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800 metres, Men

Date	6 – 8 July 1924
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade Yves-de-Manoir, Colombes
Participants	50 from 24 countries
Olympic Record	1:51.9 WR / Ted Meredith USA / 8 July 1912 / Details

The best time before Paris was set by American Sky 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	Competitor	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
DNS	José Francisco Cuevas	MEX	–	–	–
DNS	Karl Mahr	AUT	–	–	–
DNS	János Benedek	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	Márton Fonyo	HUN	–	–	–
DNS	Vicente Abad	ESP	–	–	–
DNS	Rafael de la Cerda	ESP	–	–	–
DNS	R. Eniss Bey	TUR	–	–	–
DNS	Federico Brewster	ARG	–	–	–
DNS	Francisco Dova	ARG	–	–	–
DNS	Ferdinand Friebe	AUT	–	–	–
DNS	Alfredo Gomes	BRA	–	–	–
DNS	Lyuben Karastoyanov	BUL	–	–	–
DNS	Kiril Petrunov	BUL	–	–	–
DNS	Johannes Villemson	EST	–	–	–
DNS	Jaakko Luoma	FIN	–	–	–
DNS	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	–	–	–
DNS	Arvo Peussa	FIN	–	–	–
DNS	J.P. Clarke	IRL	–	–	–
DNS	Guido Cominotto	ITA	–	–	–
DNS	Stanisław Świętochowski	POL	–	–	–

Round One

Date	6 July 1924 — 15:15
Format	Top 3 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	René Wiriath	FRA	1:59.0	Q
2	Bill Richardson	USA	1:59.6	Q
3	Gösta Jansson	FIN	1:59.9	Q
4	Clifford Davis	RSA	–
5	Ludwig Deckardt	AUT	–		8
6	Vilém Šindler	TCH	–		9
7	Édouard Armand	HAI	–		10

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Clarence Oldfield	RSA	1:58.0	Q
2	Harry Houghton	GBR	1:58.4	Q
3	Sky Enck	USA	1:58.6	Q
4	Maurice Grosclaude	FRA	–
5	Mario Giuseppe Bonini	ITA	–
6	Eduard Riedl	TCH	2:02.5
7	Juan Escutia	MEX	–		11

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Paul Martin	SUI	2:00.2	Q
2	Sven Emil Lundgren	SWE	2:01.4	Q
3	Jack Harris	CAN	2:01.6	Q
4	Malcolm Boyd	AUS	–

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Adje Paulen	NED	1:59.2	Q
2	John Watters	USA	1:59.8	Q
3	Tom McKay	CAN	2:00.1	Q
4	Puccio Pucci	ITA	–
5	Roy Norman	AUS	–
6	Narciso Costa	BRA	–
DNF	Józef Jaworski	POL	–		12

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Rudolf Johansson	SWE	1:57.6	Q
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
DNF	Wim Bolten	NED	–		13

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Kai Jensen	DEN	1:58.4	Q
2	Norman McEachern	IRL	–	Q
3	Ray Dodge	USA	–	Q
4	Stefan Kostrzewski	POL	2:01.6
5	Menso Menso	NED	–
6	Christophe Mirgain	LUX	2:05.2
7	Jack Newman	AUS	–

Heat #7

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Henry Stallard	GBR	1:57.6	Q
2	Louis Philipps	FRA	1:58.6	Q
3	Albert Larsen	DEN	1:58.8	Q
4	Tokushige Noto	JPN	–
5	Erik Byléhn	SWE	–
6	Ömer Besim Koşalay	TUR	–		14

Heat #8

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Douglas Lowe	GBR	1:58.0	Q
2	Georges Baraton	FRA	1:59.2	Q
3	Charles Hoff	NOR	2:02.1	Q
4	Karel Přibyl	TCH	2:03.8
5	Guillermo Amparan	MEX	–

Semi-Finals

Date	7 July 1924 — 15:30
Format	Top 3 in each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Henry Stallard	GBR	1:54.2	Q
2	Bill Richardson	USA	1:55.0	Q
3	Paul Martin	SUI	1:55.6	Q
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 #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Douglas Lowe	GBR	1:56.8	Q
2	Harry Houghton	GBR	1:57.3	Q
3	John Watters	USA	1:57.4	Q
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 #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ray Dodge	USA	1:57.0	Q
2	Sky Enck	USA	1:57.6	Q
3	Charles Hoff	NOR	1:58.4	Q
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 Round

Date	8 July 1924 — 15:15

Pos	Competitor	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

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
400 m	Henry Stallard	54.0
500 m	Henry Stallard	1:06.8
600 m	Henry Stallard	1:21.4