The Sports Almanac


1924 Summer Olympics
Paris, France

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES -  99 Medals
FRANCE -  38 Medals
FINLAND -  37 Medals

Athletics Swimming Diving Water Polo
Boxing Cycling Equestrian Fencing
Soccer Gymnastics Modern Pentathalon Polo
Rowing Rugby Sailing Shooting
Tennis Weightlifting Wrestling

1924 Paris Overall Medal Standings
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 45
 27
 27
 99
2
 France
 13
 15
 10
 38
3
 Finland
 14
 13
 10
 37
4
 Great Britain
 9
 13
 12
 34
5
 Sweden
 4
 13
 12
 29
6
 Switzerland
 7
 8
 10
 25
7
 Italy
 8
 3
 5
 16
8
 Belgium
 3
 7
 3
 13
9
 Norway
 5
 2
 3
 10
10
 Netherlands
 4
 1
 5
 10
11
 Czechoslovakia
 1
 4
 5
 10
12
 Denmark
 2
 5
 2
 9
13
 Hungary
 2
 3
 4
 9
14
 Australia
 3
 1
 2
 6
15
 Argentina
 1
 3
 2
 6
16
 Estonia
 1
 1
 4
 6
17
 Austria
 0
 3
 1
 4
18
 Canada
 0
 3
 1
 4
19
 South Africa
 1
 1
 1
 3
20
 Yugoslavia
 2
 0
 0
 2
21
 Poland
 0
 1
 1
 2
22
 Uruguay
 1
 0
 0
 1
23
 Haiti
 0
 0
 1
 1
24
 Japan
 0
 0
 1
 1
25
 New Zealand
 0
 0
 1
 1
26
 Portugal
 0
 0
 1
 1
27
 Romania
 0
 0
 1
 1

1924 Paris Athletics
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
100 Meters
 Harold Abrahams - Great Britain
 Jackson Scholz - United States
 Arthur Porritt - New Zealand
200 Meters
 Jackson Scholz - United States Charles Paddock - United States
 Eric Liddell - Great Britain
400 Meters
 Eric Liddell - Great Britain Horatio Fitch - United States
 Guy Butler - Great Britain
800 Meters
 Douglas Lowe - Great Britain
 Paul Martin - Switzerland
 Schuyler Enck - United States
1500 Meters
 Paavo Nurmi - Finland
 Willy Schärer - Switzerland
 H. B. Stallard - Great Britain
5000 Meters
 Paavo Nurmi - Finland Ville Ritola - Finland
 Edvin Wide - Sweden
10000 Meters
 Ville Ritola - Finland Edvin Wide - Sweden Eero Berg - Finland
110 Meter Hurdles
 Daniel Kinsey - United States
 Sid Atkinson - South Africa
 Sten Pettersson - Sweden
400 Meter Hurdles
 Morgan Taylor - United States
 Erik Vilen - Finland
 Ivan Riley - United States
3000 Meter Steeplechase
 Ville Ritola - Finland Elias Katz - Finland
 Paul Bontemps - France
4X100 Meter Relay
 United States
 Great Britain
 Netherlands
4X400 Meter Relay
 United States
 Sweden
 Great Britain
3000 Meter Team Race
 Finland
 Great Britain
 United States
Marathon
 Albin Stenroos - Finland
 Romeo Bertini - Italy
 Clarence DeMar - United States
10KM Walk
 Ugo Frigerio - Italy
 Gordon Goodwin - Great Britain
 Cecil McMaster - South Africa
Individual Cross Country
 Paavo Nurmi - Finland Ville Ritola - Finland Earl Johnson - United States
Team Cross Country
 Finland
 United States
 France
Long Jump
 DeHart Hubbard - United States
 Edward Gourdin - United States
 Sverre Hansen - Norway
Triple Jump
 Nick Winter - Australia
 Luis Brunetto - Argentina
 Vilho Tuulos - Finland
High Jump
 Harold Osborn - United States
 Leroy Brown - United States
 Pierre Lewden - France
Pole Vault
 Lee Barnes - United States
 Glen Graham - United States
 James Brooker - United States
Shot Put
 Bud Houser - United States
 Glenn Hartranft - United States
 Ralph Hills - United States
Discus
 Bud Houser - United States Vilho Niittymaa - Finland
 Thomas Lieb - United States
Javelin
 Jonni Myyrä - Finland
 Gunnar Lindström - Sweden
 Eugene Oberst - United States
Hammer Throw
 Fred Tootell - United States
 Matt McGrath - United States
 Malcolm Nokes - Great Britain
Pentathlon
 Eero Lehtonen - Finland
 Elemér Somfay - Hungary
 Robert LeGendre - United States
Decathlon
 Harold Osborn - United States Emerson Norton - United States
 Aleksander Klumberg - Estonia

1924 Paris Swimming
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 100 Meter Freestyle
 Johnny Weissmuller - United States
 Duke Kahanamoku - United States
 Samuel Kahanamoku - United States
Women's 100 Meter Freestyle
 Ethel Lackie - United States
 Mariechen Wehselau - United States
 Gertrude Ederle - United States
Men's 400 Meter Freestyle
 Johnny Weissmuller - United States Arne Borg - Sweden
 Boy Charlton - Australia
Women's 400 Meter Freestyle
 Martha Norelius - United States
 Helen Wainwright - United States
 Gertrude Ederle - United States
Men's 1500 Meter Freestyle
 Boy Charlton - Australia Arne Borg - Sweden Frank Beaurepaire - Australia
Men's 100 Meter Backstroke
 Warren Kealoha - United States
 Paul Wyatt - United States
 Károly Bartha - Hungary
Women's 100 Meter Backstroke
 Sybil Bauer - United States
 Phyllis Harding - Great Britain
 Aileen Riggin - United States
Men's 200 Meter Breaststroke
 Bob Skelton - United States Joseph de Combe - Belgium
 Bill Kirschbaum - United States
Women's 200 Meter Breaststroke
 Lucy Morton - Great Britain
 Agnes Geraghty - United States
 Gladys Carson - Great Britain
Women's 4X100 Meter Freestyle Relay
 United States
 Great Britain
 Sweden
Men's 4X200 Meter Freestyle Relay
 United States
 Australia
 Sweden

1924 Paris Diving
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 3 Meter Springboard
 Albert White - United States
 Pete Desjardins - United States
 Clarence Pinkston - United States
Women's 3 Meter Springboard
 Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston - United States
 Aileen Riggin - United States
 Caroline Fletcher - United States
Men's 10 Meter Platform
 Albert White - United States David Fall - United States
 Clarence Pinkston - United States
Women's 10 Meter Platform
 Caroline Smith - United States
 Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston - United States Hjördis Töpel - Sweden
Men's Plain High Diving
 Dick Eve - Australia
 John Jansson - Sweden
 Harold Clarke - Great Britain

1924 Paris Water Polo
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 France
 Belgium
 United States

1924 Paris Boxing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Flyweight
 Fidel La Barba - United States
 James McKenzie - Great Britain
 Raymond Fee - United States
Bantamweight
 William Smith - South Africa
 Salvatore Tripoli - United States
 Jean Ces - France
Featherweight
 Jackie Fields - United States
 Joseph Salas - United States
 Pedro Quartucci - Argentina
Lightweight
 Hans Jacob Nielsen - Denmark
 Alfredo Copello - Argentina
 Frederick Boylstein - United States
Welterweight
 Jean Delarge - Belgium
 Héctor Méndez - Argentina
 Douglas Lewis - Canada
Middleweight
 Harry Mallin - Great Britain
 John Elliott - Great Britain
 Joseph Jules Beecken - Belgium
Light Heavyweight
 Harry Mitchell - Great Britain
 Thyge Petersen - Denmark
 Sverre Sørsdal - Norway
Heavyweight
 Otto von Porat - Norway
 Søren Petersen - Denmark
 Alfredo Porzio - Argentina

1924 Paris Cycling
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
ROAD CYCLING
Individual Time Trial
 Armand Blanchonnet - France
 Henri Hoevenaers - Belgium
 René Hamel - France
Team Time Trial
 France
 Belgium
 Sweden
TRACK CYCLING
50KM
 Ko Willems - Netherlands
 Cyril Alden - Great Britain
 Harry Wyld - Great Britain
Sprint
 Lucien Michard - France
 Jacob Meijer - Netherlands
 Jean Cugnot - France
Tandem
 Lucien Choury, Jean Cugnot - France Edmund Hansen, Willy Hansen - Denmark
 Gerard Bosch van Drakestein, Maurice Peeters - Netherlands
Team Pursuit
 Italy
 Poland
 Belgium

1924 Paris Equestrian
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual Dressage
 Ernst Linder - Sweden
 Bertil Sandström - Sweden
 Xavier Lesage - France
Individual Eventing
 Adolph van der Voort van Zijp - Netherlands
 Frode Kirkebjerg - Denmark
 Sloan Doak - United States
Team Eventing
 Netherlands
 Sweden
 Italy
Individual Jumping
 Alphonse Gemuseus - Switzerland
 Tommaso Lequio di Assaba - Italy
 Adam Królikiewicz - Poland
Team Jumping
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Portugal

1924 Paris Fencing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Individual Épée
 Charles Delporte - Belgium
 Roger Ducret - France
 Nils Hellsten - Sweden
Men's Team Épée France
 Belgium
 Italy
Men's Individual Foil
 Roger Ducret - France Philippe Cattiau - France
 Maurice Van Damme - Begium
Men's Team Foil
 France
 Belgium
 Hungary
Men's Individual Sabre
 Sándor Pósta - Hungary
 Roger Ducret - France János Garay - Hungary
Men's Team Sabre
 Italy
 Hungary
 Netherlands
Women's Individual Foil
 Ellen Osiier - Denmark
 Gladys Davis - Great Britain
 Grete Heckscher - Denmark

1924 Paris Soccer
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Uruguay
 Switzerland
 Sweden

1924 Paris Gymnastics
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual All-Around
 Leon Štukelj - Yugoslavia
 Robert Pražák - Czechoslovakia
 Bedřich Šupčík - Czechoslovakia
Team All-Around
 Italy
 France
 Switzerland
Horizontal Bar Leon Štukelj - Yugoslavia Jean Gutweninger - Switzerland
 André Higelin - France
Parallel Bars August Güttinger - Switzerland
 Robert Pražák - Czechoslovakia Giorgio Zampori - Italy
Pommel Horse Josef Wilhelm - Switzerland
 Jean Gutweninger - Switzerland Antoine Rebetez - Switzerland
Rings Francesco Martino - Italy
 Robert Pražák - Czechoslovakia Ladislav Vácha - Czechoslovakia
Rope Climbing
 Bedřich Šupčík - Czechoslovakia Albert Séguin - France
 Ladislav Vácha - Czechoslovakia
August Güttinger - Switzerland
Sidehorse Vault
 Albert Séguin - France Jean Gounot - France
François Gangloff - France
 None Awarded
Vault
 Frank Kriz - United States
 Jan Koutný - Czechoslovakia Bohumil Mořkovský - Czechoslovakia

1924 Paris Modern Pentathlon
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Bo Lindman - Sweden
 Gustaf Dyrssen - Sweden
 Bertil Uggla - Sweden

1924 Paris Polo
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Argentina
 United States
 Great Britain

1924 Paris Rowing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Single Sculls
 Jack Beresford - Great Britain
 William Gilmore - United States
 Josef Schneider - Switzerland
Double Sculls
 Paul Costello, John B. Kelly, Sr. - United States
 Marc Detton, Jean-Pierre Stock - France
 Rudolf Bosshard, Heini Thoma - Switzerland
Coxless Pairs
 Teun Beijnen, Willy Rösingh - Netherlands
 Maurice Monney-Bouton, Georges Piot - France
 None Awarded
Coxed Pairs
 Switzrland
 Italy
 United States
Coxless Fours
 Great Britain
 Canada
 Switzerland
Coxed Fours
 Switzerland
 France
 United States
Eights
 United States
 Canada
 Italy

1924 Paris Rugby
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 United Staes
 France
 Romania

1924 Paris Sailing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
French National Monotype
 Léon Huybrechts - Belgium
 Henrik Robert - Norway
 Hans Dittmar - Finland
6 Meter Keelboat
 Norway
 Denmark
 Netherlands
8 Meter Keelboat
 Norway
 Great Britain
 France

1924 Paris Shooting
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
25 Meter Rapid Fire Pistol Henry Bailey - United States
 Vilhelm Carlberg - Sweden
 Lennart Hannelius - Finland
50 Meter Rifle Prone Pierre Coquelin de Lisle - France
 Marcus Dinwiddie - United States
 Josias Hartmann - Switzerland
600 Meter Free Rifle
 Morris Fisher - United States
 Carl Osburn - United States
 Niels Larsen - Denmark
Team Free Rifle
 United States
 France
 Haiti
100 Meter Running Deer, Single Shots
 John Boles - United States
 Cyril Mackworth-Praed - Great Britain
 Otto Olsen - Norway
Team 100 Meter Running Dear, Single Shots
 Norway
 Sweden
 United States
100 Meter Running Deer, Double Shots
 Ole Lilloe-Olsen - Norway
 Cyril Mackworth-Praed - Great Britain Alfred Swahn - Sweden
Team 100 Meter Running Deer, Double Shots Great Britain
 Norway
 Sweden
Trap
 Gyula Halasy - Hungary
 Konrad Huber - Finland
 Frank Hughes - United States
Team Clay Pigeons
 United States
 Canada
 Finland

1924 Paris Tennis
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles
 Vincent Richards - United States
 Henri Cochet - France
 Uberto De Morpurgo - Italy
Women's Singles
 Helen Wills - United States
 Julie Flasto - France
 Kathleen McKane - Great Britain
Men's Doubles
 Vincent Richards, Francis Hunter - United States Jacques Brugnon, Henri Cochet - France Jean Borotra, René Lacoste - France
Women's Doubles
 Hazel Wightman, Helen Wills - United States Phyllis Covell, Kathleen McKane - Great Britain Evelyn Colyer, Dorothy Shephard-Barron - Great Britain
Mixed Doubles
 Hazel Wightman, R. Norris Williams - United States Marion Jessup, Vincent Richards - United States Kea Bouman, Handrik Timmer - Netherlands

1924 Paris Weightlifting
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Featherweight
 Pierino Gabetti - Italy
 Andreas Stadler - Austria
 Arthur Reinmann - Switzerland
Lightweight
 Edmond Decottignies - France
 Anton Zwerina - Austria
 Bohumil Durdis - Czechoslovakia
Middleweight
 Carlo Galimberti - Italy
 Alfred Neuland - Estonia
 Jaan Kikkas - Estonia
Light Heavyweight
 Charles Rigoulot - France
 Fritz Hünenberger - Switzerland
 Leopold Friedrich - Austria
Heavyweight
 Guiseppe Tonani - Italy
 Franz Aigner - Austria
 Harald Tammer - Estonia

1924 Paris Wrestling
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Freestyle Bantamweight
 Kustaa Pihlajamäki - Finland
 Kaarlo Mäkinen - Finland
 Bryan Hines - United States
Freestyle Featherweight
 Robin Reed - United States
 Chester Newton - United States
 Katsutoshi Naito - Japan
Freestyle Lightweight
 Russell Vis - United States
 Volmar Wikström - Finland
 Arvo Haavisto - Finland
Freestyle Welterweight
 Hermann Gehri - Switzerland
 Eino Leino - Finland
 Otto Müller - Switzerland
Freestyle Middleweight
 Fritz Hagmann - Switzerland
 Pierre Ollivier - Belgium
 Vilho Pekkala - Finland
Freestyle Light Heavyweight
 John Spellman - United States
 Rudolf Svensson - Sweden
 Charles Courant - Switzerland
Freestyle Heavyweight
 Harry Steel - United States
 Henri Wernli - Switzerland
 Andrew McDonald - Great Britain
Greco-Roman Bantamweight
 Eduard Pütsep - Estonia
 Anselm Ahlfors - Finland
 Väinö Ikonen - Finland
Greco-Roman Featherweight
 Kalle Anttila - Finland
 Aleksanteri Toivola - Finland
 Eric Malmberg - Sweden
Greco-Roman Lightweight
 Oskari Friman - Finland
 Lajos Keresztes - Hungary
 Källe Westerlund - Finland
Greco-Roman Middleweight
 Edvard Westerlund - Finland
 Arthur Lindfors - Finland
 Roman Steinberg - Estonia
Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
 Carl Westergren - Sweden
 Rudolf Svensson - Sweden
 Onni Pellinen - Finland
Greco-Roman Heavyweight
 Henri Deglane - France
 Edil Rosenqvist - Finland
 Rajmund Badó - Hungary