| Date | 9 – 13 July 1924 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Stade Yves-de-Manoir, Colombes |
| Participants | 24 from 14 countries |
Ugo Frigerio defended his gold medal in this event. His heat time of 49:16.5 placed him behind Gordon Goodwin and Donato Pavesi, but in the final he won by 200 metres, with Goodwin second, and South African Cecil McMaster getting in for the bronze medal over Pavesi.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | R1 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ugo Frigerio |  ITA | 49:15.6 (1 h2) | 47:49.0 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Gordon Goodwin |  GBR | 49:04.0 (1 h1) | 48:37.9 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Cecil McMaster |  RSA | at 100 metres (2 h2) | 49:08.0 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Donato Pavesi | ITA | 49:09.0 (2 h1) | 49:17.0 (4) | |||
| 5 | Arthur Tell Schwab |  SUI | – (3 h2) | 49:50.0 (5) | |||
| 6 | Ernie Clark | GBR | – (5 h2) | 49:59.2 (6) | |||
| 7 | Armando Valente | ITA | – (4 h2) | 50:07.0 (7) | |||
| 8 | Luigi Bosatra | ITA | at 450 metres (4 h1) | 50:09.0 (8) | |||
| 9 | Harry Hinkel |  USA | at 250 metres (3 h1) | 50:16.8 (9) | |||
| 10 | Henri Clermont |  FRA | at 2 metres (5 h1) | 51:41.6 (10) | |||
| 6 h1 r1/2 | Eversleigh Freeman |  CAN | at 750 metres (6 h1) | – | |||
| 6 h2 r1/2 | François Decrombecque | FRA | – (6 h2) | – | |||
| 7 h2 r1/2 | Alfrēds Kalniņš |  LAT | – (7 h2) | – | |||
| 8 h2 r1/2 | Phil Granville | CAN | – (8 h2) | – | |||
| 9 h2 r1/2 | Charles H. Foster | USA | – (9 h2) | – | |||
| AC h1 r1/2 | Ernie Austen |  AUS | – (DQ h1) | – | |||
| AC h1 r1/2 | Henk Keemink |  NED | – (DQ h1) | – | |||
| AC h1 r1/2 | Arvīds Ķibilds | LAT | – (DQ h1) | – | |||
| AC h1 r1/2 | Alfrēds Ruks | LAT | – (DQ h1) | – | |||
| AC h1 r1/2 | Daniel Eslava |  MEX | – (DQ h1) | – | |||
| AC h2 r1/2 | Rudolph Kühnel |  AUT | – (DQ h1) | – | |||
| AC h2 r1/2 | Gordon Watts | GBR | – (DQ h2) | – | |||
| AC h2 r1/2 | Mihály Fekete |  HUN | – (DQ h2) | – | |||
| AC h2 r1/2 | Jan Plichta |  TCH | – (DQ h2) | – | 1 | ||
| František Havelka | TCH | – | – | ||||
| A. Terković |  YUG | – | – | ||||
| Luis Flores |  CHI | – | – | ||||
| Eduardo Soler |  ESP | – | – | ||||
| František Stetina | TCH | – | – | ||||
| Stefan Szelestowski |  POL | – | – | ||||
| Josef Šlehofer | TCH | – | – |
| Date | 9 – 11 July 1924 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 5 in each heat advanced to the final round. |
| Time | 9 July 1924 — 14:45 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon Goodwin | GBR | 49:04.0 | ||
| 2 | Donato Pavesi | ITA | 49:09.0 | ||
| 3 | Harry Hinkel | USA | at 250 metres | ||
| 4 | Luigi Bosatra | ITA | at 450 metres | ||
| 5 | Henri Clermont | FRA | at 2 metres | ||
| 6 | Eversleigh Freeman | CAN | at 750 metres | ||
| Ernie Austen | AUS | – | |||
| Henk Keemink | NED | – | |||
| Arvīds Ķibilds | LAT | – | |||
| Alfrēds Ruks | LAT | – | 2 | ||
| Daniel Eslava | MEX | – | 3 | ||
| Rudolph Kühnel | AUT | – | 4 |
| Time | 11 July 1924 — 16:00 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ugo Frigerio | ITA | 49:15.6 | ||
| 2 | Cecil McMaster | RSA | at 100 metres | ||
| 3 | Arthur Tell Schwab | SUI | – | ||
| 4 | Armando Valente | ITA | – | ||
| 5 | Ernie Clark | GBR | – | ||
| 6 | François Decrombecque | FRA | – | ||
| 7 | Alfrēds Kalniņš | LAT | – | ||
| 8 | Phil Granville | CAN | – | ||
| 9 | Charles H. Foster | USA | – | ||
| Gordon Watts | GBR | – | |||
| Mihály Fekete | HUN | – | |||
| Rudolph Kühnel | AUT | – | 5 | ||
| Jan Plichta | TCH | – |
| Date | 13 July 1924 — 16:00 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ugo Frigerio | ITA | 47:49.0 | ||
| 2 | Gordon Goodwin | GBR | 48:37.9 | ||
| 3 | Cecil McMaster | RSA | 49:08.0 | ||
| 4 | Donato Pavesi | ITA | 49:17.0 | ||
| 5 | Arthur Tell Schwab | SUI | 49:50.0 | ||
| 6 | Ernie Clark | GBR | 49:59.2 | ||
| 7 | Armando Valente | ITA | 50:07.0 | ||
| 8 | Luigi Bosatra | ITA | 50:09.0 | ||
| 9 | Harry Hinkel | USA | 50:16.8 | ||
| 10 | Henri Clermont | FRA | 51:41.6 |
