Interwar Era 1920-1936

Antwerp, Belgium. First Games after World War One, with the Olympic flag and oath debut...

Paris, France. The motto Citius Altius Fortius was adopted and 44 nations attended...

Amsterdam, Netherlands. Women entered track and field as a flame burned for the first time...

Los Angeles, USA. Depression era Games that built the first Olympic Village...

Berlin, Germany. Jesse Owens won four golds as the torch relay and television arrived...

Chamonix, France. Retroactively designated the first Winter Olympic Games...

St Moritz, Switzerland. Thaw wrecked the schedule as Sonja Henie won at 15...

Lake Placid, USA. Pack style rules and the Eddie Eagan summer and winter double...

Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany. Alpine skiing debuted under Nazi rule...