Paris 1924 toParis 2024

A celebration of Olympic Athletics
history to commemorate the Gamesof the XXXIII Olympiad, Paris 2024

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With our grateful thanks toMr. Michael Burke M.V.B., M.R.C.V.S
World Athletics Heritage Patronfor his generous support.

Paris 1924
toParis 2024
A celebration of Olympic Athletics history to commemorate theGames of the XXXIII Olympiad, Paris 2024
Organised byWorld Athletics Heritage & the Museum of World Athletics

D’or, d’argent, de bronze.
Une histoire de la médaille Olympique
27 March to 3 November 2024
Monnaie de Paris, 11 Quai de Conti, 75006 Paris

MOWA Olympic Athletics Collection
24 July to 11 August 2024
The Westin Paris – Vendôme, 3 Rue de Castiglione, 75001 Paris

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D’or, d’argent, de bronze.
Une histoire de la médaille Olympique
27 March to 3 November 2024, Monnaie de Paris

The five gold medals won by one of the greatest Olympic champions in history havereturned to Paris for the first time since they were won in the French capital a century ago.
The press called him “The Flying Finn”, “The Phantom Finn” or “The Finnish RunningMarvel”. In the 1920s, Paavo Nurmi, Finland’s middle and long distance running ace, wasknown across the world for his extraordinary human athleticism. Nurmi was a superstar
whose fame transcended sports, his name and deeds headlined newspapers and filled out
stadiums wherever he travelled.
Nurmi’s outstanding Olympic exploits in Paris 1924 established his enduring legend. His
five victories a century ago remain today the most athletics gold medals ever won at asingle Games.
Thanks to the kind generosity of the Nurmi family, Nurmi’s set of five 1924 gold medals
are on display in the prestigious museum of the Monnaie de Paris on the left bank of theSeine in the heart of the French capital. By a remarkable coincidence the Monnaie de Parisis the mint in which the Paris 1924 Olympic medals were cast.
Nurmi’s Paris golds form part of a larger exhibition of Olympic medals. “D’or, d’argent, debronze. Une histoire de la médaille Olympique”, organised by the museum of the French
mint to mark the Olympic Games of Paris 2024, offers a fascinating exploration of thehistory of the Olympic medal, highlighting its evolution through the editions of the modern
Olympic Games.
Mika Nurmi, the grandson of Paavo, and Finland’s four-time Olympic champion Lasse Virenattended the opening of the exhibition in March.

Paris 1924 TO Paris 2024

“World Athletics is delighted to help return one of the most
famous sets of Olympic medals to the French capital for the firsttime since they were won there a century ago.”
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.

Lasse Viren & Mika Nurmi next to theParis 1924 medal dies

Paavo Nurmi wins the 1500m in Paris 1924

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Nurmi’s five golds

Paavo Nurmi enters the Olympic stadium to win theParis 1924 cross country race

Mika Nurmi with his grandfather’s Paris 1924 medals

MOWA Olympic Athletics Collection
24 July to 11 August, The Westin Paris – Vendôme

The Museum of World Athletics™ or MOWA, is a 3D fully virtual museum of athletics,
which will take you on an interactive journey through the history of the sport of track& field athletics and of out of stadia athletics disciplines such as cross country & roadrunning, and race walking.
The MOWA is the first sports museum to be established in the digital world, bringing a
new level of innovation and creative technologies to the world of sport.
The World Athletics Heritage Collection which is permanently displayed online inside theMOWA is also physically exhibited around the world at major global track and field events
such as the World Athletics Championships and Olympic Games.
The MOWA is honoured to be displaying artefacts from the Olympic Athletics section ofthe museum’s collection in the public spaces of the Westin Paris - Vendôme hotel in thecentre of Paris during the fortnight of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The artefacts in our Paris display have all been used during or awarded because of theOlympic Games.

Through realistic interactive content, including state-of-the-art 360 photography
MOWA’s four galleries bring to life the stories of athletics.
MOWA is available with the choice of English, French and Spanish text commentary.

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PAAVO NURMIFind out more

9-time Olympic champion & multiple world record breaker
The most successful track & field athlete in Olympic history
GamesParis 1924

Artefact

Bronze bust

Events

1500m, 5000m, 3000m team race,cross country (individual & team), gold.

Paavo Nurmi wins the Paris 1924 cross country race

Paavo Nurmi with the bronze bust

NED

FANNY
BLANKERS-KOEN
4-time Olympic champion &multiple world record breaker
GamesLondon 1948

Artefact

Olympic accreditation cards

Events

100m, 200m, 80mh & 4x100m, gold.

Find out more

BRA

ADHEMAR
FERREIRA DA SILVA2-time Olympic triple jump
champion & multiple world
record breaker
Games

Melbourne 1956

Artefact

Running spike, right shoe

EventTriple jump, gold.
Find out moreNZL

NORMAN READ
1956 Olympic 50km
race walk champion
Games

Melbourne 1956

Artefact

SingletEvents50km race walk, gold.

Find out more

CZE

EMIL ZATOPEK
4-time Olympic champion &multiple world record breaker
Games

Melbourne 1956

Artefact

Tracksuit top

EventMarathon, 6th place.

Find out moreAUS

HERB ELLIOTT
1960 Olympic 1500m
champion & multiple world
record breakerGames

Rome 1960

Artefact

Singlet & bib number

Events

1500m, gold & world record.

Find out more

GER

KLAUS
WOLFERMANN
1972 Olympic javelin
throw champion &world record breaker
GamesMunich 1972

Artefact

JerseyEventJavelin throw, gold.
Find out more

POL

IRENA
SZEWINSKA
3-time Olympic champion &multiple world record breaker
Games

Montreal 1976

Artefact

Running spikes

Events

400m, gold & world record.

Find out more

CUB

ALBERTOJUANTORENA
2-time Olympic champion &multiple world record breaker
Games

Montreal 1976

Artefact

Running spikes

Event

400m & 800m world record, gold.

Find out more

FINLASSE VIREN
4-time Olympic champion &multiple world record breaker
Games

Montreal 1976

Artefact

Road running shoes

Events

5000m & 10,000m, gold;
Marathon, 5th.

Find out morePOR

CARLOS LOPES
1984 Olympic
marathon champion &world record breaker
Games

Montreal 1976

Artefact

SingletEvent

10,000m, silver.

Find out more

GBR

STEVE CRAM
1983 World 1500m champion& multiple world record breakerGames

Moscow 1980

Artefact

Tracksuit

Events

1500m, 8th.

Find out more

GBR

ALLAN WELLS1980 Olympic 100m
champion & 200m
silver medallist
Games

Moscow 1980

Artefact

Running spikes

Event100m, gold; 200m, silver.

Find out more

GBR

SEBASTIAN COE
2-time Olympic 1500m
champion & multiple world
record breaker
GamesLos Angeles 1984

Artefact

Singlet & running spikes

Events

800m, silver; 1500m, gold.

Find out moreMAR

NAWAL EL
MOUTAWAKEL
1984 Olympic 400m
hurdles championGames

Los Angeles 1984

Artefact

Running spikes

Event

400m hurdles, gold.

Find out moreSUI

MARKUS RYFFEL
1984 Olympic 5000m
silver medallist
Games

Los Angeles 1984

Artefact

Running spike shoe

Events

5000m, silver.

Find out more

GER

KARL-HANS
RIEHM
1984 Olympic hammerthrow silver & multiple
world record breakerGames

Los Angeles 1984

Artefact

SingletEventHammer throw, silver.
Find out more

GBR

WENDY SLY1983 World 10km
road race championGames

Los Angeles 1984

Artefact

GBR blazer

Events

3000m, silver.

Find out more

ITA

MAURIZIODAMILANO
1980 Olympic and 2-time World
20km race walk champion
Games

Seoul 1988

Artefact

Italian tracksuit

Event

20km race walking, bronze.

Find out moreCOL

XIMENA
RESTREPO
1992 Olympic 400m
bronze medallist
Games

Barcelona 1992

Artefact

Running spikes

Events

400m, bronze.

Find out moreUSA

MICHAELJOHNSONMultiple Olympic and World
champion & world record breaker
Games

Atlanta 1996

Artefact

Running spike, right shoe

Events200m world record & 400m, gold.

Find out more

USA

MICHAELJOHNSON
Multiple Olympic and World
champion & world record breaker
Games

Sydney 2000

Artefact

Running spike, left shoe

Events

400m, gold.

Find out more

GBR

DENISE LEWIS
2000 Olympic
heptathlon champion
Games

Sydney 2000

Artefact

Bodysuit & bib number

Event

Heptathlon, gold.

Find out more

JPN

NAOKO
TAKAHASHI
2000 Olympic marathon
champion & world record breaker
Games

Sydney 2000

Artefact

Bib numberEventsMarathon, gold.

Find out moreSWE

CAROLINA KLUFT
2004 Olympic and 3-time
World heptathlon champion
Games

Athens 2004

Artefact

SingletEventHeptathlon, gold.

Find out more

JAM

VERONICACAMPBELL-BROWN
3-time Olympic &World champion
Games

Athens 2004

Artefact

SingletEvents200m & 4x100m relay, gold.

Find out more

ITA

STEFANOBALDINI
2004 Olympic
marathon champion
Games

Athens 2004

Artefact

Road running shoes

EventMarathon, gold.

Find out moreQAT

MUTAZ BARSHIM
2020 Olympic and 3-time
World high jump champion
GamesLondon 2012

Artefact

Singlet & name bib

EventsHigh jump, silver.

Find out more

NZL

VALERIE ADAMS
Multiple Olympic & World
shot put champion
GamesLondon 2012

Artefact

Shot implement

Event

Shot put, gold.

Find out more

KEN

ELIUD KIPCHOGE
2-time Olympic marathon
champion & multiple world
record breakerGames

Rio 2016

Artefact

Road running shoe

EventsMarathon, gold.

Find out moreUSA

MICHELLECARTER
2016 Olympic Games
shot put championGames

Rio 2016

Artefact

SingletEvent

Shot put, gold.

Find out more

GRE

KATERINA
STEFANIDI
2016 Olympic & 2017
World pole vault championGames

Rio 2016Artefact

SingletEventsPole vault, gold

Find out moreUSA

VALARIE
ALLMAN
2020 Olympic Games
discus throw champion
GamesTokyo 2020

Artefact

Singlet & shoes

EventDiscus throw, gold.

Find out moreCZE

JAKUB VADLEJCH
2020 Olympic javelin silver &3-time World championship medallist
Games

Tokyo 2020

Artefact

Singlet & name bib

EventsJavelin throw, silver.

Find out more

MISCELLANEOUS ARTEFACTS

Tokyo 2020 last lap bellHelsinki 1952 pool discus

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With our grateful thanks toMr. Michael Burke M.V.B., M.R.C.V.S
World Athletics Heritage Patronfor his generous support.