1924 Summer Olympics

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The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were held in 1924 in Paris, France. The home town of Pierre de Coubertin, which had already hosted the 1900 Games, was chosen over bids of Amsterdam, Berlin, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro and Rome.

[change] Participating nations

A total of 44 nations were represented at the 1924 Games. Germany was not there because they were not invited by the Organizing Committee.^[1] Ecuador, Haiti, Ireland, Lithuania, the Philippines and Uruguay attended the Olympic Games for the first time. Latvia and Poland attended the Summer Olympic Games for the first time (appeared earlier at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix).

Argentina  Australia Belgium  Brazil  Bulgaria  BUL  Canada Chile Cuba  Czechoslovakia  Denmark Ecuador  Egypt Estonia Finland

France Great Britain  Greece  Haiti  Hungary  India  Irish Free State  Italy  Empire of Japan Latvia  Lithuania Luxembourg  Mexico Monaco Netherlands

New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal  Romania  Union of South Africa  Spain  Sweden  Switzerland Turkey  United States Uruguay  Kingdom of Yugoslavia

[change] References

1. ↑ Guttmann, Allen (1992). The Olympics: A History of the Modern Games. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, p. 38. ISBN 0-252-01701-3. 

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