| | Event type
800 metres, Men
| Date | 6 – 8 July 1924 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes |
| Participants | 50 from 24 countries |
The best time before Paris was set by American Schuyler Enck with 1:53.2. He was favored with AAA Champion Henry Stallard, with Swiss runner Paul Martin considered a possible threat. Also competing in the final was Norwegian Charles Hoff, the world record holder in the pole vault. Stallard took the lead at the start and passed 400 in 54.0. On the backstretch Douglas Lowe (GBR) launched a move that pulled him ahead and he battled down the straight with Martin, winning by half a metre.
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | R1 | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Douglas Lowe |  GBR | 1:58.0 (1 h8) | 1:56.8 (1 h2) | 1:52.4 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Paul Martin |  SUI | 2:00.2 (1 h3) | 1:55.6 (3 h1) | 1:52.6 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Sky Enck |  USA | 1:58.6 (3 h2) | 1:57.6 (2 h3) | 1:53.0 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Henry Stallard | GBR | 1:57.6 (1 h7) | 1:54.2 (1 h1) | 1:53.0 (4) | |||
| 5 | – | Bill Richardson | USA | 1:59.6 (2 h1) | 1:55.0 (2 h1) | 1:53.8 (5) | |||
| 6 | – | Ray Dodge | USA | – (3 h6) | 1:57.0 (1 h3) | 1:54.2 (6) | |||
| 7 | – | John Watters | USA | 1:59.8 (2 h4) | 1:57.4 (3 h2) | 1:54.8 (7) | |||
| 8 | – | Charles Hoff |  NOR | 2:02.1 (3 h8) | 1:58.4 (3 h3) | 1:56.7 (8) | |||
| 9 | – | Harry Houghton | GBR | 1:58.4 (2 h2) | 1:57.3 (2 h2) | 1:58.0 (9) | |||
| 4 h1 r2/3 | – | Rudolf Johansson |  SWE | 1:57.6 (1 h5) | 1:55.7 (4 h1) | – | |||
| 4 h2 r2/3 | – | Sven Emil Lundgren | SWE | 2:01.4 (2 h3) | 1:57.6 (4 h2) | – | |||
| 4 h3 r2/3 | – | Adje Paulen |  NED | 1:59.2 (1 h4) | 1:58.8 (4 h3) | – | |||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | – | Kai Jensen |  DEN | 1:58.4 (1 h6) | – (5 h1) | – | |||
| 5 h2 r2/3 | – | Norman McEachern |  IRL | – (2 h6) | 1:58.3 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 5 h3 r2/3 | – | Gösta Jansson |  FIN | 1:59.9 (3 h1) | 1:59.5 (5 h3) | – | |||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | – | Clarence Oldfield |  RSA | 1:58.0 (1 h2) | – (6 h1) | – | |||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | – | François Morren |  BEL | – (2 h5) | 1:58.5 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 6 h3 r2/3 | – | Jack Harris |  CAN | 2:01.6 (3 h3) | – (6 h3) | – | |||
| 7 h1 r2/3 | – | Georges Baraton |  FRA | 1:59.2 (2 h8) | 1:57.6 (7 h1) | – | |||
| 7 h2 r2/3 | – | René Wiriath | FRA | 1:59.0 (1 h1) | 1:59.6 (7 h2) | – | |||
| 7 h3 r2/3 | – | Edgar Mountain | GBR | – (3 h5) | – (7 h3) | – | |||
| 8 h1 r2/3 | – | Tom McKay | CAN | 2:00.1 (3 h4) | 1:58.5 (8 h1) | – | |||
| 8 h2 r2/3 | – | Albert Larsen | DEN | 1:58.8 (3 h7) | 2:00.2 (8 h2) | – | |||
| 8 h3 r2/3 | – | Louis Philipps | FRA | 1:58.6 (2 h7) | – (8 h3) | – | |||
| 4 h1 r1/3 | – | Clifford Davis | RSA | – (4 h1) | – | – | |||
| 4 h2 r1/3 | – | Maurice Grosclaude | FRA | – (4 h2) | – | – | |||
| 4 h3 r1/3 | – | Malcolm Boyd |  AUS | – (4 h3) | – | – | |||
| 4 h4 r1/3 | – | Puccio Pucci |  ITA | – (4 h4) | – | – | |||
| 4 h5 r1/3 | – | Ferruccio Bruni | ITA | – (4 h5) | – | – | |||
| 4 h6 r1/3 | – | Stefan Kostrzewski |  POL | 2:01.6 (4 h6) | – | – | |||
| 4 h7 r1/3 | – | Tokushige Noto |  JPN | – (4 h7) | – | – | |||
| 4 h8 r1/3 | – | Karel Přibyl |  TCH | 2:03.8 (4 h8) | – | – | |||
| 5 h2 r1/3 | – | Mario Giuseppe Bonini | ITA | – (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 5 h1 r1/3 | – | Ludwig Deckardt |  AUT | – (5 h1) | – | – | 1 | ||
| 5 h4 r1/3 | – | Roy Norman | AUS | – (5 h4) | – | – | |||
| 5 h5 r1/3 | – | Hec Phillips | CAN | – (5 h5) | – | – | |||
| 5 h6 r1/3 | – | Menso Menso | NED | – (5 h6) | – | – | |||
| 5 h7 r1/3 | – | Erik Byléhn | SWE | – (5 h7) | – | – | |||
| 5 h8 r1/3 | – | Guillermo Amparan |  MEX | – (5 h8) | – | – | |||
| 6 h1 r1/3 | – | Vilém Šindler | TCH | – (6 h1) | – | – | 2 | ||
| 6 h2 r1/3 | – | Eduard Riedl | TCH | 2:02.5 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 6 h4 r1/3 | – | Narciso Costa |  BRA | – (6 h4) | – | – | |||
| 6 h5 r1/3 | – | Stefan Ołdak | POL | 2:09.0 (6 h5) | – | – | |||
| 6 h6 r1/3 | – | Christophe Mirgain |  LUX | 2:05.2 (6 h6) | – | – | |||
| 6 h7 r1/3 | – | Ömer Besim Koşalay |  TUR | – (6 h7) | – | – | 3 | ||
| 7 h1 r1/3 | – | Édouard Armand |  HAI | – (7 h1) | – | – | 4 | ||
| 7 h2 r1/3 | – | Juan Escutia | MEX | – (7 h2) | – | – | 5 | ||
| 7 h6 r1/3 | – | Jack Newman | AUS | – (7 h6) | – | – | |||
| AC h4 r1/3 | – | Józef Jaworski | POL | – (DNF h4) | – | – | DNF | 6 | |
| AC h5 r1/3 | – | Wim Bolten | NED | – (DNF h5) | – | – | DNF | 7 | |
| – | José Francisco Cuevas | MEX | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Karl Mahr | AUT | – | – | – | ||||
| – | János Benedek |  HUN | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Márton Fonyo | HUN | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Vicente Abad |  ESP | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Rafael de la Cerda | ESP | – | – | – | ||||
| – | R. Eniss Bey | TUR | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Federico Brewster |  ARG | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Francisco Dova | ARG | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Ferdinand Friebe | AUT | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Alfredo Gomes | BRA | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Lyuben Karastoyanov |  BUL | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Kiril Petrunov | BUL | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Johannes Villemson |  EST | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Jaakko Luoma | FIN | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Paavo Nurmi | FIN | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Arvo Peussa | FIN | – | – | – | ||||
| – | J.P. Clarke | IRL | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Guido Cominotto | ITA | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Stanisław Świętochowski | POL | – | – | – |
Round One (6 July 1924 — 15:15)
Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
Heat One
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | René Wiriath | FRA | 1:59.0 | |||
| 2 | – | Bill Richardson | USA | 1:59.6 | |||
| 3 | – | Gösta Jansson | FIN | 1:59.9 | |||
| 4 | – | Clifford Davis | RSA | – | |||
| 5 | – | Ludwig Deckardt | AUT | – | 8 | ||
| 6 | – | Vilém Šindler | TCH | – | 9 | ||
| 7 | – | Édouard Armand | HAI | – | 10 |
Heat Two
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Clarence Oldfield | RSA | 1:58.0 | |||
| 2 | – | Harry Houghton | GBR | 1:58.4 | |||
| 3 | – | Sky Enck | USA | 1:58.6 | |||
| 4 | – | Maurice Grosclaude | FRA | – | |||
| 5 | – | Mario Giuseppe Bonini | ITA | – | |||
| 6 | – | Eduard Riedl | TCH | 2:02.5 | |||
| 7 | – | Juan Escutia | MEX | – | 11 |
Heat Three
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Paul Martin | SUI | 2:00.2 | |||
| 2 | – | Sven Emil Lundgren | SWE | 2:01.4 | |||
| 3 | – | Jack Harris | CAN | 2:01.6 | |||
| 4 | – | Malcolm Boyd | AUS | – |
Heat Four
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Adje Paulen | NED | 1:59.2 | |||
| 2 | – | John Watters | USA | 1:59.8 | |||
| 3 | – | Tom McKay | CAN | 2:00.1 | |||
| 4 | – | Puccio Pucci | ITA | – | |||
| 5 | – | Roy Norman | AUS | – | |||
| 6 | – | Narciso Costa | BRA | – | |||
| – | Józef Jaworski | POL | – | 12 |
Heat Five
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Rudolf Johansson | SWE | 1:57.6 | |||
| 2 | – | François Morren | BEL | – | |||
| 3 | – | Edgar Mountain | GBR | – | |||
| 4 | – | Ferruccio Bruni | ITA | – | |||
| 5 | – | Hec Phillips | CAN | – | |||
| 6 | – | Stefan Ołdak | POL | 2:09.0 | |||
| – | Wim Bolten | NED | – | 13 |
Heat Six
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Kai Jensen | DEN | 1:58.4 | |||
| 2 | – | Norman McEachern | IRL | – | |||
| 3 | – | Ray Dodge | USA | – | |||
| 4 | – | Stefan Kostrzewski | POL | 2:01.6 | |||
| 5 | – | Menso Menso | NED | – | |||
| 6 | – | Christophe Mirgain | LUX | 2:05.2 | |||
| 7 | – | Jack Newman | AUS | – |
Heat Seven
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Henry Stallard | GBR | 1:57.6 | |||
| 2 | – | Louis Philipps | FRA | 1:58.6 | |||
| 3 | – | Albert Larsen | DEN | 1:58.8 | |||
| 4 | – | Tokushige Noto | JPN | – | |||
| 5 | – | Erik Byléhn | SWE | – | |||
| 6 | – | Ömer Besim Koşalay | TUR | – | 14 |
Heat Eight
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Douglas Lowe | GBR | 1:58.0 | |||
| 2 | – | Georges Baraton | FRA | 1:59.2 | |||
| 3 | – | Charles Hoff | NOR | 2:02.1 | |||
| 4 | – | Karel Přibyl | TCH | 2:03.8 | |||
| 5 | – | Guillermo Amparan | MEX | – |
Semi-Finals (7 July 1924 — 15:30)
Top three in each heat advanced to the final.
Heat One
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Henry Stallard | GBR | 1:54.2 | |||
| 2 | – | Bill Richardson | USA | 1:55.0 | |||
| 3 | – | Paul Martin | SUI | 1:55.6 | |||
| 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 |
Heat Two
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Douglas Lowe | GBR | 1:56.8 | |||
| 2 | – | Harry Houghton | GBR | 1:57.3 | |||
| 3 | – | John Watters | USA | 1:57.4 | |||
| 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 |
Heat Three
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Ray Dodge | USA | 1:57.0 | |||
| 2 | – | Sky Enck | USA | 1:57.6 | |||
| 3 | – | Charles Hoff | NOR | 1:58.4 | |||
| 4 | – | Adje Paulen | NED | 1:58.8 | |||
| 5 | – | Gösta Jansson | FIN | 1:59.5 | |||
| 6 | – | Jack Harris | CAN | – | |||
| 7 | – | Edgar Mountain | GBR | – | |||
| 8 | – | Louis Philipps | FRA | – |
Final (8 July 1924 — 15:15)
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Douglas Lowe | GBR | 1:52.4 | |||
| 2 | – | Paul Martin | SUI | 1:52.6 | |||
| 3 | – | Sky Enck | USA | 1:53.0 | |||
| 4 | – | Henry 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 |
Splits
| 400 m | 54.0 | Henry Stallard | |
| 500 m | 1:06.8 | Henry Stallard | |
| 600 m | 1:21.4 | Henry Stallard | |