Olympic Games of summer of 1924

The Olympic Games of summer of 1924 , Plays of VIIIe Olympiad of the modern era, were celebrated with Paris, in France, for the second time.

Organization

The others Villes candidates with the organization of these plays were Amsterdam, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Prague and Rome. The attribution of the Plays in Paris takes place the June 21st 1921.

Betting on the virtues of “Large Paris”, the Steering Committee chooses the choice to build the Olympic stadium with Colombes and not with the Parc of the Princes or the Stade Pershing, other sites candidates. Pershing is evoked in 1921, then the Park of the Princes, on decision of the government, seems to be initially favorite. The Town of Paris refuse to finance work with the Park, and one folds up oneself then in suburbs. In 1922, one evokes even a time the withdrawal of the Plays in Paris to give them to Lyon… the Stade of Doves, ex-stage of the Morning (1907), is equipped with 45.000 places including 20.000 sat thanks to the financing of the Racing club of France which obtains 50% of the receipts of the Plays.

For the tests of swimming, the swimming pool of the Turrets is built. It is the first basin of 50 m to corridors separated by lines from cork stoppers.

The tests of shooting are held with Rheims, at the stage of shooting built for the occasion beside the Olympic stadium of Rheims. Mr. Thomasson, architect of the Union of the Shooting clubs of France sign the plans of this building.

Construction of an Olympic village with Doves, first of the kind. The decision to entrust to the Steering Committee plays the housing of the delegations was made in 1923 at the time of the Olympic congress of Rome. In the Olympic village, the athletes avaint at disposal an exchange office, a hairdressing salon, a post office, a newsstand, a service of washing and an on-call service of the valuable articles. Three meals per day were offered. The British accepted the conditions offered with the proviso of being entitled to a British cook. The Americans prefer to settle in the park of the castle of Rocquencourt.

The July 5th 1924, the opening ceremony is held with the Stade of Doves in front of 40.000 spectators. The two most applauded delegations were France and the United States.

New ritual of raising three flags at the time of the closing ceremony: that of the International Olympic committee, that of the country host and that of the next country to accommodate the Plays.

Striking facts

For the first time, of the Olympic tests is commented on on line with the radio.
the female foil makes its appearance in the Olympic tests. The gold medal is allotted to Danish the Ellen Osiier.
American William de Hart Hubbard, long jump, obtains the first individual gold medal for a black athlete.
First Plays of Johnny Weissmuller which will be the future Tarzan of Hollywood.
These plays were carried to the screen by Hugh Hudson in the Carriages of fire .

Hero of the Plays

Jose Andrade, Uruguyan footballer, dazzles the Parisian spectators by its dribbles, its changes of rate/rhythm, its elegance.
Paavo Nurmi gains five titles: 1.500 meters, 5.000 meters, individual cross-country race and by teams, 3.000 meters by teams.
Ville Ritola gains six medals. 4 out of gold: 10.000 meters (world records), 3.000 meters steeple, cross-country race country by teams, 3.000 meters by teams and 2 out of money: 5.000 meters and individual cross-country race.
Clarence Houser gains the contests of the disc and the weight.
Johnny Weissmuller gains three gold medals: 100 meters freestyle, 400 meters freestyle, 4 X 200 meters freestyle, as well as a bronze medal in waterpolo.

Sports and disciplines

Athletics, to see detailed results
Oar, to see detailed results
Boxing, to see detailed results
Cycling, to see detailed results
Horsemanship, to see detailed results
Fencing, to see detailed results
Football seeing detailed results
Gymnastic, to see detailed results
Haltérophilie, to see detailed results
Fight, to see detailed results
Swimming, to see detailed results
modern Pentathlon, to see detailed results
Sports shirt, to see detailed results
Rugby seeing detailed results
Tennis, to see detailed results
Shooting, to see detailed results
Water polo, to see detailed results

Participating delegations

44 nations take share with the Plays of summer of 1924. The Germany is not invited by the Steering Committee pretexting that it was not able to ensure the safety of the German delegation, but the other nations overcome at the time of the First World War, drawn aside in 1920, make their return.

The Ecuador, the Ireland, the Lithuania, the Filipino and the Uruguay take part for the first time. The Latvia and the Poland were already present at the time of the Plays of winter at Chamonix, but it is about their first participation in the Plays of summer.

Table of the medals

See too

External bond

the page of the Olympic Games of Paris 1924 on the official site of the CIO.

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