1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	3000 meter obstacle course
gender	Men
Attendees	20 athletes from 10 countries
Competition location	Stade de Colombes
Competition phase	July 7, 1924 (preliminary round) July 9, 1924 (final)
Medalist Ville Ritola ( FIN )   Elias Katz ( FIN )   Paul Bontemps ( FRA )

The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris was held on July 7th and 9th, 1924 in the Stade de Colombes . 20 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was the Finn Ville Ritola ahead of his compatriot Elias Katz . Bronze went to Paul Bontemps from France.

This race, like the 100 and 400-meter races, is the theme of the 1981 Oscar-winning film The Winner's Hour (OT: Chariots of Fire ) by Hugh Hudson . British starter Evelyn Montague was portrayed by Nicholas Farrell .

Existing records

• Unofficial world best: 9: 36.6 min - Ernesto Ambrosini ( Italy ), June 9, 1923 - World records were not set due to the not yet standardized rules for the 3000 meter obstacle course .
• Olympic record : 10: 00.4 min - Percy Hodge ( Great Britain ), Antwerp Olympic final , August 20, 1920

Conducting the competition

The run was not on the cinder track of the Stade de Colombes , but on a grass track.

The athletes competed in a total of three heats on July 7th. The three best runners in each case qualified for the final, which took place on July 9th.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

Date: July 7, 1924

Not all times have been passed down.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Elias Katz	Finland	9: 43.8 min	OR
2	Paul Bontemps	France	9: 47.2 min
3	Evelyn Montague	Great Britain	9: 48.0 min
4th	Nestori Järvelä	Finland	k. A.
5	Russell Payne	United States	k. A.
6th	Georges Leclerc	France	10: 20.0 min
7th	Antenore Negri	Italy	k. A.

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Albert Isola	France	9: 57.8 min
2	Michael Devaney	United States	k. A.
3	Karl Ebb	Finland	k. A.
4th	Ernesto Ambrosini	Italy	k. A.
5	David Cummings	Great Britain	k. A.
6th	Leonard Richardson	South African Union	k. A.
DNF	Sean Kelly	Irish Free State
	Jan Zeegers	Netherlands

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Ville Ritola	Finland	9: 59.0 min
2	Marvin Rick	United States	10: 11.0 min
3	Sidney Newey	Great Britain	k. A.
4th	Maurice de Conninck	France	10: 19.0 min
5	Stanislaw paragraph	Poland	10: 38.4 min

Olympic Champion Ville Ritola (FIN)

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Ville Ritola	Finland	9: 33.6 min	OR
2	Elias Katz	Finland	9: 44.0 min
3	Paul Bontemps	France	9: 45.2 min
4th	Marvin Rick	United States	9: 56.4 min
5	Karl Ebb	Finland	9: 57.5 min
6th	Evelyn Montague	Great Britain	9: 58.0 min
7th	Michael Devaney	United States	10:01.0 min
8th	Albert Isola	France	10: 14.8 min
9	Sidney Newey	Great Britain	k. A.

Date: July 9, 1924

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. Official world records were not yet set on this route.

For Ville Ritola it was the second gold medal in Paris after his victory over 10,000 meters .

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 166f

Web links

• SportsReference 3000 m obstacle , accessed September 6, 2017

Video

• Ville Ritola 1924 , published May 23, 2014 on youtube.com, accessed September 6, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 166
2. ↑ Official report, page 123/124 (French) ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)