“In all sports,” the French Olympic Committee wrote in 1924, “pure speed is king.” That was why those Paris Games closed with the 100-meter freestyle sprint in Les Tourelles pool northeast ...

1924. “He smashed the Olympic record when he won the 100 meter free style event in :59 seconds, and helped to set a new world mark when he, Breyer, O’Connor, and Glancy, the American relay ...

U.S. Olympic swim team members Johnny Weissmuller and Duke Kahanamoku share a happy moment at the 1924 Games, where they won gold and silver, respectively, in the 100-meter freestyle. Both ...

He won three gold medals at the 1924 Paris Olympics: the 100-meter freestyle, the 400 free, and the 4x200 relay. Weissmuller also won bronze in water polo in an Olympics that featured many stars ...

Based on the lives and gold-medal-winning performances of sprinters Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams ahead of the 1924 Paris ... withdraws from the 100 meters at the Olympics because the heats ...