The Olympic Game The Olympic Games

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The Olympic Game The Olympic Games
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The Olympic Games A Historyresearched and
compiled by Martin S. Fisher Edited by Sarah
Cushion

• History of the Modern Olympics Part 7
• The Olympic Winter Games
• 1924 to 1944

Jan Roscoe Publications
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INDEX
Winter Sports 4 The I Olympic Winter Games,
Chamonix 1924 5 Chamonix 1924, Statistics
6 Chamonix 1924, Britains Successes
7 Chamonix 1924, Medal League Table 8 The
II Olympic Winter Games,
St Moritz
1928 Other Bids 9 St Moritz 1928, Medal
League Table 10 The III Olympic Winter Games,
Lake Placid 1932
Other Bids 11 Lake Placid 1932, Medal
League Table 12 The IV Olympic Winter
Games,
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Other bids
13 Garmisch 1936, British Medal Haul
14 Garmisch 1936, Medal League Table
15 The 1940 Olympic Winter Games - cancelled
16 The 1944 Olympic Winter Games - cancelled
17 Acknowledgements 18 Photo Credits 19
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Winter Sports

• Until 1920 some winter sports (Figure Skating,
  Ice Hockey) had been included in the main Olympic
  programme. Just after World War I the suggestion
  was made to separate them off into a specialised
  Winter Festival - the birth of the Olympic Winter
  Games.

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The I Olympic Winter Games -
Chamonix 1924
The I Olympic Winter Games
IOC PRESIDENT AT THESE GAMES Baron Pierre de
Coubertin FRA

• These Games were held in
  CHAMONIX FRA.
• The Games were opened by Gaston Vidal, French
  
  Under-Secretary of Sport.

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Chamonix 1924 - Statistics
The I Olympic Winter Games

• Called International Winter Sports Week.
• Later accepted as first Winter Olympics.
• 16 countries represented.
• 16 events inc. Nordic Skiing, Bobsleigh, Speed
  Skating, Ski Jumping.
• 5 sports.

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Chamonix 1924 - Britains Successes
The I Olympic Winter Games

• Britain won Gold in Mens Curling although not
  accepted as official event until many years
  later.
• Britain won silver in 4-man Bob and bronzes in
  Ice Hockey and Ladies Figure Skating.
• This is Britains best performance at Winter
  Games.

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Chamonix 1924- Medal League Table
The I Olympic Winter Games

• First Winter Games Golds for Austria,
  Finland, Great Britain, Norway,
  Sweden, Switzerland and USA.

• First Winter Games medal for Belgium, France.
• - 1 Norway 4 7 6
• - 2 Finland 4 4 3
• - 3 Austria 2 1 0
• - 6 Great Britain 1 1 2

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The II Olympic Winter Games - St
Moritz 1928 Other Bids
The II Olympic Winter Games
IOC PRESIDENT AT THESE GAMES Henri de
Baillet-Latour BEL

• These Games were awarded to
  ST MORITZ SUI.
• There were other bids from
  Davos SUI
  Engelberg SUI.
• The Games were opened by
  Edmund Schulthess, President of the
  Helvetic Confederation of
  Switzerland.

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St Moritz 1928- Medal League Table
The II Olympic Winter Games

• Record 25 countries represented, 14 events / 4
  sports.
• Earl of Northesk (GBR) won bronze in Skeleton Bob
  (GBRs 5th winter medal).

• First Winter Games Golds for Canada and France.
• First Winter Games medals for Czechoslovakia, and
  Germany.
• - 1 Norway 6 4 5
• - 2 U.S.A. 2 2 2
• - 3 Sweden 2 2 1
• - 9 Great Britain 0 0 1

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The III Olympic Winter Games - Lake
Placid 1932 Other Bids
The III Olympic Winter Games

• These Games were awarded to
  LAKE PLACID USA.
• There were other bids from
  Bear Mountain USA
  Denver USA
  Duluth USA
  Lake Tahoe USA
  Minneapolis USA
  Montreal CAN
  Yosemite Valley USA.
• The Games were opened by
  Franklin D. Roosevelt,
  
  Governor of New York.

IOC PRESIDENT AT THESE GAMES Henri de
Baillet-Latour BEL
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Lake Placid 1932- Medal League Table
The III Olympic Winter Games

• 17 countries represented - lower number because
  of transatlantic travel.
• 14 events / 4 sports.
• Sonja Henie (NOR) won Figure Skating
  for second time.

• - 1 U.S.A. 6 4 2
• - 2 Norway 3 4 3
• - 3 Sweden 1 2 0
• - 11 Great Britain 0 0 0

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The IV Olympic Winter Games -
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936
The IV Olympic Winter Games
IOC PRESIDENT AT THESE GAMES Henri de
Baillet-Latour BEL

• These Games were awarded to
  GARMISCH - PARTENKIRCHEN GER.
• There was another bid from
  St Moritz SUI.
• The Games were opened by
  Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of
  the German Reich and
  the games were dominated by the
  Nazi regime.
• 28 countries represented - record.

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Garmisch 1936 - British Medal Haul
The IV Olympic Winter Games

• Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER) 1936.
• Record 17 events / 4 sports.

• Britain won Ice Hockey - its second
  Winter Gold medal.
• Cecilia Colledge won silver in Ladies
  Figure Skating.
• GBR won bronze in 4 - man Bobsleigh.
• This was Britains second best Winter Games.

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Garmisch 1936- Medal League Table
The IV Olympic Winter Games

• Sonja Henie (NOR) won Ladies Figure
  Skating for third time - later Hollywood
  filmstar.

• First Womens Nordic Skiing.
• First Winter Games Golds for Germany.

- 1 Norway 7 5 3 - 2 Germany 3 3 0 -
3 Sweden 2 2 3 - 7 Great Britain 1 1 1
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The 1940 Olympic Winter Games -
cancelled

• Games initially awarded to
  Sapporo (JPN).

• Later transferred to St Moritz (SUI) because of
  Sino-Japanese War.

• Later transferred to Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER).

• Games eventually cancelled
  because of World War II.

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The 1944 Olympic Winter Games -
cancelled

• Games initially awarded to Cortina dAmpezzo
  (ITA).
• Games eventually cancelled because of World War
  II.

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My grateful thanks to the international Olympic
committee for permission to use the Olympic logo,
and to other original research by Erich Kamper,
Volker Kluge, Wolf Lyberg, Bill Mallon, Ian
Buchanan and the International Society of Olympic
Historians.
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Photos and Images Courtesy of
www.google.co.uk for all images/photos not
specified below and for leading me to all the
following www.olympic.org photo of Pierre de
Coubertin throughout www.olympic.org images of
Olympic medals throughout www.olympic.org photo
of de Baillet-Latour throughout www.usfsa.org pho
to of Sonja Henie slides 12, 15