Art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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Art competitions were held as part of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Medals were awarded in five categories (architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture), for works inspired by sport-related themes.

Art competitions at the Olympic Games were part of the Olympic program from 1912 to 1948, but were discontinued due to concerns about amateurism and professionalism. Since 1952, a non-competitive art and cultural festival has been associated with each Games.

[edit] Medal summary

Category Gold Silver Bronze
Architecture none awarded Flag of Hungary Alfréd Hajós and Dezső Lauber (HUN)
Plan for a stadium
Flag of Monaco Julien Médecin (MON)
Stadium for Monte Carlo
Literature Flag of France Géorges Charles (FRA)
"Jeux Olympiques"
Flag of Denmark Josef Petersen (DEN)
"Euryale"
Flag of France Charles Gonnet (FRA)
"Vers le Dieu d'Olympie"
Flag of the United Kingdom Margaret Stuart (GBR)
"Sword Songs"
Flag of Ireland Oliver Gogarty (IRL)
"Ode to the Tailteann Games"
Music none awarded none awarded none awarded
Painting Flag of Luxembourg Jean Jacoby (LUX)
"Corner", "Départ", and "Rugby"
Flag of Ireland Jack Butler Yeats (IRL)
"Swimming"
Flag of the Netherlands Johan van Hell (NED)
"Patineurs"
Sculpture Flag of Greece Konstantinos Dimitriadis (GRE)
"Discobole Finlandais"
Flag of Luxembourg Frantz Heldenstein (LUX)
"Vers l'olympiade"
Flag of Denmark Jean René Gauguin (DEN)
Boxer
Flag of France Claude-Léon Mascaux (FRA)
Sports medals

[edit] Medal table

At the time, medals were awarded to these artists, but art competitions are no longer regarded as official Olympic events by the International Olympic Committee. These events do not appear in the IOC medal database,[1] and these totals are not included in the IOC's medal table for the 1924 Games.[2]

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg (LUX) 1 1 0 2
2 Flag of France France (FRA) 1 0 2 3
3 Flag of Greece Greece (GRE) 1 0 0 1
4 Flag of Denmark Denmark (DEN) 0 1 1 2
Flag of Ireland Ireland (IRL) 0 1 1 2
6 Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain (GBR) 0 1 0 1
Flag of Hungary Hungary (HUN) 0 1 0 1
8 Flag of Monaco Monaco (MON) 0 0 1 1
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands (NED) 0 0 1 1

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