Sports year 1924
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Events
Olympic games
- 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 .
- 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
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
- 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
Other events
- In Berlin , the gymnastics and sports week take place in the Lustgarten and the national anniversary sports festival in the German Stadium .
Born
January
- January 1 : Willi Faust , German motorcycle racer († 1992 )
- January 1 : Klaus Junge , German chess master († 1945 )
- January 4th : Alberto Bertuccelli , Italian football player († 2002 )
- January 4th : Marianne Werner , German athlete
- January 6th : Pablo Birger , Argentine racing car driver († 1966 )
- January 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
- February 3 : Robert Schlienz , German soccer player († 1995 )
- February 4 : Karl Adam , German soccer player († 1999 )
- February 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
- March 3 : Omero Tognon , Italian football player and coach († 1990 )
- March 6 : Ottmar Walter , German football player († 2013 )
- March 12 : Valerio Bacigalupo , Italian football player († 1949 )
- March 17 : Werner Assmann , German handball player († 1993 )
April
- April 4 : Bob Christie , American racing driver († 2009 )
- April 19 : Werner Kohlmeyer , German football player († 1974 )
- April 27 : Lena Stumpf , German athlete († 2012 )
May
- May 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
- June 1 : Rudi Piffl , German table tennis player († 2013 )
- June 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
- August 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
- September 4 : Bobby Grim , American racing driver († 1995 )
- September 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
- December 3 : Roberto Mieres , Argentine racing car driver († 2012 )
- December 3 : Fred Taylor , American basketball coach († 2002 )
- December 6 : Ebert Van Buren , American football player
- December 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
- January 1 : Billy Miske , American boxer (* 1894 )
- February 17th : Charles Herbert , British athlete, sports official, founding member of the International Olympic Committee (* 1846 )
- March 1st : Louis Perrée , French fencer (* 1871 )
- April 1 : Stan Rowley , Australian athlete (* 1876 )
- June 8 : George Mallory , English mountaineer (* 1886 )
- June 8 : Andrew Irvine , English mountaineer (* 1902 )
- September 1 : Joseph Henry Blackburne , English chess grandmaster (* 1841 )
- September 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
Web links
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