Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was the fourth appearance of a decathlon at the Olympics. The competition was held on Friday, 11 July, and Saturday, 12 July 1924. Thirty-six decathletes from 22 nations competed.

Results

100 meters This event was held on 11 July 1924.

Rank Athlete Country Time Points 1 Harold Osborn United States 11.2 857.2 2 Constant Bucher Switzerland 11.4 809.6 2 Enrique Thompson Argentina 11.4 809.6 2 Ernst Gerspach Switzerland 11.4 809.6 2 Gabriel Sempé France 11.4 809.6 2 Gvido Jekals Latvia 11.4 809.6 2 Harry de Keijser Netherlands 11.4 809.6 8 Adolf Meier Switzerland 11.6 762.0 8 Adolfo Contoli Italy 11.6 762.0 8 Aleksander Klumberg Estonia 11.6 762.0 8 Donald Slack Great Britain 11.6 762.0 8 Ernest Sutherland South Africa 11.6 762.0 8 Elemér Somfay Hungary 11.6 762.0 8 Emerson Norton United States 11.6 762.0 8 Harry Frieda United States 11.6 762.0 8 Helge Jansson Sweden 11.6 762.0 8 Tokushige Noto Japan 11.6 762.0 8 Gaston Médécin Monaco 11.6 762.0 8 Édouard Armand Haiti 11.6 762.0 20 Antoni Cejzik Poland 11.8 714.4 20 Denis Duigan Australia 11.8 714.4 20 Elmar Rähn Estonia 11.8 714.4 20 Eugen Uuemaa Estonia 11.8 714.4 20 Josse Ruth Belgium 11.8 714.4 20 Paavo Yrjölä Finland 11.8 714.4 20 Peroslav Ferković Yugoslavia 11.8 714.4 20 Valter Ever Estonia 11.8 714.4 20 Bill Shanahan Ireland 11.8 714.4 20 Otto Anderson United States 11.8 714.4 30 Antti Huusari Finland 12.0 666.8 30 Bertil Fastén Sweden 12.0 666.8 30 Iivari Yrjölä Finland 12.0 666.8 33 Evert Nilsson Sweden 12.2 619.2 33 Stelios Benardis Greece 12.2 619.2 35 Ðuro Gašpar Yugoslavia 12.6 524.0 36 Percy Spark Great Britain 12.8 476.4

Long jump This event was held on 11 July 1924.

Rank Athlete Country Distance (m) Points 1 Aleksander Klumberg Estonia 6.96 843.200 2 Emerson Norton United States 6.92 833.400 2 Harold Osborn United States 6.92 833.400 4 Ernest Sutherland South Africa 6.67 772.150 5 Gaston Médécin Monaco 6.52 735.400 6 Iivari Yrjölä Finland 6.50 730.500 7 Eugen Uuemaa Estonia 6.49 728.050 8 Gvido Jekals Latvia 6.48 725.600 9 Ernst Gerspach Switzerland 6.46 720.700 10 Valter Ever Estonia 6.45 718.250 11 Tokushige Noto Japan 6.42 710.900 12 Elemér Somfay Hungary 6.40 706.000 12 Evert Nilsson Sweden 6.40 706.000 14 Édouard Armand Haiti 6.385 702.325 15 Adolfo Contoli Italy 6.37 698.650 16 Helge Jansson Sweden 6.32 686.400 17 Josse Ruth Belgium 6.31 683.950 17 Paavo Yrjölä Finland 6.31 683.950 19 Elmar Rähn Estonia 6.27 674.150 20 Bill Shanahan Ireland 6.20 657.000 21 Bertil Fastén Sweden 6.18 652.100 22 Adolf Meier Switzerland 6.175 650.875 23 Peroslav Ferković Yugoslavia 6.17 649.650 24 Antti Huusari Finland 6.16 647.200 25 Constant Bucher Switzerland 6.12 637.400 26 Enrique Thompson Argentina 6.10 632.500 27 Gabriel Sempé France 6.08 627.600 28 Denis Duigan Australia 6.03 615.350 29 Harry de Keijser Netherlands 6.00 608.000 30 Donald Slack Great Britain 5.98 603.100 31 Harry Frieda United States 5.94 593.300 32 Stelios Benardis Greece 5.70 534.500 33 Antoni Cejzik Poland 5.68 529.600 34 Ðuro Gašpar Yugoslavia 5.305 437.725 35 Percy Spark Great Britain 5.17 404.650 – Otto Anderson United States No mark 0

Shot put This event was held 11 July 1924.

Rank Athlete Country Distance (m) Points 1 Paavo Yrjölä Finland 13.28 794.0 2 Iivari Yrjölä Finland 13.08 774.0 3 Emerson Norton United States 13.04 770.0 4 Aleksander Klumberg Estonia 12.27 693.0 5 Helge Jansson Sweden 12.22 688.0 6 Antti Huusari Finland 12.025 668.5 7 Antoni Cejzik Poland 11.875 653.5 8 Harold Osborn United States 11.435 609.5 9 Bertil Fastén Sweden 11.415 607.5 10 Harry de Keijser Netherlands 11.31 597.0 11 Gaston Médécin Monaco 11.295 595.5 12 Harry Frieda United States 11.01 567.0 13 Ðuro Gašpar Yugoslavia 10.95 561 14 Valter Ever Estonia 10.90 556.0 15 Ernest Sutherland South Africa 10.865 552.5 16 Percy Spark Great Britain 10.86 552.0 17 Peroslav Ferković Yugoslavia 10.56 522.0 18 Elemér Somfay Hungary 10.555 521.5 19 Adolfo Contoli Italy 10.54 520.0 20 Gvido Jekals Latvia 10.41 507.0 21 Ernst Gerspach Switzerland 10.355 501.5 22 Enrique Thompson Argentina 10.345 500.5 23 Gabriel Sempé France 10.335 499.5 24 Evert Nilsson Sweden 10.095 475.5 25 Adolf Meier Switzerland 10.00 466.0 26 Stelios Benardis Greece 9.895 455.5 27 Denis Duigan Australia 9.735 439.5 28 Constant Bucher Switzerland 9.71 437.0 29 Eugen Uuemaa Estonia 9.63 429.0 30 Bill Shanahan Ireland 9.615 427.5 31 Tokushige Noto Japan 9.555 421.5 32 Elmar Rähn Estonia 9.525 418.5 33 Donald Slack Great Britain 8.765 342.5 34 Josse Ruth Belgium 8.74 340.0 35 Édouard Armand Haiti 8.65 331.0

High jump This event was held 11 July 1924.

Rank Athlete Country Height (m) Points 1 Harold Osborn United States 1.97 1056 2 Emerson Norton United States 1.92 986 3 Helge Jansson Sweden 1.83 860 4 Ernest Sutherland South Africa 1.80 818 4 Iivari Yrjölä Finland 1.80 818 6 Aleksander Klumberg Estonia 1.75 748 6 Denis Duigan Australia 1.75 748 8 Antoni Cejzik Poland 1.70 678 8 Antti Huusari Finland 1.70 678 8 Enrique Thompson Argentina 1.70 678 8 Ernst Gerspach Switzerland 1.70 678 8 Gvido Jekals Latvia 1.70 678 8 Josse Ruth Belgium 1.70 678 8 Valter Ever Estonia 1.70 678 8 Bill Shanahan Ireland 1.70 678 16 Adolfo Contoli Italy 1.65 608 16 Bertil Fastén Sweden 1.65 608 16 Donald Slack Great Britain 1.65 608 16 Eugen Uuemaa Estonia 1.65 608 16 Gabriel Sempé France 1.65 608 21 Constant Bucher Switzerland 1.60 538 21 Elemér Somfay Hungary 1.60 538 21 Elmar Rähn Estonia 1.60 538 21 Harry Freida United States 1.60 538 21 Harry de Keijser Netherlands 1.60 538 21 Paavo Yrjölä Finland 1.60 538 21 Stelios Benardis Greece 1.60 538 21 Gaston Médécin Monaco 1.60 538 21 Édouard Armand Haiti 1.60 538 21 Ðuro Gašpar Yugoslavia 1.60 538 31 Peroslav Ferković Yugoslavia 1.50 398 31 Tokushige Noto Japan 1.50 398 33 Percy Spark Great Britain 1.40 258 – Adolf Meier Switzerland No mark 0 – Evert Nilsson Sweden No mark 0

400 meters This event was held 11 July 1924.

Rank Athlete Country Time Points 1 Tokushige Noto Japan 51.4 879.68 2 Josse Ruth Belgium 51.8 864.64 3 Denis Duigan Australia 52.0 857.12 3 Enrique Thompson Argentina 52.0 857.12 5 Emerson Norton United States 53.0 819.52 5 Gaston Médécin Monaco 53.0 819.52 5 Édouard Armand Haiti 53.0 819.52 8 Harold Osborn United States 53.2 812.00 9 Antti Huusari Finland 53.4 804.48 9 Ernst Gerspach Switzerland 53.4 804.48 11 Elmar Rähn Estonia 53.6 796.96 12 Constant Bucher Switzerland 54.0 781.92 12 Harry Frieda United States 54.0 781.92 12 Iivari Yrjölä Finland 54.0 781.92 15 Gvido Jekals Latvia 54.2 774.40 15 Helge Jansson Sweden 54.2 774.40 17 Aleksander Klumberg Estonia 54.4 766.88 18 Bertil Fastén Sweden 54.6 759.36 18 Harry de Keijser Netherlands 54.6 759.36 18 Paavo Yrjölä Finland 54.6 759.36 21 Peroslav Ferković Yugoslavia 55.0 744.32 22 Adolf Meier Switzerland 55.2 736.80 22 Donald Slack Great Britain 55.2 736.80 24 Antoni Cejzik Poland 55.4 729.28 24 Eugen Uuemaa Estonia 55.4 729.28 24 Bill Shanahan Ireland 55.4 729.28 27 Adolfo Contoli Italy 55.8 714.24 27 Valter Ever Estonia 55.8 714.24 29 Ernest Sutherland South Africa 56.0 706.72 30 Gabriel Sempé France 56.8 676.64 31 Stelios Benardis Greece 57.6 646.56 32 Percy Spark Great Britain 59.0 593.92 33 Ðuro Gašpar Yugoslavia 1:02.2 473.60

110 meter hurdles This event was held 12 July 1924.

Rank Athlete Country Time Points 1 Harold Osborn United States 16.0 905 2 Antti Huusari Finland 16.6 848 2 Ernest Sutherland South Africa 16.6 848 2 Emerson Norton United States 16.6 848 5 Ernst Gerspach Switzerland 16.8 829 5 Josse Ruth Belgium 16.8 829 5 Bill Shanahan Ireland 16.8 829 8 Adolf Meier Switzerland 17.0 810 8 Eugen Uuemaa Estonia 17.0 810 10 Gabriel Sempé France 17.2 791 10 Tokushige Noto Japan 17.2 791 12 Adolfo Contoli Italy 17.4 772 13 Aleksander Klumberg Estonia 17.6 753 13 Donald Slack Great Britain 17.6 753 15 Antoni Cejzik Poland 17.8 734 15 Enrique Thompson Argentina 17.8 734 15 Gvido Jekals Latvia 17.8 734 15 Helge Jansson Sweden 17.8 734 19 Gaston Médécin Monaco 18.0 715 20 Constant Bucher Switzerland 18.4 677 20 Elmar Rähn Estonia 18.4 677 22 Paavo Yrjölä Finland 18.8 639 23 Harry Frieda United States 19.0 620 23 Harry de Keijser Netherlands 19.0 620 23 Édouard Armand Haiti 19.0 620 26 Stelios Benardis Greece 19.2 601 27 Peroslav Ferković Yugoslavia 20.4 487 – Percy Spark Great Britain DQ 0 – Denis Duigan Australia DQ 0 – Iivari Yrjölä Finland DQ 0 – Bertil Fastén Sweden DQ 0

Discus throw This event was held 12 July 1924.

Rank Athlete Country Distance (m) Points 1 Harry de Keijser Netherlands 38.41 741.60 2 Paavo Yrjölä Finland 38.14 731.34 3 Antoni Cejzik Poland 37.385 702.65 4 Aleksander Klumberg Estonia 36.795 680.23 5 Harry Frieda United States 35.095 615.63 6 Constant Bucher Switzerland 34.78 603.66 7 Harold Osborn United States 34.51 593.40 8 Ernst Gerspach Switzerland 33.91 570.60 9 Antti Huusari Finland 33.15 541.72 10 Emerson Norton United States 33.11 540.20 11 Percy Spark Great Britain 33.085 539.25 12 Adolfo Contoli Italy 32.92 532.98 13 Gvido Jekals Latvia 32.25 507.52 14 Helge Jansson Sweden 32.08 501.06 15 Gabriel Sempé France 32.04 499.54 16 Enrique Thompson Argentina 30.895 456.03 17 Ernest Sutherland South Africa 30.83 453.56 18 Stelios Benardis Greece 30.56 443.30 19 Eugen Uuemaa Estonia 28.46 363.50 20 Gaston Médécin Monaco 27.65 332.72 21 Peroslav Ferković Yugoslavia 25.895 266.03 22 Bill Shanahan Ireland 25.06 234.30 23 Donald Slack Great Britain 24.32 206.18 24 Josse Ruth Belgium 23.87 189.08 25 Tokushige Noto Japan 23.61 179.20 26 Édouard Armand Haiti 21.885 113.65 27 Elmar Rähn Estonia No mark 0

Pole vault This event was held 12 July 1924.

Rank Athlete Country Height Points 1 Emerson Norton United States 3.80 919.0 2 Harold Osborn United States 3.50 757.0 2 Harry de Keijser Netherlands 3.50 757.0 4 Ernst Gerspach Switzerland 3.40 703.0 4 Harry Frieda United States 3.40 703.0 6 Aleksander Klumberg Estonia 3.30 649.0 6 Peroslav Ferković Yugoslavia 3.30 649.0 6 Ernest Sutherland South Africa 3.30 649.0 6 Eugen Uuemaa Estonia 3.30 649.0 10 Antti Huusari Finland 3.20 595.0 10 Josse Ruth Belgium 3.20 595.0 10 Édouard Armand Haiti 3.20 595.0 13 Adolfo Contoli Italy 3.10 541.0 13 Helge Jansson Sweden 3.10 541.0 15 Stelios Benardis Greece 2.92 443.8 16 Antoni Cejzik Poland 2.90 433.0 16 Constant Bucher Switzerland 2.90 433.0 18 Bill Shanahan Ireland 2.82 389.8 19 Elmar Rähn Estonia 2.80 379.0 19 Gabriel Sempé France 2.80 379.0 21 Enrique Thompson Argentina 2.73 341.2 21 Paavo Yrjölä Finland 2.73 341.2 23 Donald Slack Great Britain 2.60 271.0 24 Gvido Jekals Latvia 2.53 233.2 25 Tokushige Noto Japan 2.30 109.0 – Gaston Médécin Monaco No height 0

Javelin throw This event was held 12 July 1924.

Rank Athlete Country Distance (m) Points 1 Aleksander Klumberg Estonia 57.70 909.250 2 Harry Frieda United States 54.90 832.250 3 Antti Huusari Finland 53.65 787.875 4 Paavo Yrjölä Finland 52.93 778.075 5 Ernest Sutherland South Africa 51.015 725.4125 6 Helge Jansson Sweden 47.20 620.500 7 Adolfo Contoli Italy 46.935 613.2125 8 Harold Osborn United States 46.69 606.475 9 Antoni Cejzik Poland 46.23 593.825 10 Ernst Gerspach Switzerland 44.82 555.050 11 Harry de Keijser Netherlands 44.66 550.650 12 Enrique Thompson Argentina 43.37 515.175 13 Gvido Jekals Latvia 43.02 505.550 14 Emerson Norton United States 42.09 479.975 15 Eugen Uuemaa Estonia 40.69 441.475 16 Stelios Benardis Greece 40.64 440.100 17 Constant Bucher Switzerland 39.415 406.4125 18 Bill Shanahan Ireland 39.00 395.000 19 Elmar Rähn Estonia 38.38 377.950 20 Peroslav Ferković Yugoslavia 36.59 328.725 21 Donald Slack Great Britain 36.11 315.525 22 Tokushige Noto Japan 35.22 291.050 23 Josse Ruth Belgium 32.28 210.200 24 Gaston Médécin Monaco 30.68 166.200 25 Édouard Armand Haiti 11.64 0.000

1500 meters This event was held 12 July 1924.