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Global Global championships · since 1896

1924 Olympic Games

Paris, France 4 May – 27 Jul 1924

events: 27
medals awarded: 81
nations on the podium: 15
world records: 5

Podiums

Sprints

100m

1

Harold Abrahams OR= 10.6

2

Jackson Scholz 10.7 e

3

Arthur Porritt 10.8 e

Sprints

200m

1

Jackson Scholz OR 21.6

2

Charles Paddock 21.7 e

3

Eric Liddell 21.9 e

Sprints

400m

1

Eric Liddell WR 47.6

2

Horatio Fitch 48.4 e

3

Guy Butler 48.6 e

Middle & long

800m

1

Douglas Lowe 1:52.4

2

Paul Martin 1:52.5 e

3

Sky Enck 1:52.9 e

Middle & long

1500m

1

Paavo Nurmi OR 3:53.6

2

Willy Schaerer 3:55.0

3

Henry Stallard 3:55.6

Middle & long

3000m team

1

Finland

Paavo Nurmi Ville Ritola Elias Katz Sameli Tala Frej Liewendahl Eino Seppälä

8 1

2

Great Britain & NI

Bertram MacDonald Herbert Johnston George Webber Arthur Clark William Seagrove Walter Porter

14 3

3

United States of America

Edward Kirby Bill Cox Willard Tibbetts Leo Larrivee Joie Ray James Connolly

25 6

Middle & long

5000m

1

Paavo Nurmi OR 14:31.2

2

Ville Ritola 14:31.4

3

Edvin Wide 15:01.8

Middle & long

10,000m

1

Ville Ritola WR 30:23.2

2

Edvin Wide NR 30:55.2

3

Eero Berg 31:43.0

Road

Marathon

1

Albin Stenroos OR 2:41:23

2

Romeo Bertini 2:47:20

3

Clarence DeMar 2:48:14

Middle & long

3000m steeplechase

1

Ville Ritola OR 9:33.6

2

Elias Katz 9:44.0 e

3

Paul Bontemps 9:45.2 e

Hurdles

110m hurdles

1

Daniel Kinsey 15.0

2

Sydney Atkinson Competed as SAF (South Africa) 15.0

3

Sten Pettersson 15.4

Hurdles

400m hurdles

1

Morgan Taylor Not ratified OR because of rule: hurdle knocked 52.6

2

Erik Wilen OR 53.8

3

Ivan Riley 54.2

Jumps

High jump

1

Harold Osborn OR 1.98

2

Leroy Brown 1.95

3

Pierre Lewden 1.92

Jumps

Pole vault

1

Lee Barnes 3.95

2

Glenn Graham 3.95

3

James Brooker 3.90

Jumps

Long jump

1

DeHart Hubbard 7.44 ,5

2

Ned Gourdin 7.27 ,5

3

Sverre Hansen 7.26

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Nick Winter WR 15.52 ,5

2

Luis Brunetto 15.42 ,5

3

Vilho Tuulos 15.37

Throws

Shot put

1

Bud Houser 14.99 ,5

2

Glenn Hartranft 14.89 ,5

3

Ralph Hills 14.64

Throws

Discus throw

1

Bud Houser OR 46.15 ,5

2

Vilho Niittymaa 44.95

3

Thomas Lieb 44.83

Throws

Hammer throw

1

Fred Tootell 53.29

2

Matt McGrath 50.84

3

Malcolm Nokes 48.87

Throws

Javelin throw

1

Jonni Myyra 62.96

2

Gunnar Lindström 60.92

3

Eugene Oberst 58.35

Race walks

10,000m race walk

1

Ugo Frigerio 47:49.0

2

Gordon Goodwin 48:37.9

3

Cecil McMaster Competed as SAF (South Africa) 49:08.0

Combined

Decathlon

1

Harold Osborn Upd to 84 table: 6476 pts 7710 ,775

2

Emerson Norton Upd to 84 table: 6117 pts 7350 ,895

3

Aleksander Klumberg Upd to 84 table: 6057 pts 7329 ,360

Combined

Pentathlon

1

Eero Lehtonen 14 pts

2

Elemer Somfay 16 pts

3

Robert LeGendre 18 pts

Relays

4x100m

1

United States of America

Loren Murchison Louis Clarke Frank Hussey Al LeConey

WR= 41.0

2

Great Britain & NI

Harold Abrahams Walter Rangeley Wilfred Nichol Lance Royle

41.2

3

Netherlands

Jan De Vries Jacob Boot Harry Broos Marinus Van den Berge

41.8

Relays

4x400m

1

United States of America

Commodore Cochran William Stevenson Oliver MacDonald Alan Helffrich

WR 3.16.0

2

Sweden

Arthur Svensson Erik Bylehn Gustaf Wejnarth Nils Engdahl

3.17.0

3

Great Britain & NI

Edward Toms George Renwick Richard Ripley Guy Butler

3.17.4

Cross country

Cross country

1

Paavo Nurmi 32:54.8

2

Ville Ritola 34:19.4

3

Earle Johnson 35:21.0

Cross country

Cross country team

1

Finland

Paavo Nurmi Ville Ritola Heikki Liimatainen

11 pts

2

United States of America

Earle Johnson Arthur Studenroth August Fager

14 pts

3

France

Henry Lauvaux Gaston Heuet Maurice Norland

20 pts

Medal table

15 nations · 81 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	United States of America USA	12	10	10	32
2	Finland FIN	10	5	2	17
3	Great Britain & NI 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	Republic of South Africa RSA	0	1	1	2
9	Argentina ARG	0	1	0	1
10	Hungary HUN	0	1	0	1
11	France FRA	0	0	3	3
12	Estonia EST	0	0	1	1
13	Netherlands NED	0	0	1	1
14	Norway NOR	0	0	1	1
15	New Zealand NZL	0	0	1	1

Records set

5 WR · 9 OR

WR Eric Liddell 400m · Men 47.6
WR Ville Ritola 10,000m · Men 30:23.2
WR Nick Winter Triple jump · Men 15.52
WR= United States of America 4x100m · Men 41.0
WR United States of America 4x400m · Men 3.16.0
OR= Harold Abrahams 100m · Men 10.6
OR Jackson Scholz 200m · Men 21.6
OR Paavo Nurmi 1500m · Men 3:53.6
OR Paavo Nurmi 5000m · Men 14:31.2
OR Albin Stenroos Marathon · Men 2:41:23
OR Ville Ritola 3000m steeplechase · Men 9:33.6
OR Erik Wilen 400m hurdles · Men 53.8
OR Harold Osborn High jump · Men 1.98
OR Bud Houser Discus throw · Men 46.15