Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Dates	July 7, 1924 (semifinals) July 9, 1924 (final)
Competitors	20 from 10 nations
Medalists
Ville Ritola  Finland Elias Katz  Finland Paul Bontemps  France

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Monday, July 7, 1924, and on Wednesday, July 9, 1924. As the official film of the Games shows, race was run on the infield of the 500M track, and each barrier was formed of a different kind of fencing, including a deep water jump and a sloped picket fence. Twenty runners from ten nations competed.[1]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	9:33.4(*)	Paul Bontemps	Paris (FRA)	June 9, 1924
Olympic Record	10:00.4	Percy Hodge	Antwerp (BEL)	August 20, 1920

(*) unofficial

In the first run Elias Katz set a new Olympic record with 9:43.8 minutes. In the final Ville Ritola improved the record with 9:33.6 minutes.

Results

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Monday, July 7, 1924.

The best three finishers of every heat qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Elias Katz (FIN)	9:43.8	Q OR
2	Paul Bontemps (FRA)	9:47.2	Q
3	Evelyn Montague (GBR)	9:48.0	Q
4	Nestori Järvelä (FIN)
5	Russell Payne (USA)
6	Georges Leclerc (FRA)	10:20.0
7	Antenore Negri (ITA)

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Amédée Isola (FRA)	9:57.8	Q
2	Michael Devaney (USA)		Q
3	Kalle Ebb (FIN)		Q
4	Ernesto Ambrosini (ITA)
5	David Cummings (GBR)
6	Len Richardson (RSA)
7	Jim Kelly (IRL)
8	Jan Zeegers (NED)

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Ville Ritola (FIN)	9:59.0	Q
2	Marvin Rick (USA)	10:11.0	Q
3	Sidney Newey (GBR)		Q
4	Maurice Deconninck (FRA)	10:19.0
5	Stanisław Ziffer (POL)	10:38.4

Final

The final was held on Wednesday, July 9, 1924.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Ville Ritola (FIN)	9:33.6 OR
2	Elias Katz (FIN)	9:44.0
3	Paul Bontemps (FRA)	9:45.2
4	Marvin Rick (USA)	9:56.4
5	Kalle Ebb (FIN)	9:57.5
6	Evelyn Montague (GBR)	9:58.0
7	Michael Devaney (USA)	10:01.0
8	Amédée Isola (FRA)	10:14.8
9	Sidney Newey (GBR)

References

1. "Athletics at the 1924 Paris: Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2008.