
• Paris 1924 from olympia-lexikon.de, accessed on August 1, 2017
• Paris 1924: The games of the superstars on sportschau.de, accessed on August 1, 2017
• Paavo Nurmi. Paavo Johannes Nurmi (1897-1973) - our namesake on nurmis.at, accessed on August 1, 2017
• Paris 1924. Olympia live on the radio at Wissen.de, accessed on August 1, 2017