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 Poster for the 1924 Winter Olympic Games | |
| Location | Chamonix, France |
|---|---|
| Nations | 16 |
| Athletes | 258[1] |
| Events | 16 in 5 sports (9 disciplines) |
| Opening | 25 January 1924 |
| Closing | 5 February 1924 |
| Opened by | |
| Stadium | Stade Olympique de Chamonix |
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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. Originally held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics, the sports competitions were held at the foot of Mont Blanc in Chamonix, and Haute-Savoie, France between 25 January and 5 February 1924.[2] The Games were organized by the French Olympic Committee, and were originally reckoned as the "International Winter Sports Week". With the success of the event, it was retroactively designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as "the first Olympic Winter Games".[3][4]
The tradition of holding the Winter Olympics in the same year as the Summer Olympics would continue until 1992, after which the current practice of holding a Winter Olympics in the second year after each Summer Olympics began.
Although figure skating had been an Olympic event in both London and Antwerp and ice hockey had been an event in Antwerp, winter sports had always been limited by the season. In 1921, at the IOC convention in Lausanne, there was a call for equality for winter sports. After much discussion, organizing an "international week of winter sport" in 1924 in Chamonix was decided.
While not one of the official 16 events (nor one of the 6 sports) during the "International Winter Sports Week", the closing ceremony included Pierre de Coubertin presenting gold medals in "Alpinism" (mountaineering) to the members of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition, represented in Chamonix by Lt Col Edward Strutt, deputy expedition leader.[5][a]
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