Water Polo at the Olympic Games: Paris 1924

24 years later, the Olympic Games were back to Paris, the home city of Pierre de Coubertin. Meanwhile, the world had dramatically changed and the 1924 edition of the Games was the first to feature Ireland as an independent country. In addition, the famous Olympic motto Ciutis, Altius, Fortius was used for the first time, as well as the Olympic Village as a location for all the partecipating athletes.

by Simone Pierotti

Among them, Finnish Paavo Nurmi stood as he won five gold medals in athletics, a record which still resists nowadays. Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell deserve a mention, too; they won the 100 and the 400 metres respectively and, above all, their personal stories are the main theme in the famous film Chariots of Fire. Furthermore, it was in Paris in 1924 that a 50-metre pool, marked by lanes, was used as a venue for swimming races and the first Winter Olympic Games were staged. Read more

 

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