Who was the athlete who won the gold for the 1,500m, 5,000m and 10,000m at the 1924 0lympic games?

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According to The Time Almanac 2000, Finn Paavo Nurmi won the 1,500m and the 5,000m, but Willie Ritola, also from Finland, won the 10,000m. On 10 July 1924, at the Paris Games, Nurmi performed one of the greatest feats in Olympic history. First he won the 1,500m. Then, two hours later, he won the 5,000m. Two days later, on one of the hottest days in Parisian history, Nurmi won the 10,000m cross-country race by 1 minute 24.6 seconds and gained another gold medal in the team cross-country event. The following day, while most of the other runners were recuperating, Nurmi finished first in the 3,000m team race. He had hoped to defend his 10,000m title, (won in 1920) but Finnish officials refused to enter him in the event. Back in Finland, an angry Nurmi made his point by setting a 10,000m world record that would last for almost 13 years. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=53102 Mar 27 04, 7:10 AM

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