Officially from 1924 until 1965 the Games were called as the International Silent Games in English or Jeux Internationaux Silencieux in French...
147 athletes from 9 countries (Belgium, France, Holland, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Latvia and Romania) participated in these Games with sports like Athletics, Swimming, Diving, Football, Cycling, Shooting and Tennis. It started witht the Opening Ceremony in the Pershing Stadium in Paris on 10 August 1924...
Remarkable facts were:
- Gymanastics was a demonstration sport during these Games with only 12 gymnasts from France...
- Only 1 woman from Holland took part in these Games (100 m backstroke in Swimming) ...
- Only 1 man from Italy (Roberto de Marchi) took part in these Games only because he worked and lived in Paris...
- The best individual sportman was Yves Ruelland (FRA) who won 6 gold medals in Athletics...
- France finished 1st in the total medal standing with 50 medals (22 gold, 17 silver and 11 bronze) with Belgium came up as 2nd with 17 medals (4 silver and 13 bronze) and Great Britain ended 3rd with 12 medals (4 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze).
Belgium came with 26 athletes and won a total of 1 gold medal, 4 silver medals & 14 bronze medals at these Pacific Games in three sports (athletics, tennis, cycling & football).
147 athletes from 9 countries (Belgium, France, Holland, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Latvia and Romania) participated in these Games with sports like Athletics, Swimming, Diving, Football, Cycling, Shooting and Tennis. It started witht the Opening Ceremony in the Pershing Stadium in Paris on 10 August 1924...
Remarkable facts were:
- Gymanastics was a demonstration sport during these Games with only 12 gymnasts from France...
- Only 1 woman from Holland took part in these Games (100 m backstroke in Swimming) ...
- Only 1 man from Italy (Roberto de Marchi) took part in these Games only because he worked and lived in Paris...
- The best individual sportman was Yves Ruelland (FRA) who won 6 gold medals in Athletics...
- France finished 1st in the total medal standing with 50 medals (22 gold, 17 silver and 11 bronze) with Belgium came up as 2nd with 17 medals (4 silver and 13 bronze) and Great Britain ended 3rd with 12 medals (4 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze).
Belgium came with 26 athletes and won a total of 1 gold medal, 4 silver medals & 14 bronze medals at these Pacific Games in three sports (athletics, tennis, cycling & football).
- Tennis (2x brons)
- Antoine Dresse (°1902) :
- enkel : brons
- dubbel (met Raymond Code - FRA) : brons.
- Antoine Dresse (°1902) :
- Wielrennen (1x zilver & 2x brons)
- Emile Simonis (°1892) : Individuele wegrit.
- Maurice Sindic (°1901) : Individuele tijdrit, Individuele wegrit (brons) en 1.000 m Sprint (brons).
- Emile Minnaert (°1901) : Individuele tijdrit, Individuele wegrit en 1.000 m Sprint.
- Francois Frenay (°1892) : Individuele tijdrit, Individuele wegrit en 1.000 m Sprint.
- D'halluin Hilaire (°1895) : Individuele tijdrit (zilver), Individuele wegrit (6e plaats) en 1.000 m Sprint.
- Albert Chamonin (°1904) : Individuele wegrit
- Atletiek (1x goud, 3x zilver & 9x brons)
- Polidoor Geerinckx (°1902) :
- 4x100 m (met Achille Cornu, Jean Sassen & Nicolas Francois) : zilver
- 100 m
- 200 m
- speerwerpen : 4e plaats.
- Gustave De Boever (°1896) :
- kogelstoten : zilver.
- Jean Sassens (°1905) :
- 100 m
- 200 m
- 4x100 m (met Achille Cornu, Polidoor Geerinckx & Nicolas Francois) : zilver
- Karel Geertsen (°19xx) :
- 1500 m : 7e plaats
- 5.000 m : brons
- 10.000 m : brons.
- Raoul Rigo (°1900) :
- 1.500 m : 4e plaats.
- 5.000 m
- Herman Bovijn (°1902) :
- verspringen
- Achille Cornu (°1899) :
- 4x100 m (met Polidoor Geerinckx, Jean Sassen & Nicolas Francois) : zilver
- 100 m
- 400 m
- speerwerpen : 5e plaats.
- Edgard Pochon (°1897) :
- 110 m horden
- verspringen
- Nicholas Francois (°1907) :
- 4x100 m (met Polidoor Geerinckx, Jean Sassen & Achille Cornu) : zilver
- speerwerpen : goud
- kogelstoten : brons
- discuswerpen : 4e plaats
- Henri Francois (°1897) :
- 200 m : 5e plaats
- 400 m : brons
- 110 m horden : brons
- 400 m horden : brons
- hoogspringen : brons
- discuswerpen : zilver
- Henri Opdecam (°1897) :
- 400 m
- Arnold Pirard (°1900) :
- 800 m : 10e plaats
- André Van den Broeck (°1900) :
- 800 m : 9e plaats
- 1.500 m
- 5.000 m
- Louis David (°1893) :
- kogelstoten
- discuswerpen : 5e plaats
- speerwerpen : 8e plaats
- Albert Chamonin (°1904) :
- 5.000 m : 8e plaats
- 10.000 m : 8e plaats
- Polidoor Geerinckx (°1902) :
Football (1x bronze)
France vs Belgium = 5-1
Great-Britain vs Belgium = 4-1
France vs Great-Britain = 2-0
Players (14) : Herman Bovijn (°1902), Achille Cornu (°1899), Louis David ( °1893), Leon Demuynck ( °1903), Jean Detrooz ( °1904), Henri François ( °1897), Polidoor Geerinckx ( °1902), Alfons Hellebuyck ( °1905), Arnold Pirard (°1900 ), Edgar Pochon (°1897), Pierre Ruysseveldt (°1897), Jean Sassens (°1905), Emile Simonis (°1892) en Eduard Turkelborn (°1906).