1924 Winter Olympics medal table 1924 Winter Olympics medal table The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, and known at the time as "Semaine Internationale des Sports d'Hiver" ("International Winter Sports Week"), was a winter multi-sport event held in Chamonix, France, from 25 January to 5 February 1924. Norway topped the table, collecting seventeen medals in total, including four gold, three of which were won by Thorleif Haug in the nordic combined and cross-country skiing events. Norway also achieved two podium sweeps, winning all three medals in both the 50 km cross-country skiing and the nordic combined. This remained a
Cross-country skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 18 kilometre Cross-country skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Men's 18 kilometre The 18 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing at the 1924 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Saturday, February 2, 1924. Forty-one cross-country skiers from twelve nations competed. The competition began at 9:30 a.m. with the first starter Antonín Gottstein. The last starter was Ragnar Omtvedt at 9:55:30 a.m.. The first finisher was Tapani Niku at 10:51:56 a.m. and the event ended with the last finisher, who was again Ragnar Omtvedt at 12:00:33 p.m.. so=Starting order, the second competitor started one minute after