# Canonical recap data for First Winter Olympics (1924)
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slug: winter-olympics-1924
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1924/winter-olympics-1924"
title: First Winter Olympics
subtitle: Chamonix hosted the inaugural Winter Olympic Games, creating a separate competitive stage for snow and ice sports that endures as a global athletic spectacle.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1924-01-25
endDate: 1924-02-05
datePrecision: day
year: 1924
decade: 1920
country:
name: France
slug: france
summaryShort: The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Chamonix 1924, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Organized by the French Olympic Committee and held as part of an "International Winter Sports Week", the competitions took place in Ch
summaryLong: The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Chamonix 1924, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Organized by the French Olympic Committee and held as part of an "International Winter Sports Week", the competitions took place in Chamonix and Haute-Savoie, France, from 25 January to 5 February 1924. Although not initially termed "Winter Olympics", the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to retrospectively grant the Chamonix competitions the status of the first Winter Olympic Games at the committee's 26th session on May 6, 1926.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/1924WOlympicPoster.jpg/1280px-1924WOlympicPoster.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "1924 Winter Olympics"
importance: 76
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_Winter_Olympics"
  title: First Winter Olympics
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- sports
metaDescription: "The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Chamonix 1924, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in "
wikidataQid: Q9583
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260701202022/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_Winter_Olympics"
  capturedAt: 2026-07-01
  label: First Winter Olympics
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_Winter_Olympics"
