Olympic gold medallists Paavo Nurmi, Ville Ritola, Clas Thunberg and Lasse Virn represented which country?
Ville Ritola win the 3000 m team race. Ville Ritola's Paris 1924 triumph is historical. Until today his six medals from Paris is the biggest number of medals won by an athlete in one Olympic games event. His four gold medals put him in second place after Paavo Nurmi in the number of gold medals won by an athlete in one Olympic Games event. After the Olympics Ville Ritola had to return to the US to find employment, while his pregnant wife remained in Finland. His daughter Anja was born in November 1924. Selma joined her husband in the US with the
Ville Ritola Paavo Nurmi. This time each got one win. First race was 10,000m. Ritola took lead at 1,500m, and only four competitors followed. At 3,000m Ray (US) dropped from the leading group and before 4,000 Beavers (UK). As Wide (Sweden) dropped at 6,500m, only Nurmi followed Ritola. 100m before finish Nurmi sprinted and won by 0.6 seconds. Wide was third, losing by a 45.2s margin. Ritola's last Olympic appearance was in the 5,000 m. Both Ritola and Nurmi had hurt themselves in the steeplechase qualification competitions. Nurmi had a sore hip and Ritola a sore ankle. However, Ritola took again the