1924 Summer Olympics

The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were held at Paris in France.Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1924 Paris Summer Games" ; retrieved 2012-7-24.

The games were thought to be successful, but costly. The events were well attended.Zarnowski, C. Frank.  "A Look at Olympic Costs,"  Citius, Altius, Fortius (US). Summer 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 21 [6 of 17 PDF]; retrieved 2012-7-24.

Participating nations
A total of 44 nations sent athletes to compete at the Paris games.Taking part in the games for the first time were Ecuador, Haiti, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Philippines, Poland and Uruguay.





Germany was not invited to participate.Guttmann, Allen. (1992). The Olympics: A History of the Modern Games, p. 38.

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

References 

Other websites

 IOC page for the 1924 Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics
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