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Host City: Paris, France
Venue(s): Colombes Olympic Stadium, Colombes
Date Started: July 11, 1924
Date Finished: July 12, 1924
Format: Scoring by 1912B point tables.
Gold: | Harold Osborn |
Silver: | Emerson Norton |
Bronze: | Aleksander Klumberg |
In an era in which the Olympic decathlon was the only international competition, it was difficult to pick a favorite in 1924. [Harold Osborn] won the US Olympic Trials and was the US champion in 1923 and runner-up in 1922. Earlier at the Olympics he had won the high jump. His Olympic decathlon victory in Paris makes him the only Olympic decathlon champion to have also won another individual title at the Olympics. Osbornâs teammate, [Emerson Norton], was leading thru eight events but stumbled badly in the javelin and 1,500.
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | P(1912BT) | P(1985T) | |
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1 | Harold Osborn | 25 | United States | USA | Gold | 7,710.7750 | 6.476 | WR |
2 | Emerson Norton | 23 | United States | USA | Silver | 7,350.8950 | 6.117 | |
3 | Aleksander Klumberg | 25 | Estonia | EST | Bronze | 7,329.3600 | 6.057 | |
4 | Antti Huusari | 25 | Finland | FIN | 7,005.1750 | 5.952 | ||
5 | Ernest Sutherland | 30 | South Africa | RSA | 6,794.1425 | 5.749 | ||
6 | Ernst Gerspach | 27 | Switzerland | SUI | 6,743.5300 | 5.765 | ||
7 | Helge Jansson | 19 | Sweden | SWE | 6,656.1600 | 5.633 | ||
8 | Harry Frieda | 22 | United States | USA | 6,618.3000 | 5.541 | ||
9 | Paavo Yrjölä | 21 | Finland | FIN | 6,548.5250 | 5.547 | ||
10 | Harry de Keijser | 23 | Netherlands | NED | 6,509.6100 | 5.458 | ||
11 | Adolfo Contoli | 26 | Italy | ITA | 6,406.8825 | 5.543 | ||
12 | Antoni Cejzik | 23 | Poland | POL | 6,319.4550 | 5.375 | ||
13 | Enrique Thompson | 26 | Argentina | ARG | 6,310.5250 | 5.615 | ||
14 | Gvido Jekals | 19 | Latvia | LAT | 5,981.6700 | 5.377 | ||
15 | Constant Bucher | 24 | Switzerland | SUI | 5,961.5925 | 5.268 | ||
16 | Eugen Uuemaa | 20 | Estonia | EST | 5,899.1050 | 5.186 | ||
17 | Josse Ruth | Belgium | BEL | 5,866.6700 | 5.384 | |||
18 | Peroslav FerkoviÄ | 21 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 5,517.9250 | 4.975 | ||
19 | Bill Shanahan | 27 | Ireland | IRL | 5,426.6800 | 4.931 | ||
20 | Gaston Médécin | 23 | Monaco | MON | 5,347.5400 | 5.137 | ||
21 | Elmar Rähn | 19 | Estonia | EST | 5,292.7600 | 4.707 | ||
22 | Tokushige Noto | 22 | Japan | JPN | 5,248.3300 | 5.090 | ||
23 | Ãdouard Armand | Haiti | HAI | 5,207.8950 | 4.741 | |||
24 | Stelios Benardis | Greece | GRE | 5,189.1600 | 4.606 | |||
25 | Donald Slack | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 5,148.1050 | 4.803 | ||
AC | Gabriel Sempé | 23 | France | FRA | DNF | |||
AC | Percy Spark | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | DNF | |||
AC | Adolf Meier | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | DNF | |||
AC | Dennis Duigan | 21 | Australia | AUS | DNF | |||
AC | Iivari Yrjölä | 24 | Finland | FIN | DNF | |||
AC | Bertil Fastén | 24 | Sweden | SWE | DNF | |||
AC | Valter Ever | 21 | Estonia | EST | DNF | |||
AC | Ãuro GaÅ¡par | 24 | Yugoslavia | YUG | DNF | |||
AC | Elemér Somfay | 25 | Hungary | HUN | DNF | |||
AC | Evert Nilsson | 29 | Sweden | SWE | DNF | |||
AC | Otto Anderson | 23 | United States | USA | DNF |