1924 Summer Olympics / Football

Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Paris , Colombes , Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine
Competition venue	Stade Bergeyre , Stade Pershing , Stade Olympique de Colombes , Stade de Paris
Teams	22nd
Nations	22nd
Athletes	279 (279 )
date	May 25 to June 9, 1924
decisions	1
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Venues for the 1924 Summer Olympics

A men's football tournament was held at the VIII Summer Olympics in Paris in 1924 .

22 nations took part in this tournament, including Uruguay, a South American country for the first time . This was the first ever intercontinental football tournament and for the first time a South American team played against a European and a North American team. Germany and Austria did not participate. The venues were the Stade Olympique de Colombes in Colombes , a suburb to the north-east of Paris, where twelve games took place, the Stade Pershing in Bois de Vincennes, at that time not yet part of Paris, the Stade Bergeyre in Paris and the Stade de Paris (today Stade Bauer) in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine north near Paris.

It was the first great moment of new football from the New World . The outstanding player was the “Black Wonder” (“La Maravilla Negra”) José Leandro Andrade . The top scorer was Pedro Petrone from Uruguay with 7 goals. For Switzerland, second place is the best result in the history of international football tournaments so far.

The tournament

Olympic football tournament 1924
Number of nations	22nd
Olympic champion	Uruguay (1st title)
venue	Paris ( Colombes , Saint-Quen , Bois de Vincennes)
Opening game	May 25, 1924
Endgame	June 9, 1924
Games	24
Gates	96  (⌀: 4 per game)
spectator	249,956  (⌀: 10,415 per game)
Top scorer	Pedro Petrone (7 goals)
References	3  (⌀: 0.13 per game)

date		game		Result	Stadion	spectator
Preliminary round
25.5.	Italy	-	Spain	1: 0 (0: 0)	Stade de Colombes	19,000
25.5.	Switzerland	-	Lithuania	9: 0 (4: 0) **	Stade Pershing *	8,110
25.5.	United States	-	Estonia	1: 0 (1: 0)	Stade Pershing *	8,110
25.5.	Czechoslovakia	-	Turkey	5: 2 (3: 0)	Stade Bergeyre	4,344
26.5.	Uruguay	-	Yugoslavia	7: 0 (3: 0)	Stade de Colombes	3,025
26.5.	Hungary	-	Poland	5: 0 (1: 0)	Stade Bergeyre	3,580
26.5.	Sweden	-	Portugal	Portugal canceled
Round of 16
27.5.	Netherlands	-	Romania	6: 0 (2: 0)	Stade de Colombes *	1,840
27.5.	France	-	Latvia	7: 0 (3: 0)	Stade de Colombes *	5,150
28.5.	Irish Free State	-	Bulgaria	1: 0 (0: 0)	Stade de Colombes	1,660
28.5.	Switzerland	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1)	Stade Bergeyre	9,150
29.5.	Sweden	-	Belgium	8: 1 (4: 0)	Stade de Colombes	8,532
29.5.	Italy	-	Luxembourg	2: 0 (2: 0)	Stade Pershing	4,250
29.5.	Uruguay	-	United States	3: 0 (3: 0)	Stade Bergeyre	10,455
29.5.	Egypt	-	Hungary	3: 0 (2: 0)	Stade de Paris	4,370
Round of 16 playoff
30.5.	Switzerland	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 0 (0: 0)	Stade Bergeyre	5,670
Quarter finals
1.6.	Uruguay	-	France	5: 1 (2: 1)	Stade de Colombes	30,870
1.6.	Sweden	-	Egypt	5: 0 (3: 0)	Stade Pershing	6,484
2.6.	Netherlands	-	Irish Free State	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1)	Stade de Paris	1,500
2.6.	Switzerland	-	Italy	2: 1 (0: 0)	Stade Bergeyre	8,360
Semifinals
5.6.	Switzerland	-	Sweden	2: 1 (1: 1)	Stade de Colombes	7,448
6.6.	Uruguay	-	Netherlands	2: 1 (0: 1)	Stade de Colombes	7,088

Game for the bronze medal

Netherlands		Sweden
	June 8, 1924 in Paris ( Stade de Colombes ) Result: 1: 1 n.a. (1: 1/1: 0) Spectators: 9,915 Referee: Heinrich Retschury ( Austria )
	Gejus van der Meulen - Henry Dénis , Bernard Verwij - André le Fèvre , Jan Oosthoek , Gerrit Horsten - Albert Snouck Hurgronje , Henk Vermetten , Klaas Breeuwer , Ok Formenoij , Marinus Sigmond	Sigge Lindberg - Konrad Hirsch , Sten Mellgren - Sven Lindqvist , Gustaf Carlson , Harry Sundberg - Evert Lundquist , Sven Rydell , Per Kaufeldt , Albin Dahl , Rudolf Kock
	1: 1 le Fèvre (77th)	0: 1 Kaufeldt (44th)

Playoff for bronze

Netherlands		Sweden
	June 9, 1924 in Paris ( Stade de Colombes ) * Result: 1: 3 (1: 2) Spectators: 40,522 Referee: Youssouf Mohammed ( Egypt )
	Gejus van der Meulen - Henry Dénis , Henk Vermetten - Jan Oosthoek , Gerardus Krom , Gerrit Horsten - Jan de Natris , Gerrit Visser , André le Fèvre , Ok Formenoij , Marinus Sigmond	Sigge Lindberg - Axel Alfredsson , Fritjof Hillén - Gunnar Holmberg , Sven Friberg , Harry Sundberg - Evert Lundquist , Sven Rydell , Per Kaufeldt , Tore Keller , Rudolf Kock
	1: 2 Formenoy (43rd) penalty	0: 1 Rydell (34th) 0: 2 Lundquist (42nd) 1: 3 Rydell (77th)
		Expelled : Kaufeldt (75.)

final

Uruguay		Switzerland
	June 9, 1924 in Paris ( Stade de Colombes ) * Result: 3: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 40,522 Referee: Marcel Slawick ( France )
	Andrés Mazzali - José Nasazzi , Pedro Arispe - José Leandro Andrade , José Vidal , Alfredo Ghierra - Santos Urdinarán , Héctor Scarone , Pedro Petrone , José Pedro Cea , Ángel Romano	Hans Pulver - Adolphe Reymond , Rudolf Ramseyer - August Oberhauser , Paul Schmiedlin , Aron Pollitz - Karl Ehrenbolger , Robert Pache , Walter Dietrich , Max Abegglen , Paul Fässler
	1-0 Petrone (9th) 2-0 Cea (65th) 3-0 Romano (82nd)

* Double events in each case.
** Highest victory for the Swiss national football team .

Medal ranks

rank	Medalist
Gold Uruguay	José Leandro Andrade , Pedro Arispe , José Pedro Cea , Alfredo Ghierra , Andrés Mazzali (TW), José Nasazzi , José Naya , Pedro Petrone , Ángel Romano , Héctor Scarone , Humberto Tomassina , Santos Urdinarán , José Vidal , Alfredo Zibechi Trainer: Ernesto Fígoli
Silver Switzerland	Max Abegglen , Félix Bedouret , Walter Dietrich , Karl Ehrenbolger , Paul Fässler , Edmond Kramer , Adolphe Mengotti , August Oberhauser , Robert Pache , Aron Pollitz , Hans Pulver (TW), Rudolf Ramseyer , Adolphe Reymond , Paul Schmiedlin , Paul Sturzenegger Trainer: Teddy Duckworth
Bronze Sweden	Axel Alfredsson , Charles Brommesson , Gustaf Carlson , Albin Dahl , Sven Friberg , Fritjof Hillén , Konrad Hirsch , Gunnar Holmberg , Per Kaufeldt , Tore Keller , Rudolf Kock , Sigfrid Lindberg (TW), Sven Lindqvist , Evert Lundquist , Sven Mellgren , Sven Rydell , Harry Sundberg , Torsten Svensson Coach: József Nagy

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Pedro Petrone	7th
2	Sven Rydell	6th
	Max Abegglen	6th
4th	Cornelis Pijl	5
	Paul Sturzenegger	5
	Héctor Scarone	5
7th	José Pedro Cea	4th
	Per Kaufeldt	4th
	Rudolf Kock	4th
...
16	Walter Dietrich	2
...
25th	Robert Pache	1
	Rudolf Ramseyer	1

literature

• International Federation of Football History & Statistics : Olympic Football Tournaments [1] . Wiesbaden 2000.

Web links

• Official website of FIFA
• IFFHS website (Olympic Football Tournaments)
• Detailed data on rsssf.com