Venues of the 1924 Summer Olympics
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For the 1924 Summer Olympics
, a total of seventeen sports venues were used. This was unchanged from the amount of the previous Summer Games
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between Italy
and Hungary
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1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France...
, a total of seventeen sports venues were used. This was unchanged from the amount of the previous Summer Games
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....
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Venues
| Venue | Sports | Capacity | Ref. |
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| Bagatelle Château de Bagatelle The Château de Bagatelle is a small neoclassical château with a French landscape garden in the Bois de Boulogne in the XVIe arrondissement of Paris... |
Polo Polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics -Results:-Rosters:Argentina* Arturo Kenny* Juan Miles* Guillermo Naylor* Juan Nelson* Enrique PadillaFrance* Pierre de Chapelle* Hubert de Monbrison* Charles de Polignac* Jules Macaire* Jean PastreGreat Britain... |
598 | |
| Bassin d'Argentuil Seine The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels... |
Rowing Rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics The rowing competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris featured seven events, all for men only. The competitions were held from Sunday, July 13, 1924 to Thursday, July 17, 1924.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*... |
2,216 | |
| Camp de Châlons Camp de Châlons Camp de Châlons was a temporary firing range located in Châlons-sur-Marne , France. It was set up to host the individual and team 600 m free rifle shooting events for the 1924 Summer Olympics in neighboring Paris.-Reference:... |
Shooting Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, ten events in shooting were contested. These would be the last Games in which team events were part of the Olympic shooting program... (600 m free rifle individual and team) |
395 | |
| Fontainebleau Fontainebleau Fontainebleau is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the arrondissement of Fontainebleau... |
Modern pentathlon Modern pentathlon at the 1924 Summer Olympics At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, a single modern pentathlon event was contested. It was the third appearance of the sport; for the third straight time, Sweden swept the medals.-Shooting:-Swimming:-Fencing:-Equestrian:... (riding) |
Not listed. | |
| Hippodrome d'Auteuil Auteuil Hippodrome The Auteuil Hippodrome is a horse racing venue on Route des Lacs in Paris, France. The 33-hectare race course opened November 1, 1873... |
Equestrian Equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics The Equestrian Events at the 1924 Paris Olympics included Eventing , Show jumping and Dressage . Vaulting was not included this year. The competitions were held from July 21, 1924 to July 27, 1924.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*... |
8,922 | |
| Issy-les-Moulineaux Issy-les-Moulineaux Issy-les-Moulineaux is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. On 1 January 2003, Issy-les-Moulineaux became part of the Communauté d'agglomération Arc de Seine along with the other communes of Chaville, Meudon, Vanves and Ville-d'Avray... |
Shooting (trap shooting, including team event) | 41 | |
| Le Havre Le Havre Le Havre is a city in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in France. It is situated in north-western France, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Seine on the English Channel. Le Havre is the most populous commune in the Haute-Normandie region, although the total... |
Sailing Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program.... |
541 | |
| Le Stade Olympique Reims | Shooting (trap shooting, running target) | 420 | |
| Le Stand de Tir de Versailles Le Stand de Tir de Versailles Le Stand de Tir de Versailles is a firing range located in Versailles, France in the Le Parc des Sports de Versailles . For the 1924 Summer Olympics in neighboring Paris, it hosted the all of the sport shooting events except trap shooting which took place at Issy-les-Moulineaux, and the shooting... |
Modern pentathlon (shooting), Shooting (25 m rapid fire pistol, running deer) | 82 | |
| Meulan-en-Yvelines | Sailing | 389 | |
| Piscine des Tourelles Piscine des Tourelles The Piscine des Tourelles, sometimes listed as Le stade nautique des Tourelles, was an aquatics venue used to host the diving, swimming, water polo, and the swimming portion of the modern pentathlon events for the 1924 Summer Olympics... |
Diving Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, five diving events were contested. The competitions were held from Monday, July 14, 1924 to Sunday, July 20, 1924.-Medal summary:... , Modern pentathlon (swimming), Swimming Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The competitions were held from Sunday July 13, 1924 to Sunday July 20, 1924.There were 169 participants from 23 countries competing... , Water polo Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics:-Medal summary:Note: The players above the line played at least one game in this tournament, the players below the line were reserve players and did not compete in this tournament. Nevertheless the exclusively credits them all... |
8,023 | |
| Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud Racecourse Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud is a grass race course for Thoroughbred flat horse racing opened in 1901 at 1 rue du Camp Canadien in Saint-Cloud near Paris, France... |
Polo | 7,836 | |
| Stade Bergeyre Stade Bergeyre Stade Bergeyre is a former sports stadium in Paris, France, located in 19th district of the French capital. Built in August 1918, with financial support of Jacques Sigrand... |
Football | 10,455 | |
| Stade de Colombes Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir The Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir - stadium in Colombes, near Paris, France . Named in memory of French rugby player Yves du Manoir in 1928. Was the main stadium for the 1924 Summer Olympics and had a capacity of 45,000 at the time... |
Athletics Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, 27 athletics events were contested, all for men only.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:657 athletes from 40 nations competed. Ten nations competed in athletics for the first time... , Cycling Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics The cycling competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The 50 km track event was held for the last time at these Games, having only been introduced in 1920.... (road), Equestrian, Fencing Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics At the 1924 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested. A women's event, the individual foil, was held for the first time.After the Olympic Games, an Italian and a Hungarian settled a scoring controversy with a real duel... , Football (final), Gymnastics Gymnastics at the 1924 Summer Olympics At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, nine events in gymnastics were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from July 17, 1924 to July 24, 1924.-Medal summary:-Medal table:... , Modern pentathlon (fencing, running), Rugby union Rugby union at the 1924 Summer Olympics Rugby union was played at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Three teams entered – France, Romania and the United States. The United States was returning to defend their gold medal after they defeated the French at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Each country played two games... , Tennis Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics Final results of the Tennis competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*... |
45,000 | |
| Stade de Paris Stade de Paris The Stade de Paris is a 10,000-capacity football stadium in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis in the northern suburbs of Paris... |
Football | 5,145 | |
| Stade Pershing Stade Pershing Stade Pershing was a multi-purpose stadium in Vincennes, France. It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the final of the Coupe de France on four occasions. It also hosted some of the football and rugby matches during the 1924 Summer Olympics. The stadium was able to hold 29,000... |
Football | 8,110 | |
| Vélodrome d'hiver Vélodrome d'hiver The Vélodrome d'Hiver , colloquially Vel' d'Hiv, was an indoor bicycle racing cycle track and stadium on rue Nélaton, not far from the Eiffel Tower in Paris. As well as track cycling, it was used for ice hockey, wrestling, boxing, roller-skating, circuses, spectaculars, and demonstrations... |
Boxing Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Medals were awarded in 8 weight classes. The competitions were held from 15 July 1924 to 20 July 1924.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:... , Fencing, Weightlifting Weightlifting at the 1924 Summer Olympics The weightlifting competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris consisted of five weight classes, all for men only.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:... , Wrestling Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics At the 1924 Summer Olympics thirteen wrestling events were contested, all for men. There were six weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and seven classes in freestyle wrestling... |
10,884 | |
| Vélodrome de Vincennes Vélodrome de Vincennes The Vélodrome de Vincennes is a stadium in Vincennes, near Paris, France.Initially built as a velodrome in 1894, it became the main stadium for the 1900 Summer Olympics; Events that took place in the Velodrome at the 1900 Summer Olympics included cycling, cricket, rugby union, football and... |
Cycling Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics The cycling competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The 50 km track event was held for the last time at these Games, having only been introduced in 1920.... (track) |
12,750 |
After the Olympics
Stade de Colombes served as the final venue for the 1938 FIFA World Cup1938 FIFA World Cup
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup, and was held in France from 4 June to 19 June. Italy retained the championship, beating Hungary 4–2 in the final.-Host selection:...
between Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
and Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
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