Central Press/Hulton Archive // Getty Images A cross-country event at the 1924 Summer Olympics A trio of Finnish athletes—Paavo Nurmi, Ville Ritola, and Edvin Wide—are pictured alongside other ...

Finnish runner Ville Ritola set the world record for the ... But the most famous track story to come out of the 1924 Paris Olympics is the story of Jewish runner Harold Abrahams facing off with ...

Ville Ritola, and Edvin Wide—are pictured alongside other runners competing in an individual cross-country race held in Colombes on July 12, 1924. Nurmi, who won this event, made Olympic history ...