1924 Summer Olympics
Venues
Table:
Venue

Sports

Capacity

Ref.

Bagatelle
Polo
598

[7]

Bassin d'Argenteuil
Rowing
2,216

[8]

Camp de Châlons
Shooting (600 m free rifle individual and team)
395

[9]

Fontainebleau
Modern pentathlon (riding)
Not listed.

[10]

Hippodrome d'Auteuil
Equestrian
8,922

[11]

Issy-les-Moulineaux
Shooting (trap shooting, including team event)
41

[12]

Le Havre
Sailing
541

[13]

Le Stade Olympique de Reims
Shooting (trap shooting, running target)
420

[14]

Le Stand de Tir de Versailles
Modern pentathlon (shooting), Shooting (25 m rapid fire pistol, running deer)
82

[15]

Meulan-en-Yvelines
Sailing
389

[16]

Piscine des Tourelles
Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Swimming, Water polo
8,023

[17]

Saint-Cloud
Polo
7,836

[18]

Stade Bergeyre
Football
10,455

[19]

Stade de Colombes
Athletics, Cycling (road), Equestrian, Fencing, Football (final), Gymnastics, Modern pentathlon (fencing, running), Rugby union, Tennis
60,000

[20]

Stade de Paris
Football
5,145

[21]

Stade Pershing
Football
8,110

[22]

Vélodrome d'hiver
Boxing, Fencing, Weightlifting, Wrestling
10,884

[23]

Vélodrome de Vincennes
Cycling (track)
12,750

[24]

By analysing the tabular data and the supplementary paragraphs listed below.

State the answer to the question: How many events in this sport category were contested at this military camp created at the behest of Napoleon III ? Output only the correct answer as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}. Base your answer solely on the given information.

The Château de Bagatelle is a small neoclassical château with several small formal French gardens , a rose garden , and an orangerie . It is set on 59 acres of gardens in French landscape style in the Bois de Boulogne , which is located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris . There is also a Château de Bagatelle located near Abbeville in northern France .
A polo tournament was contested at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris .
The Seine ( /seɪn/ SAYN , /sɛn/ SEN , French : [ sɛn ] ( listen ) ) is a 777-kilometre-long ( 483 mi ) river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France . It rises at Source-Seine , 30 kilometres ( 19 mi ) northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau , flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre ( and Honfleur on the left bank ) . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels as far as Rouen , 120 kilometres ( 75 mi ) from the sea . Over 60 percent of its length , as far as Burgundy , is negotiable by commercial riverboats , and nearly its whole length is available for recreational boating ; excursion boats offer sightseeing tours of the river banks in Paris , lined with top monuments including Notre-Dame , the Eiffel Tower , the Louvre Museum and Musée d'Orsay . There are 37 bridges within Paris and dozens more spanning the river outside the city . Examples in Paris include the Pont Alexandre III and Pont Neuf , the latter of which dates back to 1607 . Outside the city , examples include the Pont de Normandie , one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the world , which links Le Havre to Honfleur .
The rowing competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris featured seven events , all for men only . The competitions were held from Sunday to Thursday , 13 to 17 July .
The camp de Châlons , also known as camp de Mourmelon , is a military camp of about 10,000 hectares at Mourmelon-le-Grand , near Châlons-en-Champagne . It was created at the behest of Napoleon III and opened August 30 , 1857 during the Second French Empire . The initial purpose was simply for practising military manoeuvres , but it quickly turned into a showcase of the French Imperial Army , a theatrical propaganda display , where French citizens could meet the army and watch parades . Each year the camp was transformed into a town of tents and wooden chalets . The camp survived the fall of the Second Empire in 1872 , but changed into a training camp and a departure point for troops engaging in overseas operations . The camp is used for military manoeuvres , and cavalry training , along with the neighbouring 2,500 hectare large Camp de Moronvilliers . Firing of live ordnance ( rockets , missiles ) is prohibited .
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 . The competitions were held from 23 June 1924 to 9 July 1924 at the shooting ranges at Versailles , Reims , Camp de Châlons ( Mourmelon ) , and Issy-les-Moulineaux .
Fontainebleau ( /ˈfɒntɪnˌbloʊ/ ; French pronunciation : ​ [ fɔ̃tɛnblo ] ) is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris , France . It is located 55.5 kilometres ( 34.5 mi ) 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 . The commune has the largest land area in the Île-de-France region ; it is the only one to cover a larger area than Paris itself . Fontainebleau , together with the neighbouring commune of Avon and three other smaller communes , form an urban area of 39,713 inhabitants ( according to the 2001 census ) . This urban area is a satellite of Paris . Fontainebleau is renowned for the large and scenic forest of Fontainebleau , a favourite weekend getaway for Parisians , as well as for the historic Château de Fontainebleau , which once belonged to the kings of France . It is also the home of INSEAD , one of the world 's most elite business schools . Inhabitants of Fontainebleau are sometimes called Bellifontains .
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 .
The Auteuil Hippodrome is a horse racing venue on Route des Lacs in the Bois de Boulogne , Paris , France . The 33-hectare ( 82-acre ) race course opened November 1 , 1873 . It is designed exclusively for steeplechase racing . Modernized a number of times , in 1971 access was improved when two pedestrian tunnels were built under the tracks that lead to the Porte d'Auteuil and the Porte de Passy . It hosted the equestrian events of the 1924 Summer Olympics . Operated by France Galop , important annual races held at the Auteuil Hippodrome include the Prix du Président de la République in April , the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris in late May , the Grande Course de Haies usually run in June but being run in May in 2018 on the same card as the Grand Steeple-Chase , and the Prix La Haye Jousselin in early November .
The equestrian events at the 1924 Paris Olympics included eventing ( individual and team medals ) , show jumping ( individual and team medals ) and dressage ( individual medals ) . Vaulting was not included this year . The competitions were held from 21 to 27 July 1924 . 17 nations fielded teams : Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Czechoslovakia , Denmark , Finland , France , Great Britain , Italy , the Netherlands , Poland , Portugal , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , USA , and Yugoslavia , with Germany not being invited . Of those 17 countries , only 5 fielded teams in all 3 disciplines : France , Sweden , Belgium , Switzerland and Czechoslovakia . A total of 111 entries and 126 horses competed . Horses in both the jumping and eventing competitions were required to carry at least 75 kilograms ( 165 lb ) .
Issy-les-Moulineaux ( French pronunciation : ​ [ isi le mulino ] ) is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris , France , lying on the left bank of the river Seine . It is one of Paris ' entrances and is located 6.6 km ( 4.1 mi ) from Notre-Dame Church , which is considered Kilometre Zero of France . On 1 January 2010 , Issy-les-Moulineaux became part of the Grand Paris Seine Ouest agglomeration community , which merged into the Métropole du Grand Paris in January 2016 . Issy-les-Moulineaux has successfully moved its economy from an old manufacturing base to high value-added service sectors and is at the heart of the Val de Seine business district , the largest cluster of telecommunication and media businesses in France hosting the headquarters of most major French TV networks .
Le Havre ( /lə ˈhɑːv ( rə ) / , French : [ lə ɑvʁ ( ə ) ] ( listen ) ; Norman : Lé Hâvre ) is an urban French commune and city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northwestern France . It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux . Le Havre is the most populous commune of Upper Normandy , although the total population of the greater Le Havre conurbation is smaller than that of Rouen . After Reims , it is also the second largest subprefecture in France . The name Le Havre means the harbour or the port . Its inhabitants are known as Havrais or Havraises . The city and port were founded by King Francis I in 1517 . Economic development in the Early modern period was hampered by religious wars , conflicts with the English , epidemics , and storms . It was from the end of the 18th century that Le Havre started growing and the port took off first with the slave trade then other international trade . After the 1944 bombings the firm of Auguste Perret began to rebuild the city in concrete . The oil , chemical , and automotive industries were dynamic during the Trente Glorieuses ( postwar boom ) but the 1970s marked the end of the golden age of ocean liners and the beginning of the economic crisis : the population declined , unemployment increased and remains at a high level today . Changes in years 1990-2000 were numerous .
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad ( 1896 Olympics in Athens , Greece ) . With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics , sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule . The Sailing program of 1924 consisted of a total of three sailing classes ( disciplines ) . For each of the classes the event an elimination round , semi-finals and finals were scheduled . The French National Monotype 1924 was on the program from 10 to 13 July . The Metre classes ( 6 and 8 ) had their races from the 21 to 26 July .
Le Stade Olympique de Reims was the temporary name of a firing range located in Tinqueux , near Reims , France , home of the Société de Tir de Reims . For the 1924 Summer Olympics in neighboring Paris , the range hosted the shooting 50 m rifle prone event .
Le Stand de Tir de Versailles ( English : Versailles Shooting Stand ) is a firing range located in Versailles , France in the Le Parc des Sports de Versailles ( English : Versailles Sports Park ) . For the 1924 Summer Olympics in neighboring Paris , it hosted all of the sport shooting events except trap shooting which took place at Issy-les-Moulineaux , and the shooting portion of the modern pentathlon .
Meulan-en-Yvelines ( [ mœ.lɑ̃.n‿ɑ̃.n‿i.vlin ] ; formerly Meulan ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France . It hosted part of the sailing events for the 1900 Summer Olympics held in neighboring Paris , and would do so again twenty-four years later .
The Piscine des Tourelles , sometimes listed as Le stade nautique des Tourelles , is an aquatics venue that was used to host the diving , swimming , water polo , and the swimming portion of the modern pentathlon events for the 1924 Summer Olympics . Located in the 20th arrondissement of Paris , it hosted eleven swimming , diving , and one water polo during those games . Attendance at the games totaled 51,000 for all eight event days . In 1989 , it underwent extensive renovation , and reopened as the Piscine Georges Vallerey , although it is still widely known by its old name . The renovated pool is 50 meters in length but can be divided into two unequal parts by an underwater partition . A retractable roof was also installed as part of the renovation , allowing sunbathing when the weather is fine .
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 .
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 . The United States team , coached by Bill Bachrach , won 19 of the 33 medals , and 9 of the 11 gold medals .
Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics . All medals were decided by using the Bergvall system .
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 . During World War 1 , the race course site housed the No . 4 Canadian Stationary Hospital operated by the Canadian Army Medical Corp. On July 8 , 1916 the No . 4 CSH was elevated to the No . 8 Canadian General Hospital and operated until decommissioned in 1919 . The facilities were built by politician and Thoroughbred owner/breeder Edmond Blanc ( 1856-1920 ) in whose honor the Prix Edmond Blanc was established in 1921 . The venue was used for some of the polo events for the 1924 Summer Olympics . The Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud is host to a number of important races including the Group One Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud held at the end of June/first week of July each year , and the Critérium de Saint-Cloud run each November . In 1992 , the government declared Hippodrome de Saint-Cloud an official Monument historique .
Stade Bergeyre is a former sports stadium in northeast of Paris , France , located in 19th district of the French capital . Built in August 1918 , with financial support of Jacques Sigrand . Its capacity was approximately 15,000 , and the name comes from the name of a French rugby player , who died in First World War . Bergeyre stadium was mainly used for football games , and was home of the Olympique Paris team . Also , rugby , track and field and various other activities ( e.g . circus ) took place there . In 1924 , several football and rugby games of the Olympic Games took place here . However , just two years later , it was demolished because the city of Paris , which was quickly growing , needed space for housing . Coordinates : 48°52′38″N 2°22′37″E / 48.87722°N 2.37694°E / 48.87722 ; 2.37694
The Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir ( also known as the Stade Olympique de Colombes , or simply Colombes to the locals ) is a rugby , track and association football stadium in Colombes , near Paris , France . Named in memory of French rugby player Yves du Manoir in 1928 , it was the main stadium for the 1924 Summer Olympics and had a capacity of 45,000 at the time . During the 1924 games , it hosted the athletics , some of the cycling , some of the horse riding , gymnastics , tennis , some of the football , rugby , and two of the modern pentathlon events ( running , fencing ) . The Olympic races involving Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell which are portrayed in the film Chariots of Fire were run here , although the stadium was not used for the film . It was later expanded to a capacity of over 60,000 . Colombes was also the venue for the 1938 World Cup Final between Italy and Hungary , and also hosted the home team 's two matches in the tournament . Colombes hosted a number of French Cup finals and home games of the French national football and rugby union teams into the 1970s . It remained the country 's largest stadium until the renovated Parc des Princes was inaugurated in 1972 . By that time , Colombes ' capacity had dropped to under 50,000 due to more stringent safety regulations . The national rugby union team played its last game at Colombes in 1972 , and the national football team last played there in 1975 . French professional football team RC Paris used Colombes as their home ground until 1985 or so , then moved on to other stadia before coming back in the 2000s . Unlike RC Paris , Racing 92 rugby did not leave Colombes until November 2017 .
At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris , 27 athletics events were contested , all for men only . The competitions were held from 6 to 13 July .
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 .
At the 1924 Summer Olympics , seven fencing events were contested . A women 's event , the individual foil , was held for the first time .
At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris , nine events in gymnastics were contested , all for men only . The competitions were held from 17 July 1924 to 24 July 1924 .
In rugby union at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris , United States won the gold medal , beating France in an upset in front of a partisan crowd . All the matches were played at Stade Olympique of Colombes . It was the last time rugby was played at a Summer Olympics until rugby sevens was introduced in 2016 .
Final results of the Tennis competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris , France . After the 1924 Olympics , the tennis competition would be dropped until 1988 . The mixed doubles competition did not return until the 2012 Olympics .
The Stade de Paris ( usually called Stade Bauer ) is a 10,000-capacity football stadium in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine in the northern suburbs of Paris . The stadium is mainly used by Red Star F.C . who currently play in Championnat National but have tasted success in the Coupe de France , winning it on five occasions ( 1921 , 1922 , 1923 , 1928 , 1942 ) . It hosted some of the football events for the 1924 Summer Olympics . It also hosted a friendly game between Brazil and Andorra ( 3-0 ) right before the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France . Stade de Paris was also the France national rugby league team 's home ground for the 1935 , 1936-37 , 1938 , and 1952-53 European Rugby League Championships . In recent years the stadium has fallen into disrepair , having been damaged heavily by a storm in 1999 , and also suffering from a lack of financial investment since . In the 2016-2017 season , Red Star F.C . played its home matches at Stade Jean-Bouin as Stade Bauer did not meet the public safety requirements for a French second tier stadium . Since the team 's demotion to the Championnat National , the third tier of French football , the club have resumed occupancy of their traditional home ground .
Stade Pershing ( French pronunciation : ​ [ stad pɛʁʃiŋ ] ) was a multi-purpose stadium in the Bois de Vincennes in Paris , France . It was used mostly for football matches and hosted the final of the Coupe de France on four occasions . It hosted the Inter-Allied Games in 1919 and the first Women 's World Games in 1922 . It also hosted some of the football matches during the 1924 Summer Olympics . The stadium was able to hold 29,000 spectators at its height ; it opened in 1919 and closed in 1960 . Its area currently hosts baseball games . Construction of the stadium was originally contracted to a French firm . However , labour disputes stopped all work . At this time , the engineers of the United States Army intervened and completed construction . It hosted the Inter-Allied Games , and then was presented as a gift from the US to France after the games concluded . An exhibition match at Stade Pershing between the England and Australian national rugby league football teams in December 1933 ( won 63-13 by the Australians ) as part of the Australian teams 1933-34 Kangaroo Tour , inspired the beginnings of rugby league in France .
The Vélodrome d'Hiver ( French pronunciation : ​ [ velɔdʁɔm divɛʁ ] , Winter Velodrome ) , colloquially Vel ' d'Hiv ' , was an indoor bicycle racing cycle track and stadium ( velodrome ) on rue Nélaton , not far from the Eiffel Tower in Paris . As well as a cycling track , it was used for ice hockey , wrestling , boxing , roller-skating , circuses , bullfighting , spectaculars , and demonstrations . It was the first permanent indoor track in France and the name persisted for other indoor tracks built subsequently . In July 1942 , French police , acting under orders from the German authorities in Occupied Paris , used the velodrome to hold thousands of Jews and others who were victims in a mass arrest . The Jews were held at the velodrome before they were moved to a concentration camp in the Parisian suburbs at Drancy and then to the extermination camp at Auschwitz . The incident became known as the Vel ' d'Hiv ' Roundup ( Rafle du Vel ' d'Hiv ' ) .
These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris . Medals were awarded in eight weight classes . The competitions were held from 15 to 20 July .
The weightlifting competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris consisted of five weight classes , all for men only .
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 . The Greco-Roman events were held from July 6 to July 10 , 1924 and the freestyle competitions were held from July 11 to July 14 , 1924 .
The Vélodrome de Vincennes ( officially Vélodrome Jacques Anquetil - La Cipale ) is a cycling stadium in the Bois de Vincennes , 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 gymnastics . However , the track and field events were held at the Racing Club de France . At the 1924 Summer Olympics it became the cycling ( track ) venue . The venue was the finish line of the Tour de France between 1968 and 1974 . Eddy Merckx won each of his five Tour victories there . Prior to 1968 , the finish had been held at the Parc des Princes from 1904 to 1967 . From 1975 to the present , the Tour de France has ended on the Champs-Élysées . It has featured in two feature films , La Rafle and Sarah 's Key , standing in for the Vélodrome d'hiver , in films about the notorious round-up of Parisian Jews in July 1942 . The stadium is still used for cycling , football and rugby matches . In 2013 , the ground hosted three matches when Marylebone Cricket Club visited France .