Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

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]

Men's 800 metres
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueStade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
DatesJuly 6 (quarterfinals)
July 7 (semifinals and final)
Competitors43 from 21 nations
Medalists
Douglas Lowe
 Great Britain
Paul Martin
 Switzerland
Schuyler Enck
 United States
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Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1:51.9 Ted Meredith Stockholm (SWE) July 8, 1912
Olympic Record 1:51.9 Ted Meredith Stockholm (SWE) July 8, 1912

Results

Round 1

All heats were held on Sunday, July 6, 1924.

The best three finishers of every heat qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 René Wiriath (FRA)1:59.0Q
2 Bill Richardson (USA)1:59.6Q
3 Gösta Jansson (FIN)1:59.9Q
4 Clifford Davis (RSA)
5 Ludwig Deckardt (AUT)
6 Vilém Šindler (TCH)
7 Édouard Armand (HAI)

Heat 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Clarence Oldfield (RSA)1:58.0Q
2 Harry Houghton (GBR)1:58.4Q
3 Schuyler Enck (USA)1:58.6Q
4 Maurice Grosclaude (FRA)
5 Mario-Giuseppe Bonini (ITA)
6 Eduard Riedl (TCH)2:02.5
7 Juan Escutia (MEX)

Heat 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Paul Martin (SUI)2:00.2Q
2 Sven Emil Lundgren (SWE)2:01.4Q
3 Jack Harris (CAN)2:01.6Q
4 Malcolm Boyd (AUS)

Heat 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Adriaan Paulen (NED)1:59.2Q
2 John Watters (USA)1:59.8Q
3 Tom McKay (CAN)2:00.1Q
4 Puccio Pucci (ITA)
5 Roy Norman (AUS)
6 Narciso Costa (BRA)
7 Józef Jaworski (POL)DNF

Heat 5

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Rudolf Johansson (SWE)1:57.6Q
2 François Morren (BEL)Q
3 Edgar Mountain (GBR)Q
4 Ferruccio Bruni (ITA)
5 Hec Phillips (CAN)
6 Stefan Ołdak (POL)2:09.0
7 Wim Bolten (NED)DNF

Heat 6

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Kai Jensen (DEN)1:58.4Q
2 Norman McEachern (IRL)Q
3 Ray Dodge (USA)Q
4 Stefan Kostrzewski (POL)2:01.6
5 Menso Menso (NED)
6 Jack Newman (AUS)
7 Christophe Mirgain (LUX)

Heat 7

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 H. B. Stallard (GBR)1:57.6Q
2 Louis Philipps (FRA)1:58.6Q
3 Albert Larsen (DEN)1:58.8Q
4 Tokushige Noto (JPN)
5 Erik Byléhn (SWE)
6 Ömer Besim Koşalay (TUR)

Heat 8

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Douglas Lowe (GBR)1:58.0Q
2 Georges Baraton (FRA)1:59.2Q
3 Charles Hoff (NOR)2:02.1Q
4 Karel Přibyl (TCH)2:03.8
5 Guillermo Amparan (MEX)

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Monday, July 7, 1924.

The best three finishers of every heat qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 H. B. Stallard (GBR)1:54.2Q
2 Bill Richardson (USA)1:55.0Q
3 Paul Martin (SUI)1:55.6Q
4 Rudolf Johansson (SWE)1:55.7
5 Kai Jensen (DEN)
6 Clarence Oldfield (RSA)
7 Georges Baraton (FRA)1:57.6
8 Tom McKay (CAN)1:58.5

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Douglas Lowe (GBR)1:56.8Q
2 Harry Houghton (GBR)1:57.3Q
3 John Watters (USA)1:57.4Q
4 Sven Emil Lundgren (SWE)1:57.6
5 Norman McEachern (IRL)1:58.3
6 François Morren (BEL)1:58.5
7 René Wiriath (FRA)1:59.6
8 Albert Larsen (DEN)2:00.2

Semifinal 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Ray Dodge (USA)1:57.0Q
2 Schuyler Enck (USA)1:57.6Q
3 Charles Hoff (NOR)1:58.4Q
4 Adriaan Paulen (NED)1:58.8
5 Gösta Jansson (FIN)1:59.4
6 Jack Harris (CAN)
7 Edgar Mountain (GBR)
8 Louis Philipps (FRA)

Final

The final was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924.

PlaceAthleteTime
1 Douglas Lowe (GBR)1:52.4
2 Paul Martin (SUI)1:52.6
3 Schuyler Enck (USA)1:53.0
4 H. B. Stallard (GBR)1:53.0
5 Bill Richardson (USA)1:53.8
6 Ray Dodge (USA)1:54.2
7 John Watters (USA)1:54.8
8 Charles Hoff (NOR)1:56.7
9 Harry Houghton (GBR)1:58.0

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
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