Military patrol at the 1924 Winter Olympics

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At the 1924 Winter Olympics, in Chamonix, France, in 1924, a military patrol competition was held. The Olympic results database lists the official medal winners for the event, yet several sources have counted this competition as a demonstration event only. A full 36 years would pass before the modern version of the sport, biathlon, became an official Winter Olympic discipline. Six teams started the event, but only four finished with Italy and Poland withdrawing to bad conditions.

Event held on January 29, 1924

Place Team Time Penalties
Gold Switzerland Switzerland
(Adolf Aufdenblatten, Alphonse Julen, Antoine Julen, Denis Vaucher)		  3:56:06  8
Silver Finland Finland
(August Eskelinen, Heikki Hirvonen, Martti Lappalainen, Väinö Bremer)		 4:10:00 11
Bronze France France
(André Vandelle, Camille Mandrillon, G. Berthet, Maurice Mandrillon)		 4:18:53 5
4 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
(Bohuslav Josifek, Jan Mittlöhner, Josef Bím, Karel Buchta)		 — —
Withdrawn Italy Italy
(A. Bich, G. Lagger, P. Dente, P. Francia)		 — —
Withdrawn Poland Poland
(Stanisław Chrobak, Stanisław Kądziołka, Szczepan Witkowski, Zygmunt Woycicki)		 — —

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