page_title: Années folles
section_title: Sports
hierarchical_section_title: Années folles / Entertainment / Sports
caption_attribution_description: Henri Desgrange (1865-1940) Français&#160;: Henri Desgrange en 1936 Polski: Henri Desgrange w 1936 roku
context_page_description: The term Années folles refers to the decade of the 1920s in France. It was coined to describe the rich social, artistic, and cultural collaborations of the period. The same period is also referred to as the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age in the United States. In Germany, it is sometimes referred to as the Golden Twenties because of the economic boom that followed World War I.
context_section_description: Sports spectacles were also popular during the Années folles. Attendance at sporting venues increased significantly in the years following the war and the press gave sporting events an audience and growing popularity. The newspapers played a significant role in promoting sports through dedicated sports pages, giving popularity to the Tour de France, football and rugby. Moreover, sports, which previously had been limited only to those of affluent backgrounds, now began to extend to the masses. The major sporting event during this decade was Olympic Games in Paris in 1924, in which 3,092 athletes from 44 countries participated, and no fewer than 625,000 spectators attended.
caption: Cyclist Henri Desgrange in 1922
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