Chamonix (France)
Winter sports debuted at the Olympics in 1908. The organizers of the Summer Games in London initially wanted to include in the competition program skating but then settled on figure skating... The second attempt to draw snow and ice disciplines into the Olympic orbit was made in 1920 - ice hockey was presented at the Summer Games in Antwerp.
And, finally, the 1924 Paris Games were preceded by the "Winter Sports Week". The phrase Winter Olympics was then avoided - the Scandinavian countries and Finland were jealous of the emergence of a direct competitor to their Northern Games. As it turned out later, the fears of the northerners were justified.
| Z | WITH | B | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Finland | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | USA | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Venue - Chamonix, France
January 26 - February 4, 1924
Number of participating countries - 16
The number of athletes participating - 258 (11 women, 247 men)
Medal Sets - 16
Winner overall standings- Norway
Three main characters of the Games according to "SE"
Thorleif Heug (Norway),
ski race
Thunberg class (Finland),
skating
Harry Watson (Canada),
hockey
TIME TO RISE
The IOC recognized the "Week of Winter Species", which took place at the junction of January and February 1924, as the first White Olympiad retroactively - a little over a year after its end. And a year later, in 1926, the Northern Games ceased to exist.
In general, adjusting history gradually became a kind business card competition in Chamonix. In 1974, the historian Jacob Hage suddenly discovered that the judges made a mistake when scoring in ski jumping in 1924. Because of her, the Norwegian Thorleif Heug was declared the bronze medalist, and his compatriot Anders Haugen, who then did not show the third result, who played under the American flag.
A plumber from the town of Drammen, Heug was considered the protagonist of the Chamonix competition - in addition to the controversial bronze on the springboard, he had two gold medals in cross-country skiing and one more double-event champion title. The loss of the bronze medal hardly shook the greatness of the Norwegian, whose memory, after his sudden death from pneumonia in 1934, was fully immortalized in Norway in the names of streets and competitions. The Thorleif family agreed to hand over the award to Haugen, who turned 86 in 1974. The ceremony of restoring historical justice was held in Oslo with the participation of the veteran and Heug's daughter.
But the historians did not rest on this. In 2006, the Scottish newspaper "Herald" won the IOC to recognize the official status of the curling tournament in Chamonix, which was previously considered a showcase.
Skittles on ice competition with modern point they look strange - two teams from Sweden took part in them at once. Major Astley, before the match for second place, as if nothing had happened, moved from the British team to the Swedish.
In addition, Georges André, bronze medalist in the French national team, also took part in bobsleigh competitions. However, all these non-trivial circumstances did not prevent the IOC from ratifying the curling tournament at the 1924 White Olympics after 82 years.
BATTLE WITH THE ELEMENT
The "Week of winter species" in January 1924 was hosted by the commune of Chamonix, located at the foot of Mont Blanc - the highest mountain in Western Europe... The options for holding competitions in the town of Gerardmer (Lorraine) and in the resort of Louchon-Superbagnière in the Pyrenees were also considered. In favor of the Alpine valley, the fact that various ski holidays were regularly held there before.
The local municipality spent more than two million francs on the construction of an ice rink with stands, trampolines and a bobsleigh track in Chamonix. The French Olympic Committee was going to reimburse 50 thousand francs, but in the end found only half of the promised amount. Taking into account the fact that only 10 thousand tickets were sold for the competition in total, the "Nedelya" undoubtedly became unprofitable. However, the public reaction to sports festival in Chamonix was generally very positive, and 88 accredited journalists made the alpine resort famous all over the world.
True, before the competition began, the commune authorities had to worry about the weather - similar experiences in the future will be familiar to almost everyone who decides to take winter Games... At the end of December, there was not a snowflake in the Chamonix Valley, then for several days a snowfall fell on the city and its surroundings, and more than one and a half meters of precipitation fell. When the blizzard subsided, a thaw began, because of which the skating rink, built with such difficulty, turned into a pond. And only on the eve of the opening ceremony, nature took mercy on the athletes - the frost hit, and the tracks with the stadium returned to normal.
However, the weather conditions were still not ideal. During ski marathon a strong icy wind was blowing for 50 km, under the onslaught of which Torleif Heug spent 3 hours 44 minutes to cover the distance. At the same time, the finisher c last result Pole Szczepan Witkowski lost two and a half hours to the champion, and 12 skiers out of 23 could not find the finish at all.
FIRST BOYCOTT
The sports results of the "Week" in Chamonix turned out to be extremely beneficial for the supporters of the idea of the White Olympiads - gold medals were won by representatives of eight countries out of 16 participating in the competition. It no longer looked like an Alpine "get-together". True, for political reasons, athletes from Germany were not admitted to the "Week" (this country was considered the instigator of the First World War), athletes from Estonia and Argentina arrived at the competition, but for some reason did not come to the start. And the Soviet Union, although it received an invitation from the French, did not let its athletes go to Chamonix (as well as to all other Olympics before Helsinki-1952). But even without the boycotted and boycotted Games, they turned out to be quite representative and quite worthy of Olympic status.
The only sport where there was practically no struggle for gold was hockey in Chamonix. Team Canada, which was represented by an amateur team of WWI veterans from Toronto, left no stone unturned from its rivals. The Canadians have won five matches with a total score of 110: 3. In the meeting with the Swiss, which ended with a score of 33: 0, the top scorer of the “maple leaves” Harry Watson scored 13 goals. In total, this hockey player had 37 goals, which to this day is a record for the Winter Games.
An important result of the "Week of winter species" was successful performance Norwegians and Finns, who were not at all fans of the idea of such a competition and decided to travel to Chamonix at the last moment. True, one of the greatest Norwegian athletes of that time - skater Oskar Mathisen - in any case did not have the right to start under the auspices of the IOC, since he was a professional. But in the absence of Mathisen, a star of the Thunberg Class from Finland rose on the ice path - after three victories, as well as one silver and one bronze in Chamonix, they began to call him "Paavo Nurmi on ice", comparing him with the great compatriot runner. With the help of Thunberg and Thorleif Heug, the Nordic countries crushed North America and the Alpine region at the Games in Chamonix, and turned from opponents of the White Olympics to its ardent supporters.
Oleg SHAMONAEV
FIGURES AND FACTS
The team classification was won by Norway, which was ahead of Finland only in the number of silver medals. The Norwegians had 17 awards (4 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze) and the Finns - 11 (4, 4 and 3, respectively). Closed the top three best teams Austria (2 gold and 1 silver).
The last, 10th, place in the overall standings was taken by Belgium, which won bronze in bobsleigh.
The largest delegations were sent by Great Britain (44 athletes), France (43) and Sweden (31).
The smallest was the Latvian delegation (2 athletes). Austria, Hungary and Yugoslavia each had 4 people.
The first champion of the Winter Olympics was the American speed skater Charles Jetrow, who won the 500-meter race. He covered this distance in 44.0.
In total, 16 sets of medals were played (most of all in skates - 5). 94 athletes became medalists.
The total number of awards was 49. In speed skating at a distance of 500 meters, two bronze medals had to be awarded: the same result (44.8) was shown by two participants at once - Roald Larsen (Norway) and Klass Thunberg (Finland).
It was these skaters who shared the first place in terms of the total number of awards (5 each). However, Thunberg added one silver and one bronze to 3 gold medals. Larsen never became a champion: he has 2 second places and 3 third places on his account.
In terms of the number of gold medals, Thunberg shared the first place with the Norwegian Torleif Haug. He became a champion in two sports at once - cross-country skiing (18 km and 50 km) and biathlon.
Women performed in only one kind of program - figure skating.
It was in this form that the Norwegian Sonia Heni (8th place), who turned out to be the youngest participant in the Games, performed. At the time of the opening of the Olympics, her age was 11 years and 295 days.
And the oldest participant was Karl August Kronlund, a member of the Swedish curling team, which won silver. On the opening day, it turned 58 years and 155 days old. Kronlund, by the way, is still the oldest Winter Olympian.
Swede Gillis Grafstrom became the champion in figure skating. At the same time, these Games became his second victorious ones: earlier, in 1920, he won gold at the Summer Olympics in Antwerp. Thus, Grafstrom went down in history, becoming the champion of both the Summer and Winter Games. Eight years later, his achievement was repeated by the American Eddie Egan - champion in boxing (Antwerp-1920) and bobsleigh (Lake Placid-1932).
Ice Hockey Team Canada won all 5 of their matches with a total score of 110: 3. She was represented at the Games by the amateur club Toronto Granites, which defeated Czechoslovakia (30: 0), Sweden (22: 0), Great Britain (19: 2), Switzerland (33: 0) and the USA (6: 1).
Top scorer hockey tournament Canadian Harry Watson scored 46 (37 + 9) points - an average of more than 9 per game!
10,044 tickets were sold for the competitions of the first White Olympiad.
1st Winter Olympic Games took place in 1924 in the French city of Chamonix.
Strictly speaking, these were not games at all. Officially, the event, which took place in the French city of Chamonix, was called “International Sports Week on the occasion of the VIII Olympiad”.
About six months remained until the eighth Olympiad, it started on July 5 in Paris. As for those sports competitions that took place in Chamonix, they were related to the games only by the participation of the IOC, under whose patronage the competitions were held.
The IOC members themselves must have had no idea how successful the sports week would be. The competitions received wide publicity and aroused public interest, which, in fact, the founder hoped for. Olympic movement baron de Coubertin. Sports week, as a result, became known as the first Winter Olympics, although officially the first white games took place four years later, in 1928, in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Background.
Baron de Coubertin had been hatching the idea of holding the winter games for more than one year. However, it turned out to be difficult to bring it to life. The main obstacle, oddly enough, turned out to be those countries in which winter sports are especially popular. That is Sweden, Norway and Finland. The Scandinavian countries arranged their competitions and did not want to give them over to the Olympic Committee at all. From 1901 to 1926, the so-called Nordic Games were held in Stockholm.
Official Opening Ceremony of the Games in Chamonix
Their participants competed in speed skating and skiing, as well as biathlon and ski jumping. In the Alpine countries, in turn, were cultivated skiing, but the masters of these competitions were also not eager to participate in the Olympiads. For the time being, Coubertin could not manage to break through the wall with which the Alpine and Scandinavian states surrounded their favorite sports disciplines. At the same time, there was quite a clear logic in the regular refusals that the IOC received: what, in fact, could an Olympiad be if the ancient Greeks did not compete either in ice skating or in alpine skiing.
And yet skates in Olympic program entered. True, it was not about running, but about skating. The first sets of awards (4 pieces) were played in 1908 at the London Olympics. Tellingly, the games themselves were summer games, but the ice skating competitions were held in October. Among the winners, by the way, was our compatriot Nikolai Kolomenkin, who performed at the competitions under the name of Panin. He won the free skating, at the same time becoming the first Olympic champion in the history of Russia.
Figure skating 1924, First figure skating medalists (left to right): Herma Szabo (Hungary, gold), Efel Makelt (Great Britain, silver), Beatrice Lugran (USA, bronze).
However, it was only one discipline. At that time, Coubertin could only dream of large-scale winter games. In 1912, despite all the efforts of the baron, they did not take place. Sweden, which hosted the summer games, said an emphatic no, and that said it all. Then Coubertin's plans were disrupted by the First World War, during which I had to forget not only about winter, but even about summer olympiads... And yet, in the early 1920s, the baron tirelessly managed to lobby for the idea of holding a winter sports week. The tiny alpine town of Chamonix was chosen as the location.
Its mayor, by the way, did not share the IOC's enthusiasm. Preparation for the competition went through a stump-deck. The decisive role was obviously played by the French Prime Minister Gaston Vidal, who unexpectedly announced that he was going to speak at the opening ceremony. At this point, the city officials had nowhere to go. And on January 24, the week of the winter games began, which was later called the first White Olympics.
Competitions.
Chamonix was attended by 293 athletes (280 men, 13 women). The opening ceremony, despite Vidal's performance, was very modest. The Olympic flame was not lit, and the IOC flag was flown in only a few competitions. The week itself, as a result, stretched for 14 days and ended only on February 5th. 17 countries, including the Scandinavian states, have delegated their teams to France. The soviet union was not included in the number of invitees. Germany, the instigator of the world war, did not participate in the games either.
However, her allies, Austria and Hungary, were still represented in Chamonix. The triumphs of the games were, of course, Norway and Finland. The teams of these countries have won four gold medals, but in the overall standings, the Norwegians were higher. In their piggy bank, according to the results of the games, there were 17 awards, the Finns got 11. The main star of the Suomi national team was the skater Klaus Thunberg, who won three gold medals. He excelled in the all-around, as well as at distances of 5 thousand meters and one and a half kilometers.
Only at a distance of 10 kilometers, Thunberg could not become the first, he was content with silver, losing the victory to compatriot Julius Skutnabb. The Norwegians could not compete with the Finns in skating, but in ski types there was no sport equal to them. This team also found its hero Thurnleife Haug, he also brought from Chamonix three gold medals won in biathlon and two cross-country skiing. Haug won the 18 kilometer short race and, most importantly, the 50 kilometer marathon, which is now often referred to as the royal race.
The Swiss won in bobsleigh, while the Canadians took the lead in ice hockey. By the way, the Swiss won another gold medal in a curious discipline called the military patrol race. It was a competition of skiers who competed not only in speed, but also in accuracy. The military patrol race became the ancestor of biathlon, which was included in the Olympic program only in 1960.
Chamonix did not receive any benefit from the games, but went down in history as the first host city of the White Olympics. The local mayor's office, however, has learned to capitalize on this over time. After all, many tourists really want to see the city where the first winter games took place. There is even a small monument in their memory in Chamonix.
A total of 16 countries took part in the 1st Winter Games in Chamonix. 16 sets of awards were played. The Norwegian national team has the most medals (17): 4 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze medals.
The 1924 phenomenon
Norwegian Sonya Henie arrived at the Chamonix Olympics at the age of 11.
In France, Sonya took the last place, but at the 2nd and 3rd winter games she invariably took gold.
Curling 1924
Only four teams participated in the curling tournament. Moreover, 2 teams represented Sweden. And the first Olympic gold in this sport the British conquered.
The 1924 Canadian ice hockey team was formed from the players of the amateur club Toronto Granites. At the games in Chamonix, the "maple leaves" won the second Olympic gold (they won the first summer games ah in Antwerp 1920).
1924 Opening Ceremony
No, this is not a fascist greeting. The German national team did not participate at all in the games of 1924, and the Germans did not have any thoughts about the superiority of the Aryan race at that time (well, maybe except for one person). What you see in the photo is the traditional Olympic greeting of French athletes.
In 1924, there was no main symbol of the Olympic Games - Fire. Now the lighting of the Olympic flame is the culmination of the Opening ceremony.
Bobsleigh 1924
The British Olympic team is heading for their silver medal without helmets. Swiss team won gold in 1924
Hockey. Team Canada vs. Team USA in 1924
The 1924 Canadian ice hockey team was formed from the players of the amateur club Toronto Granites. At the Games in Chamonix, the Maple Leaves won their second Olympic gold.
In 1924, the Canadian national team defeated the USA team with a score of 6: 1.
Total.
The public, athletes and the Olympic Committee were very pleased with the competition. Coubertin really did manage to arrange a party for everyone ... except the financiers.
For the organizers of the Games, the results were deplorable. Despite Coubertin's assurances that over 30,000 spectators would gather for the skiers and skaters, only 10,044 people paid for tickets (the only source of income for the organizers at the time) - a disaster for financiers. And nevertheless, in Chamonix, the IOC managed to do the main thing: public opinion positively reacted to the idea of the Winter Games.
In May 1926 in Lisbon, it was decided to hold the II Winter Games in St. Moritz, and the Week winter sports renamed to I winter Olympics- this was the result of the difficult diplomatic mission of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, whose genius gave mankind another holiday of sports.
Monument to the 1st Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix
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OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES, complex competitions in winter sports, held by the IOC once every 4 years. The decision to hold the independent Olympic Winter Games on a regular basis was made in 1925 at the IOC Session in Prague. This was facilitated by the success of the world competitions in winter sports - the International Sports Week on the occasion of the VIII Olympiad (1924, Chamonix, France), which the IOC named "I Olympic Winter Games"; the term "Olympiad" is not accepted in connection with the Olympic Winter Games, but the name "White Olympiad" is sometimes used in sports and popular literature. Until 1992, the Olympic Winter Games were held in the year of the Summer Olympic Games, from 1994 - in the middle of the Olympic cycle. The program includes 7 Olympic sports .
In 1924–2014, 22 Olympic Winter Games were held - in the United States (4), France (3), Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Japan, Italy, Canada (2 each), Germany, Yugoslavia, and Russia (1 each). The most common capitals of the Olympic Winter Games were St. Moritz, Lake Placid and Innsbruck (2 times). In 1968 at the Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble first appeared olympic mascot... At the Olympic Winter Games, the same solemn ceremonies as in summer Olympic Games lighting the Olympic flame, raising Olympic flag(with the same emblem), opening and closing parades, rewarding Olympic champions and prize-winners, etc. Olympic records are registered only in speed skating. The high prestige of the competitions is evidenced by the list of statesmen and crowned persons who officially opened them: Chamonix, 1924 - Gaston Vidal (Deputy Secretary of State of France); St. Moritz, 1928 - Edmund Schultes (President of Switzerland); Lake Placid, 1932 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Governor of New York, USA); Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1936 - Adolf Hitler (Reich Chancellor of Germany); St. Moritz, 1948 - Enrico Celio (President of Switzerland); Oslo, 1952 - Princess Ragnhilda (Her Royal Highness of Norway) Cortina d "Ampezzo, 1956 - Giovanni Gronchi (President of Italy); Squaw Valley, 1960 - Richard Nixon (Vice President of the United States); Innsbruck, 1964 - Adolph Scherf (Federal President of Austria); Grenoble, 1968 - Charles de Gaulle (President France); Sapporo, 1972 - Hirohito (Emperor of Japan); Innsbruck, 1976 - Rudolf Kirchhagler (Federal President of Austria); Lake Placid, 1980 - Walter Mondale (Vice President of the United States); Sarajevo, 1984 - Mika Shpilyak (President of Yugoslavia) ; Calgary, 1988 - Jeanne Matilda Sauve (Governor General of Canada); Albertville, 1992 - Francois Mitterrand (President of France); Lillehammer, 1994 - Harald V (King of Norway); Nagano, 1998 - Akihito (Emperor of Japan); Salt Lake -City, 2002 - George W. Bush (President of the USA); Turin, 2006 - Carlo Azeello Ciampi (President of Italy); Vancouver, 2010 - Michael Jean (Governor General of Canada); Sochi, 2014 - Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (President of Russia) In the entire history of the White Olympiads, women have only opened them twice (Oslo, 1952; Calgary, 1988).
The largest number of medals in the history of the Olympic Winter Games (as of 1.1.2018) was won by athletes from the national teams: Russia; Norway (22; 118, 111, 100); USA (22; 96, 102, 83); Germany; Sweden (22; 50, 40, 54); Finland (22; 42, 62, 57).
For the dates and main results of all Olympic Winter Games, see Table 1. For the athletes who won the most Olympic medals at the Olympic Winter Games, see Table 2. For athletes who took part in 6 or more White Olympiads, see the table 3.
Table 1. The main results of the Olympic Winter Games (Chamonix, 1924 - Sochi, 2014)
| Olympic winter games | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Official name. Capital, dates. Main stadium... Mascots of games (since 1968) | Number of countries; athletes (including women); sets of medals played in sports | Most Successful Athletes (medals gold, silver, bronze) | Countries with the most medals (gold, silver, bronze) |
| I Olympic Winter Games. Chamonix, 25.1–5.2.1924. Olympic Stadium(45 thousand places) | 16; 258 (11); 16 in 9 | K. Thunberg (Finland; 3, 1, 1); T. Haug (Norway; 3, 0, 0); J. Skutnab (Finland; 1, 1, 1) | Norway (4, 7, 6); Finland (4, 4, 3); Austria (2, 1, 0); Switzerland (2, 0, 1); USA (1, 2, 1) |
| II Olympic Winter Games. St. Moritz, 11.2–19.2.1928. Badrutts Park | 25; 464 (26); 14 in 6 | K. Thunberg (Finland; 2, 0, 0); J. Gröttumsbroten (2, 0, 0) and B. Evensen (1, 1, 1; both - Norway) | Norway (6, 4, 5); USA (2, 2, 2); Sweden (2, 2, 1); Finland (2, 1, 1); France and Canada (1, 0, 0 each) |
| III Olympic Winter Games. Lake Placid, 4.2-15.2.1932. Olympic stadium (7.5 thousand seats) | 17; 252 (21); 14 in 4 | J. Shi and I. Jeffy (2, 0, 0; both USA) | USA (6, 4, 2); Norway (3, 4, 3); Sweden (1, 2, 0); Canada (1, 1, 5); Finland (1, 1, 1) |
| IV Olympic Winter Games. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 6.2-16.2.1936. "Olympia-Skistadion" ("Olympia-Skistadion"; 35 thousand seats) | 28; 646 (80); 17 in 4 | I. Ballangrud (3, 1, 0) and O. Hagen (1, 2, 0; both Norway); B. Vasenius (Finland; 0, 2, 1) | Norway (7, 5, 3); Germany (3, 3, 0); Sweden (2, 2, 3); Finland (1, 2, 3); Switzerland (1, 2, 0) |
| V Olympic Winter Games. St. Moritz, 30.1–8.2.1948. "Badroots Park" | 28; 669 (77); 22 in 4 | A. Oreye (France; 2, 0, 1); M. Lundström (Sweden; 2, 0, 0) | Sweden (4, 3, 3); Norway (4, 3, 3); Switzerland (3, 4, 3); USA (3, 4, 2); France (2, 1, 2) |
| VI Olympic Winter Games. Oslo, 2/25/25/1952. "Bislett" ("Bislett"; St. 15 thousand seats) | 30; 694 (109); 22 in 6 | J. Andersen (Norway; 3, 0, 0); A. Mead-Lawrence (USA; 2, 0, 0); L. Nieberl and A. Ostler (both - FRG; 2, 0, 0 each) | Norway (7, 3, 6); USA (4, 6, 1); Finland (3, 4, 2); Germany (3, 2, 2); Austria (2, 4, 2) |
| VII Olympic Winter Games. Cortina d'Ampezzo, 26.1-5.2.1956. Olympic stadium (12 thousand seats) | 32; 821 (134); 24 in 4 | A. Seiler (Austria; 3, 0, 0); E.R. Grishin (USSR; 2, 0, 0); S. Ernberg (Sweden; 1, 2, 1); V. Hakulinen (Finland; 1, 2, 0); P.K. Kolchin (USSR; 1, 0, 2) | USSR (7, 3, 6); Austria (4, 3, 4); Finland (3, 3, 1); Switzerland (3, 2, 1); Sweden (2, 4, 4) |
| VIII Olympic Winter Games. Squaw Valley, 18.2-28.2.1960. "Blyth Arena" ("Blyth Arena"; 8.5 thousand seats) | 30; 665 (144); 27 in 4 | L. P. Skoblikova and E. R. Grishin (both - USSR; 2, 0, 0 each); V. Hakulinen (Finland; 1, 1, 1) | USSR (7, 5, 9); OGK * (4, 3, 1); USA (3, 4, 3); Norway (3, 3, 0); Sweden (3, 2, 2) |
| IX Olympic Winter Games. Innsbruck, 29.1-9.2.1964. Bergisel (up to 28 thousand seats) | 36; 1091 (199); 34 in 6 | L.P. Skoblikova (4, 0, 0) and K. S. Boyarskikh (3, 0, 0; both - USSR); E. Manturanta (Finland; 2, 1, 0); S. Ernberg (Sweden; 2, 0, 1) | USSR (11, 8, 6); Austria (4, 5, 3); Norway (3, 6, 6); Finland (3, 4, 3); France (3, 4, 0) |
| X Olympic Winter Games. Grenoble, 6.2–18.2.1968. "Ledigier" ("Lesdiguie ̀ res"; approx. 12 thousand seats). Skier Schuss (unofficial) | 37; 1158 (211); 35 in 6 | J.C. Killy (France; 3, 0, 0); T. Gustafsson (Sweden; 2, 1.0) | Norway (6, 6, 2); USSR (5, 5, 3); France (4, 3, 2); Italy (4, 0, 0); Austria (3, 4, 4) |
| XI Olympic Winter Games. Sapporo, 3.2-13.2.1972. Makomanay (20 thousand seats) | 35; 1006 (205); 35 in 6 | G. A. Kulakova (USSR; 3, 0, 0); A. Schenck (Netherlands; 3, 0, 0); V.P. Vedenin (USSR; 2, 0, 1); M. T. Nadig (Switzerland; 2, 0, 0) | USSR (8, 5, 3); GDR (4, 3, 7); Switzerland (4, 3, 3); Netherlands (4, 3, 2); USA (3, 2, 3) |
| XII Olympic Winter Games. Innsbruck, 4.2-15.2.1976. Bergisel (up to 28 thousand seats). Snowman Olympiamandl | 37; 1123 (231); 37 in 6 | T. B. Averina (USSR; 2, 0, 2); R. Mittermeier (Germany; 2, 1, 0); N. K. Kruglov (USSR; 2, 0, 0); B. Germeshausen and M. Nemer (both - GDR; 2, 0, 0 each) | USSR (13, 6, 8); GDR (7, 5, 7); USA (3, 3, 4); Norway (3, 3, 1); Germany (2, 5, 3) |
| XIII Olympic Winter Games. Lake Placid, 2/13/2/1980. "Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium" ("Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium"; racetrack; 30 thousand seats). Roni the raccoon | 37; 1072 (232); 38 in 6 | E. Hayden (USA; 5, 0, 0); N. S. Zimyatov (USSR; 3, 0, 0); H. Wenzel (Liechtenstein; 2, 1, 0); A. N. Alyabyev (USSR; 2, 0, 1) | USSR (10, 6, 6); GDR (9, 7, 7); USA (6, 4, 2); Austria (3, 2, 2); Sweden (3, 0, 1) |
| XIV Olympic Winter Games. Sarajevo, 8.2–19.2.1984. "Koshevo" ("Koš evo"; 37.5 thousand seats). Wolf cub Vuchko | 49; 1272 (274); 39 in 6 | M. L. Hämäläinen (Finland; 3, 0, 1); K. Encke (GDR; 2, 2, 0); G. Swann (Sweden; 2, 1, 1); G. Boucher (Canada; 2, 0, 1) | GDR (9, 9, 6); USSR (6, 10, 9); USA (4, 4, 0); Finland (4, 3, 6); Sweden (4, 2, 2) |
| XV Olympic Winter Games. Calgary, 13.2-28.2.1988. McMahon (35.6 thousand seats). Polar bears Heidi and Howdy | 57; 1423 (301); 46 in 6 | I. van Gennip (Netherlands; 3, 0, 0); M. Nyukianen (Finland; 3, 0, 0); T. I. Tikhonova (USSR; 2, 1, 0) | USSR (11, 9, 9); GDR (9, 10, 6); Switzerland (5, 5, 5); Finland (4, 1, 2); Sweden (4, 0, 2) |
| XVI Olympic Winter Games. Albertville, 8.2-23.2.1992. "Theater de Ceremonies" ("Thé atre des Cérémonies"; 35 thousand seats). Mountain Elf Mazhik | 64; 1801 (488); 57 in 7 | L. I. Egorova (OK **; 3, 2, 0); B. Delhi and V. Ulwang (both from Norway; 3, 1, 0 each); M. Kirchner and G. Niemann (both - Germany; 2, 1, 0 each) | Germany (10, 10, 6); OK ** (9, 6, 8); Norway (9, 6, 5); Austria (6, 7, 8); USA (5, 4, 2) |
| XVII Olympic Winter Games. Lillehammer, 12.2-27.2.1994. "Lysgordsbakken" ("Lysgå rdsbakken"; 40 thousand places). Folklore dolls Haakon and Christine | 67; 1737 (522); 61 in 6 | L. I. Egorova (Russia; 3, 1, 0); J.O. Koss (Norway; 3, 0, 0); M. Di Centa (Italy; 2, 2, 1) | Russia (11, 8, 4); Norway (10, 11, 5); Germany (9, 7, 8); Italy (7, 5, 8); USA (6, 5, 2) |
| XVIII Olympic Winter Games. Nagano, 7.2-22.2.1998. Olympic stadium (30 thousand seats). Owlets Sukki, Nokki, Lekke, Zucchi | 72; 2176 (787); 68 in 7 | L. E. Lazutina (Russia; 3, 1, 1); B. Delhi (Norway; 3, 1, 0); O. V. Danilova (Russia; 2, 1, 0); K. Funaki (Japan; 2, 1, 0) | Germany (12, 9, 8); Norway (10, 10, 5); Russia (9, 6, 3); Canada (6, 5, 4); USA (6, 3, 4) |
| XIX Olympic Winter Games. Salt Lake City, 8.2-24.2.2002. "Rice-Eccles" ("Rice-Eccles"; 45 thousand seats). Powder Hare, Coyote Copper, Cole Bear | 78; 2399 (886); 75 in 7 | O. E. Bjørndalen (Norway; 4, 0, 0); J. Kostelic (Croatia; 3, 1, 0); S. Lajunen (Finland; 3, 0, 0) | Norway (13, 5, 7); Germany (12, 16, 8); USA (10, 13, 11); Canada (7, 3, 7); Russia (5, 4, 4) |
| XX Olympic Winter Games. Turin, 10.2-26.2.2006. Olympic stadium (28 thousand seats). Snowball Neve and ice cube Plitz | 80; 2508 (960); 84 in 7 | Ahn Hyun Soo (3, 0, 1) and Jin Sung Yoo (3, 0, 0; both Republic of Korea) M. Grice (Germany; 3, 0, 0); F. Gottwald (Austria; 2, 1, 0) | Germany (11, 12, 6); USA (9, 9, 7); Austria (9, 7, 7); Russia (8, 6, 8); Canada (7, 10, 7) |
| XXI Olympic Winter Games. Vancouver, 12.2-28.2.2010. "BC Place" ("BC Place"; approx. 60 thousand seats). Killer whale Miga, Kuatchi sea bear, Sumi hawk | 82; 2566 (1044); 86 in 7 | M. Bjørgen (Norway; 3, 1, 1); Wang Meng (China; 3, 0, 0); P. Nortug (2, 1, 1) and E. H. Svendsen (2, 1, 0; both from Norway); M. Neuner (Germany; 2, 1.0) | Canada (14, 7, 5); Germany (10, 13, 7); USA (9, 15, 13); Norway (9, 8, 6); Republic of Korea (6, 6, 2) |
| XXII Olympic Winter Games. Sochi, 7.2-23.2.2014. Fisht (40 thousand seats). White bear, Leopard, Bunny | 88; 2780 (1120); 98 in 7 | V. An (An Hyun Soo; Russia; 3, 0, 1); D. V. Domracheva (Belarus; 3, 0, 0); M. Bjørgen (3, 0, 0); I. Wust (Netherlands; 2, 3, 0); S. Kramer (Netherlands; 2, 1, 0); M. Fourcade (France; 2, 1, 0). | Russia (13, 11, 9); Norway (11, 5, 10); Canada (10, 10, 5); USA (9, 7, 12); Netherlands (8, 7, 9). |
* United German team.
** United team of the countries of the former USSR.
Table 2. Athletes with the most victories at the Olympic Winter Games (Chamonix, 1924 - Sochi, 2014).
| Athlete, country | Kind of sport, years of participation | Medals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gold | silver | bronze | ||
| O. E. Bjørndalen, Norway | Biathlon, 1998–2014 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| B. Delhi, Norway | Ski race, 1992–1998 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| M. Bjørgen, Norway | Ski race, 2002–2014 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| L. I. Egorova, Russia | Ski race, 1992–1994 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| W. Ahn (Ahn Hyun Soo) *, Russia | Short track, 2006, 2014 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| L. P. Skoblikova, the USSR | Skating, 1960–1964 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Pechstein, Germany | Skating, 1992–2006 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| L. E. Lazutina, Russia | Ski race, 1992–1998 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| K. Thunberg, Finland | Skating, 1924–1928 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| T. Alsgård, Norway | Ski race, 1994–2002 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Blair, USA | Skating, 1988–1994 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| E. Hayden, USA | Skating, 1980 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| R. P. Smetanina, the USSR | Ski race, 1976–1992 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| S. Ernberg, Sweden | Ski race, 1956–1964 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| R. Gross, Germany | Biathlon, 1992–2006 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| I. Wust, Netherlands | Skating, 2006–2014 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| G. A. Kulakova, the USSR | Ski race, 1972–1980 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Ch. A. Omodt, Norway | Skiing, 1992–2006 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Fisher, Germany | Biathlon, 1994–2006 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| I. Ballangrud, Norway | Skating, 1928–1936 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| J. Kostelich, Croatia | Skiing, 2002–2006 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Wang Meng, China | Short track, 2006–2010 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| G. Swann, Sweden | Ski race, 1984–1988 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| E. H. Svendsen, Norway | Biathlon, 2010–2014 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| E. R. Grishin, the USSR | Skating, 1956–1964 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| J.O. Koss, Norway | Skating, 1992–1994 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Kuske, Germany | Bobsled, 2002–2010 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Lange, Germany | Bobsled, 2002–2010 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Nyukianen, Finland | Ski jumping, 1984–1988 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| N. S. Zimyatov, the USSR | Ski race, 1980–1984 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| A. I. Tikhonov, the USSR | Biathlon, 1968–1980 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Jung Lee Kyung (Chun Lee Kyung), The Republic of Korea | Short track, 1994–1998 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Amman, Switzerland | Ski jumping, 2002–2010 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Wassberg, Sweden | Ski race, 1980–1988 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
* In 2006 (Turin) played for the national team of the Republic of Korea.
3 gold each Olympic medals won the St. 50 athletes (as of 1.1.2018), including representatives of Russia (including the USSR): K. S. Boyarskikh, E. V. Vyalbe, N. V. Gavrylyuk, V. S. Davydov, V. G. Kuzkin , A. P. Ragulin, A. A. Reztsova, I. K. Rodnina, V. A. Tretyak, A. V. Firsov, A. V. Khomutov, Yu. A. Chepalova.
Table 3. Athletes who competed at 6 or more Olympic Winter Games (as of 1.1.2018)
| Athlete (year of birth), country | Quantity | Kind of sport | Years of participation | Medals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gold | silver | bronze | ||||
| A. M. Demchenko (b. 1971), Russia | 7 | Luge | 1992–2014 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| N. Kasay (b. 1972), Japan | 7 | Ski jumping | 1992–2014 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| K. Coates (b. 1946), Australia | 6 | Skating | 1968–1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. L. Kirvesniemi (b. 1955), Finland | 6 | Ski race | 1976–1994 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| A. Eder (b. 1953), Austria | 6 | Biathlon | 1976–1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Dixon (b. 1962), UK | 6 | Cross-country skiing and biathlon | 1984–2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Bricis (b. 1970), Latvia | 6 | Biathlon | 1992–2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Büchel (b. 1971), Liechtenstein | 6 | Skiing | 1992–2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Veerpalu (b. 1971), Estonia | 6 | Ski race | 1992–2010 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Orlova (b. 1972), Latvia | 6 | Luge | 1992–2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Radanova * (b. 1977), Bulgaria | 6 | Short track; cycling | 1994–2010; 2004 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| K. Hughes * (b. 1972), Canada | 6 | Cycling; skating | 1996, 2000, 2012; 2002–2010 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| J. von Hohenlohe (b. 1959), Mexico | 6 | Skiing | 1984–94, 2010, 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Pechstein (b. 1972), Germany | 6 | Skating | 1992–2006, 2014 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Selanne (b. 1970), Finland | 6 | Hockey | 1992, 1998–2014 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Ahonen (b. 1977), Finland | 6 | Ski jumping | 1994–2014 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| O. E. Bjørndalen (b. 1974), Norway | 6 | Biathlon | 1994–2014 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| S. N. Dolidovich (b. 1973), Belarus | 6 | Ski race | 1994–2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Lodwick (b. 1976), USA | 6 | Ski nordic | 1994–2014 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lee Kyu Hyuk (b. 1978), Republic of Korea | 6 | Skating | 1994–2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Zoggeler (b. 1974), Italy | 6 | Luge | 1994–2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Stecher (b. 1977), Austria | 6 | Ski nordic | 1994–2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| H. Wickenheiser * (b. 1978), Canada | 6 | Hockey; softball | 1998–2014; 2000 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Helminen (b. 1964), Finland | 6 | Hockey | 1984–2002 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| E. Hunyadi (b. 1966), Hungary (1), Austria (5) | 6 | Skating | 1984–2002 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| G. Weissensteiner (b. 1969) | 6 | Luge and bobsleigh | 1988–2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| G. Hackl (b. 1966), Germany (1), Germany (5) | 6 | Luge | 1988–2006 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| W. Huber (b. 1970), Italy | 6 | Luge | 1988–2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S. V. Chepikov (b. 1967), Russia | 6 | Biathlon, cross-country skiing | 1988–2006 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| K. Neimanova * (b. 1973), Czechoslovakia, (1), Czech Republic (5) | 6 | Ski race; mountain bike | 1992–2006; 1996 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
* The athlete also competed in the Olympic Games.
Presented sports:
Bobsled
Skating
Ski nordic
Ski race
Ski jumping
Figure skating
Hockey
Demonstration views:
Curling
Military patrol competition
On first Winter Olympics 293 athletes arrived, including 13 women from 16 countries. The Olympiad was attended by best athletes northern countries - Norway, Finland, Sweden.
Medals were awarded in 14 kinds of competitions in 5 kinds of sports. The program of the first Winter Olympic Games included: bobsleigh, skiing (racing, ski jumping, biathlon), speed skating, figure skating ice skating, hockey.
Women only competed in figure skating.
The first gold medal went to the athlete from the United States, Charles Jutrow, who, in a bitter struggle with the Norwegian Oscar Olsen, managed to win the speed skating at the 500-meter distance. However, all other medals, 14 out of 15 played in this sport, went to the representatives of Finland and Norway.
The hero of the first Winter Olympic Games was the Finnish speed skater Klas Thunberg, who managed to achieve convincing victories with Olympic records at distances of 1500 and 5000 m, as well as in all-around.
In all skiing disciplines, the winners were athletes from Norway. Of the 12 medals played, they lost only one. The bronze medal in the 18 km race went to the Finnish skier Tapani Nick. The strongest skier in the world of those years, the Norwegian Torleif Haug, was awarded three gold and one bronze medals.
The four from Switzerland won the bobsleigh.
Unsurpassed in hockey were the athletes of Canada, who had a huge advantage over their rivals. So, they won against the team of Czechoslovakia with a score of 30: 0, and Switzerland - 33: 0.
Figure skating was the only sport that was distinguished by sharp rivalry between athletes from various countries - Austria, Great Britain, USA, Finland, France, Switzerland, and Sweden. Austrian athletes were more confident than others, who won two gold medals: the competition among women, where there were 8 participants, won with a great advantage two-time champion world Herma Planck-Szabo, and Helen Engelmann and Alfred Berger won in pair skating... It is interesting that Helen Engelman, albeit with a different partner, was the world champion back in 1913. However, runners-up Ludovica and Walter Jakobson from Finland showed a more striking example of athletic longevity. They won the world championship for the first time in 1911, were champions of the 1920 Olympics. The Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström won the men's competition.
In the unofficial team competition, the Norwegian athletes won with an overwhelming advantage, winning 122.5 points and 18 medals - 4 gold, 7 silver, 7 bronze. The Finnish Olympians were the second with 59.5 points and 9 medals - 4 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze, and the third were the US athletes with 26 points and 3 medals - 1 gold and 2 silver.
The first Winter Olympics, which took place in Chamonix (France) in 1924, was originally called International Winter Sports Week. But she received such a resonance because she was announced exactly as first winter olympic games…
Arrival of French Prime Minister Gaston Vidal in Chamonix
French Prime Minister Gaston Vidal at the opening of the Games (in the middle of the central box)
Opening Ceremony of the 1924 Winter Olympics.
N and in the photo you see the traditional Olympic greeting of French athletes, not fascists at all - the German national team did not participate in the 1924 games at all.
By the way, in 1924 there was no main symbol of the Olympic Games - Fire.
The Winter Games did not appear all of a sudden, and speaking of their history, one should say about their prototype - the Northern Games, held from 1901 to 1926 in Stockholm. These were special international competitions organized for competitors in winter views sports.
The French national ice hockey team is walking along the stands with spectators.
And also when creating the International Olympic Committee in 1894 it was planned to include ice skating in the Olympic program. This was partially implemented in 1908 and 1920, when some winter sports were included in the summer games as additional ones.
Parade of participating countries. France squad
Opening ceremony of the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix (January 25, 1924)
So, at the Games of 1908, four sets of awards in figure skating were played. The champion in the compulsory program was the Swede Ulrich Salhof, in the free program - the Russian Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin, the Englishwoman Madge Sayers became the champion among women, and a couple from Germany: Anna Hubler and Heinrich Burger became the champion in the doubles.
At the session of the IOC in 1911, a proposal was made to organize within the framework of next games A winter sports week, but Sweden thwarted the idea as it feared competition for the Nordic Games. The First World War prevented the implementation of these plans.
But already in the program of the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, figure skating and ice hockey competitions were included. And the next step was the final organization of competitions in winter sports as independent Olympiad, which eventually became a tradition.
293 athletes attended the first Winter Olympic Games, including 13 women from 16 countries.
Member countries
Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Canada, Latvia, Norway, Poland, USA, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia *, Yugoslavia.
* In the application for the speed skating competition there was a representative of Estonia, but he did not come to the start, so Estonia only formally took part in the games. 
Gray: country did not participate
Green: 1-10 athletes per country participated
Blue: 11-20 athletes
Yellow: 21-30 athletes
Red: over 30 athletes.
Sports (in brackets - the number of medal sets played)
Bobsleigh (1)
Speed skating (4)
Nordic combined (1)
Cross country skiing (2)
Ski jumping (1)
Figure skating (3)
Ice hockey (1)
Demonstration views:
Curling (1)
Military patrol competition (1)
Women (there were 11 in total) participated only in figure skating competitions.
Preparation for the competition - snow removal from the stadium.
Medals were awarded in 14 competitions in 5 sports. The program of the first Winter Olympic Games included: bobsleigh, skiing (racing, ski jumping, nordic combination), speed skating, figure skating, and hockey.
The first gold medal went to Charles Jutrow of the United States, who overtook Oscar Olsen of Norway in the 500-meter speed skating. All other 14 medals out of 15 played in this sport went to athletes from Finland and Norway.
Finnish skaters.
Finnish skater Klas Thunberg set impressive records at distances of 1500 and 5000 meters, as well as in all-around.
At the first Olympics alone, medals were awarded to combined skaters by adding up the results of four types of races at distances of 500, 1500, 5000 and 10,000 meters.
V skiing there was no equal to the Norwegians, who won 11 gold medals out of 12 played. The bronze medal in the 18 km race went to the Finnish skier Tapani Nick.
The strongest skier in the world of those years, the Norwegian Torleif Haug, won three gold medals and one bronze medal.
In bobsleigh, the four from Switzerland became the champions.
Bobsledders are participants in games.
Bobsledders are participants in games.
Bobsleigh 1924. The British Olympic team is heading for their silver medal without helmets.
The only sport in which a sharp struggle unfolded among athletes from different countries- Austria, Great Britain, USA, Finland, France, Switzerland, Sweden, - there was figure skating.
Women only competed in figure skating.
First medalists in figure skating (from left to right): Herma Szabo (Hungary, gold), Efel Makelt (Great Britain, silver), Beatrice Lugran (USA, bronze).
The first female Olympic champion in Chamonix was Herma Planck-Szabo from Austria, who excelled in single figure skating.
In figure skating, Austrian athletes performed better than others, who received two gold medals: the women's competition, where there were 8 participants, was won with a great advantage by the two-time world champion Herma Plank-Sabo, Helen Engelmann (world champion in 1913) and Alfred won in pair skating. Berger.
Paired competitions.
Pierre and André Brunet are bronze medalists.
Silver was won by a couple from Finland, Ludovica and Walter Jakobson, who also won the 1911 World Championship.
The Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström became the "gold" men's champion.
The youngest participant in the Olympics was the figure skater Sonya Heni, who was only 11 years old.
Despite the fact that she took the last place, her performance brought her huge audience sympathy, which charged her with such an enthusiast that the next three Olympics Sonya won exclusively "gold", and upon completion sports career became a Hollywood movie star.
The 1924 Canadian ice hockey team was formed from the players of the amateur club Toronto Granites. At the games in Chamonix, the “maple leaves” have already won the second Olympic gold (the first gold medal they won the games in Antwerp in 1920).
In 1924, the Canadian ice hockey team defeated the US team with a score of 6: 1.
The Canadians, who played hockey against the teams of Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Sweden and Great Britain, have scored 110 goals in total and conceded only 3.
The most devastating accounts in that Olympics they were 33: 0 in the match Canada-Switzerland, 30: 0 - Canada-Czechoslovakia, 22: 0 - Canada-Sweden, 22: 0 - USA-France.
At the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, a special prize was awarded in the field of a sport that has played no less a role in world culture than the Olympic Games themselves, starting with Ancient Greece but never became Olympic discipline... A special prize for achievements in mountaineering was awarded to an expedition that attempted to climb Mount Everest in 1922.
Outcomes
For the organizers of the Games, the results were deplorable. Despite Coubertin's assurances that more than 30,000 spectators would gather for the skiers and skaters, only 10,044 people paid for tickets (the only source of income for the organizers at the time) - a disaster for financiers. And nevertheless, in Chamonix, the IOC managed to do the main thing: public opinion positively reacted to the idea of the Winter Games. In May 1926, in Lisbon, it was decided to hold the II Winter Games in St. Moritz, and the Winter Sports Week was renamed the I Winter Olympics - this was the result of the difficult diplomatic mission of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, whose genius gave mankind another holiday of sports.
Scandals at the 1st Winter Olympic Games
On February 4, 1924, after the jump of the captain of the US national team Anders Hogen, the judges made a mistake in the arithmetic when calculating the points. As a result, the athlete took fourth place instead of the third prize. "Bronze" was given to the Norwegian Torleif Haug. In 1974, when the Norwegian journalist Jakob Vaag studied the film archive of the Olympics, the referee's mistake was proved. Thorleif Haug's daughter solemnly presented a bronze medal to 83-year-old Anders Hogen in Oslo.
Curling competition
Chamonix Champions - UK Curling Team
Curling 1924. Only four teams participated in the curling tournament. Moreover, 2 teams represented Sweden. And the first Olympic gold in this sport was won by the British.
In 2006, the IOC awarded medals to the curling team of the 1924 Games, after curling finally entered the squad. Olympic species sports, and the Glasgow Herald has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the families of the team members.
From 1924 to 1992, the Winter Olympics were held in the same years as the Summer. Since 1994, the Winter Olympics have been held 2 years apart from the Summer Olympics.
Video from the Chamonix Olympics