 Number of Olympic committees jumped from 29 to 44  Over 1,000 journalists covered the event which ran from May 4 to July 27  These games instilled.

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 Number of Olympic committees jumped from 29 to 44  Over 1,000 journalists covered the event which ran from May 4 to July 27  These games instilled the tradition of the closing ceremonies  hcQ hcQ

 3 flags are raised  IOC  Hosting nation  Next host nation

 Last time the track was 500 meters long  Eric Liddell’s story became the inspiration for “Chariots of Fire”  Paavo Nurmi outshined everyone  Won the 1500 m  Won the 5000 m  Paavo won these two races 50 minutes apart

 Paavo also won the cross country race  3000 team race  Won 5 gold medals in all—the most by anyone ever  Best Finnish distance runner ever  Arguably the best distance runner of all time

 In the summer of 1924, the Olympic motto was used for the first time  Citius, Altius, Fortius  Faster, Higher, Stronger  Originally from founded by Pierre de Coubertina French Sporting Federation

 First games to feature an Olympic village  Germany still wasn’t invited  Ireland recognized as a nation for the first time and attended  Ecuador, Haiti, Ireland, Lithuania, Mexico, Uruguay, and the Phillipines all attended for the first time  Johnny Weissmuller won 2 swimming golds and went on to play Tarzan

 Chamonix in French Alps hosted 1 st winter Olympics  16 nations attended  Anders Haugen  Competed in the ski jump  Due to a scoring error, he didn’t receive his bronze medal until he was 83 in

 16 nations attended  16 events  258 athletes  11 women  247 men

 Canada beat Switzerland 33-0  Canada beat Czechoslovakia 30-0  Canada beat Great Britain 19-2  Canada defeated the US 6-1 and won the championship

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