3,000 metres Steeplechase, Men
| Date | 7 – 9 July 1924 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Stade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes |
| Participants | 20 from 9 countries |
Ville Ritola was the favorite and took the lead from the start. A top distance runner who was overshadowed by his countryman, Paavo Nurmi, Ritola did not have good technique but used his running strength to easily win the race. No world record existed as the IAAF would not establish one until 1954, but the bronze medalist, Paul Bontemps, had the best mark on record, having run 9:33.4 a few weeks before in Paris. Ritola narrowly missed that mark. The sixth-place finisher, Evelyn Aubrey Montague, was featured in the movie Chariots of Fire as the close friend of Harold Abrahams in college. Montague is shown in the movie running in this race. He is also called Aubrey in the movie while he went by Evelyn.
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | R1 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Ville Ritola |  FIN | 9:59.0 (1 h3) | 9:33.6 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Elias Katz | FIN | 9:43.8 (1 h1) | 9:44.0 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Paul Bontemps |  FRA | 9:47.2 (2 h1) | 9:45.2 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Marvin Rick |  USA | 10:11.0 (2 h3) | 9:56.4 (4) | |||
| 5 | – | Kalle Ebb | FIN | – (3 h2) | 9:57.5 (5) | |||
| 6 | – | Evelyn Montague |  GBR | 9:48.0 (3 h1) | 9:58.0 (6) | |||
| 7 | – | Mike Devaney | USA | – (2 h2) | 10:01.0 (7) | |||
| 8 | – | Amédée Isola | FRA | 9:57.8 (1 h2) | 10:14.8 (8) | |||
| 9 | – | Sidney Newey | GBR | – (3 h3) | – ( | |||
| 4 h1 r1/2 | – | Nestori Järvelä | FIN | – (4 h1) | – | |||
| 4 h2 r1/2 | – | Ernesto Ambrosini |  ITA | – (4 h2) | – | |||
| 4 h3 r1/2 | – | Maurice de Coninck | FRA | 10:19.0 (4 h3) | – | |||
| 5 h1 r1/2 | – | Russell Payne | USA | – (5 h1) | – | |||
| 5 h2 r1/2 | – | David Cummings | GBR | – (5 h2) | – | |||
| 5 h3 r1/2 | – | Stanisław Ziffer |  POL | 10:38.4 (5 h3) | – | |||
| 6 h1 r1/2 | – | Georges Leclerc | FRA | 10:20.0 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 6 h2 r1/2 | – | Len Richardson |  RSA | – (6 h2) | – | |||
| 7 h1 r1/2 | – | Antenore Negri | ITA | – (7 h1) | – | |||
| AC h2 r1/2 | – | Jim Kelly |  IRL | – (DNF h2) | – | |||
| – | Jan Zeegers |  NED | – (DNF h2) | – | 1 | |||
| – | Josef Hejret |  TCH | – | – | ||||
| – | José Francisco Cuevas |  MEX | – | – | ||||
| – | Basil Irwin | USA | – | – | ||||
| – | Alfredo Gomes |  BRA | – | – | ||||
| – | Aleksander Antson |  EST | – | – | ||||
| – | J. J. Ryan | IRL | – | – | ||||
| – | Pedro Curiel | MEX | – | – | ||||
| – | Juan Escutia | MEX | – | – | ||||
| – | Daniel Eslava | MEX | – | – | ||||
| – | Clifford Davis | RSA | – | – | ||||
| – | Edvin Wide |  SWE | – | – |
Round One (7 July 1924 — 16:15)
Top three in each heat advanced to the final.
Heat One
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Elias Katz | FIN | 9:43.8 | |||
| 2 | – | Paul Bontemps | FRA | 9:47.2 | |||
| 3 | – | Evelyn Montague | GBR | 9:48.0 | |||
| 4 | – | Nestori Järvelä | FIN | – | |||
| 5 | – | Russell Payne | USA | – | |||
| 6 | – | Georges Leclerc | FRA | 10:20.0 | |||
| 7 | – | Antenore Negri | ITA | – |
Heat Two
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Amédée Isola | FRA | 9:57.8 | |||
| 2 | – | Mike Devaney | USA | – | |||
| 3 | – | Kalle Ebb | FIN | – | |||
| 4 | – | Ernesto Ambrosini | ITA | – | |||
| 5 | – | David Cummings | GBR | – | |||
| 6 | – | Len Richardson | RSA | – | |||
| – | Jim Kelly | IRL | – | ||||
| – | Jan Zeegers | NED | – | 2 |
Heat Three
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Ville Ritola | FIN | 9:59.0 | |||
| 2 | – | Marvin Rick | USA | 10:11.0 | |||
| 3 | – | Sidney Newey | GBR | – | |||
| 4 | – | Maurice de Coninck | FRA | 10:19.0 | |||
| 5 | – | Stanisław Ziffer | POL | 10:38.4 |
Final (9 July 1924 — 16:45)
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Ville Ritola | FIN | 9:33.6 | |||
| 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 | – | Mike Devaney | USA | 10:01.0 | |||
| 8 | – | Amédée Isola | FRA | 10:14.8 | |||
| – | Sidney Newey | GBR | – |