Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

Men's marathon at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Albin Stenroos entering the stadium
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir and nearby roads
Date	July 13, 1924
Competitors	58 from 20 nations
Winning time	2:41:22.6
Medalists
Albin Stenroos   Finland Romeo Bertini   Italy Clarence DeMar   United States
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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

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

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

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

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

Results

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

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Albin Stenroos	Finland	2:41:22.6
	Romeo Bertini	Italy	2:47:19.6
	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
	Bobby Mills	Great Britain	DNF
	Yahei Miura	Japan	DNF
	Gabriel Ruotsalainen	Finland	DNF
	Iraklis Sakellaropoulos	Greece	DNF
	Teunis Sprong	Netherlands	DNF
	Gerard Steurs	Belgium	DNF
	Kikunosuke Tashiro	Japan	DNF
	Félicien Van De Putte	Belgium	DNF
	Gabriel 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

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. "Marathon, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
3. Olympic.org

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.