1924 OLYMPICS

IMPORTANCE Number of Olympic committees jumped

from 29 to 44 Over 1,000 journalists covered the

event which ran from May 4 to July 27 These games instilled the tradition of

the closing ceremonies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6b

97b2QhcQ

CLOSING CEREMONY 3 flags are raised

IOC Hosting nation Next host nation

1924 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN PARIS Last time the track was 500 meters

long Eric Liddell’s story became the

inspiration for “Chariots of Fire” Paavo Nurmi outshined everyone

Won the 1500 m Won the 5000 m

Paavo won these two races 50 minutes aparthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6b97b2QhcQ&feature=related

PAAVO NURMI Paavo also won the cross country race 3000 team race Won 5 gold medals in all—the most by

anyone ever Best Finnish distance runner ever Arguably the best distance runner of all

time

OLYMPIC MOTTO In the summer of 1924, the Olympic

motto was used for the first time Citius, Altius, Fortius Faster, Higher, Stronger Originally from founded by Pierre de

Coubertina French Sporting Federation

1924 SUMMER First games to feature an Olympic

village Germany still wasn’t invited Ireland recognized as a nation for the

first time and attended Ecuador, Haiti, Ireland, Lithuania,

Mexico, Uruguay, and the Phillipines all attended for the first time

Johnny Weissmuller won 2 swimming golds and went on to play Tarzanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eck6Xy-pC0E

1924 WINTER OLYMPICS Chamonix in French Alps hosted 1st

winter Olympics 16 nations attended Anders Haugen

Competed in the ski jump Due to a scoring error, he didn’t receive his

bronze medal until he was 83 in 1974

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIz-cDy7sv8

1924 WINTER OLYMPICS 16 nations attended 16 events 258 athletes

11 women 247 men

HOCKEY WAS BRUTAL Canada beat Switzerland 33-0 Canada beat Czechoslovakia 30-0 Canada beat Great Britain 19-2 Canada defeated the US 6-1 and won

the championship