General view as Georges Andre lends the Olympic Oath during the opening ceremonies of the VIII Olympic Games on May 4, 1924 in Paris, France.
High angle view of the opening ceremony at the 1924 Summer Olympics, at the Stade olympique Yves-du-Manoir, the Olympic stadium for the 1924 Summer...
Paris, France- The 1924 Olympic swimmers in France. Duke Kahanamoku and Johnny Weismuller, both from the United States shake hands.
Preliminary rounds in the water polo competition taking place in the pool at Tourelles during the Paris Olympics, 16th July 1924.
Rocquencourt, France- The American Olympic candidates are taking more honors than hoped. Every man is right up to the minute physically, due to the...
Paavo Nurmi of Finland crosses the finish line to win a race at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. In the history of athletics no man has taken so many...
Must have been a good joke. Miss Becker, the American girl diving star, has a good laugh with Pinkston, former Olympic diving champion who this year...
Paris: Olympic Athlete At Colombes Stadium. Photo shows Lee Barnes, the California high school boy, making his winning leap of 12 feet 11 1/8 inches...
Paris, France- Here is an exceptionally fine action picture made during the running of the 400-meter relay race, in which the American quartet...
Johnny Weissmuller, American Olympic swimmer, 1904-1984, with Duke Kahanamoku, at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
Paris, France- Hubbard, the great Negro jumper from the University of Michigan, wins the broad jump at the Olympic contest here. His triumphant leap...
Paris, France- The victorious Finnish team poses before the start of the Olympic cross-country race. Pictured are: V.J. Sipila; E.E. Berg; V. Ritola,...
Paavo Nurmi of Finland is followed by Edvin Wide of Sweden and Vilho Ritola of Finland during the Individual Cross Country event at the 1924 Olympic...
Paris, France- Willie Ritola, the American-trained distance runner who scored for Finland in the 10,000-meter run and other distance events, poses at...
Paris, France- Picture shows relay team member, Stephenson, US, taking the baton from Cochran in the semi-final 1600-meter relay.
Elizabeth Becker won the silver medal in highboard diving at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. At the same Games she won the gold for springboard...
Paris, France- Winner Paavo Nurmi of Finland takes the last wall in the 10,000 meter Olympic cross-country.
Athletes sitting in front of a cabin in the Olympic Village at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, 1924. The 1924 Games were the first Games...
The Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII talking to S Lavan, a competitor for Ireland, during the Olympic Games at Colombes Stadium in Paris.
Finnish athlete Ville Ritola leads from American athlete Marvin Rick, as French athlete Paul Bontemps clears a jump during the men's 3000 metres...
The competitors approach the finishing line in one of the 100-meter heats at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. Harold Abrahams of Great Britain would...
Spectators in the stands watch athletes from the Great Britain team take part in the Parade of Nations during the opening ceremony of the 1924 Summer...
Helen Wills of the United States reaches to play a forehand return as compatriot partner Hazel Wightman looks on during their Women's Doubles Final...
Athlete Harold Marion Osborn sets a new Olympic record of 6 feet 6 inches in the high jump at the 1924 Olympics in Paris, France.
Paris, France- Alf Leconey of the U.S. Finishes the final 400 meter relay race, in which the American team broke its own world record of the previous...
Paris, France- Start of the 3,000 meter Olympic team race. Willie Ritola of Finland is shown on the front line, second from right.
Marquis Zuletta, Madame Bogroen, and Edith Kingdon Gould are seen here at the opening of the Olympic polo games.
The women of the Great Britain team at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Paris, 4th May 1924.
British athlete Henry Stallard leads from American athlete Bill Richardson and Swiss athlete Paul Martin during the first semifinal of the men's 800...
American athlete Lee Barnes, clears the bar, watched by officials, as he completes his winning vault in the final of the men's pole vault event of...
English middle distance runner H B Stallard crosses the finish line in first place to win the Men's 880 yards event at the Amateur Athletics...
Competitors having just passed the Rue Paul Bert during the men's cross country event at the 1924 Summer Olympics, around Colombes near Paris,...
Paris, France- Matt Mac Grath poses with Fred Tootell, winner of the hammer throw, at Colombes Stadium.
Paris, France- F.M. Taylor, bearing the shield of the U.S., wins the final 400-meter hurdles and sets a new world record of 52 3/5 seconds.
Paris, France- Paavo Nurmi of Finland prepares to take the lead at the finish of the 3,000 meter Olympic race.
Paris, France- Members of the American 400-meter relay team, which established a new world record of 41 1/5 seconds for the event, pose at Colombes...
Paris, France- Finnish athletes Willie Ritola and Paavo Nurmi pose at Colombes Stadium, during the 1924 Olympic Games.
Paris, France- Pierre Lewden, the phenomenal French jumper, who in spite of his small stature dogged the trail of Osborn of the US in the high jumps...
Paris, France- Close-up of Clarence Houser, University of Southern Calafornis, boy who won the shot-put with a record of 14,985 meters.
Paris, France: Portrait of American swimmer, Gertrude Ederle, Gold and Bronze medal freestyle swimmer in the 1924 Olympics in Paris. She went on to...
Lee Barnes, a 17-year-old high school student from Hollywood High in Los Angeles, wins the gold medal in pole vaulting at the 1924 Olympics in Paris.
Members of the United States swimming and diving teams are seen here watching others practice for upcoming events.
Ariel view of the Olympic Stadium during the opening football match of the 1924 summer Olympic games in Paris, France.
American rowing crews in a trial spin on the Seine. Coach Muller formerly of Harvard with a megaphone.
The United States rowing crew in single, doubles, four oar are starting out in trials on the Seine. Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)
British Olympic competitors first day at the Olympic Stadium at Colombes. L-R: Christ Mackintosh, Oxford broad jumper; Wilfred Tatham, hurdler; and...
