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

2 Chariots of Fire

3 Flying Scotsman Eric Liddell (400 meters)

4 Harold Abrahams 100 Meters

5 Jackson Scholtz 200 Meters

6 Douglas Lowe 800 meters

7 Colombes Olympic Stadium

8 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

9 Paavo Nurmi

10 Ville Ritola Ottaa ritolat

11 Eero Lehtonen Pentathlon

12 Katz (running second to Nurmi) and Liimatainen

13 Albin Stenroos

14 Nurmi Lighting the Olympic Flame in 1952 Helsinki Games

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

16 Harold Osborn Gold Medals in High Jump and Decathlon

17 Roger Ducret 3 Gold, 2 Silver

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

19 Football Uruguay Gold Medal

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

21 Polo Argentina Gold Medal

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

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

24 Wrestling Greco-Roman
Eduard Pütsep Bantam Weight Gold Medal

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

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

27 Johnny Weissmuller Three Gold Medals

28 Tarzan

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

30 Cycling Ko Willems 50 KM Armand Blanchonet

31 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)

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