At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, 27 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from 6 to 13 July.
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| Dates | 6-13 July |
| No. of events | 27 |
| Competitors | 386 from 34 nations |
There were no events in athletics for women at this edition of the Olympic Games.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 100 metres | Harold Abrahams Great Britain | Jackson Scholz United States | Arthur Porritt New Zealand |
| 200 metres | Jackson Scholz United States | Charles Paddock United States | Eric Liddell Great Britain |
| 400 metres | Eric Liddell Great Britain | Horatio Fitch United States | Guy Butler Great Britain |
| 800 metres | Douglas Lowe Great Britain | Paul Martin Switzerland | Schuyler Enck United States |
| 1500 metres | Paavo Nurmi Finland | Willy Schärer Switzerland | H. B. Stallard Great Britain |
| 5000 metres | Paavo Nurmi Finland | Ville Ritola Finland | Edvin Wide Sweden |
| 10,000 metres | Ville Ritola Finland | Edvin Wide Sweden | Eero Berg Finland |
| 110 metres hurdles | Daniel Kinsey United States | Sid Atkinson South Africa | Sten Pettersson Sweden |
| 400 metres hurdles | Morgan Taylor United States | Erik Vilen Finland | Ivan Riley United States |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Ville Ritola Finland | Elias Katz Finland | Paul Bontemps France |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | United States Loren Murchison Louis Clarke Frank Hussey Alfred LeConey | Great Britain Harold Abrahams Walter Rangeley Wilfred Nichol Lancelot Royle | Netherlands Jan de Vries Jacob Boot Harry Broos Marinus van den Berge |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | United States Commodore Cochran Alan Helffrich Oliver MacDonald William Stevenson | Sweden Artur Svensson Erik Byléhn Gustaf Wejnarth Nils Engdahl | Great Britain Edward Toms George Renwick Richard Ripley Guy Butler |
| 3000 metres team race | Finland Paavo Nurmi Ville Ritola Elias Katz | Great Britain Bertram Macdonald Herbert Johnston George Webber | United States Edward Kirby William Cox Willard Tibbetts |
| Marathon | Albin Stenroos Finland | Romeo Bertini Italy | Clarence DeMar United States |
| 10 kilometres walk | Ugo Frigerio Italy | Gordon Goodwin Great Britain | Cecil McMaster South Africa |
| Individual cross country | Paavo Nurmi Finland | Ville Ritola Finland | Earl Johnson United States |
| Team cross country | Finland Paavo Nurmi Ville Ritola Heikki Liimatainen | United States Earl Johnson Arthur Studenroth August Fager | France Henri Lauvaux Gaston Heuet Maurice Norland |
| High jump | Harold Osborn United States | Leroy Brown United States | Pierre Lewden France |
| Pole vault | Lee Barnes United States | Glenn Graham United States | James Brooker United States |
| Long jump | DeHart Hubbard United States | Edward Gourdin United States | Sverre Hansen Norway |
| Triple jump | Nick Winter Australia | Luis Brunetto Argentina | Vilho Tuulos Finland |
| Shot put | Bud Houser United States | Glenn Hartranft United States | Ralph Hills United States |
| Discus throw | Bud Houser United States | Vilho Niittymaa Finland | Thomas Lieb United States |
| Hammer throw | Fred Tootell United States | Matt McGrath United States | Malcolm Nokes Great Britain |
| Javelin throw | Jonni Myyrä Finland | Gunnar Lindström Sweden | Eugene Oberst United States |
| Pentathlon | Eero Lehtonen Finland | Elemér Somfay Hungary | Robert LeGendre United States |
| Decathlon | Harold Osborn United States | Emerson Norton United States | Aleksander Klumberg Estonia |
Medal table
| 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 | |
Participating nations
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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