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1 Winter Olympic Games,1924
Begin:
1924-01-25
End:
1924-02-05
Nations:
16
Participants:
258
Women:
11
Events:
16
City:
Chamonix, France
  • In 1921, at the 19th IOC session in Lausanne, the IOC gave its agreement to stage International Winter Sports Week in 1924, in Chamonix, France - resort town at the foot of Mont Blanc.
  • This sport event had a great success and in 1926, at the annual IOC session in Lisbon, the Chamonix festival was retroactively named the First Winter Olympic Games.
  • Also, the IOC decided that Winter Olympic games would be held every four years, as with the Summer Olympics.

Chamonix 1924 - Medal Table

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Some facts about 1 Winter Olympic Games,1924

  • Under Secretary for Physical Education Gaston Vidal officially opened the Winter Sports Week in Chamonix.
  • The Sport festival opened with the rain and too warm temperatures that have turned snow and ice to slush, but later temperatures dropped to 25 degrees below zero
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  • The first Winter Olympic champion was American speedskater Charles Jewtraw, who won 500m.
  • In women’s figure skating, Sonja Henie, 11-year-old girl from Norway and future olympic star, made her Olympic debut and placed last in the eight-woman field.

Poster and Medals