Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics
At the 1924 Winter Olympics, an ice hockey tournament was contested. The competition was held from Monday, January 28, 1924 to Sunday, February 3, 1924. Canada defended their championship from the 1920 Summer Olympics. The United States and Great Britain took the silver and bronze respectively, while other contenders included Czechoslovakia, France, and Sweden.
The Bergvall system used in the 1920 Olympics was discarded in favor of a two-level round-robin tournament. Qualifying teams were placed in pools for the opening round, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the final round. The medals were awarded based on the record in the final round. This format would remain in use until the 1992 Winter Olympics, when the final round-robin was replaced with a medal-round single-elimination tournament.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Canada (CAN)Jack Cameron Ernie Collett Bert McCaffrey Harold McMunn Dunc Munro Beattie Ramsay Cyril Slater Hooley Smith Harry Watson Henry Louis Hudson |
 United States (USA)Clarence Abel Herbert Drury Alphonse Lacroix John Langley John Lyons Justin McCarthy Willard Rice Irving Small Frank Synott |
 Great Britain (GBR)William Anderson Lorne Carr-Harris Colin Carruthers Eric Carruthers Guy Clarkson Ross Cuthbert Geoffrey Holmes Hamilton Jukes Edward Pitblado Blane Sexton |
Participating nations
A total of 82(*) ice hockey players from eight nations competed at the Chamonix Games:
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Belgium (10) - Canada (10)
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Czechoslovakia (11) -
France (12) - Great Britain (10)
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Sweden (10) -
Switzerland (11) - United States (9)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Not all reserve players are known.
Final tournament
Group A
The top two teams (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada |
3 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 0 |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 25 |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 41 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 53 |
| 28 Jan | Sweden | 9:0 (3:0,3:0,3:0) | Switzerland |
| 28 Jan | Canada | 30:0 (8:0,14:0,8:0) | Czechoslovakia |
| 29 Jan | Canada | 22:0 (5:0,7:0,10:0) | Sweden |
| 30 Jan | Canada | 33:0 (8:0,11:0,14:0) | Switzerland |
| 31 Jan | Sweden | 9:3 (5:1,1:1,3:1) | Czechoslovakia |
| 1 Feb | Czechoslovakia | 11:2 (4:0,3:2,4:0) | Switzerland |
Group B
The top two teams (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
3 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| Great Britain |
3 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 16 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 42 |
| Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 45 |
| 28 Jan | United States | 19:0 (9:0,6:0,4:0) | Belgium |
| 29 Jan | France | 2:15 (1:5,1:3,0:7) | Great Britain |
| 30 Jan | Great Britain | 19:3 (8:1,6:1,5:1) | Belgium |
| 30 Jan | France | 0:22 (0:12,0:1,0:9) | United States |
| 31 Jan | France | 7:5 (3:3,3:1,1:1) | Belgium |
| 31 Jan | United States | 11:0 (6:0,2:0,3:0) | Great Britain |
Final round
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada |
3 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
| United States |
3 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 6 |
| Great Britain |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 33 |
| Sweden |
3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 46 |
Note: The CAN v SWE and USA v GBR games were carried forward from the previous round.
| 1 Feb | Canada | 19:2 (6:2,6:0,7:0) | Great Britain |
| 1 Feb | United States | 20:0 (5:0,7:0,8:0) | Sweden |
| 2 Feb | Great Britain | 4:3 (0:1,2:2,2:0) | Sweden |
| 3 Feb | Canada | 6:1 (2:1,3:0,1:0) | United States |
Top scorer
| Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Watson |
5 | 37 | 9 | 46 |
Final ranking
References
- 1924 Olympic Games report (digitized copy online)
- International Olympic Committee results database
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