Paris 1924 - Olympic Games Winners

Start:

04 May 1924

End:

27 Jul 1924

Countries:

Athletes:

3089

Sports:

Events:

126

City:

Paris, France (Le Havre - sailing)

The Olympic Games 1924 had initially been scheduled for Amsterdam, Netherlands, over other candidate cities - Barcelona, Spain; Los Angeles, USA; Rome, Italy and Prague, Czechoslovakia.
However, in his final act, Pierre de Coubertin, the IOC President, transferred the Games to Paris, France - he wanted to give France a chance to redeem itself after the failure of the Games 1900 in Paris.
It was the first time the city held Olympics for the second time.

French President Gaston Doumergue officially opened the Olympic Games 1920 at the 60,000-seat Olympic stadium.
The Olympic motto - "Citius, Altius, Fortius" (Faster, Higher, Stronger), was used for the first time.
A new Olympic tradition was introduced in Paris in 1924 - the Closing ceremony tradition of raising three flags: the IOC flag, the host nation, and the following host nation's flag.
Athletes lived in the first Olympic Village in wooden cabins.
The media introduced a new point scoring system - 7 points are credited for first place in the various events, 5 points for second place, 4 points for third place, 3 points for fourth place, 2 points for fifth place, and 1 point for sixth place.