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Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Date:  
Edition:   7
Location:   Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Surface:   Red clay
Champions
Men's singles
 Vincent Richards (USA)
Women's singles
 Helen Wills Moody (USA)
Men's doubles
 Francis Hunter / Vincent Richards (USA)
Women's doubles
 Hazel Wightman / Helen Wills Moody
United States (USA)
Mixed doubles
 Hazel Wightman / R. Norris Williams (USA)
Tennis at the Summer Olympics
 < 1920 1968 > 

Final results of the Tennis competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

After the 1924 Olympics, the tennis competition would be banned until 1988. The mixed doubles competition returned not until the 2012 Olympics.

Tennis

Contents

  • Medal summary 1
    • Medal table 1.1
    • Events 1.2
  • Participating nations 2
  • References 3

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States (USA) 5 1 0 6
2  France (FRA) 0 3 1 4
3  Great Britain (GBR) 0 1 2 3
4  Italy (ITA) 0 0 1 1
 Netherlands (NED) 0 0 1 1
Total 5 5 5 15

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Singles
  Vincent Richards
United States (USA) 		 Henri Cochet
France (FRA) 		 Umberto De Morpurgo
Italy (ITA)
Men's Doubles
  Francis Hunter
and Vincent Richards
United States (USA) 		 Jacques Brugnon
and Henri Cochet
France (FRA) 		 Jean Borotra
and René Lacoste
France (FRA)
Women's Singles
  Helen Wills Moody
United States (USA) 		 Julie Vlasto
France (FRA) 		 Kathleen McKane
Great Britain (GBR)
Women's Doubles
  Hazel Wightman
and Helen Wills Moody
United States (USA) 		 Phyllis Covell
and Kathleen McKane
Great Britain (GBR) 		 Evelyn Colyer
and Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
Great Britain (GBR)
Mixed Doubles
  Hazel Wightman
and Richard Williams
United States (USA) 		 Marion Jessup
and Vincent Richards
United States (USA) 		 Kornelia Bouman
and Hendrik Timmer
Netherlands (NED)

Participating nations

There were 124 tennis players from 27 countries.

References

  1. ^ (ed.) M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français. Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2012. 39 seulement s’alignérent, ne représentant plus que 24 nations, la Chine, le Portugal et la Yougoslavie ayant déclaré forfait. 
  • International Olympic Committee medal database
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