List of 1924 Winter Olympics medal winners

A male figure skater performing on a large frozen outdoor area with spectators and judges nearby on the ice. The background shows snow-covered mountains and a building.
Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström earned a gold medal in men's figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics, which was one of four Olympic Games where he medaled. This image shows his performance at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.

The inaugural Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France, from 25 January to 4 February 1924. A total of 258 athletes from 16 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 16 events across 9 disciplines.[1] Women also participated in these Games, although the only events they were allowed to compete in were the figure skating ladies' singles and pairs.[2] When the Games were held, they were not recognized as the Winter Olympics but as a winter sports week festival. It was not until 1926 that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially recognized them as the first Winter Olympics.[1]

104 athletes won medals for their NOCs, but the athletes from Norway and Finland stood out and dominated the Games, winning 17 and 11 medals, respectively. The United States and Great Britain tied for third place in the total number of medals, with four each. Athletes from 10 of the 16 participating NOCs won at least one medal; eight won at least one gold medal.[3] Many of the athletes who won these medals had already returned to their home countries by the time the medals were awarded, on 5 February, and other participants from their countries had to take the medals to the winning athletes.[1]

Finnish speed skater Clas Thunberg topped the medal count with five medals: three golds, one silver, and one bronze. One of his competitors, Roald Larsen of Norway, also won five medals, with two silver and three bronze medal-winning performances.[3] The first gold medalist at these Games—and therefore the first gold medalist in Winter Olympic history—was American speed skater Charles Jewtraw. Only one medal change occurred after the Games: in the ski jump competition, a marking error deprived American athlete Anders Haugen of a bronze medal. Haugen pursued an appeal to the IOC many years after the fact; he was awarded the medal after a 1974 decision in his favor.[1]

Contents
  1. Bobsleigh
  2. Cross-country skiing
  3. Curling
  2. Figure skating
  3. Ice hockey
  4. Military patrol
  2. Nordic combined
  3. Ski jumping
  4. Speed skating
Medal leaders   See also   Notes   References   External links
  1. ^ a b c d "Chamonix 1924 Winter Olympics". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. ^ Official Report of the 1924 Olympic Games, p. 646.
  3. ^ a b "All the medallists since 1896". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2011.