Smith and France's Jean Ces in the ring during the 1924 boxing semi-finals: Belgium's Victor Schelstraete lands a punch ...

In 1924, like many events ... Women's ice hockey was not played in the Winter Olympics until the 1998 Nagano Games in Japan. The Alps around the Italian and Austrian border were a key battleground ...

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 ...

The exhibition will show how the 1924 Olympics was a breakthrough in changing attitudes to body image, identity, class, race and gender, say organisers An exhibition inspired by the Paris Olympic ...

Great Britain hasn’t done too badly at the Winter Olympics and Paralympics. Since the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France, British Olympians and Paralympians have picked up ...