At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, 27 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from 6 to 13 July.
There were no events in athletics for women at this edition of the Olympic Games.
Medal summary 100 metres 10.6 10.7 10.8 200 metres 21.6 21.7 21.9 400 metres 47.6 48.4 48.6 800 metres 1:52.4 1:52.6 1:53.0 1500 metres 3:53.6 3:55.0 3:55.6 5000 metres 14:31.2 14:31.4 15:01.8 10,000 metres 30:23.2 30:55.2 31:43.0 110 metres hurdles 15.0 15.0 15.4 400 metres hurdles 52.6 53.8 54.2 3000 metres steeplechase 9:33.6 9:44.0 9:45.2 4 × 100 metres relay Loren MurchisonLouis ClarkeFrank HusseyAlfred LeConey41.0 Harold AbrahamsWalter RangeleyWilfred NicholLancelot Royle41.2 Jan de VriesJacob BootHarry BroosMarinus van den Berge41.8 4 × 400 metres relay Commodore CochranAlan HelffrichOliver MacDonaldWilliam Stevenson3:16.0 Artur SvenssonErik ByléhnGustaf WejnarthNils Engdahl3:17.0 Edward TomsGeorge RenwickRichard RipleyGuy Butler3:17.4 3000 metres team racePaavo NurmiVille RitolaElias Katz8 ptsBertram MacdonaldHerbert JohnstonGeorge Webber14 ptsEdward KirbyWilliam CoxWillard Tibbetts25 pts Marathon 2:41:22.6 2:47:19.6 2:48:14.0 10 kilometres walk 47:49.0 48:37.9 49:08.0 Individual cross country 32:54.8 34:19.4 35:21.0 Team cross countryPaavo NurmiVille RitolaHeikki Liimatainen11 ptsEarl JohnsonArthur StudenrothAugust Fager14 ptsHenri LauvauxGaston HeuetMaurice Norland20 pts High jump 1.98 m 1.95 m 1.92 m Pole vault 3.95 m 3.95 m 3.90 m Long jump 7.445 m 7.275 m 7.260 m Triple jump 15.525 m 15.425 m 15.370 m Shot put 14.995 m 14.895 m 14.640 m Discus throw 46.155 m 44.95 m 44.83 m Hammer throw 53.295 m 50.840 m 48.875 m Javelin throw 62.96 m 60.92 m 58.35 m Pentathlon 14 pts 16 pts 18 pts Decathlon 7710.775 pts 7350.895 pts 7329.360 pts
Medal table
Participating nations 657 athletes from 40 nations competed. Ten nations competed in athletics for the first time. Cuba, Lithuania, Romania, Uruguay and Germany were the only five nations not to compete in athletics.
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