The first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. This is the US team during the opening ceremonies. Eleven-year-old Sonja Henie stands with world champion figure skater Gilles ...

Explore items in the Smithsonian's collections related to 1924. In January, the first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France. The Summer Olympics followed later in the year in ...

Olympic history runs through Utah mountains and Lake Placid ice, and also through an Ivy League campus in Hanover, New Hampshire. Dartmouth is the lone college or university to have at least one ...

This event proved such a success that the following year, a full Winter Olympics was announced with Chamonix’s competition retrospectively known as the first Games. Beijing’s Olympic Games ...

Since the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, British Olympians and Paralympians have picked up over 60 medals on snow and ice. BBC Bitesize takes a look at some of the most ...

The International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday it had countersigned the 2030 Winter Olympics host contract with French organisers after all financial guarantees were met.

Chamonix, also known as Chamonix Mont Blanc ... which is one of the many reasons it was chosen to host the first Winter Olympics in 1924. However, the summers here are mild and make for an ...

who is representing New Zealand in men's speed climbing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. He's gearing up for one of his last events before the Games, the IFSC World Cup in Chamonix, France.

Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Games, 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012 is the culmination of a monumental, award-winning archival project encompassing ...