Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres

Men's 1500 metres at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Dates	July 9 (semifinals) July 10 (final)
Competitors	40 from 20 nations
Medalists
Paavo Nurmi  Finland Willy Schärer  Switzerland H. B. Stallard  Great Britain

The men's 1500 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Wednesday, July 9, 1924 and on Thursday, July 10, 1924. As for all other races the track was 500 metres in circumference. Forty middle distance runners from 20 nations competed.

Records

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

World Record	3:52.6	Paavo Nurmi	Helsinki (FIN)	June 19, 1924
Olympic Record	3:56.8	Arnold Jackson	Stockholm (SWE)	July 10, 1912

In the final Paavo Nurmi set a new Olympic record with 3:53.6 minutes.

Results

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Wednesday, July 9, 1924.

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

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	René Wiriath (FRA)	4:13.8	Q
2	Jaakko Luoma (FIN)	4:14.8	Q
3	Ferdinand Friebe (AUT)	4:15.8
4	Mohamed El-Sayed (EGY)
5	István Grósz (HUN)

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Willy Schärer (SUI)	4:06.6	Q
2	Douglas Lowe (GBR)	4:07.2	Q
3	William Spencer (USA)	4:08.4
4	Léon Fourneau (BEL)
5	Clifford Davis (RSA)
6	Pala Singh (IND)

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	4:07.6	Q
2	Sonny Spencer (GBR)	4:09.0	Q
3	Albert Larsen (DEN)	4:11.5
4	René Jubeau (FRA)	4:14.5
5	Aleksander Antson (EST)
6	Ferruccio Bruni (ITA)
7	Daniel Eslava (MEX)
8	Józef Jaworski (POL)	4:28.4

Semifinal 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Arvo Peussa (FIN)	4:17.4	Q
2	Ray Watson (USA)	4:17.9	Q
3	Disma Ferrario (ITA)	4:18.5
4	Jan Zeegers (NED)	4:21.0
5	Jack Newman (AUS)
6	Joseph Van der Wee (BEL)
7	Stefan Kostrzewski (POL)	4:29.0

Semifinal 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	H. B. Stallard (GBR)	4:11.8	Q
2	Ray Buker (USA)	4:12.8	Q
3	Rolph Barnes (CAN)	4:13.1
4	Louis Philipps (FRA)	4:13.4
5	Lyuben Karastoyanov (BUL)
6	Angelo Davoli (ITA)

Semifinal 6

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Lloyd Hahn (USA)	4:06.8	Q
2	Frej Liewendahl (FIN)	4:07.4	Q
3	Cyril Ellis (GBR)	4:08.1
4	Robert Chottin (FRA)	4:14.8
5	Malcolm Boyd (AUS)
6	Giovanni Garaventa (ITA)
7	Vilém Šindler (TCH)	4:23.6
8	Ömer Besim Koşalay (TUR)

Final

The final was held on Thursday, July 10, 1924.

Less than 45 minutes after his win in this race Nurmi started in the 5000 metre event and won also the gold medal.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	3:53.6 OR
2	Willy Schärer (SUI)	3:55.0
3	H. B. Stallard (GBR)	3:55.6
4	Douglas Lowe (GBR)	3:57.0
5	Ray Buker (USA)	3:58.6
6	Lloyd Hahn (USA)	3:59.0
7	Ray Watson (USA)	4:00.0
8	Frej Liewendahl (FIN)	4:00.3
9	Arvo Peussa (FIN)	4:00.6
10	René Wiriath (FRA)	4:02.8
11	Sonny Spencer (GBR)	4:03.7
12	Jaakko Luoma (FIN)	4:03.9

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.