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1924 Paris Summer Games
3092 Athletes, 45 Countries, 126 Events

President of the IOC and father of the modern Olympics, French baron Pierre de Coubertin, was to retire in 1925. He was pleased, however, that his native France had another chance to host the Olympics before he was gone hoping they could make up for the debacle that was the 1900 Paris Games.

Three more traditions were introduced in 1924. First, the first Winter Games were held early in the year in Chamonix, France the country hosting the Summer Olympics had a right to host the Winter Games as well. At the closing ceremony, three flags were raised that of the IOC, the host countryÆs flag, and the flag of the country that hosts the next Games. Finally, 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' (Swifter, Higher, Stronger) became the official Olympic motto. An incredible number of Ivy athletes, 54, lived up to this Olympic motto at the Games, and long after.

For the first time in Olympic history, at least one athlete from all eight Ivy schools returned home with a medal. Francis Hussey (Columbia '31) was only a high school student when he competed in Paris, but he still led the United States 4x100meter relay team to a gold medal by beating British 100meter gold medallist and subject of 'Chariots of Fire' Harold Abrahams on the first leg.

Francis T. 'Frank' Hunter (Cornell '16) won the Wimbledon doubles championship with Vincent Hunter in 1924. The pair kept up their dominance by winning the gold medal in Paris. Owner of five grand slam doubles or mixed doubles titles, Hunter was enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1961.

Frederick Morgan Taylor (Dartmouth '25) set a world record of 52.6 in the 400meter hurdles at the 1924 Games. But he knocked down one hurdle making his time unofficial. In the long jump competition, Edward O. Gourdin (Harvard '23) finished in second place to William DeHart Hubbard who was the first AfricanAmerican to win an individual gold medal. In 1958, Gourdin was the first AfricanAmerican named to the Massachusetts Supreme Court.

All the other Ivy Olympians paled in comparison to the Yale heavyweight varsity eight crew that was selected to represent the United States in Paris. Not only did they beat their competition by a whopping 15 seconds, many members of the boat would lead successful lives after the Olympics.

They became lawyers, corporate executives, and educators. James Stillman Rockefeller '24 was on that boat. A paternal grandson of William Rockefeller, who started the family fortune with his brother John, James Stillman Rockefeller is alive and well today the United StatesÆ oldest living gold medal winner. He was a banking executive, leading the corporation that today is known as Citibank.

Rockefeller's teammate Dr. Benjamin Spock '25 is just as well known. Spock went to medical school after Yale, and wrote ôThe Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Careö. His views were quite radical, but he worked hard to explain his reasoning. Updated in many editions since its premiere in 1946, SpockÆs book is outsold only by the Bible worldwide. An antiwar activist, Spock ran for president on a thirdparty ticket in 1972.