The oldest still remember the 1924 Olympic Games in Colombes. Four women in 1920s dresses give a glimpse of the splendour of the opening ceremony of the Games on July 5, 1924 at the city stadium. A spectator who was nine years old at the time remembers coming as a family to listen to her father play "L'Arlésienne" in front of 4,000 athletes. Another remembers attending the opening when she was four years old. Report illustrated by photos and posters of the Games.
In 1924, Paris was the Olympic city. Thanks to the Universal Exhibition, the games have a great success, which André DREVON, historian, points out. At the Vélodrome de la Cipale there are athletics events. Xavier de la COURTIE, president of the Racing club de France, evokes the creation of the circular track, "which has remained in its juice".
At the stadium of Colombes where most of the events of the Olympic Games of 1924 took place, Michaël DELEPINE, historian, evokes the debate launched at the time by the construction of the infrastructures of the Games, with on the one hand the supporters of a large stadium intended to restore the image of France, and on the other those who, concerned with public funds, wanted the minimum of new infrastructures. An ongoing debate...
At the Colombes stadium, where most of the events of the 1924 Olympic Games took place, Dany RIGOULOT evokes his father Charles Rigoulot, a butcher boy at the Vésinet, who won the gold medal in weightlifting. She explains that it was by working at the butcher shop that he wanted to become an athlete. Illustration by photos of the latter.
It’s not a castle, it’s a shooting range. This pavilion is the only place in the region to have hosted the 1924 Summer Olympics. Visit of the place in the company of a regular. Illustration by photos and drawings.
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