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The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. Paris was chosen to host the Games over bids of Amsterdam, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Prague and Rome.

Games of the VIII Olympiad
Nations participating	44
Athletes participating	3,092 (2,956 men, 136 women)
Events	126 in 17 sports
Opening ceremonies	May 4, 1924
Closing ceremonies	July 27, 1924
Officially opened by	President Gaston Doumergue[?]
Athlete's Oath	Georges André[?]
Judge's Oath	not applicable
Olympic Torch	not applicable

Table of contents 1 Highlights 2 Medals Awarded 3 Medal Count 4 References 4.1 Internal Links 4.2 External Links

Highlights

• The "Flying Finns" dominated long distance running. Paavo Nurmi won the 1500 m and 5000 m (which were held with only an hour between them) and the cross country run (held in extremely hot weather). Ville Ritola won the 10000 m and the 3000 m steeplechase, while finishing second to Nurmi on the 5000 m and cross country. Albin Stenroos[?] won the marathon, while the Finnish team (with Nurmi and Ritola) was victorious in the 3000 m and cross country team events.
• British runners Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell[?] won medals in the 100 and 400 m, respectively. Their stories are depicted in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire.
• The marathon distance was fixed at 42 km and 195 m, from the distance run at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
• Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller won three gold medals and a bronze one in water polo.
• Fencer Roger Ducret[?] of France won five medals, of which three gold.
• The Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" (Faster, Higher, Stronger), was used for the first time.

Medals Awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

• Aquatics[?]
• Athletics[?]
• Boxing[?]
• Cycling[?]
• Equestrian[?]
• Fencing[?]
• Football[?]
• Gymnastics[?]
• Modern Pentathlon[?]
• Polo[?]
• Rowing[?]
• Rugby[?]
• Sailing[?]
• Shooting[?]
• Tennis[?]
• Weightlifting[?]
• Wrestling[?]

Medal Count

Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	45	27	27	99
2	Finland	14	13	10	37
3	France	13	15	10	38
4	Great Britain	9	13	12	34
5	Italy	8	3	5	16
6	Switzerland	7	8	10	25
7	Norway	5	2	3	10
8	Sweden	4	13	12	29
9	Netherlands	4	1	5	10
10	Belgium	3	7	3	13
11	Australia	3	1	2	6
12	Denmark	2	5	2	9
13	Hungary	2	3	4	9
14	Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2
15	Czechoslovakia	1	4	5	10
16	Argentina	1	3	2	6
17	Estonia	1	1	4	6
18	South Africa	1	1	1	3
19	Uruguay	1	0	0	1
20	Austria	0	3	1	4
21	Canada	0	3	1	4
22	Poland	0	1	1	2
23	Portugal	0	0	1	1
24	Romania	0	0	1	1
25	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
26	Japan	0	0	1	1
27	Haiti	0	0	1	1
		126	127	125	378

References

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