Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres

Men's 800 metres at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Dates	July 6 (quarterfinals) July 7 (semifinals and final)
Competitors	43 from 21 nations
Medalists
Douglas Lowe  Great Britain Paul Martin  Switzerland Schuyler Enck  United States

Official Video Highlights

Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

The men's 800 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held from Sunday, July 6, 1924 to Tuesday, July 8, 1924.

As for all other races the track was 500 metres in circumference.

Forty-three middle distance runners from 21 nations competed.

Records

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

World Record	1:51.9	Ted Meredith	Stockholm (SWE)	July 8, 1912
Olympic Record	1:51.9	Ted Meredith	Stockholm (SWE)	July 8, 1912

Results

Round 1

All heats were held on Sunday, July 6, 1924.

The best three finishers of every heat qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
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	22x20px Clifford Davis (RSA)

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	22x20px Clarence Oldfield (RSA)	1:58.0	Q
2	Harry Houghton (GBR)	1:58.4	Q
3	Schuyler Enck (USA)	1:58.6	Q
4	Maurice Grosclaude (FRA)
5	Mario-Giuseppe Bonini (ITA)
6	Eduard Riedl (TCH)	2:02.5

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Paul Martin (SUI)	2:00.2	Q
2	Sven Emil Lundgren (SWE)	2:01.4	Q
3	22x20px Jack Harris (CAN)	2:01.6	Q
4	Malcolm Boyd (AUS)

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Adriaan Paulen (NED)	1:59.2	Q
2	John Watters (USA)	1:59.8	Q
3	22x20px Tom McKay (CAN)	2:00.1	Q
4	Puccio Pucci (ITA)
5	Roy Norman (AUS)
6	Narciso Costa (BRA)

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Rudolf Johansson (SWE)	1:57.6	Q
2	François Morren (BEL)		Q
3	Edgar Mountain (GBR)		Q
4	Ferruccio Bruni (ITA)
5	22x20px Hec Phillips (CAN)
6	Stefan Ołdak (POL)	2:09.0

Heat 6

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Kai Jensen (DEN)	1:58.4	Q
2	Norman MacEachern (IRL)		Q
3	Ray Dodge (USA)		Q
4	Stefan Kostrzewski (POL)	2:01.6
5	Menso Menso (NED)
6	Jack Newman (AUS)
7	Christophe Mirgain (LUX)

Heat 7

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
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)

Heat 8

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
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	22x20px Guillermo Amparan (MEX)

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	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	22x20px Clarence Oldfield (RSA)
7	Georges Baraton (FRA)	1:57.6
8	22x20px Tom McKay (CAN)	1:58.5

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
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 MacEachern (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

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Ray Dodge (USA)	1:57.0	Q
2	Schuyler Enck (USA)	1:57.6	Q
3	Charles Hoff (NOR)	1:58.4	Q
4	Adriaan Paulen (NED)	1:58.8
5	Gösta Jansson (FIN)	1:59.4
6	22x20px Jack Harris (CAN)
7	Edgar Mountain (GBR)
8	Louis Philipps (FRA)

Final

The final was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Douglas Lowe (GBR)	1:52.4
2	Paul Martin (SUI)	1:52.6
3	Schuyler 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

References

• Olympic Report
• sports-reference