Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics was the sixth edition of the football tournament at the Summer Olympic Games held in Paris. This edition, along with the proceeding 1928 edition, were the only tournaments in history outside of the FIFA World Cup that count as a Senior World Title equivalent to a World Cup.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | France |
Dates | 25 May – 9 June 1924 |
Teams | 22 (from 4 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
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Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 96 (4 per match) |
Attendance | 210,424 (8,768 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
← 1920 1928 → |
The tournament expanded to 22 countries from four confederations for the first time, with African side Egypt (as was the case in the previous edition), Turkey which is partly in Asia, Uruguay representing South America and the United States representing North America.
Uruguay made a memorable debut, going undefeated and winning the gold medal. This earned them the first of the four stars above their crest.[1][2][3]