List of 1924 Winter Olympics medal winners
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1924 Winter Olympics
The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France...
were held in Chamonix
Chamonix
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc or, more commonly, Chamonix is a commune in the Haute-Savoie département in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It was the site of the 1924 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics...
, France, from 25 January to 4 February 1924. A total of 258 athletes from 16 National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...
s (NOCs) competed in 16 events across 9 disciplines
Olympic sports
Olympic sports, as defined by the International Olympic Committee, are all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The Summer Olympics, as of 2012, will include 26 sports, with two additionall sports due to be added in 2016...
. Women also took part in these Games, although the only events they were allowed to compete in were the figure skating ladies' singles and pairs. When the Games were held, they were not recognized as the Winter Olympics but rather as a winter sports week festival. It was not until 1926 that the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
(IOC) officially recognized them as the first Winter Olympics.
A total of 104 athletes won medals for their NOCs, but the athletes from Norway
Norway at the 1924 Winter Olympics
-Medalists:- Cross-country skiing:Men- Figure skating:Women- Nordic combined :Events:* 18 km cross-country skiing* normal hill ski jumping...
and Finland
Finland at the 1924 Winter Olympics
Finland competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. Finnish athletes won a total of 11 medals. The majority of these were awarded in speed skating, to Clas Thunberg and Julius Skutnabb.-Medalists:- Cross-country skiing:Men...
stood out and dominated the Games, winning 17 and 11 medals, respectively. The United States
United States at the 1924 Winter Olympics
The United States competed at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.- Medalists :- Cross-country skiing:Men- Figure skating:MenWomenPairs- Ice hockey:-Group B:The top two teams advanced to the medal round....
and Great Britain
Great Britain at the 1924 Winter Olympics
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. Based on medal count, this was Great Britain's best ever performance at a Winter Olympic Games.-Medalists:- Bobsleigh:...
tied for third place in the count of total 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
Clas Thunberg
Arnold Clas Robert Thunberg was a Finnish speed skater who won five Olympic gold medals – three at the inaugural Winter Olympics held in Chamonix in 1924 and two at the 1928 Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz...
topped the medal count with five medals: three golds, one silver, and one bronze. One of his competitors, Roald Larsen
Roald Larsen
Roald Morel Larsen was a World Champion speed skater from Norway. He was born in Kristiania ....
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
Charles Jewtraw
Charles Jewtraw was an American speed skater, best known for being first recipient of a gold medal at the first Winter Olympics.-Biography:...
. Only one medal change took place after the Games: in the ski jump competition, a marking error deprived American athlete Anders Haugen
Anders Haugen
Anders Haugen was an American ski jumper who won four national ski jumping championships. He competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix and the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz....
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
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Alfred Neveu Alfred Neveu Alfred Neveu was a Swiss bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.-References:*... Eduard Scherrer Eduard Scherrer Eduard Scherrer was a Swiss bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.-References:*... Alfred Schläppi Alfred Schläppi Alfred Schläppi was a Swiss bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.-References:*... Heinrich Schläppi Heinrich Schläppi Heinrich Schläppi was a Swiss bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He won the gold medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.-References:*... |
Thomas Arnold Thomas Arnold (bobsleigh) Thomas Alfred Arnold was a British bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.-References:**... Ralph Broome Ralph Broome Ralph Howard Broome was a British bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.-References:**... Alexander Richardson Alexander Richardson Major General Alexander Whitmore Colquhoun Richardson was a British Army officer and bobsledder who competed during at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.Richardson was born at Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire... Rodney Soher Rodney Soher Rodney Ewart Soher was a British bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.-References:**... |
Charles Mulder Charles Mulder Charles M. Mulder was a Belgian bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.... René Mortiaux René Mortiaux René Mortiaux was a Belgian bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.-References:**... Paul Van den Broeck Paul van den Broeck Paul N. Van den Broeck was a Belgian bobsledder and ice hockey player who competed during the early 1920s.At the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix he won a bronze medal in the four-man bobsleigh event... Victor Verschueren Victor Verschueren Victor Abel Verschueren was a Belgian bobsledder and ice hockey player who competed during the early 1920s.At the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix he won a bronze medal in the four-man bobsleigh event... Henri Willems Henri Willems Henri P. Willems was a Belgian bobsledder who competed during the early 1920s. He won a bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.-References:**... |
Cross-country skiing
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Curling
| Men's team |
John T. S. Robertson-Aikman William K. Jackson Robin Welsh Robin Welsh Robin Welsh was a Scottish sportsman who represented Britain as a curler in the Winter Olympics, represented Scotland at tennis and played international rugby union for Scotland.... Thomas Murray Alternates: Laurence Jackson Laurence Jackson Laurence Jackson was a Scottish curler. He was part of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club team that won the first Olympic Gold medal in curling at the inaugural Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, in 1924.... John McLeod William Brown D. G. Astley D. G. Astley Major D. G. Astley is an Irish curler. He is generally believed to be the only person in an Olympic Games to win two medals in the same event for two different nations.... R. Cousin |
II Johan Petter Åhlén Carl-Axel Pettersson Karl-Erik Wahlberg |
F. Cournollet P. Canivet A. Bénédic Georges André Georges André Géo André was a French sportsman who is notable as an Olympic athlete who competed mainly in the high jump and as an international rugby union player.-Personal history:... Alternates: H. Aldebert R. Planque |
| I Carl Wilhelm Petersén Ture Ödlund Victor Wetterström Erik O. Severin Alternates: C-A V. Kronlund C. W. Petersen |
Figure skating
| Men's singles |
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| Pairs |
Helene Engelmann Helene Engelmann Helene Engelmann was an Austrian pair skater.... Alfred Berger Alfred Berger Alfred Berger was an Austrian pair skater.In 1922 and 1924 he and Helene Engelmann were pair skating world champions. They were Olympic champions in 1924.-Results:with Helene Engelmann-Navigation:... |
Ludowika Jakobsson Ludowika Jakobsson Ludowika Jakobsson was a German-Finnish figure skater. Competing in pair skating with skating partner and husband Walter Jakobsson, she became Olympic Champion in 1920 and three-time World champion. Ludowika Jakobsson-Eilers was also successful in ladies' single skating... Walter Jakobsson Walter Jakobsson Walter Andreas Jakobsson was a Finnish figure skater.As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911.... |
Andrée Joly Andrée Brunet Andrée Brunet was a French figure skater and two-time Olympic champion in pair skating.-Biography:... Pierre Brunet |
Ice hockey
| Men's team |
Jack Cameron Jack Cameron (ice hockey) Competitor for CanadaJack A. Cameron was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.... Ernie Collett Ernie Collett (ice hockey) Competitor for CanadaErnest John Collett was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.He was born York County, Ontario.... Bert McCaffrey Bert McCaffrey Albert John McCaffrey was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played seven seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto St. Pats, Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Pirates and Montreal Canadiens.McCaffrey won a Stanley Cup in 1930 with the Montreal Canadiens... Harold McMunn Harold McMunn Harold Edgar McMunn was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.... Dunc Munro Dunc Munro Duncan Brown Munro was a Canadian Olympic ice hockey player who played with and coached the Montreal Maroons. He was born in Moray, Scotland. When he was still a child his family moved to Toronto, where he learned to play hockey. In his youth Munro also excelled in track events as a runner... Beattie Ramsay Beattie Ramsay William Beattie Ramsay was a Canadian ice hockey player who won an Olympic gold medal as member of the Toronto Granites ice hockey team that represented Canada in ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics.... Cyril Slater Cyril Slater Cyril Seely Slater was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.... Hooley Smith Hooley Smith Reginald "Hooley" Smith was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Maroons, Boston Bruins and New York Americans. He won the Stanley Cup twice, with Ottawa and Montreal... Harry Watson |
Clarence Abel Herbert Drury Alphonse Lacroix Alphonse Lacroix Alphonse Albert "Al, Frenchy" Lacroix was an American ice hockey goaltender who is best known as a member of the silver medal-winning American ice hockey team at the 1924 Winter Olympics, and as the emergency goaltender who replaced Georges Vezina when he collapsed in a game in... John Langley John Lyons Justin McCarthy Willard Rice Willard Rice Willard Wadsworth Rice was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.Rice was born in Newton, Massachusetts the son of Abbott Barnes Rice, a Massachusetts legislator, and Amy Thurber Rice. He was a graduate of Harvard University in 1922... Irving Small Irving Small Irving Wheeler Small was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.... Frank Synott |
William Anderson William Anderson (ice hockey) William Hardling Anderson was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.He was a member of the British ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal.-External links:*... Lorne Carr-Harris Lorne Carr-Harris Lorne Howland Carr-Harris was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics. He was the goalie of the British ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He was a member of the team that won World Championship bronze in 1924.-Family:His grandfather was Alexander Harris who... Colin Carruthers Colin Carruthers Colin Gordon Carruthers was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics and in the 1928 Winter Olympics.He was born in Ontario, Canada and died in Canada.... Eric Carruthers Eric Carruthers Eric Dudley Carruthers was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics and in the 1928 Winter Olympics.He was born in Ontario, Canada and died in Pidworth, England.... Guy Clarkson Guy Clarkson George Elliott "Guy" Clarkson was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.He was born in York County, Ontario.... Ross Cuthbert Ross Cuthbert (ice hockey) Cuthbert Ross Cuthbert was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics and in the 1928 Winter Olympics.He was born in Calgary, Alberta.... George Holmes George Holmes (ice hockey) George Holmes was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.He was a member of the British ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal.-External links:*... Hamilton Jukes Hamilton Jukes Hamilton Dawson Jukes was a British ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he was a member of the British ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He died in San Diego, California.-External links:*... Edward Pitblado Edward Pitblado Edward Bruce Pitblado was a British Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics for the United Kingdom.... Blane Sexton |
Military patrol
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Adolf Aufdenblatten Alphonse Julen Antoine Julen Denis Vaucher Denis Vaucher Denis Vaucher was a cross country skier from Bern, Switzerland who competed in military patrol at the first winter Olympics in Chamonix in 1924.... |
August Eskelinen August Eskelinen August "Aku" Eskelinen was a Finnish biathlete who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.Eskelinen was born in Iisalmi. In 1924 he was a member of the Finnish military patrol team which won the silver medal.... Heikki Hirvonen Heikki Hirvonen Heikki Hirvonen was a Finnish biathlete who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics.He was born in Rääkkylä and died in Riihimäki. In 1924 he was a member of the Finnish military patrol team which won the silver medal.-External links:*... Martti Lappalainen Martti Lappalainen Martti Eemil Lappalainen was a Finnish cross country skier and biathlete.He was born in Liperi and was killed in action in Mäntysova, East Karelia.... Väinö Bremer Väinö Bremer Väinö Elias Bremer was a Finnish biathlete and modern pentathlete who competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.He was born in Turku.... |
André Vandelle André Vandelle André Vandelle was a French skier.Vandelle was a member of the national Olympic military patrol team in 1924 which placed third. He also finished 20th at the Nordic combined event and 29th at the 18 km cross-country skiing competition.-External links:*... Camille Mandrillon Camille Mandrillon Camille Mandrillon was a French biathlete who competed in the early 1920s. He won the bronze medal in the military patrol event at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix.... Georges Berthet Georges Berthet Georges Berthet was a French sportsman who took part in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix and the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.... Maurice Mandrillon Maurice Mandrillon Maurice Mandrillon was a French skier.Mandrillon was a member of the national Olympic military patrol team in 1924 which placed third. At the 1928 Winter Olympics he finished 33rd at the 18 km cross-country skiing event.-External links:*... |
Nordic combined
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Ski jumping
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Speed skating
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Medal leaders
Athletes who won multiple medals are listed below.| Athlete | Nation | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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 Finland |
Speed skating | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
 Norway |
Cross-country skiing and Nordic combined | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Finland |
Speed skating | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Norway |
Speed skating | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Norway |
Cross-country skiing and Nordic combined | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Norway |
Cross-country skiing and Nordic combined | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |