1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 400 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 23 athletes from 13 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Stade de Colombes | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 6, 1924 (preliminary round / semi-finals) July 7, 1924 (final) |
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The men's 400-meter hurdles at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris was held on July 6th and 7th, 1924 in the Stade de Colombes . 23 athletes took part.
The American Morgan Taylor was Olympic champion ahead of the Finn Erkka Wilén . Bronze went to Ivan Riley from the USA.
A special feature of this race was that the stadium circuit in Colombes was 500 meters long.
Existing records
- World record : 54.0 s - Frank Loomis ( USA ), Antwerp , August 16, 1920
- Olympic record : 54.0 s - Frank Loomis ( USA ), Olympic final in Antwerp , August 16, 1920
Ivan Riley had achieved a time of 52.1 s on May 31, 1924 in Ann Arbor . However, this time was not recognized as a world record, because he had illegally knocked over a hurdle.
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in a total of six heats on July 6th. The two best runners each reached the semifinals on the same day. In the two preliminary rounds, the three best runners each qualified for the final, which took place the next day.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Prelims
Date: July 6, 1924
Not all times have been passed down.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Charles Brookins | United States | 54.8 s | |
2 | Humberto Lara | Chile | 56.5 s | |
3 | Philip MacDonald | Canada | 56.8 s |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Chan Coulter | United States | 55.0 s | |
2 | Erkka Wilén | Finland | 55.3 s | |
3 | Louis Lundgren | Denmark | 56.0 s | |
DNF | Pierre Arnaudin | France |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Géo André | France | 56.0 s | |
2 | Henri Thorsen | Denmark | 57.2 s | |
3 | Ioannis Talianos | Greece | 58.0 s |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Roger Much | France | 57.2 s | |
2 | Martti Jukola | Finland | 57.7 s | |
3 | Wilfrid Tatham | Great Britain | k. A. |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Morgan Taylor | United States | 55.8 s | |
2 | Frederick Blackett | Great Britain | 56.9 s | |
3 | Enrique Thompson | Argentina | 57.0 s | |
4th | Richard Honner | Australia | 58.5 s | |
5 | André Foussard | France | 1: 00.0 min |
Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ivan Riley | United States | 55.4 s | |
2 | Luigi Facelli | Italy | 56.4 s | |
3 | Jules Migeot | Belgium | 56.7 s | |
4th | Warren Montabone | Canada | k. A. | |
5 | Oscar van Rappard | Netherlands | k. A. |
Semifinals
Date: July 6, 1924
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Charles Brookins | United States | 54.6 s | |
2 | Morgan Taylor | United States | 54.9 s | |
3 | Erkka Wilén | Finland | 55.4 s | |
4th | Luigi Facelli | Italy | 55.6 s | |
5 | Roger Much | France | 56.7 s | |
6th | Henri Thorsen | Denmark | 57.3 s |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ivan Riley | United States | 56.6 s | |
2 | Géo André | France | 56.7 s | |
3 | Frederick Blackett | Great Britain | 58.4 s | |
4th | Chan Coulter | United States | 58.6 s | |
5 | Martti Jukola | Finland | 58.6 s | |
6th | Humberto Lara | Chile | 59.0 s |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Morgan Taylor | United States | 52.6 s | WR not recognized |
2 | Erkka Wilén | Finland | 53.8 s | OR |
3 | Ivan Riley | United States | 54.2 s | |
4th | Géo André | France | 56.2 s | |
DSQ | Charles Brookins | United States | ||
DSQ | Frederick Blackett | Great Britain |
Date: July 7, 1924
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.
Morgan Taylor's gold medal marked the fifth US victory in the fifth Olympic final in the discipline.
Erik Wilén won the first Finnish medal in the 400 meter hurdles .
The French Géo André, who finished fourth, took part in his fourth Olympic Games here. He had taken the Olympic oath at the opening ceremony .
Picture gallery
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 165f
Video
- Morgan Taylor's first Olympic Gold - 400m Hurdles - Paris 1924 Olympic Games , published June 14, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed September 6, 2017
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 166
- ↑ Official report, pages 127 - 128 (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.
- ↑ SportsReference (English)