At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, 27 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... A womens 400 m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland. ...

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Harold Abrahams Great Britain (GBR)	10.6 u guys r silly because u let people edit stuff	Jackson Scholz United States (USA)	10.7	Arthur Porritt New Zealand (NZL)	10.8
200 metres	Jackson Scholz United States (USA)	21.6	Charles Paddock United States (USA)	21.7	Eric Liddell Great Britain (GBR)	21.9
400 metres	Eric Liddell Great Britain (GBR)	47.6	Horatio Fitch United States (USA)	48.4	Guy Butler Great Britain (GBR)	48.6
800 metres	Douglas Lowe Great Britain (GBR)	1:52.4	Paul Martin Switzerland (SUI)	1:52.6	Schuyler Enck United States (USA)	1:53.0
1500 metres	Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN)	3:53.6	Willy Schärer Switzerland (SUI)	3:55.0	Henry Stallard Great Britain (GBR)	3:55.6
3000 metre team race	Finland (FIN)	8	Great Britain (GBR)	14	United States (USA)	25
5000 metres	Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN)	14:31.2	Ville Ritola Finland (FIN)	14:31.4	Edvin Wide Sweden (SWE)	15:01.8
10000 metres	Ville Ritola Finland (FIN)	30:23.2	Edvin Wide Sweden (SWE)	30:55.2	Eero Berg Finland (FIN)	31:43.0
Marathon	Albin Stenroos Finland (FIN)	2:41:22.6	Romeo Bertini Italy (ITA)	2:47:19.6	Clarence DeMar United States (USA)	2:48:14.0
110 metre hurdles	Daniel Kinsey United States (USA)	15.0	Sydney Atkinson South Africa (RSA)	15.0	Sten Pettersson Sweden (SWE)	15.4
400 metre hurdles	Morgan Taylor United States (USA)	52.6	Erik Vilen Finland (FIN)	53.8	Ivan Riley United States (USA)	54.2
3000 metre steeplechase	Ville Ritola Finland (FIN)	9:33.6	Elias Katz Finland (FIN)	9:44.0	Paul Bontemps France (FRA)	9:45.2
Individual cross-country	Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN)	32:54.8	Ville Ritola Finland (FIN)	34:19.4e	Earl Johnson United States (USA)	35:21.0
Team cross-country	Finland (FIN)	11	United States (USA)	14	France (FRA)	20
4×100 metre relay	United States (USA)	41.0	Great Britain (GBR)	41.2	Netherlands (NED)	41.8
4×400 metre relay	United States (USA)	3:16.0	Sweden (SWE)	3:17.0	Great Britain (GBR)	3:17.4
10 km walk	Ugo Frigerio Italy (ITA)	47:49.0	Gordon Goodwin Great Britain (GBR)		Cecil McMaster South Africa (RSA)
High jump	Harold Osborn United States (USA)	6'6"	Leroy Brown United States (USA)	6'4¾"	Pierre Lewden France (FRA)	6'3¼"
Long jump	William DeHart Hubbard United States (USA)	24'5"	Edward Gourdin United States (USA)	23'10¾"	Sverre Hansen Norway (NOR)	23'9¾"
Triple jump	Nick Winter Australia (AUS)	50'11¼"	Luis Brunetto Argentina (ARG)	50'7¼"	Vilho Tuulos Finland (FIN)	50'5"
Pole vault	Lee Barnes United States (USA)	12'11½"	Glen Graham United States (USA)	12'11½"	James Brooker United States (USA)	12'9½"
Shot put	Clarence Houser United States (USA)	49'2"	Glenn Hartranft United States (USA)	49'1¾"	Ralph Hills United States (USA)	48'¼"
Discus throw	Clarence Houser United States (USA)	151'5"	Vilho Niittymaa Finland (FIN)	147'5½"	Thomas Lieb United States (USA)	147'½"
Hammer throw	Fred Tootell United States (USA)	174'10"	Matt McGrath United States (USA)	166'9½"	Malcolm Nokes Great Britain (GBR)	158'3½"
Javelin throw	Jonni Myyra Finland (FIN)	206'6½"	Gunnar Lindström Sweden (SWE)	199'10"	Eugene Oberst United States (USA)	191'5"
Pentathlon	Eero Lehtonen Finland (FIN)	14	Elemér Somfay Hungary (HUN)	16	Robert LeGendre United States (USA)	18
Decathlon	Harold Osborn United States (USA)	7710.775	Emerson Norton United States (USA)	7350.895	Aleksander Klumberg-Kolmpere Estonia (EST)	7329.360

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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

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