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The Olympic Winter Games Begin. In 1921, the International Olympic Committee gave its patronage to a Winter Sports Week to take place in 1924 in Chamonix, France. This event was a great success, attracting 10,004 paying spectators, and was retrospectively named the First Olympic Winter Games.
The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (French: Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Chamonix 1924 (Arpitan: Chamôni 1924), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Chamonix 1924 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
26 January 1924: Charles Jewtraw was the inaugural winner at the Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix. Today, we are celebrating the anniversary of the first gold medal given at the Olympic Winter Games on the morning of 26 January 1924 in Chamonix – for the 500m speed skating event, won against all expectations by the American from Lake Placid, Charles Jewtraw.
The United States has sent athletes to all Olympics since 1896 (both Summer and Winter Games), with the sole exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics. The US boycotted these over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
I Zimowe Igrzyska Olimpijskie odbyły się we francuskiej miejscowości Chamonix w 1924. W programie igrzysk pojawiło się 16 konkurencji sportowych, w których udział wzięło łącznie 314 zawodników (w tym 13 kobiet) z 19 krajów.
The complete list of Olympic winners at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.
