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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.
Nearly 670 athletes competed in 22 events in four sports. The 1948 Games also featured two demonstration sports: military patrol, which later became the biathlon, and winter pentathlon, which was discontinued after these Games.
4 lis 2021 · The Winter Olympics are an international sports competition held every four years. The event, also called the Winter Games, includes cold-weather events on snow (skiing, snowboarding,...
15 sty 2024 · The first Olympic Winter Games were held in 1924 in the French Alps. Over 10 days, the host town of Chamonix brought together athletes from 16 nations. The event was initially an integral part of the Olympic Games Paris 1924, and was known as the “Winter Sports Week of the VIII Olympiad”.
However, the outbreak of World War I in 1914 caused the cancellation of the Berlin Olympics and made the question of Winter Olympic Games moot. Despite continuing protests from the Nordic countries, winter sports returned to the Olympics for the 1920 Games in Antwerp, Belgium, where medals were awarded in figure skating and ice hockey .
Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1924 winter Olympics in Chamonix. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
In the prisoner of war camps of both the Central Powers and the Allies regular, specially organized sports competitions were held in addition to the daily sporting activities, sometimes even referred to by the prisoners of war as “Olympic Games”. In this context, a special feature for the development of sport in Germany is the British ...
