1924 Summer Olympics

Multi-sport event in Paris, France May 2020 January 2025 1924 Summer Olympics 280px|class=skin-invert 280 Emblem of the 1924 Summer Olympics Paris, France 44 3,089 (2,954 men, 135 women) 126 in 17 sports (23 disciplines) 5 July 1924 27 July 1924 President Gaston DoumergueFactsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games f the Olympiad https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf live International Olympic Committee 13 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160814215458/https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf 14 August 2016 22 December 2018 Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Antwerp 1920 Amsterdam 1928 Chamonix 1924 St Moritz 1928 The 1924 Summer Olympics (fr Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (fr Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had already started on 4 May. The Games were the second to be hosted by Paris (after 1900), making it the first city to host the Olympics twice. The selection process for the 1924 Summer Olympics consisted of six bids, and Paris was selected ahead of Amsterdam, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Prague, and Rome. The selection was made at the 20th IOC Session in Lausanne in 1921.http://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml Past Olympic host city election results GamesBids 17 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html 24 January 2011 dead The cost of these Games was estimated to be 10,000,000 F (equivalent to yes(FR 10000000 1924 ) in FRFR). With total receipts at 5,496,610 F (equivalent to (FR 5496610 1924) in FR), the Olympics resulted in a hefty loss despite daily crowds of up to 60,000.Frank Zarnowski Zarnowski C. Frank Summer 1992 A Look at Olympic Costs Citius, Altius, Fortius 1 1 16–32 http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1f.pdf 10 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170525062441/http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/JOHv1n1f.pdf 25 May 2017 dead The United States won the most gold and overall medals, having 229 athletes competing compared to France's 401. This would be the last Summer Games hosted by France until 2024. Highlights thumb|Colombes Olympic Stadium The Uruguay national football team won the gold medal in football, which was recognized as a world championship by FIFA. The opening ceremony and several sporting events took place in the Olympic Stadium of Colombes, which had a capacity of 45,000 in 1924. This VIII Olympiad was the last one organized under the presidency of Pierre de Coubertin. The "Flying Finns" dominated the long-distance running, while the British and Americans dominated the shorter events. Paavo Nurmi won the 1500 m and 5,000 m (which were held with only an hour between them) and the cross-country run. Ville Ritola won the 10,000 m and the 3,000 m steeplechase while finishing second to Nurmi in the 5,000 m and cross country. Albin Stenroos won the marathon, while the Finnish team (with Nurmi and Ritola) was victorious in the 3,000 m and cross-country team events. The British runners Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell won the 100 m and the 400 m events, respectively. Liddell refused to compete in the 100-metre sprint because it was held on a Sunday, and he was an observant Christian. Their stories were depicted in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire. In addition, Douglas Lowe won the 800-metre competition. DeHart Hubbard became the first African-American to win an individual gold medal in the Long jump. The marathon distance was fixed at 42.195 km mi on, from the distance run at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The 1924 Olympics were the first to use the standard 50 m pool with marked lanes. Dual-sport athlete Johnny Weissmuller won three gold medals in swimming and one bronze in water polo. Harold Osborn won gold medals and set Olympic records in the high jump and the 1924 Olympic decathlon. His 6' 6" high jump remained the Olympic record for 12 years, while his decathlon score of 7,710.775 points also set a world record and resulted in worldwide press coverage recognizing him as the "world's greatest athlete." Fencer Roger Ducret of France won five medals, of which three were gold. In gymnastics, 24 men scored a perfect 10. Twenty-three scored it in the now-discontinued rope climbing event. Albert Seguin scored a ten here and a perfect ten on the side vault. The Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger) was used for the first time at the Olympics. It had been used before by the fr Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques no, a French sporting federation whose founding members included Pierre de Coubertin. The Official History of the Olympic Games and the IOC- Athens to Beijing, 1894–2008: David Miller (2008) De Coubertin took the motto from his friend Henri Didon, a Dominican priest who had coined the phrase during a speech before a Paris youth gathering of 1891.Opening Ceremony http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reports/EN/en_report_268.pdf International Olympic Committee 23 August 2012 3 2002 11 December 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111211010920/http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reports/EN/en_report_268.pdf live; "Sport athlétique", 14 mars 1891: "[...] dans une éloquente allocution il a souhaité que ce drapeau les conduise 'souvent à la victoire, à la lutte toujours'. Il a dit qu'il leur donnait pour devise ces trois mots qui sont le fondement et la raison d'être des sports athlétiques: citius, altius, fortius, 'plus vite, plus haut, plus fort'.", cited in Hoffmane, Simone La carrière du père Didon, Dominicain. 1840 - 1900, Doctoral thesis, Université de Paris IV - Sorbonne, 1985, p. 926; cf. Michaela Lochmann, Les fondements pédagogiques de la devise olympique „citius, altius, fortius" Ireland was given formal recognition as an independent nation in the Olympic Movement in Paris in 1924, and it was at these games that Ireland made its first appearance in the Olympic Games as an independent nation. Originally called Semaine des Sports d'Hiver ("Week of Winter Sports") and held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics, the sports competitions held in Chamonix between 25 January and 5 February 1924 were later designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the I Olympic Winter Games. (1924 Winter Olympics) These were the first Games to have an Olympic Village. The Art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics were the first time that the Olympic Art competitions were contested seriously, with 193 entries in five categories. A total of 14 medals were awarded, though none were given in the music category.M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français, pp. 601–612 Sports thumb|upright=1.6|Overall map of the Olympic venues thumb|The "Olympic Number" of Life, 10 Jul 1924. 126 events in 23 disciplines, comprising 17 sports, were part of the Olympic program in 1924. The number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses. 30em Aquatics Diving 5 d Swimming 11 d Water polo 1 d Athletics 27 d Boxing 8 d Cycling d Road (2) Track (4) Equestrian d Dressage (1) Eventing (2) Show jumping (2) Fencing 7 d Football 1 d Gymnastics 9 d 20px Modern pentathlon (1) Polo 1 d Rowing 7 d Rugby union 1 d Sailing 3 d Shooting 10 d Tennis 5 d Weightlifting 5 d Wrestling d Freestyle (7) Greco-Roman (6) Demonstration sports Basque pelota d Canoeing d 20px|class=skin-invert La canne Savate dDemonstration sports : history at the Olympic Summer Games / The Olympic Studies Centre Olympic World Library 2024-01-19 https://library.olympics.com/doc/SYRACUSE/619826 https://web.archive.org/web/20240119230639/https://library.olympics.com/doc/SYRACUSE/619826 2024-01-19 live 2024-01-27 Jeux de L’Enfance The Jeux de L’Enfance, a program of youth sports competitions and activities, were held by Olympic organizers alongside the Games in cooperation with the YMCA.Barker Philip Did the first Youth Olympics really take place in Paris 100 years ago? International Society of Olympic Historians – ISOH 2015-03-03 https://isoh.org/did-the-first-youth-olympics-really-take-place-in-paris-100-years-ago/ 2024-01-291924 Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 628. fr The following future Olympic sports were exhibited: Baseball d Basketball d Volleyball d Venues thumb|Map of Olympic sites Seventeen sports venues were used in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Stade de Colombes served as the final venue for the 1938 FIFA World Cup between Italy and Hungary. VenueSportsCapacity Ref. Bagatelle Polo 5981924 Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 528-9. fr Bassin d'Argenteuil Rowing 2,2161924 Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 165-7. fr Camp de Châlons Shooting (600 m free rifle individual and team) 3951924 Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 565-6. fr Fontainebleau Modern pentathlon (riding) Not listed.1924 Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 501-3. fr Hippodrome d'Auteuil Equestrian 8,9221924 Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 222-3. fr Issy-les-Moulineaux Shooting (trap shooting, including team event) 411924 Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 544-6, 549. fr Le Havre Sailing 5411924 Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 584, 587. fr Le Stade Olympique de Reims Shooting (trap shooting, running target) 4201924 Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 563-5, 568. fr Le Stand de Tir de Versailles Modern pentathlon (shooting), Shooting (25 m rapid fire pistol, running deer) 821924 Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 489, 548-9. Meulan-en-Yvelines Sailing 3891924 Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 582-3, 587. fr Piscine des Tourelles Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Swimming, Water polo 8,0231924 Olympic official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 438-40, 443-4, 499 fr. Saint-Cloud Polo 7,836 Stade Bergeyre Football 10,4551924 Summer Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 318, 320. fr Stade de Colombes Athletics, Cycling (road), Equestrian, Fencing, Football (final), Gymnastics, Modern pentathlon (fencing, running), Rugby union, Tennis 60,0001924 Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 50-5, 96-7, 121, 152, 216, 222, 238, 248, 265, 318, 339, 375, 499, 503, 536. fr Stade de Paris Football 5,1451924 Summer Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 318, 321. fr Stade Pershing Football 8,1101924 Summer Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 318, 322. fr. Vélodrome d'hiver Boxing, Fencing, Weightlifting, Wrestling 10,8841924 Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 182-3, 203-4, 255, 266, 400, 425, 507. fr Vélodrome de Vincennes Cycling (track) 12,7501924 Olympics official report. https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 pp. 200-217. fr Participating nations thumb|Participating Countries of the 1924 Olympiad thumb|Number of athletes A total of 44 nations were represented at the 1924 Games. Germany was still absent, having not been invited by the Organizing Committee.Guttmann Allen The Olympics: A History of the Modern Games 1992 University of Illinois Press Urbana and Chicago 0-252-01701-3 38 registration https://archive.org/details/olympicshistoryo00gutt/page/38 China (although it did not compete), Ecuador, Ireland, Lithuania, and Uruguay attended the Olympic Games for the first time, while the Philippines competed for first time in an Olympic Games as a nation (though it first participated in the 1900 Summer Olympic Games). Latvia and Poland also attended the Summer Olympic Games for the first time (having both appeared earlier at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix). The 1924 Olympics saw a return of the following nations: Austria, Bulgaria, Cuba, Haiti, Hungary, Mexico, Romania and Turkey. At the time, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and Ireland were all dominions of the British Empire. India was also part of British Empire, but was not a dominion. For other sovereign states (i.e. United States, France, Brazil, Japan, etc) and the international community as a whole (i.e League of Nations) the term dominion, used internally in the British Empire, was very ambiguous, meaning "something between a colony and state". It was only years later with the Statute of Westminster 1931 that this ambiguity would be dispelled. And Philippines was an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States. Participating National Olympic Committees22em ARG 1924 Summer 77 athletes AUS 1924 Summer 36 AUT 1924 Summer 49 BEL 1924 Summer 172 BRA 1924 Summer 12 BUL 1924 Summer 24 CAN 1924 Summer 65 CHI 1924 Summer 11 CUB 1924 Summer 9 TCH 1924 Summer 70 DEN 1924 Summer 89 ECU 1924 Summer 3 EGY 1924 Summer 33 EST 1924 Summer 44 FIN 1924 Summer 90 FRA 1924 Summer 401 (host) GBR 1924 Summer 267 GRE 1924 Summer 26 HAI 1924 Summer 8 HUN 1924 Summer 89 IND 1924 Summer 7 IRL 1924 Summer 39 ITA 1924 Summer 200 JPN 1924 Summer 9 LAT 1924 Summer 41 LTU 1924 Summer 13 LUX 1924 Summer 22 MEX 1924 Summer 13 MON 1924 Summer 7 NED 1924 Summer 153 NZL 1924 Summer 4 NOR 1924 Summer 62 PHI 1924 Summer 1 POL 1924 Summer 65 POR 1924 Summer 30 ROU 1924 Summer 51 RSA 1924 Summer 30 ESP 1924 Summer 129 SWE 1924 Summer 108 SUI 1924 Summer 75 TUR 1924 Summer 31 USA 1924 Summer 299 URU 1924 Summer 31 YUG 1924 Summer 37 Republic of China (1912–1949) 1912 China also took part in the Opening Ceremony, but its four athletes (all tennis players) withdrew from competition.Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel M. Avé Librairie de France Paris fr http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 16 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 39 seulement s'alignérent, ne représentant plus que 24 nations, la Chine, le Portugal et la Yougoslavie ayant déclaré forfait. dead Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees thumb|right|Poster by Orsi promoting the 1924 Paris Olympics games. Country Athletes FRA 1924 Summer 401 USA 1924 Summer 299 GBR 1924 Summer 267 ITA 1924 Summer 200 NED 1924 Summer 177 BEL 1924 Summer 172 SWE 1924 Summer 159 SUI 1924 Summer 141 TCH 1924 Summer 133 FIN 1924 Summer 121 ESP 1924 Summer 95 DEN 1924 Summer 89 HUN 1924 Summer 89 ARG 1924 Summer 77 CAN 1924 Summer 65 POL 1924 Summer 65 NOR 1924 Summer 62 LUX 1924 Summer 51 AUT 1924 Summer 49 IRL 1924 Summer 49 EST 1924 Summer 44 YUG 1924 Summer 42 LAT 1924 Summer 41 GRE 1924 Summer 39 AUS 1924 Summer 35 ROM 1924 Summer 35 URU 1924 Summer 33 POR 1924 Summer 30 RSA 1924 Summer 30 BUL 1924 Summer 24 EGY 1924 Summer 24 TUR 1924 Summer 21 JPN 1924 Summer 19 MEX 1924 Summer 15 CHI 1924 Summer 14 IND 1924 Summer 13 LTU 1924 Summer 13 BRA 1924 Summer 12 CUB 1924 Summer 9 HAI 1924 Summer 8 MON 1924 Summer 7 ROC 1924 Summer 4 NZL 1924 Summer 4 ECU 1924 Summer 3 PHI 1924 Summer 1 Total 3,089 Medal count 1924 Summer Olympics medal table List of 1924 Summer Olympics medal winners These are the nations that won medals the 1924 Games. Legacy The 1924 Summer Olympics was the second edition of the Summer Olympics to be held in Paris. 100 years later, the city has hosted the games once again with the 2024 Summer Olympics, marking its third time, becoming the second city ever to host the Summer Olympics three times (after London, which hosted the 1908, 1948, and 2012 Games). Paris 2024 also marks the centenary of Chamonix 1924, which in turn marks the centenary of the Winter Olympics; making Paris 2024 the sixth Olympic Games hosted by France (three Summer Olympics and three Winter Olympics), and the first French Olympics since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville. Notable debuts of participating countries for the Paris 1924 Olympics include Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Philippines, Poland, Romania, and Uruguay; all of which celebrated their centenary participation at the 2024 Summer Olympics back in Paris. One venue from the 1924 Games was used in the 2024 Games. The extensively renovated and downsized main stadium, known since 1928 as Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, hosted field hockey. The last surviving competitor of the 1924 Summer Olympics was Croatian swimmer Ivo Pavelić, who died on 22 February 2011 at the age of 103; he competed for Yugoslavia, which Croatia was part of at the time.https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51732 Ivo Pavelić Olympedia 8 June 2021 8 June 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210608074800/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51732 live Continuation of Jeux de L’Enfance, games for youth sports and competition, from the Paris 1924 was embodied through the creation of Youth Olympics Games inaugurating in Singapore with the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics with 3,600 athletes aged 14–18 from 204 nations competing in 201 events in 26 sports. See also 1924 Summer Olympics Chariots of Fire Notes External links 1924 Summer Olympics Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel M. Avé Comité Olympique Français Librairie de France Paris fr https://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 30 June 2018 The Games of the VIIIth Olympiad Paris 1924 – Official Report https://web.archive.org/web/20080410085129/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 10 April 2008 dead 1924 medal winners – from CBS Picture of the Olympic Stadium of Colombes Original footage https://web.archive.org/web/20090221000915/http://geschiedenis.vpro.nl/themasites/mediaplayer/index.jsp?media=39438124&refernr=39442933&portalnr=4158511&hostname=geschiedenis&mediatype=video&portalid=geschiedenis 21 February 2009 of the opening ceremony of the 1924 Summer Olympics (by Polygoon) nl Olympic games handbook; containing official records of the seventh Olympiad soly Antwerp VIII OlympiadParis 1924 Amsterdam Olympics France Sports 1920s Summer Olympics Olympic Games Category:Summer Olympics by year Category:Summer Olympics in Paris Category:1924 in Paris