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Host City: Chamonix 1924

• The "International Winter Sports Week" took place in Chamonix, France. Two years later, this is retroactively given the status of the first Olympic Winter Games.

• The first Games were held between Jan 25-Feb 5, 1924.

• 16 Nations with 292 participants competed in 18 events.

• The sports were dominated by the Scandanavians.

• Due to an error in computing the scores, American Anders Haugen was placed in fourth in ski jumping, behind Norway's Thorleif Haug. This error was discovered in 1974, and Haugen was awarded the bronze in a special ceremony.