Haiti at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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The Games were held from 4 May to 27 July 1924, in the city of Paris, France.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-1924-the-olympic-games-come-of-age |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416012929/https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-1924-the-olympic-games-come-of-age |archive-date=16 April 2024 |access-date=1 July 2024 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |title=Paris 1924: The Olympic Games come of age |url-status=live }} This edition of the Games marked the nation's second appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics, also in Paris.{{sfn|Mallon|Heijmans|2011|p=151}} The Haitian delegation marched 20th out of 44 nations in the Parade of Nations within the opening ceremony.{{sfn|CNOF|1924|p=91}}

Officials present were athletics delegate V. Pasquet and secretary-general of the Haitian Olympic Committee, Henec Dorsinville.{{sfn|CNOF|1924|pp=769, 842}} Three other athletes: Louis Déjoie in the men's pole vault and decathlon,{{sfn|CNOF|1924|p=148}} and L. H. Clermont and C. Dupre in the men's team free rifle, were planned to join the rest of the athletes but did not start in their competitions.{{sfn|CNOF|1924|p=576}}

The athletics team was determined at the first athletics competition in Haiti, which was held by the Union Sportive Societies d'Haiti. The long jump was won by Silvio Cator, setting a distance of 7.3 metres, and was stated that he would be a "sensational figure in France." The 100 metres were then won by André Théard in 10.45 seconds, while Édouard Armand won the 800 metres in 1:58 and the 1500 metres in 4:02. The nation picked these athletes for competition at the Games, though the accuracy of the recorded marks is disputed. The government of Haiti paid {{$|USD}}1000 to fund their participation at the Games, while the rest of funds were paid by the athletes themselves.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1068072653/?match=1&terms=Haiti%201924%20Olympics |title=Haiti Will Send Three To Olympics |work=The Morning Union |access-date=2 July 2024 |date=31 May 1924 |via=Newspapers.com}}

The shooting team was determined through a two-day national rifle contest. Seven members of the Gendarmerie Port-au-Prince were trained in Port-au-Prince by Colonel Douglas C. McDougal of the United States.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/107612133/ |date=6 July 1924 |access-date=16 July 2024 |title=Haiti sends rifle team to the Olympic matches |work=Los Angeles Times |via=Newspapers.com }} Prior to their training, the team had no knowledge on how to shoot a rifle. The team's expenses were paid for from all of the nation's gendarmes contributing five percent of their salary for five months.{{cite web|title=Shooting at the 1924 Paris Summer Games |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/SHO/mens-free-rifle-400-600-and-800-metres-team.html |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 July 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116143113/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/SHO/mens-free-rifle-400-600-and-800-metres-team.html |archive-date=16 November 2015}}

{{main article|Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics}}

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The athletics events were held at the Stade de Colombes.{{sfn|CNOF|1924|p=772}} André Théard first competed in the men's 100 metres on 6 July, where he raced in the seventh heat and ran in a time of 11.2 seconds, placed third out of the five people and did not progress further.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/57285 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429150642/https://www.olympedia.org/results/57285 |archive-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=1 July 2024 |work=Olympedia |title=100 metres, Men }} He then competed in the men's 200 metres two days later, where he raced in the seventeenth heat and ran in a time of 23.6 seconds, placed first and qualified for the next round. For the next round, he ran in the third qualifying stage, placed fourth and did not finish with a fast enough time to progress further.{{cite web|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7608810g/f4.item.zoom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623025449/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k7608810g/f4 |archive-date=23 June 2020 |date=9 July 1924 |access-date=1 July 2024 |work=Le Journal |title=A. Mourlon courra les demi-finales de 200 métres Le Finlandais Nurmi fait ses débuts sur 5,000 métres |trans-title=A. Mourlon to run 200-metre semi-finals, Finland's Nurmi makes 5,000-metre debut |lang=fr |via=Gallica }}

For Édouard Armand, he first competed in the men's 800 metres on 6 July, where he raced in the first heat, placed seventh out of the seven competitors in the round, and did not finish with a fast enough time to progress further.{{sfn|CNOF|1924|p=110}} He then competed in the men's 400 metres on 10 July, where he raced in the fourth heat, placed fourth out of the four competitors in the round, and once again did not finish with a fast enough time to progress further.{{sfn|CNOF|1924|p=109}} For his last event, he competed in the men's decathlon from 11 to 12 July. He scored a total of 5207.895 points, and placed 23rd out of 36 competitors.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/57515|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429150405/https://www.olympedia.org/results/57515 |archive-date=29 April 2024 |work=Olympedia |date=2 July 2024 |title=Decathlon, Men}} He was also bound to compete in the men's 1500 metres and men's long jump but did not start in either event.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70975 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429080509/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70975 |archive-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=Olympedia |title=Édouard Armand Biographical information}}

Silvio Cator first competed in the men's high jump on 6 July, jumped a height of 1.75 metres and tied for fifteenth but did not qualify further to the finals.{{cite web|url=http://www.olympedia.org/results/57471|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502094136/http://www.olympedia.org/results/57471 |archive-date=2 May 2024 |work=Olympedia |date=2 July 2024 |title=High Jump, Men}} He then competed in the men's long jump two days later, jumped a distance of 6.810 metres and placed 12th in the qualifiers, and did not progress to the final.{{sfn|CNOF|1924|p=134–135}} He was also set to compete in the men's pentathlon but did not start.{{cite web|url=http://www.olympedia.org/results/57571|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502094128/http://www.olympedia.org/results/57571 |archive-date=2 May 2024 |work=Olympedia |date=2 July 2024 |title=Pentathlon, Men}}

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{{main article|Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics}}

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The men's 600 m free rifle and team free rifle events were held at the camp de Châlons in Mourmelon-le-Grand.{{sfn|CNOF|1924|p=567}} For the individual event on 27 July, out of a maximum 100 points, Ludovic Augustin scored 91 points and ranked fifth, Ludovic Valborge scored 90 points and tied for sixth, Destin Destine scored 86 points and tied for tenth, and Astrel Rolland scored 85 points and placed thirteenth.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/51624 |title=Free Rifle, Prone, 600 metres, Men |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502071807/https://www.olympedia.org/results/51624 |archive-date=2 May 2024 |access-date=1 July 2024 |work=Olympedia }}

At the team event, which lasted from 26 to 27 July, the team scored 240 points for the 400 metres, 220 points for the 600 metres, then 186 points for the 800 metres, and finished with a score of 646 out of a possible 750 points. They placed third behind the United States, who won gold, and France, who won the silver after a shoot-off with Haiti.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/430269833/?match=1&terms=Haiti%201924%20Olympics%20rifle |title=France Victor Over Haiti in Shootoff for Second |date=28 June 1924 |work=The Boston Globe |access-date=1 July 2024 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{sfn|CNOF|1924|p=573–577}} The team earned the bronze medal, which was the nation's first Olympic medal.{{sfn|Hall|2012|pages=68–69}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/haitian-olympic-team-represented-by-foreign-born-athletes-1.1165587 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701081815/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.720/haitian-olympic-team-represented-by-foreign-born-athletes-1.1165587 |archive-date=1 July 2024 |title=Haitian Olympic team represented by foreign-born athletes |date=22 July 2012 |publisher=CBC |access-date=1 July 2024}} L. H. Clermont and C. Dupre were the two substitutes for the team.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/92118348/?match=1&terms=Haiti%201924%20Olympics |date=4 October 1923 |page=2 |title=Haiti Will Enter 1924 Olympic Games |work=The Evening Herald |via=Newspapers.com}}

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