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Lettres des Jeux olympiques (Letters from the Olympic Games) is a correspondence between the French journalist and politician Charles Maurras and Gustave Janicot, editor-in-chief of La Gazette de France written between April 8 and May 3, 1896. The letters are then collected on 1901 in the book Anthinéa.
The 1924 Summer Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (French: Jeux de la VIII e olympiade) and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had already started on 4 May.
Monnin Éric (2008), « Genèse et attribution des premiers Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse », Revue européenne de management du sport, n°22, juillet, pp. 87–101. Monnin Éric et Monnin Catherine (2008), « Le boycott politique des Jeux olympiques de Montréal », Relations internationales, n°134, printemps, pp. 93–113.
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) [a] [1] are the world's leading international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition ...
Les Jeux de la VIIIE Olympiade (PDF) (in French). Paris: Comite Olympique Francais. 1924. pp. 605– 612. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-25; Official Report of the Olympic Games of 1928 Celebrated at Amsterdam (PDF). Amsterdam: Netherlands Olympic Committee. 1928. pp. 892– 901.
The French National Olympic and Sports Committee (French: Comité national olympique et sportif français, CNOSF) is the National Olympic Committee of France.It is responsible for France's participation in the Olympic Games, as well as for all of France's overseas departments and territories except French Polynesia.
France was the host nation for the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.It was the second time that France had hosted the Games, after the 1900 Summer Olympics, also in Paris. 401 competitors, 373 men and 28 women, took part in 128 events in 20 sports.
The Winter Olympic Games (French: Jeux olympiques d'hiver) [a], also known as the Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice.