The Athletes of the First Winter Olympics
What skaters, ski jumpers, and curlers looked like in 1924.
Much has changed since the first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The “International Winter Sports Week” featured about 250 athletes participating in 16 events across six sports, including the usual suspects like figure skating, bobsled, and ice hockey, as well as a military patrol competition. (The military event was won, strangely, by the Swiss.) Competitors’ attire was less slick and aerodynamic than we see today, with the look perhaps best described as Great Gatsby on Ice. Check out the best winter sportsmen of the 1920s in our collection of images from Chamonix.
Photos via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report
Photos via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report
Photos via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report
Photos via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report
Photos via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report
Photo via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report
Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report
Photos via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report
Photo via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report
Photo via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report
Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report
Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report