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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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6b97b2Q hcQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6b97b2Q hcQ
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3 flags are raised IOC Hosting nation Next host nation
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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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6b97b2QhcQ&feature=related
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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
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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
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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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eck6Xy-pC0E
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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 1974 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIz-cDy7sv8
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16 nations attended 16 events 258 athletes 11 women 247 men
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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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