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OLYMPICS END WITH AMERICA
 WINNING BKA A LARGE MARGIN
U. $. Finishes With 9i Points - France Second With 63-Finns Fifth With 3l.
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 won the 1924 olympic games by de, eisiNe point margin, Tho figures. offi, eially compiled last night at the ter-
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 Gi for France, her nearest rival
 The United States carried of eight championships, including virtually all the major crowns-traek and field, rowing, swimming. tennis. boxing, cateh-as-catch-ea wrestling. target shooting and rugby. Norway was the nearest rival of the United states as regards championships, having the unusual record of scoring in only live events but taking first place In four of these, namely, winter sports. hunting. craftsmanship and yachting. France and Sweden each won two titles-France, fencing and cycling and Sweden, the modern pentathlon and equestrian crowns. Other cham | pionships were won as follows: fin- land. Graeco-Roman wrestling: Tru- quay, soccer; Argentina. polo: Italy weight-lifting: c2echoSlovakia and Switzerland divided premier honors in gymnastics.
 The final point tabua,ion is as fol- lows:
 United States-94: I'rance--64: swcden--4fls; Great Britain-4l I Finlahd-S4: Norway-31i.; switzer. land-29h: ltaly-25s. Holland 19; Belgium-i7a Denmark IT. Ar gentina-13 uruguay-1o; Hungary s; Czechoslovakia-S; Esthonia-7; Austria-5; Rumania--4; Jugoslavia 4; Spain--3; Australia-3: Portuga -; South Africa--1; Hayti--1: Egypi A: Poland-I.
 More than 15.000 persons were present for the closing spectacle marking the official conclusion Of games which had been in progress for more than seven months.
 Ninety-eight of the 361 Olympic medals awarded went to the United States. Prizes were awarded for the first thrse places in each event. al- though six places counted in the point scoring. Colonel Robert M Thompson. president Of the American Olympic committee. required aid in carrying away the share of the Amer jeans in the trophies, which amounted to nearly one thrds of the total and comprised prizes for 45 first places, 26 for second places and 27 for third places. Finland with 37 frsts. France with SC and Great Britain with 31 were next on the list of the 27 ma ,rh ranpiun1 America was represented on the hst by Argentina and Uruguay Argentina had one first place to her credit. one second place and two third places. Uruguay had one first place..
 Only handful of the heroes Of the stirring athletic games was on hand when the Olympic victory prizes were awarded and fully half of these were Americans. who were accorded an ovation.
 The official pronouncement of Bar on De Coubertin closing the Olympic games was followed by salvo of five guns and appropriate music by a band and choir. Coming at the conclu- sion of the picturesque equestrian sports, the closing ceremonies also were petiliClpdtci III DS lHC CoiilpcLl- tors in these and a brilliantly uni formed bugle corps of the republican guards. Less than half the nations which received awards for the per formances of their athletes were per represented. France acted on behalf of the absentees, among whom were the Argentines. whose represen- tatives departed homeward several days ago.
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