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Games of the VIII Olympiad - Paris1924
Date: 4 May – 27 July.
Nations: 44.
Athletes: 3,092 (2,956 men, 136 women).
Sports: 17.
Events: 126.
Official opening of the Games by: President Gaston Doumergue.
Olympic flame:
(first time in Amsterdam in 1928).
Olympic oath:
Georgas André (athletics).
Official oath:
(first time in Munich in 1972).
Number of medal-winning nations: 27.
National medal total:
1. USA 99 (45, 27, 27).
   
                   
     

For the first time the closing ceremony of the Games featured the flags of the IOC, host country and the next host country, a practice unchanged until today.
The Olympic motto “Swifter, Higher, Stronger” (Citius, altius, fortius) was introduced. Its author Henry Diddon, a Dominican monk would start his classes of physical exercises in a Paris school with these words.

The hero of the Games, together with Weissmuller, was the Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi who triumphed five times in four events. In the space of 55 minutes Nurmi triumphed in the 1,500 and 5,000m, and then won two gold medals in a single race - in the cross-country as an individual and as a member of the Finnish team. The fifth triumph was in the 3000m team race, where the gold was won by Finland’s team and not by the individuals.
Yugoslavia participated with 37 athletes and for the first time won medals, gold ones at that. This feat was accomplished by gymnast Leon Štukelj who ranked first in the all-around and the horizontal bar.

Candidate cities: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Prague and Rome.

  
The most successful athlete: Johnny Weissmuller (USA), later known as the movie hero Tarzan, won three swimming golds and the water polo bronze 		 
     

SPORTS (17)

    
 		  
     
  • Aquatics1
  • Athletics
  • Cycling
  • Boxing
  • Rowing
  • Gymnastics
  • Weightlifting
  • Sailing
  • Equestrian
  • Fencing
  • Modern Pentathlon
  • Polo2
  • Rugby2
  • Wrestling
  • Shooting
  • Tennis
  • Football
   1 - swimming, diving, water polo and starting with 1984, synchronized swimming
2 - discontinued events		  
             
     

NATIONAL MEDAL TOTAL

      
     
  Country Gold Silver Bronze
1. USA 45 27 27
2. FINLAND 14 13 10
3. FRANCE 13 15 10
4. GREAT BRITAIN 9 13 12
5. ITALY 8 3 5
6. SWITZERLAND 7 8 10
7. NORWAY 5 2 3
8. SWEDEN 4 13 12
9. NETHERLANDS 4 1 5
10. BELGIUM 3 7 3
11. AUSTRALIA 3 1 2
12. DENMARK 2 5 2
13. HUNGARY 2 3 4
14. YUGOSLAVIA 2 0 0
15. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 4 5
16. ARGENTINA 1 3 2
17. ESTONIA 1 1 4
18. SOUTH AFRICA 1 1 1
19. URUGUAY 1 0 0
20. AUSTRIA 0 3 1
21. CANADA 0 3 1
22. POLAND 0 1 1
23. HAITI 0 0 1
24. JAPAN 0 0 1
25. NEW ZEALAND 0 0 1
26. PORTUGAL 0 0 1
27. ROMANIA 0 0 1
  For the first time the Olympic medals were won by Yugoslavia, Argentina, Uruguay, Poland, Haiti, Portugal and Romania.  
             
           
                   
             
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