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Harold Abrahams wins 100m - 1924 Olympics

Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, ) - a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was champion in the 100 metres sprint at the 1924 Olympics in Paris (July 7th), France (a feat made legendary in the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire'). His time was 10.6 seconds. Jackson Scholz (second from right) was second and Arthur Porritt (far left) was third. The other named athlete was the World Record holder at the time, Charles Paddock. The other two competitors featured were fourth placed Chester Bowman (second left) and sixth placed Loren Murchison (third from right).
1924

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Genoa To Chignolo

Aeronaut Dartois of the Paris Aero Club, taking-off from the velodrome of Andrea Doria, near Bisagno, Genoa, in his hot air balloon Gigante'. With him are a journalist from the Caffaro and the vice-president of the velodrome. Lift-off was at 4.15pm, the balloon rose to 3, 900 metres, and landed at 7pm on the left bank of the river Po near Chignolo. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Johnny Weissmuller in Paris

Undated portrait taken in Paris of US swimmer Johnny Weissmuller. Johnny Weissmuller was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven world records. After his swimming career, he became the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in films, a role he played in twelve motion pictures. / AFP PHOTO / -

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