| | Event type
400 metres Hurdles, Men
| Date | 6 – 7 July 1924 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Stade Yves-de-Manoir, Colombes |
| Participants | 23 from 13 countries |
Morgan Taylor had won the 1924 AAU title and the US Olympic Trials, the latter in a world record 52.6, though it was not ratified as he knocked over a hurdle. The final saw him take the lead at the halfway mark and pull away to win by six metres over teammate Charles Brookins. But Brookins was disqualified for running out of his lane, giving the silver medal to Finland’s Erik “Erkka” Wilén. Taylor’s time was 52.6, again seemingly a world record, but he had knocked over the last hurdle so it could not be ratified, and the Olympic record then reverted to Wilén’s 53.8, though he originally only finished third in the race. Fourth-place finisher Géo André was competing in his fourth Olympics, 16 years after his Olympic début.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | R1 | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan Taylor |  USA | 55.8 (1 h5) | 54.9 (2 h1) | 52.6 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Erkka Wilén |  FIN | 55.3 (2 h2) | 55.4 (3 h1) | 53.8 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Ivan Riley | USA | 55.4 (1 h6) | 56.6 (1 h2) | 54.2 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Géo André |  FRA | 56.0 (1 h3) | 56.7 (2 h2) | 56.2 (4) | |||
| Fred Blackett |  GBR | 56.9 (2 h5) | 58.4 (3 h2) | – ( | ||||
| Charley Brookins | USA | 54.8 (1 h1) | 54.6 (1 h1) | – ( | ||||
| 4 h1 r2/3 | Luigi Facelli |  ITA | 56.4 (2 h6) | 55.6 (4 h1) | – | |||
| 4 h2 r2/3 | Chan Coulter | USA | 55.0 (1 h2) | 58.6 (4 h2) | – | |||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | Roger Viel | FRA | 57.2 (1 h4) | 56.7 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 5 h2 r2/3 | Martti Jukola | FIN | 57.7 (2 h4) | 58.6 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | Henri Thorsen |  DEN | 57.2 (2 h3) | 57.3 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | Humberto Lara |  CHI | 56.5 (2 h1) | 59.0 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 3 h1 r1/3 | Phil MacDonald |  CAN | 56.8 (3 h1) | – | – | |||
| 3 h2 r1/3 | Louis Lundgren | DEN | 56.0 (3 h2) | – | – | |||
| 3 h3 r1/3 | Ioannis Talianos |  GRE | 58.0 (3 h3) | – | – | |||
| 3 h4 r1/3 | Wilfrid Tatham | GBR | 58.5 (3 h4) | – | – | |||
| 3 h5 r1/3 | Enrique Thompson |  ARG | 57.0 (3 h5) | – | – | |||
| 3 h6 r1/3 | Jules Migeot |  BEL | 56.7 (3 h6) | – | – | |||
| 4 h5 r1/3 | Richard Honner |  AUS | 58.5 (4 h5) | – | – | |||
| 4 h6 r1/3 | Warren Montabone | CAN | – (4 h6) | – | – | |||
| 5 h5 r1/3 | André Foussard | FRA | 1:00.0 (5 h5) | – | – | |||
| 5 h6 r1/3 | Oscar, Ridder van Rappard |  NED | – (5 h6) | – | – | |||
| AC h2 r1/3 | Pierre Arnaudin | FRA | – (DNF h2) | – | – | |||
| Bertie Heathcote |  IND | – | – | – | ||||
| Mario Cavalleri | ITA | – | – | – | ||||
| Oli Gulli |  NOR | – | – | – | ||||
| Elemér Somfay |  HUN | – | – | – | ||||
| Will Hildreth | IND | – | – | – | ||||
| Cheruvari Lakshmanan | IND | – | – | – | ||||
| Sid Atkinson |  RSA | – | – | – | ||||
| Erik Kjellström |  SWE | – | – | – |
Round One
| Date | 6 July 1924 — 14:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals. |
Heat #1
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charley Brookins | USA | 54.8 | ||
| 2 | Humberto Lara | CHI | 56.5 | ||
| 3 | Phil MacDonald | CAN | 56.8 |
Heat #2
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chan Coulter | USA | 55.0 | ||
| 2 | Erkka Wilén | FIN | 55.3 | ||
| 3 | Louis Lundgren | DEN | 56.0 | ||
| Pierre Arnaudin | FRA | – |
Heat #3
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Géo André | FRA | 56.0 | ||
| 2 | Henri Thorsen | DEN | 57.2 | ||
| 3 | Ioannis Talianos | GRE | 58.0 |
Heat #4
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roger Viel | FRA | 57.2 | ||
| 2 | Martti Jukola | FIN | 57.7 | ||
| 3 | Wilfrid Tatham | GBR | 58.5 |
Heat #5
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan Taylor | USA | 55.8 | ||
| 2 | Fred Blackett | GBR | 56.9 | ||
| 3 | Enrique Thompson | ARG | 57.0 | ||
| 4 | Richard Honner | AUS | 58.5 | ||
| 5 | André Foussard | FRA | 1:00.0 |
Heat #6
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Riley | USA | 55.4 | ||
| 2 | Luigi Facelli | ITA | 56.4 | ||
| 3 | Jules Migeot | BEL | 56.7 | ||
| 4 | Warren Montabone | CAN | – | ||
| 5 | Oscar, Ridder van Rappard | NED | – |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 6 July 1924 — 16:30 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top three in each heat advanced to the final. |
Heat #1
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charley Brookins | USA | 54.6 | ||
| 2 | Morgan Taylor | USA | 54.9 | ||
| 3 | Erkka Wilén | FIN | 55.4 | ||
| 4 | Luigi Facelli | ITA | 55.6 | ||
| 5 | Roger Viel | FRA | 56.7 | ||
| 6 | Henri Thorsen | DEN | 57.3 |
Heat #2
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Riley | USA | 56.6 | ||
| 2 | Géo André | FRA | 56.7 | ||
| 3 | Fred Blackett | GBR | 58.4 | ||
| 4 | Chan Coulter | USA | 58.6 | ||
| 5 | Martti Jukola | FIN | 58.6 | ||
| 6 | Humberto Lara | CHI | 59.0 |
Final Round
| Date | 7 July 1924 — 15:00 |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Morgan Taylor | USA | 52.6 | 1 | |
| 2 | – | Erkka Wilén | FIN | 53.8 | ||
| 3 | – | Ivan Riley | USA | 54.2 | ||
| 4 | – | Géo André | FRA | 56.2 | ||
| – | Charley Brookins | USA | – | |||
| – | Fred Blackett | GBR | – |