1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Marathon (Men)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | Marathon run | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 58 athletes from 20 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Stade de Colombes (start and finish) | ||||||||
| Competition phase | July 13, 1924 | ||||||||
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The men's marathon at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris was held on July 13, 1924. 58 athletes took part. The route ran for the second time after 1908 over the standard distance of 42.195 km, which is still valid today.
The Olympic champion was Albin Stenroos from Finland, ahead of Romeo Bertini from Italy and Clarence DeMar from the United States .
Existing records
- World annual best : 2:32: 35.8 h - Hannes Kolehmainen ( Finland ), Antwerp , August 22, 1920 - world records are not set in marathons .
- Olympic record : 2:32: 35.8 h - Hannes Kolehmainen ( Finland ), Antwerp Olympic marathon , August 22, 1920
route
After the start in the Stade de Colombes , the route led out of the stadium over the Seine on the Pont-Aqueduc de Colombes . We continued in a north-westerly direction to the control station in Val-Notre-Dame. Via Cormeilles-en-Parisis , the route led to Herblay-sur-Seine and then north to Pierrelaye . Passing another control station in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône , the path over the Pontoise crossed the Oise and then turned in a north-easterly direction following the course of the river. In the district of Le Chou there was a loop, after which it went back to the stadium on the same route. Half a lap had to be covered there in the end.
Bottom line
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Date: July 13, 1924, 5:23 p.m.
The start was delayed by two hours because the organizers were concerned about the health of the runners due to the heat and the incidents during the cross-country run of these games, the so-called heat battle of Colombes . Right at the beginning, the Greek Alexandros Kranis took the lead, followed by the Canadian John Cuthbert, the Japanese Kikunosuke Tashiro and the Swede Gustav Kinn. The favorites Albin Stenroos, Ville Kyrönen, Hannes Kolehmainen, Dunky Wright and Clarence DeMar held back on the first kilometers. At Herblay, DeMar shot up to the leaders. The French Georges Verger also went forward and took the lead at Pierrelaye to the delight of the French spectators. Stenroos, Romeo Bertini and DeMar soon followed suit. Verger's compatriot Jean-Baptiste Manhès also stayed in close contact. At the turn, Stenroos took the lead. Verger, DeMar, Bertini, the Italian Ettore Blasi and the Finn Lauri Halonen followed. While Stenroos was the undisputed front runner, Bertini and DeMar fought for second place, which the Italian finally won. Halonen could not keep up with the pace of the trio and finished fourth. Verger had already given up at Pierrelaye, while Boughera El-Ouafi, the best Frenchman, crossed the finish line in seventh place. Defending champion Kolehmainen could not work his way up to the leading group during the race and gave up about twelve km from the finish in 29th position.
Picture gallery
Clarence DeMar (USA), bronze medal winner (portrait from 1912)
The Chilean Manuel Plaza finished sixth
Best French in 7th place: Boughera El-Ouafi
The Italian Tullio Biscuola only came in 22nd
The Japanese Kanaguri Shisō had to give up after about 20 km
Defending champion Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) did not finish either
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 164
Web links
- SportsReference Marathon , accessed September 5, 2017
Video
- Paris 1924 Olympic Marathon | Marathon Week , published April 22, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed September 5, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official report, page 121 (fr.) ( 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 (Eng.)
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