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{{Infobox Olympic event |event = Men's 800 metres |games = 1924 Summer |image = |caption = |venue = Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir |dates = July 6 (quarterfinals) July 7 (semifinals and final) |competitors = 43 |nations = 21 |longnames = yes |gold = Douglas Lowe |goldNOC = GBR |silver = Paul Martin |silverNOC = SUI |bronze = Schuyler Enck |bronzeNOC = USA |prev=1920 |next=1928 }}{{AthleticsAt1924SummerOlympics}}The men's 800 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held from Sunday, July 6, 1924 to Tuesday, July 8, 1924. As for all other races the track was 500 metres in circumference. Fifty middle distance runners from 24 nations competed.[1] RecordsThese were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics. World Record | 1:51.9 | USA}} Ted Meredith | Stockholm (SWE) | July 8, 1912 |
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Olympic Record | 1:51.9 | USA}} Ted Meredith | Stockholm (SWE) | July 8, 1912 |
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ResultsRound 1All heats were held on Sunday, July 6, 1924. The best three finishers of every heat qualified for the semi-finals. Heat 1Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | |
1 | {{flagIOCathlete|René Wiriath|FRA|1924 Summer}} | 1:59.0 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bill Richardson|USA|1924 Summer}} | 1:59.6 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gösta Jansson|FIN|1924 Summer}} | 1:59.9 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Clifford Davis|RSA|1924 Summer}} | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ludwig Deckardt|AUT|1924 Summer}} | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vilém Šindler|TCH|1924 Summer}} | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Édouard Armand|HAI|1924 Summer}} | Heat 2Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | |
1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Clarence Oldfield|RSA|1924 Summer}} | 1:58.0 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harry Houghton|GBR|1924 Summer}} | 1:58.4 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Schuyler Enck|USA|1924 Summer}} | 1:58.6 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Maurice Grosclaude|FRA|1924 Summer}} | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mario-Giuseppe Bonini|ITA|1924 Summer}} | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Eduard Riedl|TCH|1924 Summer}} | 2:02.5 | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Juan Escutia|MEX|1924 Summer}} | Heat 3Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | |
1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Martin|SUI|1924 Summer}} | 2:00.2 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sven Emil Lundgren|SWE|1924 Summer}} | 2:01.4 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jack Harris|CAN|1924 Summer}} | 2:01.6 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Malcolm Boyd|AUS|1924 Summer}} | Heat 4Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | |
1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Adriaan Paulen|NED|1924 Summer}} | 1:59.2 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|John Watters|USA|1924 Summer}} | 1:59.8 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Tom McKay|CAN|1924 Summer}} | 2:00.1 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Puccio Pucci|ITA|1924 Summer}} | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Roy Norman|AUS|1924 Summer}} | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Narciso Costa|BRA|1924 Summer}} | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Józef Jaworski|POL|1924 Summer}} | DNF | Heat 5Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | |
1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Rudolf Johansson|SWE|1924 Summer}} | 1:57.6 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|François Morren|BEL|1924 Summer}} | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Edgar Mountain|GBR|1924 Summer}} | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ferruccio Bruni|ITA|1924 Summer}} | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Hec Phillips|CAN|1924 Summer}} | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Stefan Ołdak|POL|1924 Summer}} | 2:09.0 | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Wim Bolten|NED|1924 Summer}} | DNF | Heat 6Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | |
1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Kai Jensen|DEN|1924 Summer}} | 1:58.4 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Norman MacEachern|IRL|1924 Summer}} | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ray Dodge|USA|1924 Summer}} | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Stefan Kostrzewski|POL|1924 Summer}} | 2:01.6 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Menso Menso|NED|1924 Summer}} | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jack Newman|AUS|1924 Summer}} | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Christophe Mirgain|LUX|1924 Summer}} | Heat 7Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | |
1 | {{flagIOCathlete|H. B. Stallard|GBR|1924 Summer}} | 1:57.6 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Louis Philipps|FRA|1924 Summer}} | 1:58.6 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Albert Larsen|DEN|1924 Summer}} | 1:58.8 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Tokushige Noto|JPN|1924 Summer}} | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Erik Byléhn|SWE|1924 Summer}} | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ömer Besim Koşalay|TUR|1924 Summer}} | Heat 8Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | |
1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Douglas Lowe|GBR|1924 Summer}} | 1:58.0 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Georges Baraton|FRA|1924 Summer}} | 1:59.2 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Charles Hoff|NOR|1924 Summer}} | 2:02.1 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Karel Přibyl|TCH|1924 Summer}} | 2:03.8 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Guillermo Amparan|MEX|1924 Summer}} |
SemifinalsAll semi-finals were held on Monday, July 7, 1924. The best three finishers of every heat qualified for the final. Semifinal 1Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | |
1 | {{flagIOCathlete|H. B. Stallard|GBR|1924 Summer}} | 1:54.2 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bill Richardson|USA|1924 Summer}} | 1:55.0 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Martin|SUI|1924 Summer}} | 1:55.6 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Rudolf Johansson|SWE|1924 Summer}} | 1:55.7 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Kai Jensen|DEN|1924 Summer}} | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Clarence Oldfield|RSA|1924 Summer}} | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Georges Baraton|FRA|1924 Summer}} | 1:57.6 | 8 | {{flagIOCathlete|Tom McKay|CAN|1924 Summer}} | 1:58.5 | Semifinal 2Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | |
1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Douglas Lowe|GBR|1924 Summer}} | 1:56.8 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harry Houghton|GBR|1924 Summer}} | 1:57.3 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|John Watters|USA|1924 Summer}} | 1:57.4 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sven Emil Lundgren|SWE|1924 Summer}} | 1:57.6 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Norman MacEachern|IRL|1924 Summer}} | 1:58.3 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|François Morren|BEL|1924 Summer}} | 1:58.5 | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|René Wiriath|FRA|1924 Summer}} | 1:59.6 | 8 | {{flagIOCathlete|Albert Larsen|DEN|1924 Summer}} | 2:00.2 | Semifinal 3Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. | |
1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ray Dodge|USA|1924 Summer}} | 1:57.0 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Schuyler Enck|USA|1924 Summer}} | 1:57.6 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Charles Hoff|NOR|1924 Summer}} | 1:58.4 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Adriaan Paulen|NED|1924 Summer}} | 1:58.8 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gösta Jansson|FIN|1924 Summer}} | 1:59.4 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jack Harris|CAN|1924 Summer}} | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Edgar Mountain|GBR|1924 Summer}} | 8 | {{flagIOCathlete|Louis Philipps|FRA|1924 Summer}} |
FinalThe final was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924. Place | Athlete | Time | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Douglas Lowe|GBR|1924 Summer}} | 1:52.4 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Martin|SUI|1924 Summer}} | 1:52.6 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Schuyler Enck|USA|1924 Summer}} | 1:53.0 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|H. B. Stallard|GBR|1924 Summer}} | 1:53.0 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Bill Richardson|USA|1924 Summer}} | 1:53.8 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Ray Dodge|USA|1924 Summer}} | 1:54.2 | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|John Watters|USA|1924 Summer}} | 1:54.8 | 8 | {{flagIOCathlete|Charles Hoff|NOR|1924 Summer}} | 1:56.7 | 9 | {{flagIOCathlete|Harry Houghton|GBR|1924 Summer}} | 1:58.0 |
References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/ATH/mens-800-metres.html |title=Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 800 metres |accessdate=9 October 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}
External links- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Olympic Report]
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