Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's pentathlon
| Men's pentathlon at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
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| Venue | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir | |||||||||
| Date | July 7 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 17 nations | |||||||||
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Eero Lehtonen Finland
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Elemér Somfay Hungary
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Robert LeGendre United States
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The men's pentathlon event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was the third and last appearance of a pentathlon at the Olympics. The competition was held on Monday, July 7, 1924.
Thirty pentathletes from 17 nations competed.
Robert LeGendre set a new world record in long jump during this competition. He improved the old records:
The long jump was the first event and started at 2:00 p.m.
Group 1
Group 2
The javelin throw was the second event and started at 2:45 p.m.
Group 1
Group 2
The third event was the 200 metres. The heats started at 3:45 p.m.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Heat 7
Heat 8
Heat 9
Heat 10
Standings after three events
After these three events only the top twelve competitors were allowed to participate in the following discus throw contest.
After the determination of the twelve competitors who will participate in the next event all other results from the non-qualified pentathletes were deleted. This gave the following order and current standing at this point of the competition:
Eero Lehtonen and Elemér Somfay later gold and silver medalists tied in fourth place after three events. The biggest winner of the deletion of the results from the non-qualified competitors was Robert LeGendre. He came up from fourth and second place. The biggest loss had Denis Duigan who came from ninth back to eleventh.
The discus throw was the fourth event and started at 4:30 p.m.
The leader after three events Mort Kaer was able to finish only in tenth place. While Eero Lehtonen, Olympic champion in pentathlon at the 1920 Games, won the discus throw competition.
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