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Paris 1924 Olympic Games

The Paris 1924 Olympic Games produced some of the defining moments of early Olympic athletics and reinforced the growing international stature of track and field. Finland once again dominated distance running through the legendary “Flying Finns”, led by Paavo Nurmi, who achieved one of the greatest feats in Olympic history by winning the 1500m and 5000m titles within less than an hour on the same day, in addition to claiming victory in the individual cross-country event. Ville Ritola added further Finnish success by capturing gold in the 10,000m and 3000m steeplechase.

The Games also delivered iconic sprint performances from Great Britain’s Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, winners of the 100m and 400m respectively. Liddell famously chose not to compete in the 100m because its heats were scheduled on a Sunday. The United States led the athletics medal standings with 12 gold medals, while Finland followed with 10, highlighting one of the defining competitive rivalries of the decade.

Paris 1924 also marked important milestones in athletics history. DeHart Hubbard became the first African-American athlete to win an individual Olympic athletics gold medal with victory in the long jump, while Harold Osborn achieved a remarkable double by winning both the high jump and decathlon, setting a World Record in the latter. The Games showcased rising standards across multiple disciplines and further established athletics as the centerpiece of the modern Olympic movement.

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Men’s 100m final – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Harold Abrahams	GBR	10.6 =OR	first European to win the Olympic100m
2	Jackson Scholtz	USA	10.7e
3	Arthur Porritt	NZL	10.8e
4	Chester Bowman	USA	10.9e
5	Charles Paddock	USA	10.9e
6	Loren Murchison	USA	11.0e

Men’s 200m final – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Jackson Scholtz	USA	21.6 OR	the only track event on the flat not won by athletes either from Britain or Finland in 1924
2	Charles Paddock	USA	21.7e
3	Eric Liddell	GBR	21.9e
4	George Hill	USA	22.0e
5	Bayes Norton	USA	22.0e
6	Harold Abrahams	USA	22.3e

Men’s 400m final – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Eric Lintell	GBR	47.6 WR
2	Horatio Fitch	USA	48.4e / 48.2
3	Guy Butler	GBR	48.6e / 48.4
4	David Johnson	CAN	48.8e
5	John Taylor	USA	67e
	Joseph Imbach	SUI	DNF

Men’s 800m final – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Douglas Lowe	GBR	1:52.4
2	Paul Martin	SUI	1:52.5e
3	Scguyler Enck	USA	1:52.9e
4	“Henry” Stallard	GBR	1:53.0e
5	William Richardson	USA	1:53.7e
6	Ray Dodge	USA	1:54.2e
7	John Watters	USA	1:54.8e
8	Charles Hoff	NOR	1:56.7e	a top pole vaulter of his era and WR holder

Men’s 1500m final- Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	3:53.6 OR
2	“Willy” Schärer	SUI	3:55.0
3	“Henry” Stallard	GBR	3:55.6
4	Douglas Lowe	GBR	3:57.0e
5	Ramon Buker	USA	3:58.6e
6	Lloyd Hahn	USA	3:59.0e
7	Raymond Watson	USA	3:59.9e
8	Frej Liewendahl	FIN	4:00.3e

Men’s 5000m final – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	14:31.2 OR
2	Vile Ritola	FIN	14:31.4
3	Edwin Vide	SWE	15:01.8
4	John Romig	USA	15:12.3e
5	Eino Seppälä	FIN	15:18.3e
6	Charles Clibbon	GBR	15:28.9e
7	Lucien Dolquès	FRA	15:33.0e	according to some resources 15:29.8 (World Athletics 2020)
8	Axel Eriksson	SWE	15:38.0e

10,000 m. final – Paris 1924¹ Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Vile Ritola	FIN	30:23.2 WR
2	Edvin Wide	SWE	30:55.2
3	Eero Berg	FIN	31:43.0
4	Vaino Sipila	FIN	31:50.2
5	Ernie Harper	GBR	31:58.0e
6	Halland Britton	GBR	32:06.0e
7	Guillaume Tell	FRA	32:12.0e
8	Earle Johnson	USA	32:17.0e

¹ Note: The largest filed ever (officialy 43, more likely 33) for a track final. Nurmi had hoped to defend his title, but the Finnish authorities felt his programme (1500m, 5000m, 3000m team race & Cross country) was full enough. Before the Games Nurmi ran a trial in 29:58, and after Paris he broke Ritola’s new record by 17 seconds (World Athletics 2020).

Men’s Marathon² – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Albin Stenroos	FIN	2:41.22.6 OR
2	Romeo Bertini	ITA	2:47:19.6
3	Clarence DeMar	USA	2:48.14.0
4	Lauri Halonen	FIN	2:49.47.4
5	Sam Ferris	GBR	2:52:26.0
6	Manuel Plaza	CHI	2:52.54.0
7	Bourgera El Quafi	FRA	2:54.19.6
8	Gustav Kinn	SWE	2:54.33.4

² Note: The Marathon distance was fixed at 42.195m (26.219 ml)

Men’s 3000m steeplechase final – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Ville Ritola	FIN	9:33.6 OR
2	Elias Katz	FIN	9:44.0e
3	Paul Bontemps	FRA	9:45.2e
4	Marvin Rick	USA	9:56.4e
5	Karl Ebb	FIN	9:57.5e
6	Evelyn Montaque	GBR	9:58.0e
7	Michael Devaney	USA	10:01.0e
8	Albert Isola	FRA	10:14.8e

Men’s 110m hurdles final – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Daniel Kinsey	USA	15.0
2	Sydney Atkinson	RSA	15.0
3	Sten-Pelle Petterson	SWE	15.4
4	Carl-Axel Christiensson	SWE	15.5
5	Karl Anderson	USA		a time of 15.9 credited, which was incorrect according to available photos (World Athletics 2020)
	Goerge Guthrie	USA	DQ	knocked over hurdle (15.1)

Men’s 400m hurldes final – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Morgan Taylor	USA	52.6	Taylor was deprived of a WR because of the rule which prevented a record if any hurdle was knocked over
2	Erk  Wilén	FIN	53.8 OR	Wilen was credited with the OR, after Brookins was disqualifies for running out of his lane
3	Ivan Riley	USA	54.2
4	“Géo” André	FRA	56.2
	Charles Brookins	USA	DQ	(TR n.17.3.1) (53.5e)
	Charles Daggs	USA	DQ	(TR n.17.3.1) (56.0e)

Men’s High Jump final – Paris 1924 Olympi Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Harold Osborn	USA	1.98 OR
2	Leroy Brown	USA	1.95
3	Pierre Lewden	FRA	1.92
4	Thomas Poor	USA	1.88	Places 4th to 7th was determined by jump-offs
5	Jenő Gáspár	HUN	1.88
6	Helge Jansson	SWE	1.85
7	Pierre Guilloux	FRA	1.85
8	Sven Helgesen	NOR	1.83
=8	Lawrence Roberts	RSA	1.83

Men’s Pole Vault final – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Lee Barnes	USA	3.95
2	Glen Graham	USA	3.95
3	James Brooker	USA	3.90
4	Henry Petersen	DEN	3.90
5	Victor Pichard	CAN	3.80
6	Ralph Spearow	USA	3.70
8	Maurice Henrijean	BEL	3.65

Men’s Long Jump final – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	DeHart Hubbard	USA	7.445
2	Ed Gourdin	USA	7.275
3	Sverre Hansen	NOR	7.26	set in qualif.round
4	Vilho Tuulos	FIN	7.07	set in qualif.round
5	Louis Wilhelme	FRA	6.99	set in qualif.round
6	Christofer Mackintosh	GBR	6.92	set in qualif.round
7	Virgilio Tommasi	ITA	6.89
8	Jaap Boot	NED	6.86

Men’s Triple Jump final – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	“Nick” Winter	AUS	15.525 WR	improved Ahearn’s WR by half a centimetre
2	Luis Brunetto	ARG	15.425
3	Vilho Tuulos	FIN	15.37
4	Väinö Rainio	FIN	15.01
5	Folke Janson	SWE	14.97
6	Mikio Oda	JPN	14.35
7	Earle Wilson	USA	14.235
8	Ivar Sahlin	SWE	14.16

Men’s Shot Put final – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	” Bud” Houser	USA	14.995	set in qualif. round
2	Glenn Hartnaft	USA	14.885
3	Ralph Hills	USA	14.64
4	Hannes Torpo	FIN	14.45	set in qualif. round
5	Norman Anderson	USA	14.29	set in qualif. round
6	Elmer Niklander	FIN	14.265	set in qualif. round
7	“Ville” Pörhölä	FIN	14.10
8	Bertil Jansson	SWE	13.76

Men’s Discus Throw final – Paris 1924 Olymic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	“Bud” Houser	USA	46.155 OR
2	Vilho Nittymaa	FIN	44.95
3	Thomas Lieb	USA	44.83
4	August Pope	USA	44.42
5	Ketil Asklidt	NOR	43.405
6	Glenn Hartanaft	USA	42.49	all marks except Hartanaft’s set in the qualif. round
7	Elmer Niklander	FIN	42.09
8	Heikki Malmivirta	FIN	41.16

Men’s Hammer Throw final – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Fred Tootell	USA	53.295
2	Matt McGath	USA	50.84
3	Malcolm Nokes	GBR	48.875	set in the qualif.round
4	Erik Eriksson	FIN	48.74
5	Ossian Skiöld	SWE	45.285
6	James McEachern	USA	45.225
7	Carl-Johan Lind	SWE	44.785
8	John Murdock	CAN	42.48

Men’s Javelin Throw final – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Jonni Myyrä	FIN	62.96
2	Gunnar  Lindström	SWE	60.92
3	Eugen Oberst	USA	58.35
4	Yrjö Ekqvist	FIN	57.56
5	William Neufeld	USA	56.96
6	Erik Blomqvist	SWE	56.85
7	Urho Peltonen	FIN	55.66
8	Pekka Johansson (Jaale)	FIN	55.10

Decathlon – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Harold Osborn	USA	7710.775 WR (6476)4	100m 11.2 / LJ 6.92 / SP 11.435 / HJ 1.97 / 400m 53.2 / 110mH 16.0 / DT 34.51 / PV 3.50 / JT 46.69 / 1500m 4:50.0
2	Emmerson Norton	USA	7350.895 (6117)	11.6 – 6.92 – 13.04 – 1.92 – 53.0 – 16.6 – 33.11 – 3.80 – 42.09 – 5:38.0
3	Aleksander Klumberg (Kolmpere)	EST	7329.360 (6057)	11.6 – 6.96 – 12.27 – 1.75 – 54.4 – 17.6 – 36.795 – 3.30 – 57.70 – 5:16.0
4	“Antti” Huusari	FIN	7005.175 (5952)	12.0 – 6.16 – 12.02 – 1.70 – 53.4 – 16.6 – 33.15 – 3.20 – 53.65 – 4:37.2
5	Edward Sutherland	RSA	6794.145 (5929)	11.6 – 6.67 – 10.86 – 1.80 – 56.0 – 16.6 – 30.83 – 3.30 – 51.01 – 5:19.0
6	Ernst Gerspach	SUI	6743.530 (5765)	11.4 – 6.46 – 10.35 – 1.70 – 53.4 – 16.8 – 33.91 – 3.40 – 44.82 – 5:08.2
7	Helge Jansson	SWE	6656.160 (5633)	11.6 – 6.32 – 12.22 -1.83 – 54.2 – 17.8 – 32.08 – 3.10 – 47.20 – 5:22.0
8	Harry Frieda	USA	6618.300 (5541)	11.6 – 5.94 – 11.01 – 1.60- 54.0 – 19.0 – 35.09 – 3.40 – 54.90 – 5:02.6

4X100m. relay – Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	United States	USA	41.0 WR	Frank Hussey, Louis Clarke, Loren Murchison, Al Leconey
2	Great Britain & NI	GBR	41.2	Harold Abrahams, Walter Rangeley, Lancelot Royle, William Nichol
3	Netherlands	NED	41.8	Jaap Boot, Harry Broos, Jan de Vries, Marinus van den Berghe
4	Hungary	HUN	42.0	Ferenc Gerő, Lajos Kurunczy, László Muskát, Custáb Rózsahegyi
5	France	FRA	42.2	Maurice Degrelle, Albert Heise, René Mourlon, André Mourlon
	Switzerland	SUI	DQ	Karl Borner, Heinz Hemmi, Joseph Imbach, David Moriaud (TR n.24.7)

4x400m relay, Paris 1924 Olympic Games

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	United States	USA	3:16.0 WR	Commodore Cochran 50.1, William Stevenson 49.2, Oliver MacDonald 48.5, Alan Hellrich 48.2
2	Sweden	SWE	3:17.0	Artur Svensson 50.1, Erik Byléhn 49.8, Gustaf Wejnarth 48.7, Nils Engdahl 48.4
3	Great Britain & NI	GBR	3:17.4	Edward Toms 49.8, George Renwick 50.2, Richard Ripley 48.5, Guy Butler 48.9
4	Canada	CAN	3:22.8e	Horace Aylwin, Allan Christies, David Johnson, William Maynes
5	France	FRA	3:23.4e	Raymond Fritz, Gasto Féry, Francis Galtier, Barthélemy Favodon
6	Italy	ITA	3:28.0e	Guido Cominotto, Luigi Facelli, Alfredo Gargiullo, Ennio Maffiolini

Paris 1924 Olympic Games – Discontinued events

3000m Team Race

Position	Athlete	Country	Points	Notes
1	Finland	FIN	8	Paavo Nurmi (1/8:32.0), Ville Ritola 92), Elias Katz (5)
2	Great Britain & NI	GBR	14	Bertram MacDonald (3), Herbert Johnston (4), George Webber (7)
3	United States	USA	25	Edward Kirby (6), William Cox (8), Williard Tibbetts (11)
4	France	FRA	31	Paul Bontemps (9), Armand Burtin (10), Leonard Mascaux (12)

Cross Country (10.7 Km)

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	32:54.8
2	Ville Ritola	FIN	34.19.4
3	Earle Johnson	US	35:21.0
4	Ernie Harper	GBR	35:45.4
5	Henri Lauvaux	FRA	36:44.8
6	Artur Studenroth	USA	36:45.4
7	Carlo Marinenghi	ITA	37:01.0
8	August Fager	USA	37:40.6

Cross Country – Team Race

Position	Athlete	Country	Points	Notes
1	Finland	FIN	11	Paavo Nurmi (1/1), Ville Ritola (2), Heikki Limatainen (8)
2	United States	USA	14	Earle Johnson (3), Arthur Studenroth (5), August Fager (6)
3	France	FRA	20	Henri Lauvaux (4), Gaston Heuet (7), Maurice Norland (9)

Pentathlon⁵

Position	Athlete	Country	Places (1912 tables)	Notes
1	Eero Lehtonen	FIN	14 (3861.465)	LJ 6.68/7 – JT 50.93/4 – 200m 23.0/1 – DT 40.44/1 – 1500m 4:47.0/1
2	Elemer Somfay	HUN	16 (3760.375)	6.77/5 – 52.07/2 -23.4/5 – 37.76/2 – 4:48.4/2
3	Robert LeGendre	USA	18 (3870.9)	7.765/1 – 48.04/9 -23.0/1 – 36.74/4 – 4:48.4/2
4	Leo Leino	FIN	23 (3627.56)	6.72/6 – 54.12/1 – 23.2/4 33.63/8 – 4:55.4/4
5	Morton Kaer	USA	24 (3306.02)	6.96/2 – 50.20/5 – 23.0/1 – 32.70/10 5:38.6/6
6	Hugo Lahtinen	FIN	27 (3571.81)	6.895/3 – 48.77/7 – 23.6/7 – 36.08/5 4:55.6/5
7	Brutus Hamilton	USA	– (2886.87)	6.83/4 – 48.96/6 – 24.4/12 – 37.70/3 –
8	Goran Unger	SWE	– (3609.295)	6.56/8 – 48.45/8 – 23.8/8 – 35.11/6 – 4:26.2

10,000m Walk

Position	Athlete	Country	Performance	Notes
1	Ugo Frigerio	ITA	47:49.0
2	Gordon Goodwin	GBR	48:37.9
3	Cecil McMaster	RSA	49:08.0
4	Donato Pavesi	ITA	49:17.0
5	Arthur Tell Schwab	SUI	49:50.0
6	Ernest Clark	GBR	49:59:2e
7	Armando Valente	ITA	50:07.0e
8	Luigi Besatra	ITA	50:09.0e

See also:[Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games][Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games]