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. Women also participated in these Games, although the only events they were allowed to compete in were the figure skating ladies' singles and pairs.Official Report of the 1924 Olympic Games, p. 646. 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.
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. 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.
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. 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.
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Bobsleigh
Men's four-manAlfred NeveuEduard ScherrerAlfred SchläppiHeinrich SchläppiThomas ArnoldRalph BroomeAlexander RichardsonRodney SoherCharles MulderRené MortiauxPaul Van den BroeckVictor VerschuerenHenri Willems
Cross-country skiing
18 km 50 km
Curling
Men's team T. S. Robertson-AikmanWilliam JacksonRobin WelshThomas MurrayAlternates:Laurence JacksonJohn McLeodWilliam BrownDelaval AstleyR. Cousin IIJohan Petter ÅhlénCarl Axel PetterssonKarl Wahlberg Henri CournolletPierre CanivetArmand BénédicGeorges AndréAlternates:Henri AldebertRobert Planque ICarl Wilhelm PetersénTure ÖdlundVictor WetterströmErik SeverinAlternates:Carl August KronlundCarl Wilhelm Petersén
Figure skating
Men's singles Ladies' singles PairsHelene EngelmannAlfred BergerLudowika JakobssonWalter JakobssonAndrée JolyPierre Brunet
Ice hockey
Men's teamJack CameronErnie CollettBert McCaffreyHarold McMunnDunc MunroBeattie RamsayCyril SlaterHooley SmithHarry WatsonClarence AbelHerbert DruryAlphonse LacroixJohn LangleyJohn LyonsJustin McCarthyWillard RiceIrving SmallFrank SynottWilliam AndersonLorne Carr-HarrisColin CarruthersEric CarruthersGuy ClarksonRoss CuthbertGeoffrey HolmesHamilton JukesEdward PitbladoBlane Sexton
Military patrol
Military patrolAdolf AufdenblattenAlphonse JulenAntoine JulenDenis VaucherAugust EskelinenHeikki HirvonenMartti LappalainenVäinö BremerAdrien "André" VandelleCamille MandrillonGeorges BerthetMaurice Mandrillon
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Ski jumping
Men's individual
Speed skating
500 metres 1500 metres 5000 metres 10000 metres All-round
Medal leaders
Athletes who won multiple medals are listed below.
Athlete Nation SportGoldSilverBronze TotalSpeed skating 3 1 1 5Cross-country skiing and Nordic combined 3 0 0 3Speed skating 1 1 1 3Speed skating 0 2 3 5Cross-country skiing and Nordic combined 0 2 0 2Cross-country skiing and Nordic combined 0 1 2 3
Notes
See also 1924 Winter Olympics medal table
References
External links