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1924 Paris Olympics

The Summer of 1924 saw the Olympics come to Paris, the VIII Olympiad.  The home of Pierre de Coubertin (father of the Modern Olympics).  This was the second Olympics held in Paris and was held between 4th May and 27th July 1924. Venue: The main venue for the Games was the Stadia Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, which […]

27/07/2012 | 0 Comments More

Paris Olympics | 1900

The second Olympiad  took place in Paris France which was held to coincide with the Paris International Exhibition and ran from May that year to the end of October. There was no opening or closing ceremonies and it was hard to tell which events were actually part of the games and at times even the […]

25/04/2012 | 0 Comments More