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As in Finland, the main events of the Swedish Championships were held in mid-August, several weeks after the Paris Olympics. For the fifth consecutive time, the competition venue was chosen to be the Stockholm Olympic Stadium.

Engdahl dominates again

Nils Engdahl, who had carried the baton for Sweden's silver medal-winning 4x400 relay team in Paris, continued his sprinting dominance. The lad from south of Stockholm took the triple crown for the third consecutive time, winning the 100, 200, and 400 metres. In the 400 metres, he set a new Swedish record of 48.2 seconds. Despite this, the level of competition worldwide had risen so high during the Olympic year that this Nordic best only ranked eighth in the world in 1924.

Edvin Wide, on this occasion, contented himself with winning only the 5000 metres. His winning time of 15:09.2 was world-class, although it fell short of his 1923 Swedish record of 14:44.1. Sten Pettersson also secured the victory only in the high hurdles.

Olympic medallist Lindström throws the javelin near World Record

Veteran "Massa" Lind won the hammer throw and weight throw titles for the fourth consecutive time. He is listed as number 41 in the Swedish Stora Krabbar ranking list. Following the championships, the number of first-place prizes Lind had collected from the Swedish Championships rose to 14.

Paris Olympic silver medallist Gunnar Lindström did not hold back, throwing 63.90 metres (209-8), which would have ranked third in the world (had he not already set the top mark of 66.62m (218-7) earlier in the summer).

Results

• Winners (Wikipedia)

Newspaper stories

• Idrottsbladet, August 18, 1924 (in Swedish)

• Helsingin Sanomat, August 19, 1924 (in Finnish)