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Encyclopedia > Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Final results of the Tennis competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... The Games of the VIII Olympiad were held in 1924 in Paris, France. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

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Medal Winners

By Country

Men's Singles

Gold: United States Vincent Richards, USA
Silver: France Henri Cochet, FRA
Bronze: Italy Umberto De Morpurgo, ITA

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Women's Singles

Gold: United States Helen Wills Moody, USA
Silver: France Julie Vlasto, FRA
Bronze: United Kingdom Kathleen McKane, GBR
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The 1924 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were held in 1924 in Paris, France.
The marathon distance was fixed at 42.195 km, from the distance run at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
Ireland was given formal recognition as an independent nation in the Olympic Movement in Paris in 1924 and it was at these games that Ireland made its first appearance in an Olympic Games as an independent nation.
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The winter Olympics were begun in 1924 and were held in the same year as the summer games until the 1994 winter games in Lillehammer, Norway, when the alternating cycles began.
The 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, reflected a changed political landscape: the 172 participating nations and territories included the Unified Team (with athletes from 12 former Soviet republics), a reunited Germany, and South Africa, which was allowed to compete for the first time since 1960.
The Olympic games are competitions of individual athletes, not of nations, and the IOC does not keep national scores; however, the media of all nations report national standings according to one of two scoring systems.
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