| Athletics at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | |
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 Host stadium (shown in 2009) | |
| Dates | 6-13 July |
| No. of events | 27 |
| Competitors | 386 from 34 nations |
| Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics | |
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| 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 |
At the1924 Summer Olympics held inParis, 27athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from 6 to 13 July.[1]
There were no events in athletics for women at this edition of the Olympic Games.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States | 12 | 10 | 10 | 32 |
| 2 |  Finland | 10 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| 3 |  Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 |  Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Sweden | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 |  Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  South Africa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  France | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 |  Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 | |
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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