Politics in Sports: 1924 Paris Olympic Games

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Politics in Sports: 1924 Paris Olympic Games Alar Lipping, Ph.D. Chair and Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Northern Kentucky University.

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Politics in Sports: 1924 Paris Olympic Games Alar Lipping, Ph.D. Chair and Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Health Northern Kentucky University www.nku.edu/~Lipping

Chariots of Fire

Flying Scotsman Eric Liddell (400 meters)

Harold Abrahams 100 Meters

Jackson Scholtz 200 Meters

Douglas Lowe 800 meters

Colombes Olympic Stadium

Flying Finns Lentävä suomalainen Paavo Nurmi 5 Gold Medals Ville Ritola 4 Gold Medals, 2 Silver Elias Katz 1 Gold, 1 Silver Albin Stenroos 1Gold Heikki Liimatainen 1 Gold

Paavo Nurmi

Ville Ritola Ottaa ritolat

Eero Lehtonen Pentathlon

Katz (running second to Nurmi) and Liimatainen

Albin Stenroos

Nurmi Lighting the Olympic Flame in 1952 Helsinki Games

DeHart Hubbard Long Jump First African American to win an individual Olympic Gold Medal

Harold Osborn Gold Medals in High Jump and Decathlon

Roger Ducret 3 Gold, 2 Silver

Ellen Osiier (Den) First Women’s Fencing Gold Medalist

Football Uruguay Gold Medal

Gymnastics Bedrich Supcik (CZE) Rope Climbing Leon Stukelj (YUG) All Around

Polo Argentina Gold Medal

Tennis Five Gold Medals USA Vincent Richards Men’s Singles Gold Medal Helen Wills Moody Women’s Singles Gold

Weightlifting Guiseppe Tonani Heavy Weight Gold Charles Rigoulet Light Heavy Weight Gold

Wrestling Greco-Roman Eduard Pütsep Bantam Weight Gold Medal

Women’s Diving Two Events: Americans win five of six medals Elizabeth Becker and Caroline Smith

Men’s Diving Three Events: Albert White of USA wins gold medals in three and ten meter springboard

Johnny Weissmuller Three Gold Medals

Tarzan

Women’s Swimming Gertrude Ederle Gertrude Ederle 1 Gold Medal, 2 Bronze 1926 becomes first woman to swim English Channel

Cycling Ko Willems 50 KM Armand Blanchonet

Estonian Athletes 44 male athletes, 6 medals, 1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze Eduard Pütsep (Greco Roman, gold), Alfred Neuland (weightlifitng, silver), Aleksander Klumberg (decathlon, bronze), Jaan Kikkas (weightlifting, bronze), Harald Tammer (weightlifting, bronze), Roman Steinberg (Greco Roman, bronze)