Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

Men's marathon at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir and nearby roads
Dates	July 13
Competitors	58 from 20 nations
Winning time	2:41:22.6
Medalists
Oskar Stenroos  Finland Romeo Bertini  Italy Clarence DeMar  United States

Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

The men's marathon event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The marathon was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924.

It was only the second Olympic marathon to use the distance of 26 miles, 385 yards which was first used in 1908 and is now the standard marathon distance.

Fifty-eight runners from 20 nations competed.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	2:32:35.8	Antwerp, Belgium	22 August 1920
Olympic record	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	2:32:35.8	Antwerp, Belgium	22 August 1920

Results

The race was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924.

Rank	Athlete	Result
	Oskar Stenroos (FIN)	2:41:22.6
	Romeo Bertini (ITA)	2:47:19.6
	Clarence DeMar (USA)	2:48:14.0
4	Lauri Halonen (FIN)	2:49:47.4
5	Sam Ferris (GBR)	2:52:26.0
6	Manuel Plaza (CHI)	2:52:54.0
7	Boughéra El-Ouafi (FRA)	2:54:19.6
8	Gustav Kinn (SWE)	2:54:33.4
9	22x20px Dionisio Carreras (ESP)	2:57:18.4
10	Jüri Lossman (EST)	2:57:54.6
11	Axel Jensen (DEN)	2:58:44.8
12	Jean-Baptiste Manhès (FRA)	3:00:34.0
13	22x20px John Cuthbert (CAN)	3:00:44.6
14	22x20px Victor McAuley (CAN)	3:02:05.4
15	Marcel Alavoine (BEL)	3:03:20.0
16	Frank Wendling (USA)	3:05:09.8
17	Arthur Farrimond (GBR)	3:05:15.0
18	Frank Zuna (USA)	3:05:52.2
19	22x20px Harry Phillips (RSA)	3:07:13.0
20	Augustinus Broos (BEL)	3:14:03.0
21	Henning Karlsson (SWE)	3:14:21.4
22	Tullio Biscuola (ITA)	3:19:05.0
23	William Churchill (USA)	3:19:18.0
24	Mohammed Ghermati (FRA)	3:20:27.0
25	Charles Mellor (USA)	3:24:07.0
26	Pierre-Georges LeClercq (BEL)	3:27:54.0
27	Jack McKenna (GBR)	3:30:40.0
28	Antal Lovas (HUN)	3:35:24.0
29	Mahadeo Singh (IND)	3:37:36.0
30	Elmar Reimann (EST)	3:40:52.0
–	Ernesto Alciati (ITA)	DNF
	Vyron Athanasiadis (GRE)	DNF
	22x20px Belisario Villacís (ECU)	DNF
	Ettore Blasi (ITA)	DNF
	Cornelis Brouwer (NED)	DNF
	Alberto Cavallero (ITA)	DNF
	Josef Eberle (TCH)	DNF
	Henrik Hietakari (FIN)	DNF
	Bohumil Honzátko (TCH)	DNF
	Ján Kalous (TCH)	DNF
	Shizo Kanakuri (JPN)	DNF
	Pál Király (HUN)	DNF
	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	DNF
	Alexandros Kranis (GRE)	DNF
	Ville Kyrönen (FIN)	DNF
	Ernest Letherland (GBR)	DNF
	Angelo Malvicini (ITA)	DNF
	Albert Mills (GBR)	DNF
	Yahei Miura (JPN)	DNF
	Gabriel Ruotsalainen (FIN)	DNF
	Iraklis Sakellaropoulos (GRE)	DNF
	Teunis Sprong (NED)	DNF
	Théophilus Steurs (BEL)	DNF
	Kikunosuke Tashiro (JPN)	DNF
	Félicien Van De Putte (BEL)	DNF
	Georges Verger (FRA)	DNF
	Ralph Williams (USA)	DNF
	Dunky Wright (GBR)	DNF

External links

• Olympic Report