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Paris 1924
The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896.The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent at least one color of the participating country’s national flag.
The 1924 Olympics were held on May 4, 1924 at Paris and represented the summer Olympic VIII games. The number of participating nations jumped from 29 to 44, signaling widespread acceptance of the Olympics as a major event, as did the presence of 1,000 journalists. The Olympics event included 44 nations, 3,089 athletes including 135 women and 2,954 men participating at 126 events. The event started with an official opening of the games by President Gaston Doumergue lighting the Olympic flame. The events included 17 sports like aquatics athletics, boxing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, polo, rowing, rugby, sailing, shooting, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.
American swimmer Gertrude Ederle won a bronze medal in the 100 meter freestyle swimming competition. Two years later she caused a sensation by becoming the first woman to swim across the English Channel and in a time almost two hours faster than any man had ever achieved. Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi won five gold medals to add to the three he had won in 1920. The event also marked leading position for United States of America with 45 gold medals, 27 silver medals and 27 bronze medals.
The 1924 Olympics concluded with a closing ceremony that was held in July, 1924. As was the closing ceremony ritual of raising three flags of International Olympic Committee, the flag of the host nation and the flag of the next host nation.
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