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Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

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Men's marathon
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Albin Stenroos entering the stadium
VenueStade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir and nearby roads
DateJuly 13
Competitors58 from 20 nations
Winning time2:41:22.6
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Albin Stenroos
 Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Romeo Bertini
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Clarence DeMar
 United States
← 1920
1928 →

The men's marathon event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France. The marathon was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924.[1] It was only the second Olympic marathon to use the distance of 42.195 km (26 miles, 385 yards) which was first used in 1908 and is now the standard marathon distance. Fifty-eight runners from 20 nations competed, with no more than 6 runners per nation. The event was won by Albin Stenroos of Finland, the nation's second consecutive Olympic marathon victory.

Background

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This was the seventh appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The Finnish team included defending champion Hannes Kolehmainen as well as Albin Stenroos, who had won two medals in other events in 1912; Ville Kyrönen had been the winner in the Finnish Olympic trials, however. 1920 silver medalist Jüri Lossmann of Estonia also returned. Boughera El Ouafi of France, who would win gold in 1928, competed for the first time. The American team had Clarence DeMar, the Boston Marathon winner in 1911, 1922, 1923, and 1924, Charles Mellor, who had run the Olympic marathon in 1920 and would win the Boston marathon in 1925, and Frank Zuna, the 1921 Boston winner. Great Britain had Dunky Wright. Shizo Kanakuri of Japan, still considered a missing person in Sweden after disappearing during the 1912 Olympic marathon, competed (as he had in 1920 as well).[2]

Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, and Spain each made their first appearance in Olympic marathons. The United States made its seventh appearance, the only nation to have competed in each Olympic marathon to that point.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[3]

World record  Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) 2:32:35.8 Antwerp, Belgium 22 August 1920
Olympic record  Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) 2:32:35.8 Antwerp, Belgium 22 August 1920

Schedule

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The race was delayed due to concerns about heat.[2]

Date Time Round
Sunday, 13 July 1924 17:00 Final

Results

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The race was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924.

Rank Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Albin Stenroos  Finland 2:41:22.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Romeo Bertini  Italy 2:47:19.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Clarence DeMar  United States 2:48:14.0
4 Lauri Halonen  Finland 2:49:47.4
5 Sam Ferris  Great Britain 2:52:26.0
6 Manuel Plaza  Chile 2:52:54.0
7 Boughéra El-Ouafi  France 2:54:19.6
8 Gustav Kinn  Sweden 2:54:33.4
9 Dionisio Carreras  Spain 2:57:18.4
10 Jüri Lossman  Estonia 2:57:54.6
11 Axel Jensen  Denmark 2:58:44.8
12 Jean-Baptiste Manhès  France 3:00:34.0
13 John Cuthbert  Canada 3:00:44.6
14 Victor McAuley  Canada 3:02:05.4
15 Marcel Alavoine  Belgium 3:03:20.0
16 Frank Wendling  United States 3:05:09.8
17 Arthur Farrimond  Great Britain 3:05:15.0
18 Frank Zuna  United States 3:05:52.2
19 Harry Phillips  South Africa 3:07:13.0
20 Augustinus Broos  Belgium 3:14:03.0
21 Waldemar Karlsson  Sweden 3:14:21.4
22 Tullio Biscuola  Italy 3:19:05.0
23 William Churchill  United States 3:19:18.0
24 Mohammed Ghermati  France 3:20:27.0
25 Charles Mellor  United States 3:24:07.0
26 Gaston LeClercq  Belgium 3:27:54.0
27 Jack McKenna  Great Britain 3:30:40.0
28 Antal Lovas  Hungary 3:35:24.0
29 Mahadeo Singh  India 3:37:36.0
30 Elmar Reimann  Estonia 3:40:52.0
Ernesto Alciati  Italy DNF
Vyron Athanasiadis  Greece DNF
Belisario Villacís  Ecuador DNF
Ettore Blasi  Italy DNF
Cornelis Brouwer  Netherlands DNF
Alberto Cavallero  Italy DNF
Josef Eberle  Czechoslovakia DNF
Henrik Hietakari  Finland DNF
Bohumil Honzátko  Czechoslovakia DNF
Ján Kalous  Czechoslovakia DNF
Shizo Kanakuri  Japan DNF
Pál Király  Hungary DNF
Hannes Kolehmainen  Finland DNF
Alexandros Kranis  Greece DNF
Ville Kyrönen  Finland DNF
Ernest Letherland  Great Britain DNF
Angelo Malvicini  Italy DNF
Albert Mills  Great Britain DNF
Yahei Miura  Japan DNF
Gabriel Ruotsalainen  Finland DNF
Iraklis Sakellaropoulos  Greece DNF
Teunis Sprong  Netherlands DNF
Théophilus Steurs  Belgium DNF
Kikunosuke Tashiro  Japan DNF
Félicien Van De Putte  Belgium DNF
Georges Verger  France DNF
Ralph Williams  United States DNF
Dunky Wright  Great Britain DNF
José Andía  Spain DNS
József Bese  Hungary DNS
Helge Breckwoldt  Denmark DNS
Josef Franz  Austria DNS
János Hrenvoyszky  Hungary DNS
A. Kadar  Hungary DNS
Rudolf Kühnel  Austria DNS
J. Polspoel dit Standaert  Belgium DNS
Sofus Rose  Denmark DNS
Trygve Tangen  Norway DNS
R. Uri  Austria DNS
B. Zapletal  Czechoslovakia DNS
František Zyka  Czechoslovakia DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Marathon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  2. ^ a b "Marathon, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. ^ Olympic.org
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