The First Winter Olympics: Chamonix 1924

U.S. athletes carry their flag during the opening ceremonies for the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, on January 25, 1924.

The Olympic ice skating rink in Chamonix

Supporters gather in front of the officials' stands.

Athletes take the Olympic oath.

A Norwegian ski jumper in flight

A curling competition

A French figure skating pair

Czechoslovakia plays against Switzerland in hockey

A four-man bobsled team

Speed skaters on the ice

Members of the Swedish and British curling teams, which won the silver and gold medals

Figure skaters Walter Jakobsson and Ludovika Jakobsson of Finland

Staff clear snow in the Olympic Stadium

Officials oversee the competition.

The Olympic skating rink framed by Chamonix's mountains