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 1924 Summer Olympic Games 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 of 1900 in Paris.
It was the city's second time hosting the Olympics.

French President Gaston Doumergue officially opened the 1920 Olympic Games 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's flag, 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 for first place in each event, 5 for second, 4 for third, 3 for fourth, 2 for fifth, and 1 for sixth.
The dominance of Finnish middle-distance runners was confirmed by Paavo NURMI, who won 5 gold medals, and Ville RITOLA, who won 4 gold and 2 silver medals.
The French athlete Roger DUCRET won three gold and two silver medals in Fencing.
The American swimmer John WEISSMULLER won three gold and one bronze medal. After finishing his sports career, he played Tarzan in the 1932 movie Tarzan the Ape Man and became a Hollywood star.