1924 Winter Olympics / military patrol

Military patrol run at the 1st Winter Olympic Games
information
venue	Chamonix
Competition venue	Stade Olympique
Nations	6th
Athletes	24 (24 men)
date	January 29, 1924
decisions	1
St. Moritz 1928 →

A military patrol run took place at the 1st Olympic Games in Chamonix in 1924 . This competition is now viewed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as a demonstration competition , although the IOC did not differentiate between demonstration and original competitions at the time. However, IOC statistics include the 1924 military patrol medal winners.

The military patrol was also part of the program as a demonstration competition at the Winter Olympics in 1928 , 1936 and 1948 , but never managed to be accepted as an official competition. Biathlon can be seen as an indirect successor .

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Switzerland	1	-	-	1
2	Finland	-	1	-	1
3	France	-	-	1	1

Military patrol 30 km

space	country	athlete	Time (h)	Hit
1	SUI	Denis Vaucher , Antoine Julen , Alphonse Julen , Alfred Aufdenblatten	3:56:06	08th
2	FIN	August Eskelinen , Heikki Hirvonen , Ville Mattila , Väinö Bremer	4:10:00	11
3	FRA	Camille Mandrillon , André Vandelle , Georges Berthet , Maurice Mandrillon	4:18:53	02
4th	TCH	Bohuslav Josífek , Jan Mittlöhner , Josef Bím , Karel Buchta	4: 19.54	05
5	ITA	Pietro Dente , Albino Bich , Goffredo Lagger , Paolo Francia	DNF
6th	POLE	Zbigniew Wóycicki , Stanisław Chrobak , Stanisław Kądziołka , Szczepan Witkowski	DNF

Date: January 29, 1924

After 15 km, three of the four athletes had to shoot at so-called field targets. The athletes had 18 shots each to hit the targets 250 m away. For each target hit, the team that had to reach the target as a whole received a time credit of 30 seconds, which was deducted from the actual running time. Of the six teams that started, only four finished the competition; Italy and Poland had to give up due to the adverse weather conditions.

Web links

• Military patrol at the 1924 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1924 Winter Olympics (PDF file; 83.57 MB)