# Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon

The men's marathon event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France. The marathon was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924. It was only the second Olympic marathon to use the distance of 42.195 km (26 miles, 385 yards) which was first used in 1908 and is now the standard marathon distance. Fifty-eight runners from 20 nations competed, with no more than 6 runners per nation. The event was won by Albin Stenroos of Finland, the nation's second consecutive Olympic marathon victory.

## Background

This was the seventh appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The Finnish team included defending champion Hannes Kolehmainen as well as Albin Stenroos, who had won two medals in other events in 1912; Ville Kyrönen had been the winner in the Finnish Olympic trials, however. 1920 silver medalist Jüri Lossmann of Estonia also returned. Boughera El Ouafi of France, who would win gold in 1928, competed for the first time. The American team had Clarence DeMar, the Boston Marathon winner in 1911, 1922, 1923, and 1924, Charles Mellor, who had run the Olympic marathon in 1920 and would win the Boston marathon in 1925, and Frank Zuna, the 1921 Boston winner. Great Britain had Dunky Wright. Shizo Kanakuri of Japan, still considered a missing person in Sweden after disappearing during the 1912 Olympic marathon, competed (as he had in 1920 as well).
Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, and Spain each made their first appearance in Olympic marathons. The United States made its seventh appearance, the only nation to have competed in each Olympic marathon to that point.

## 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 |

## Schedule

The race was delayed due to concerns about heat.
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday, 13 July 1924 | 17:00 | Final |

## Results

The race was held on Sunday, July 13, 1924.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Albin Stenroos | Finland | 2:41:22.6 |
| | Romeo Bertini | Italy | 2:47:19.6 |
| | Clarence DeMar | United States | 2:48:14.0 |
| 4 | Lauri Halonen | Finland | 2:49:47.4 |
| 5 | Sam Ferris | Great Britain | 2:52:26.0 |
| 6 | Manuel Plaza | Chile | 2:52:54.0 |
| 7 | Boughéra El-Ouafi | France | 2:54:19.6 |
| 8 | Gustav Kinn | Sweden | 2:54:33.4 |
| 9 | Dionisio Carreras | Spain | 2:57:18.4 |
| 10 | Jüri Lossman | Estonia | 2:57:54.6 |
| 11 | Axel Jensen | Denmark | 2:58:44.8 |
| 12 | Jean-Baptiste Manhès | France | 3:00:34.0 |
| 13 | John Cuthbert | Canada | 3:00:44.6 |
| 14 | Victor McAuley | Canada | 3:02:05.4 |
| 15 | Marcel Alavoine | Belgium | 3:03:20.0 |
| 16 | Frank Wendling | United States | 3:05:09.8 |
| 17 | Arthur Farrimond | Great Britain | 3:05:15.0 |
| 18 | Frank Zuna | United States | 3:05:52.2 |
| 19 | Harry Phillips | South Africa | 3:07:13.0 |
| 20 | Augustinus Broos | Belgium | 3:14:03.0 |
| 21 | Waldemar Karlsson | Sweden | 3:14:21.4 |
| 22 | Tullio Biscuola | Italy | 3:19:05.0 |
| 23 | William Churchill | United States | 3:19:18.0 |
| 24 | Mohammed Ghermati | France | 3:20:27.0 |
| 25 | Charles Mellor | United States | 3:24:07.0 |
| 26 | Gaston LeClercq | Belgium | 3:27:54.0 |
| 27 | Jack McKenna | Great Britain | 3:30:40.0 |
| 28 | Antal Lovas | Hungary | 3:35:24.0 |
| 29 | Mahadeo Singh | India | 3:37:36.0 |
| 30 | Elmar Reimann | Estonia | 3:40:52.0 |
| — | Ernesto Alciati | Italy | DNF |
| — | Vyron Athanasiadis | Greece | DNF |
| — | Belisario Villacís | Ecuador | DNF |
| — | Ettore Blasi | Italy | DNF |
| — | Cornelis Brouwer | Netherlands | DNF |
| — | Alberto Cavallero | Italy | DNF |
| — | Josef Eberle | Czechoslovakia | DNF |
| — | Henrik Hietakari | Finland | DNF |
| — | Bohumil Honzátko | Czechoslovakia | DNF |
| — | Ján Kalous | Czechoslovakia | DNF |
| — | Shizo Kanakuri | Japan | DNF |
| — | Pál Király | Hungary | DNF |
| — | Hannes Kolehmainen | Finland | DNF |
| — | Alexandros Kranis | Greece | DNF |
| — | Ville Kyrönen | Finland | DNF |
| — | Ernest Letherland | Great Britain | DNF |
| — | Angelo Malvicini | Italy | DNF |
| — | Bobby Mills | Great Britain | DNF |
| — | Yahei Miura | Japan | DNF |
| — | Gabriel Ruotsalainen | Finland | DNF |
| — | Iraklis Sakellaropoulos | Greece | DNF |
| — | Teunis Sprong | Netherlands | DNF |
| — | Gerard Steurs | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Kikunosuke Tashiro | Japan | DNF |
| — | Félicien Van De Putte | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Gabriel Verger | France | DNF |
| — | Ralph Williams | United States | DNF |
| — | Dunky Wright | Great Britain | DNF |
| — | José Andía | Spain | DNS |
| — | József Bese | Hungary | DNS |
| — | Helge Breckwoldt | Denmark | DNS |
| — | Josef Franz | Austria | DNS |
| — | János Hrenvoyszky | Hungary | DNS |
| — | A. Kadar | Hungary | DNS |
| — | Rudolf Kühnel | Austria | DNS |
| — | J. Polspoel dit Standaert | Belgium | DNS |
| — | Sofus Rose | Denmark | DNS |
| — | Trygve Tangen | Norway | DNS |
| — | R. Uri | Austria | DNS |
| — | B. Zapletal | Czechoslovakia | DNS |
| — | František Zyka | Czechoslovakia | DNS |