Sports year 1924

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Events

Olympic games

International Winter Sports Week poster

• 25 January to 5 February : The International Winter Sports Week is held in Chamonix as part of the Paris Olympic Games , which are subsequently recognized as the 1st Winter Olympic Games . The Fédération Internationale de Ski ( FIS ) is founded on February 2nd .
• 28 January to 3 February : The ice hockey tournament during the winter sports week in Chamonix is ​​also the second ice hockey world championship . The same applies to the Nordic World Ski Championships from January 25th to February 2nd .

Venues for the 1924 Olympic Games

• May 4 to July 27 : At the Olympic Games in Paris, the motto altius, citius, fortius, invented by Henri Didon , is quoted for the first time . At the closing ceremony, the three flags of the Olympic Committee, the host country and the next host country will be raised for the first time.
• July 12th : Heat battle of Colombes
• July 12th to 20th : During the Olympic Games, the Fédération Française des Échecs organized the 1924 unofficial Chess Olympiad , at the end of which the International Chess Federation FIDE was founded.

badminton

The highlights of the badminton year 1924 were the All England , the Irish Open and the Scottish Open .

event	Men's singles	Ladies singles	Men's doubles	Ladies doubles	Mixed
All of England	Gordon Mack	Kitty McKane	George Alan Thomas Frank Hodge	Margaret McKane Stocks Kitty McKane	Frank Devlin Kitty McKane
Irish Open	Frank Devlin	Marian Horsley	GSB Mack George Alan Thomas	AM Head Kitty McKane	GSB Mack Margaret Tragett
Scottish Open	Gordon Mack	Margaret Tragett	Gordon Mack R. AJ Goff	Margaret Tragett E. F. Stewart	George Alan Thomas Margaret Tragett

Rockclimbing

• British Mount Everest Expedition 1924

Soccer

• Campeonato Sudamericano 1924
• A professional league is being introduced in Austria by the ÖFB . Austria is the first continental European country with a professional football league

athletics

Athletics championships

The 1924 South American Athletics Championships were held in Buenos Aires .

Athletics world records

sprint

• September 14 : Stanisława Walasiewicz , Poland, runs the women's 100 meters in 11.7 seconds.

Middle distance run

• June 19 : Paavo Nurmi , Finland, runs the men's 1500 meters in 3: 52.6 minutes.

Long distance running

• June 19 : Paavo Nurmi , Finland, runs the men's 5000 meters in 14: 28.2 min.
• July 25 : Ville Ritola , Finland, runs the men's 10,000 meters in 30: 35.4 minutes.
• August 6 : Ville Ritola , Finland, runs the men's 10,000 meters in 30: 23.2 minutes.
• August 31 : Paavo Nurmi , Finland, runs the men's 10,000 meters in 30: 06.2 minutes.

Go

• May 5 : Paul Sievert , Germany, does the men's 50,000 meter walk in 4:34:03 h.
• June 20 : Karl Hähnel , Germany, does the men's 50,000 meter walk in 4:36:22 h.

Throwing disciplines

• April 14 : Lucie Petit , France, reaches 27.7 m in the women's discus throw .
• May 14th : Thomas Lieb , USA, reached 47.61 m in the men's discus throw.
• July 14 : Violetta Gorraud , France, hits 10.15 m in the women's shot put .
• August 12 : Gunnar Lindström , Sweden, reaches 66.62 m in the men's javelin .
• August 21 : Lucie Petit / Daigré , France, reaches 28.32 m in the women's discus throw.

Jump disciplines

• May 5th : Ralph Spearow , USA, reaches 4.22 m in the men's pole vault .
• May 27 : Harold Osborn , USA, jumps 2.03 m in the men's high jump .
• August 7th : Robert LeGendre , USA, reaches 7.76 m in the men's long jump .
• August 12 : Nick Winter , USA, reaches 15.52 m in the men's triple jump .

All-around

• August 12 : Harold Osborn , USA, scores 7710 points in the men's decathlon .

Motorsport

Motorcycling

European motorcycle championship

→ Main article : 1924 European Motorcycle Championship

• At the first ever European motorcycle championship , Belgian Maurice van Geert won the title in the 250 cc class on Rush- Blackburne ahead of the two Austrian Puch pilots Hugo Höbel and Rupert Karner .
• In the 350cc class, Briton Jimmie Simpson on AJS wins ahead of the two Italians Isacco Mariani ( Garelli ) and Mario Saetti ( Bianchi ).
• In the 500 cm³ class, the Italian Guido Mentasti wins on Moto Guzzi ahead of his compatriot and brand companion Erminio Visioli and the British Tom Simister ( Norton ).

German motorcycle road championship

• At the first German motorcycle road championship, the ADAC and DMV award competing titles.
• The winners at the ADAC are Hans Letnar ( Cockerell , 175 cm³), Reinhard von Koenig-Fachsenfeld ( Cotton , 250 cm³), Erich Pätzold ( Imperia , 350 cm³), Franz Bieber ( BMW , 500 cm³) and Toni Bauhofer ( Megola , over 500 cm³).
• German champions of the DMV are Jakob Weißmantel (Zündapp, 250 cm³), Herbert Ernst ( AJS , 350 cm³), Albert Schuster ( Wanderer , 500 cm³) and Rubin / unknown ( Harley-Davidson , teams ).

Cycling

• Giro d'Italia 1924
• Tour de France 1924
• UCI track world championships 1924
• UCI Road World Championships 1924

Winter sports

• European figure skating championships 1924
• World Figure Skating Championships 1924

Other events

• In Berlin , the gymnastics and sports week take place in the Lustgarten and the national anniversary sports festival in the German Stadium .

Gymnastics and sports week in the Lustgarten in Berlin

Charles Paddock , Hubert Houben and Loren Murchison

National jubilee sports festival in Berlin

Born

January

• 0January 1 : Willi Faust , German motorcycle racer († 1992 )
• 0January 1 : Klaus Junge , German chess master († 1945 )
• 0January 4th : Alberto Bertuccelli , Italian football player († 2002 )
• 0January 4th : Marianne Werner , German athlete
• 0January 6th : Pablo Birger , Argentine racing car driver († 1966 )
• 0January 6 : Alfredo Milani , Italian motorcycle racer († 2017 )
• January 12 : Olivier Gendebien , Belgian racing driver († 1998 )
• January 17th : John Riseley-Prichard , British racing car driver († 1993 )
• January 22nd : Ortvin Sarapu , New Zealand chess player of Estonian origin († 1999 )
• January 25 : Lou Groza , American football player († 2000 )
• January 29 : Edi Finger , Austrian sports journalist and first TV sports reporter in Austria († 1989 )

February

• 0February 3 : Robert Schlienz , German soccer player († 1995 )
• 0February 4 : Karl Adam , German soccer player († 1999 )
• 0February 6 : Billy Wright , English soccer player († 1994 )
• February 11 : Budge Patty , American tennis player
• February 16 : Ada Pace , Italian racing driver († 2016 )
• February 19 : David Bronstein , Russian chess grandmaster († 2006 )
• February 29 : Pierre Sinibaldi , French football player and coach († 2012 )

March

• 0March 3 : Omero Tognon , Italian football player and coach († 1990 )
• 0March 6 : Ottmar Walter , German football player († 2013 )
• March 12 : Valerio Bacigalupo , Italian football player († 1949 )
• March 17 : Werner Assmann , German handball player († 1993 )

April

• 0April 4 : Bob Christie , American racing driver († 2009 )
• April 19 : Werner Kohlmeyer , German football player († 1974 )
• April 27 : Lena Stumpf , German athlete († 2012 )

May

• 0May 3 : Ken Tyrrell , British racing driver and founder of the Tyrrell Formula 1 team († 2001 )
• May 11 : Luděk Pachman , Czech-German chess player († 2003 )
• May 20 : Ralph Hansch , Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper († 2008 )
• May 20 : Ivan Udodow , Soviet-Russian weightlifter and Olympic champion († 1981 )
• May 25 : Rafael Iglesias , Argentine Olympic champion in boxing († 1999 )
• May 25 : István Nyers , Hungarian football player († 2005 )

June

• 0June 1 : Rudi Piffl , German table tennis player († 2013 )
• 0June 4 : Ettore Chimeri , Venezuelan racing car driver († 1960 )
• June 16 : Freimut Stein , German psychologist and figure skater († 1986 )
• June 18 : George Mikan , American basketball player († 2005 )
• June 19 : Leo Nomellini , American football player († 2000 )
• June 30 : Maino Neri , Italian football player and coach († 1995 )

July

• July 10 : Vladimir Sukharev , Soviet athlete († 1997 )
• July 11 : Alberto Uria , racing car driver from Uruguay († 1988 )
• July 27 : John Hansen , Danish football player († 1990 )
• July 28 : Luigi Musso , Italian racing driver († 1958 )
• July 30th : Attilio Giovannini , Italian football player

August

• 0August 5 : Kéba Mbaye , Senegalese lawyer and sports official († 2007 )
• August 17 : Jim Finney , British football referee († 2008 )
• August 28 : Jimmy Daywalt , American racing car driver († 1966 )

September

• 0September 4 : Bobby Grim , American racing driver († 1995 )
• 0September 9 : Rik Van Steenbergen , Belgian cyclist († 2003 )
• September 10 : Günther Hennerici , German entrepreneur and motorsport team boss († 2000 )
• September 11th : José Behra , French racing driver († 1997 )
• September 11 : Tom Landry , American football player and coach († 2000 )
• September 21 : Hermann Buhl , Austrian mountaineer († 1957 )
• September 27 : Willi Scheidhauer , German motorcycle racer and entrepreneur († 2012 )
• September 28 : Giuseppe Chiappella , Italian football player and coach († 2009 )

October

• October 11 : Mal Whitfield , American sprinter and middle-distance runner, Olympic champion in 1948 and 1952 († 2015 )
• October 17 : Giacomo Mari , Italian football player and coach († 1991 )
• October 24 : George Amick , American automobile racing driver († 1959 )
• October 28 : Antonio Creus , Spanish racing car driver († 1996 )
• October 30th : Maria Sander , German athlete († 1999 )

November

• November 13 : Matthias Mauritz , German soccer player († 2016 )
• November 16 : Mel Patton , American sprinter and Olympic champion († 2014 )
• November 17 : Anatoly Parfenow , Soviet-Russian wrestler and Olympic champion († 1993 )

December

• 0December 3 : Roberto Mieres , Argentine racing car driver († 2012 )
• 0December 3 : Fred Taylor , American basketball coach († 2002 )
• 0December 6 : Ebert Van Buren , American football player
• 0December 7th : John Love , Rhodesian racing car driver († 2005 )
• December 11 : Doc Blanchard , American football player († 2009 )
• December 15 : Quido Adamec , Czech ice hockey referee († 2007 )
• December 20 : Karl-Heinz Heimann , German sports journalist († 2010 )
• December 22nd : Tonny van Ede , Dutch football player († 2011 )
• December 23 : Bob Kurland , American basketball player († 2013 )
• December 26 : Glenn Davis , American football player († 2005 )

Died

• 0January 1 : Billy Miske , American boxer (* 1894 )

• February 17th : Charles Herbert , British athlete, sports official, founding member of the International Olympic Committee (* 1846 )

• 0 March 1st : Louis Perrée , French fencer (* 1871 )

• 0 April 1 : Stan Rowley , Australian athlete (* 1876 )

• 0June 8 : George Mallory , English mountaineer (* 1886 )
• 0June 8 : Andrew Irvine , English mountaineer (* 1902 )

• 0September 1 : Joseph Henry Blackburne , English chess grandmaster (* 1841 )
• 0September 2 : Dario Resta , Italian-British racing driver (* 1884 )
• September 15 : Jimmy Murphy , American racing car driver (* 1894 )

• October 19 : Louis Zborowski , British racing driver and engineer (* 1895 )

See also

Portal: Sport  - Overview of Wikipedia content on sport

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