1924 Winter Olympics

Multi-sport event in Chamonix, France March 2021 March 2021 1924 Winter Olympics 1924WOlympicPoster.jpg 165 Poster for the 1924 Winter Olympic Games Chamonix, France 16 304Fuller L. K. Female Olympian and Paralympian Events 2018 Palgrave Macmillan 978-3-319-76792-5 2 16 in 5 sports (9 disciplines) 25 January 1924 5 February 1924 Gaston Vidal Stade Olympique de Chamonix St Moritz 1928 Antwerp 1920 Paris 1924 The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (fr Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 (frp Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Organized by the French Olympic Committee and held as part of an "International Winter Sports Week", the competitions took place in Chamonix and Haute-Savoie, France, from 25 January to 5 February 1924. Although not initially termed "Winter Olympics", the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to retrospectively grant the Chamonix competitions the status of the first Winter Olympic Games at the committee's 26th session on May 6, 1926.https://www.olympic.org/news/winter-games-given-stamp-of-approval Winter Games given stamp of approval olympic.org 16 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20201212151555/https://www.olympic.org/news/winter-games-given-stamp-of-approval 12 December 2020 livehttps://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/winter-olympics-venues-past/index.html 10 historic Winter Olympic wonderlands 4 February 2014 Elman Leslie G. CNN 16 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20200305182716/https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/winter-olympics-venues-past/index.html 5 March 2020 live The tradition of holding the Winter Olympics in the same year as the Summer Olympics would continue until 1992, after which the current practice of holding a Winter Olympics in the second year after each Summer Olympics began. Although figure skating had been an Olympic event in both London and Antwerp and ice hockey had been an event in Antwerp, winter sports had always been limited by the season. At the 1921 IOC convention in Lausanne, there was a call for equality for winter sports. After much discussion, it was decided that France, host nation for the 1924 Summer Olympics, would hold an "international week of winter sport" in Chamonix. While not one of the official 16 events (nor one of the six sports) during the "International Winter Sports Week", the closing ceremony included Pierre de Coubertin presenting gold medals in "Alpinism" (mountaineering) to the members of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition, represented in Chamonix by Lt Col Edward Strutt, deputy expedition leader.Verma Somesh 17 August 2012 The faceless hero Nepal's only Olympic Gold medalist in focus https://kathmandupost.com/news/2012-08-17/the-faceless-hero-nepals-only-olympic-gold-medalist-in-focus.html dead The Kathmandu Post Kantipur Publications Limited Kathmandu, Nepal https://web.archive.org/web/20181216221606/http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2012-08-17/the-faceless-hero-nepals-only-olympic-gold-medalist-in-focus.html 16 December 2018 1 December 2022Thirteen names were included at the 1924 closing ceremony. An additional eight expedition members were later awarded gold medals, after a request to the International Olympic Committee by 1922 expedition leader General Charles Granville Bruce. Highlights Day 2 Charles Jewtraw of the United States won the first gold medal of the games in the 500-meter speed skate,https://www.olympic.org/news/26-january-1924-charles-jewtraw-was-the-inaugural-winner-at-the-olympic-winter-games-in-chamonix 26 January 1924: Charles Jewtraw was the inaugural winner at the Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix 26 January 2020 olympic.org 16 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20200810062540/https://www.olympic.org/news/26-january-1924-charles-jewtraw-was-the-inaugural-winner-at-the-olympic-winter-games-in-chamonix 10 August 2020 live making him the first Winter Olympic champion.https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Winter_Games.pdf IOC Factsheet, Olympic Winter Games September 2014 olympic.org 1 17 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20180323221203/https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Winter_Games.pdf 23 March 2018 dead Day 4 Sonja Henie of Norway, at just eleven years old, took part in the ladies' figure skating competition. Although she finished last, she became popular with fans and went on to take gold at the following three Winter Olympics.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/02/21/the-worlds-first-olympic-ice-queen-became-a-hollywood-star-and-a-hitler-admirer/ The world's first Olympic ice queen became a Hollywood star – and a Hitler admirer Bogage Jacob 21 February 2018 The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20200324191654/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/02/21/the-worlds-first-olympic-ice-queen-became-a-hollywood-star-and-a-hitler-admirer/ 24 March 2020 dead 16 March 2021 Day 6 Figure skater Gillis Grafström of Sweden became the first athlete to successfully defend his Summer Olympic title at the Winter Olympics (having won a gold medal in 1920). Day 8 The Canadian ice hockey team (Toronto Granites) finished their qualifying round with three wins against Czechoslovakia (30–0), Sweden (22–0), and Switzerland (33–0), scoring a total of 85 goals and conceding none.https://www.olympic.org/news/harry-watson-and-the-canadian-ice-hockey-goal-glut Harry Watson and the Canadian ice hockey goal glut olympic.org 17 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20161225080010/https://www.olympic.org/news/harry-watson-and-the-canadian-ice-hockey-goal-glut 25 December 2016 live Day 10 Finding themselves in the same situation as Gillis Grafström, the Canadian ice hockey team is the last to defend their Summer Olympics title at the Winter Olympics successfully. Canada would dominate ice hockey in early Olympic competitions, winning six of the first seven gold medals awarded. Epilogue Taffy Abel (1900–1964) was an Indigenous Ojibwe ice hockey player. He was the first Native American in the Winter Olympic Games (1924 Hockey Silver Medal), the 1924 Flag Bearer for the United States at the 1924 Winter Olympics, the first Native American in the National Hockey League (1926), and a Stanley Cup champion (1929 and 1934). At the closing ceremony, a prize for alpinism, a sport not officially included in the Olympic Winter Games, was awarded by Pierre de Coubertin to Lt Col Edward Strutt, the deputy leader of British expedition, on behalf of their attempt to climb Mount Everest in 1922.Online Wales 8 February 2014 Remembering Wales' winter Olympic heroes of 90 years ago https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/remembering-wales-winter-olympic-heroes-6685583 live WalesOnline Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales UK https://web.archive.org/web/20220316235311/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/remembering-wales-winter-olympic-heroes-6685583 16 March 2022 24 November 2022 For the first time in the history of the modern Olympics, the host country (in this case, France) failed to win any gold medals, finishing with three bronze medals. The same outcome occurred at the next Winter Olympics in St. Moritz where Switzerland won only a single bronze medal, the lowest ever output by a host nation at an Olympics. Later host nations to finish without gold medals included Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Yugoslavia at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, and Canada for a second time at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. In 1925, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to organize the Olympic Winter Games every four years, independent of the Olympic Games proper, and recognized the International Winter Sports Week as the first Olympic Winter Games in retrospect. The final individual medal of Chamonix 1924 was presented in 1974. The ski jumping event was unusual because the bronze medalist was not determined for fifty years. Norway's Thorleif Haug was awarded third place at the event's conclusion, but a clerical error in calculating Haug's score was discovered in 1974 by skiing historian Jakob Vaage, who further determined that Anders Haugen of the United States, who had finished fourth, had actually scored 0.095 points more than Haug. This was verified by the IOC. On 12 September 1974, Anders Haugen, at the age of 85, came to Norway and was presented the bronze medal by Anna Maria Magnussen, Thorleif Haug's youngest daughter.http://archivepyc.nbcolympics.com/news/86-year-old-bricklayer-anders-haugenwon-us-only-ski-jumping-medal How an 86-year-old bricklayer won the U.S.'s only ski jumping medal 7 February 2018 Bowker Matt NBC Olympic broadcasts 17 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210317231112/http://archivepyc.nbcolympics.com/news/86-year-old-bricklayer-anders-haugenwon-us-only-ski-jumping-medal 17 March 2021 live In 2006, the IOC confirmed that the medals awarded to the 1924 curling and military patrol teams were official.http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/curling/stories/index.shtml?/story/olympics/national/2006/02/08/Sports/curling_1924medals060208.html 1924 curling medals count: IOC 8 February 2006 CBC Sports 16 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20060215152237/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/curling/stories/index.shtml?%2Fstory%2Folympics%2Fnational%2F2006%2F02%2F08%2FSports%2Fcurling_1924medals060208.html 15 February 2006 dead The IOC verified that curling was officially part of the program, after the Glasgow Herald newspaper filed a claim on behalf of the families of the team.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/4699008.stm GB curlers awarded belated gold Thompson Anna 9 February 2006 BBC Sport 23 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20060315071439/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/winter_sports/4699008.stm 15 March 2006 live Events Medals were awarded in 16 events contested in 5 sports (9 disciplines). Many sources do not list curling and the military patrol as Olympic events, or list them as demonstration events. However, no such designation was made in 1924. In February 2006, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruled that curling and military patrol were part of the Olympic program, and have included the medals awarded in the official count. Bobsleigh 1 Curling 1 Ice hockey 1 Skating Figure skating 3 Speed skating 5 Nordic skiing Military patrol 1IOCMilitaryPatrol The official website of the Olympic Movement now treats Men's Military Patrol at the 1924 Games as an event within the sport of Biathlon.http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/gamesandsportsummary/?sport=31666&games=1924%2F2&event= Biathlon Results – Chamonix 1924 olympic.org International Olympic Committee 17 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140121014142/http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/gamesandsportsummary/?sport=31666&games=1924%2F2&event= 21 January 2014 deadhttp://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/eventresultpagegeneral/?athletename=&country=&sport2=&games2=1924%2f2 Olympic Games Medals, Results, Chamonix 1924 olympic.org International Olympic Committee 17 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227180720/http://www.olympic.org/content/results-and-medalists/eventresultpagegeneral/?athletename=&country=&sport2=&games2=1924%2f2 27 February 2014 dead However, the 1924 Official Report treats it as an event and discipline within what was then called Skiing and is now called Nordic Skiing.Official Report (1924), p 646: Le Programme ... II. — Epreuves par équipes - 12. Ski : Course militaire (20 à 30 kilomètres, avec tir). (The Programme ... II. — Team events - 12. Skiing : Military Race (20 to 30 kilometres, with shooting)).Official Report (1924), p 664: CONCOURS DE SKI - Jurys - COURSE MILITAIRE. (Skiing Competitions - Juries - Military Race) Cross-country skiing 2 Nordic combined 1 Ski jumping 1 Venues Venues of the 1924 Winter Olympics La Piste de Bobsleigh des Pellerins – Bobsleigh Le Tremplin Olympique du Mont – Ski jumping, Nordic combined (ski jumping) Stade Olympique de Chamonix – Cross-country skiing, Curling, Figure skating, Ice hockey, Military patrol, Nordic combined (cross-country skiing), and Speed skating Participating nations Athletes from 16 nations competed in the first Winter Olympic Games. Germany was banned from competing in the games, and instead hosted a series of games called Deutsche Kampfspiele. Participating National Olympic Committees22em AUT 1924 Winter 4 BEL 1924 Winter 18 CAN 1924 Winter 12 TCH 1924 Winter 27 FIN 1924 Winter 17 FRA 1924 Winter 43 (host) GBR 1924 Winter 44 HUN 1924 Winter 4 ITA 1924 Winter 23 LAT 1924 Winter 2 NOR 1924 Winter 14 POL 1924 Winter 7 SWE 1924 Winter 31 SUI 1924 Winter 30 USA 1924 Winter 24 YUG 1924 Winter 4 EST speed skater Christfried Burmeister was also in the list of participants but the message about his withdrawal was not sent to the organizers.I taliolümpiamängud Chamonix 1924 (25. jaanuar – 5. veebruar) http://www.postimees.ee/150206/esileht/sport/189123.php https://archive.today/20120912032356/http://www.postimees.ee/150206/esileht/sport/189123.php dead 12 September 2012 Postimees et 18 January 2006 Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees IOC Letter Code Country Athletes GBR GBR 1924 Winter 44 FRA FRA 1924 Winter 43 SWE SWE 1924 Winter 31 SUI SUI 1924 Winter 30 TCH TCH 1924 Winter 27 USA USA 1924 Winter 24 ITA ITA 1924 Winter 23 BEL BEL 1924 Winter 18 FIN FIN 1924 Winter 17 NOR NOR 1924 Winter 14 CAN CAN 1924 Winter 12 POL POL 1924 Winter 7 AUT AUT 1924 Winter 4 HUN HUN 1924 Winter 4 YUG YUG 1924 Winter 4 LAT LAT 1924 Winter 2 Total 304 Medal count 1924 Winter Olympics medal table Pierre de Coubertin—founder of the IOC & father of the modern Olympics movement—personally awarded, in addition to the medals awarded in the sports competitions, 21 gold medals to members of the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition including 12 Britons, 7 Indians, 1 Australian and 1 Nepalese.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17493939 26 March 2012 Everest Olympic medal pledge set to be honoured Mark Georgiou 31 August 2012 BBC News 22 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140922145422/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17493939 live https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/19/olympic-secret-everest-forgotten-hero My modest father never mentioned his Everest expedition Olympic gold Ed Douglas The Guardian 19 May 2012 31 August 2012 London 25 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225173145/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/19/olympic-secret-everest-forgotten-hero live Only the gold medal from 1924 is assigned to the Winter Olympics by the IOC in its database to the Mixed team,Olympedia – Alpinism Olympedia – Main Page https://www.olympedia.org/sports/APN 2024-01-28https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/chamonix-1924/medals Chamonix 1924 Olympic Medal Table olympics.com International Olympic Committee (IOC) 2024-08-15 while the medals from 1932 and 1936 are assigned to the Summer Olympics for the respective NOCs.https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/germany Germany - NOC Profile olympics.com International Olympic Committee (IOC) 2024 2024-08-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20240815122428/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/germany 15 August 2024 deadhttps://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/switzerland Switzerland - NOC Profile olympics.com International Olympic Committee (IOC) 2024 2024-08-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20240815122855/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/switzerland 15 August 2024 dead Podium sweeps +DateSportEventNOCGoldSilverBronze30 JanuaryCross-country skiing Men's 50 kilometreNOR 1924 WinterThorleif HaugThoralf StrømstadJohan Grøttumsbråten4 FebruaryNordic combined Normal hillNOR 1924 WinterThorleif HaugThoralf StrømstadJohan Grøttumsbråten See also List of 1924 Winter Olympics medal winners 1924 Winter Olympics Notes References External links 1924 Winter Olympics Official Report (1924) of both Summer and Winter games: Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel M. A. Avé, Comité Olympique Français Librairie de France Paris fr http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 7 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110505162957/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1924/1924.pdf 5 May 2011 dead woly sports I Olympic Winter GamesChamonix 1924 St. Moritz Olympics France Sports 1920s 1924 1924 Category:1924 in multi-sport events Category:1924 in French sport Category:January 1924 sports events in Europe Category:February 1924 sports events in Europe Olympics 1924 Category:Sport in Chamonix