1924

Women

• Women's Wishes Rejected by the Olympic Committee

American Meets

• • Hartranft 15.53m – Just Short of the World Record

  • Kansas Showcases Jumping Talent (Kansas Relays)

  • DeMar Wins the Boston Marathon

  • University of Virginia Wins 4x440-Yard Relay (Penn Relays)

  • Paddock's Unlucky Drake Runs (Drake Relays)

  • Brookins 23.0 – World Record (Iowa Intercollegiates)

  • Hubbard Secures Two Wins (Western Conference)

  • Lieb Sets World Record in the discus

US Collegiate Championship

• • Hartranft to World-Leading Mark in the discus, Not Recognized as WR (IC4A)

Olympic Trials 

• • Suomen valintakilpailut Pariisin olympiakisoja varten (Finnish Trials, in Finnish)

  • US Olympic Trials: Taylor Sets the Fastest Time in the 400m Hurdles, Not Ratified as a WR, Hubbard Falls Just Short of the WR

  • Britain (AAA): Stallard Beats Lowe, But the Tables Turns in Paris

Olympic Games in Paris 1924 

• • Havumetsien miehet matkustavat Pariisiin (in Finnish)

  • Day 1: Ritola with an Easy Victory in the 10,000 metres

  • Day 2: Abrahams Beats the Yankees

  • Day 3: American Big Guns Take the Podium, Finns Left Disappointed

  • Day 4: Kinsey Takes Victory in High Hurdles

  • Day 5: Nurmi Runs Himself into Olympic History 

  • Day 6: Eric Liddell - from the Stadium to the Pulpit

  • Day 7: Nurmi Utterly Dominant in the Cross-country

  • Day 8: Stenroos Takes a Commanding Victory in the Marathon

International Championships 

• Plaza Shines Once Again (South American Championships)

• Szydłowski Dominates the Summer Student World Championships

Nationals 

• • USA (AAU): Paddock Matches the World Records in the Sprint Events

  • Sweden: Lindström Tosses the Javelin Far, Engdahl Takes Three Titles Again

  • Finland (Kalevan kisat): Yleisö rynnii Lahteen - tähtinä Nurmi, Wilén, Ekqvist (Finnish Championships, in Finnish)

  • Germany: Hoffmeister Opens His Medal Account

International Matches 

• The British Empire defeats the United States

• Germany v Switzerland – Peltzer Defeats Olympic Silver Medallist Martin

European Meets

• Nurmi Breaks Two WR's in an Hour, Running the 1500m in 3.52.6 and the 5000m 14.28.2 

• Myyrä and Taipale Say Farewell to Europe

• Americans in Europe

• Nurmi Clocks in at 30:06.2 – Holding the World Record for 13 years

• Engdahl Beats Hoff

• Lindström Sets a World Record in the Javelin