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Olympic Winter Games (1st : 1924 : Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France)

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Meeting name headingOlympic Winter Games (1st : 1924 : Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France)
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Variant(s)International Sports Week (1924 : Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France)
International Winter Sports Week (1924 : Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France)
Jeux olympiques d'hiver (1st : 1924 : Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France)
Semaine internationale des sports d'hiver (1924 : Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France)
Semaine internationale du sport d'hiver à l'occasion des Jeux olympiques de 1924 (1924 : Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France)
Winter Olympic Games (1st : 1924 : Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France)
Winter Olympics (1st : 1924 : Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France)
Winter Sports Week (1924 : Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France)
Beginning date1924-01-25
Ending date1924-02-05
Associated countryFrance
LocatedChamonix-Mont-Blanc (France)
Field of activityWinter sports Winter Olympics
Found inLe rêve blanc, 1993: t.p. (olympisme et sport d'hiver en France; Chamonix 1924)
International dictionary of sports and games, c1979: p. 836 (first Winter Olympics proper were held in 1924 at Chamonix, France)
Wikipedia, Jan. 24, 2011: 1924 Winter Olympics (The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games; held in 1924 in Chamonix, France; originally called Semaine Internationale des Sports d'Hiver ("International Winter Sports Week") and held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics; held between 25 Jan. and 5 Feb. 1924; in retrospect designated by the International Olympic Committee as the I Olympic Winter Games) French page (Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1924; Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France; Semaine internationale du sport d'hiver à l'occasion des Jeux olympiques de 1924)
The complete book of the Winter Olympics, 2009: p. 3 ("International Sports Week 1924" in Chamonix, France; retroactively named the First Olympic Winter Games)
Olympic.org website, Jan. 24, 2011 (Chamonix 1924; HTML header: Chamonix 1924 Winter Olympics; opening date: 25 Jan. 1924; closing date: 05 Feb. 1924) more about (In 1921, the International Olympic Committee gave its patronage to a Winter Sports Week to take place in 1924 in Chamonix, France; retrospectively named the First Olympic Winter Games)
   <http://www.olympic.org/chamonix-1924-winter-olympics>
Olympics wiki, Jan. 24, 2011 (1924 Winter Olympic Games; in 1924 Chamonix, France hosted the "International Winter Sports Week"; two years after the event they declared Chamonix to be officially the first ever Winter Olympic Games)
100 years of Olympic films, 2017: container (The Olympic Games held at Chamonix in 1924)