1924

Women

• Women's Wishes Rejected by the Olympic Committee

Meets in America

• • 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 

• • Heading Towards Paris 1924

  • ,Day 1

    • Myyrä Repets His Olympic Title (javelin throw)

    • Ritola with an Easy Victory in the 10,000 Metres 

  • Day 2

    • Taylor Dominates the 400m Hurdles, the Winning Time Was Not Ratified as a WR 

    • Abrahams Beats the Yankees (100 metres)

    • Lehtonen Repeats his  Antwerp Gold in the Pentathlon

    • Osborn  Claims a Gold in the High Jump Despite Accusations

  • Day 3

    • Tough Two-Lap Race – Lowe Strongest (800 metres)

    • American Big Guns Take the Podium, Finns Left Disappointed (shot put)

    • Hubbard Wins the Long Jump  – First Ever Afro-American Gold

  • Day 4

    • Kinsey Takes Victory in High Hurdles (110 metres hurdles)

    • Scholz Lucky; Wins Fierce Duel Against Paddock (200 metres)

    • Ritola Victorous Despite Bathing (3000 metres steeplechase)

  • Day 5

    • Nurmi Runs Himself into Olympic History (1500 metres & 5000 metres)

    • Tootell Claims the Hammer Gold (hammer throw)

    • Barnes Wins Gold with Hoff Absent (pole vault)

  • Day 6

    • Eric Liddell - from the Stadium to the Pulpit (400 metres)

  • Day 7

    • Nurmi Utterly Dominant in the Cross-Country

    • Winter Equals the WR in the Triple Jump

    • Osborn's Decathlon Prowess

  • Day 8

    • Stenroos Takes a Commanding Victory in the Marathon

    • Team Race Victory for Finland (3000 metres team race)

    • Walking Gold for Frigerio (10 kilometres racewalk)

    • Throwing King Houser (discus throw)

    • Relays to America (4x100 metres & 4x400 metres)

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

Meets in Europe

• 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 

Key Moments in Athletics/Track and Field: 1924

• An audio conversation, timeline, summary report, and FAQ about the 1924 track and field year. The files have been created by the AI application Notebook LM and may therefore contain inaccuracies. 

Key Moments in Athletics/Track and Field: 1924 Paris Olympics

• An audio conversation, timeline, summary report, and FAQ about track and field in 1924 Paris Olympics. The files have been created by the AI application Notebook LM and may therefore contain inaccuracies.