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Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics

 
Wikipedia: Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics

At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, 27 athletics events were contested, all for men only.

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Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harold Abrahams
Great Britain (GBR)
US flag 48 stars.svg Jackson Scholz
United States (USA)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Arthur Porritt
New Zealand (NZL)
200 metres US flag 48 stars.svg Jackson Scholz
United States (USA)
US flag 48 stars.svg Charles Paddock
United States (USA)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eric Liddell
Great Britain (GBR)
400 metres Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eric Liddell
Great Britain (GBR)
US flag 48 stars.svg Horatio Fitch
United States (USA)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Butler
Great Britain (GBR)
800 metres Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Douglas Lowe
Great Britain (GBR)
Flag of Switzerland.svg Paul Martin
Switzerland (SUI)
US flag 48 stars.svg Schuyler Enck
United States (USA)
1500 metres Flag of Finland.svg Paavo Nurmi
Finland (FIN)
Flag of Switzerland.svg Willy Schärer
Switzerland (SUI)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Stallard
Great Britain (GBR)
3000 metre team race  Finland (FIN)
Paavo Nurmi
Ville Ritola
Elias Katz
 Great Britain (GBR)
Bernhard McDonald
Harry Johnston
George Webber
 United States (USA)
Edward Kirby
William Cox
Willard Tibbetts
5000 metres Flag of Finland.svg Paavo Nurmi
Finland (FIN)
Flag of Finland.svg Ville Ritola
Finland (FIN)
Flag of Sweden.svg Edvin Wide
Sweden (SWE)
10000 metres Flag of Finland.svg Ville Ritola
Finland (FIN)
Flag of Sweden.svg Edvin Wide
Sweden (SWE)
Flag of Finland.svg Eero Berg
Finland (FIN)
Marathon Flag of Finland.svg Albin Stenroos
Finland (FIN)
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Romeo Bertini
Italy (ITA)
US flag 48 stars.svg Clarence DeMar
United States (USA)
110 metre hurdles US flag 48 stars.svg Daniel Kinsey
United States (USA)
South Africa Red Ensign.png Sydney Atkinson
South Africa (RSA)
Flag of Sweden.svg Sten Pettersson
Sweden (SWE)
400 metre hurdles US flag 48 stars.svg Morgan Taylor
United States (USA)
Flag of Finland.svg Erik Vilen
Finland (FIN)
US flag 48 stars.svg Ivan Riley
United States (USA)
3000 metre steeplechase Flag of Finland.svg Ville Ritola
Finland (FIN)
Flag of Finland.svg Elias Katz
Finland (FIN)
Flag of France.svg Paul Bontemps
France (FRA)
Individual cross-country Flag of Finland.svg Paavo Nurmi
Finland (FIN)
Flag of Finland.svg Ville Ritola
Finland (FIN)
US flag 48 stars.svg Earl Johnson
United States (USA)
Team cross-country  Finland (FIN)
Paavo Nurmi
Ville Ritola
Heikki Liimatainen
 United States (USA)
Earl Johnson
Arthur Studenroth
August Fager
 France (FRA)
Henri Lauvaux
Gaston Heuet
Maurice Norland
4×100 metre relay  United States (USA)
Loren Murchison
Louis Clarke
Frank Hussey
Alfred LeConey
 Great Britain (GBR)
Harold Abrahams
Walter Rangeley
William Nichol
Lancelot Royle
 Netherlands (NED)
Jan de Vries
Jacob Boot
Harry Broos
Marinus van den Berge
4×400 metre relay  United States (USA)
Commodore Cochran
Alan Helffrich
Oliver MacDonald
William Stevenson
 Sweden (SWE)
Artur Svensson
Erik Byléhn
Gustaf Wejnarth
Nils Engdahl
 Great Britain (GBR)
Edward Toms
George Renwick
Richard Ripley
Guy Butler
10 km walk Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Ugo Frigerio
Italy (ITA)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Goodwin
Great Britain (GBR)
South Africa Red Ensign.png Cecil McMaster
South Africa (RSA)
High jump US flag 48 stars.svg Harold Osborn
United States (USA)
US flag 48 stars.svg Leroy Brown
United States (USA)
Flag of France.svg Pierre Lewden
France (FRA)
Long jump US flag 48 stars.svg William DeHart Hubbard
United States (USA)
US flag 48 stars.svg Edward Gourdin
United States (USA)
Flag of Norway.svg Sverre Hansen
Norway (NOR)
Triple jump Flag of Australia.svg Nick Winter
Australia (AUS)
Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Brunetto
Argentina (ARG)
Flag of Finland.svg Vilho Tuulos
Finland (FIN)
Pole vault US flag 48 stars.svg Lee Barnes
United States (USA)
US flag 48 stars.svg Glen Graham
United States (USA)
US flag 48 stars.svg James Brooker
United States (USA)
Shot put US flag 48 stars.svg Clarence Houser
United States (USA)
US flag 48 stars.svg Glenn Hartranft
United States (USA)
US flag 48 stars.svg Ralph Hills
United States (USA)
Discus throw US flag 48 stars.svg Clarence Houser
United States (USA)
Flag of Finland.svg Vilho Niittymaa
Finland (FIN)
US flag 48 stars.svg Thomas Lieb
United States (USA)
Hammer throw US flag 48 stars.svg Fred Tootell
United States (USA)
US flag 48 stars.svg Matt McGrath
United States (USA)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Malcolm Nokes
Great Britain (GBR)
Javelin throw Flag of Finland.svg Jonni Myyrä
Finland (FIN)
Flag of Sweden.svg Gunnar Lindström
Sweden (SWE)
US flag 48 stars.svg Eugene Oberst
United States (USA)
Pentathlon Flag of Finland.svg Eero Lehtonen
Finland (FIN)
Civil Ensign of Hungary.svg Elemér Somfay
Hungary (HUN)
US flag 48 stars.svg Robert LeGendre
United States (USA)
Decathlon US flag 48 stars.svg Harold Osborn
United States (USA)
US flag 48 stars.svg Emerson Norton
United States (USA)
Flag of Estonia.svg Aleksander Klumberg-Kolmpere
Estonia (EST)

Participating nations

657 athletes from 40 nations competed.[1] Ten nations competed in athletics for the first time. Cuba, Lithuania, Romania, and Uruguay were the only four nations not to compete in athletics.

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 12 10 10 32
2  Finland (FIN) 10 5 2 17
3  Great Britain (GBR) 3 3 5 11
4  Italy (ITA) 1 1 0 2
5  Australia (AUS) 1 0 0 1
6  Sweden (SWE) 0 3 2 5
7  Switzerland (SUI) 0 2 0 2
8  South Africa (RSA) 0 1 1 2
9  Argentina (ARG) 0 1 0 1
 Hungary (HUN) 0 1 0 1
11  France (FRA) 0 0 3 3
12  Estonia (EST) 0 0 1 1
 Netherlands (NED) 0 0 1 1
 New Zealand (NZL) 0 0 1 1
 Norway (NOR) 0 0 1 1

References

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