The

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al ...

, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in

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, France, from 4 May to 27 July. A total of 3,089 athletes from 44 nations participated in 126 events in 17 sports across 23 different disciplines. Overall, athletes from 27 nations received at least one medal, and 19 of them won at least one gold medal. Athletes from the

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won the most medals overall, with 99, and the most gold medals, with 45. Athletes from

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came second in the medal table with 14 gold medals and 37 overall medals, while athletes from host nation

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came third with 13 gold medals and 38 medals overall.

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's team won their nation's first Olympic gold medal. Teams from

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, and

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won their nations' first Olympic gold medal and Olympic medal of any color. Meanwhile, teams from

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Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

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, and

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won their nations' first Olympic medals. Middle-distance and

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of Finland won the most gold medals for an individual at the Games and the most gold medals in athletics at a single Games, with five gold medals. Compatriot long-distance runner

Ville Ritola Vilho "Ville" Eino Ritola (18 January 1896 – 24 April 1982) was a Finnish long-distance runner. Known as one of the " Flying Finns", he won five Olympic gold medals and three Olympic silver medals in the 1920s. He holds the record of winning ...

won the most overall medals and the most medals in athletics at a single Games, winning six medals with four golds and two silvers.

Medal table

The medal table is based on information provided by the

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(IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation won, where a nation is an entity represented by a

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(NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. In

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, two silver medals (and no bronze) were awarded to Jean Gounot and

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for a second-place tie in the men's sidehorse vault event, while two bronze medals were awarded to Ladislav Vácha and August Güttinger for a third-place tie in the men's rope climbing event. In

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, no bronze medal was awarded in the men's coxless pair event, as there were only two teams that participated in the final after

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and Thomas Southgate of

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got injured and did not start.

Art competitions

The 1924 Summer Olympics also included art competitions across five disciplines: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture, for works inspired by sport-related themes, were medal-eligible events at the time. Art competitions were held from the

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until the

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, but were discontinued over the amateurism controversy. Medals in art competitions are no longer recognized by the IOC as part of the total medal count. In architecture, no gold medal was awarded while the silver was awarded to the pair of

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and

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. Hajós became one of only two Olympians ever to have won medals in both sport (two golds in

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) and art Olympic competitions. The bronze was awarded to

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, who became the first Monégasque competitor to win an Olympic medal. In literature, one gold, which was awarded to

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of France, two silvers to Josef Petersen of

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and Margaret Stuart of Great Britain, and two bronzes to

Charles Gonnet Charles-Anthoine Gonnet (November 3, 1897 – September 26, 1985) was a French poet. He was born in Laon Laon () is a city in the Aisne Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. History Early history ...

of France and Oliver Gogarty of

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, were awarded. Two compositions, entitled "The Land Where the Rose is Grown" and "O Vigila (now let the games begin)", that were part of the literature competition, were also part of the music competitions. The compositions were made by George Bamber of Great Britain, though no medals were awarded in the music competition as the jury could not reach a consensus to award medals for any of the competitors. In painting,

Jean Jacoby Jean Lucien Nicolas Jacoby (March 26, 1891 – September 9, 1936) was a Luxembourgish artist. He won Olympic gold medals in the Olympic art competitions of 1924 and 1928, making him the most successful Olympic artist ever. Life A ...

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won the gold medal, becoming the first Luxembourgish competitor to win an Olympic gold medal,

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of Ireland won the silver, becoming the first Irish competitor to win an Olympic medal, and Johan van Hell of the

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won the bronze. In sculpture,

Konstantinos Dimitriadis Konstantinos Dimitriadis (Κωνσταντίνος Δημητριάδης) (1879 or 1881 - 28 October 1943) was a Greek sculptor who won a gold medal at the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics for his sculpture ''Finnish discus thrower' ...

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won the gold medal,

Frantz Heldenstein François "Frantz" Heldenstein (May 15, 1892 – March 27, 1975) was a Luxembourgish sculptor. He was born in Colmar-Berg and died in Luxembourg City Luxembourg (; ; ), also known as Luxembourg City ( or ; ; or ), is the capital city ...

of Luxembourg won the silver, and two bronze medals were awarded, one to

Jean René Gauguin Jean René Gauguin (April 12, 1881 – April 21, 1961) was a French-Danish sculptor. He won a bronze medal for Denmark in the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics for his ''Boxer''. Biography The fourth child of the marriage of Paul ...

of Denmark and the other to Claude-Léon Mascaux of France.

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