At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, 27 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from 6 to 13 July.[1]
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| Dates | 6-13 July |
| No. of events | 27 |
| Competitors | 386 from 34 nations |
Medal summary Edit
Medal table Edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States (USA) | 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 |  Finland (FIN) | 10 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 |  Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 | |
Participating nations Edit
657 athletes from 40 nations competed. Ten nations competed in athletics for the first time. Cuba, Lithuania, Romania, Uruguay and Germany were the only five nations not to compete in athletics.
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References Edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2017.