1924 Winter Olympics - Curling

Curlers and officials of the Swedish and French curling teams (top) and the British curling team (bottom) at the 1924 Winter Olympics, held in Chamonix, France, January 1924. The French team (bronze medal) French curler Henri Cournollet (1882-1971), French curler Pierre Canivet (1890-1982), French curler Armand Benedic (1875-1962), French curler Georges Andre (1876-1945), French curler Henri Aldebert (1880-1961), French curler Robert Planque. The Swedish team (silver medal) comprised Swedish curler Johan Petter Ahlen (1879-1939), Swedish curler Carl Axel Pettersson (1874-1962), Swedish curler Karl Wahlberg (1874-1934), Swedish curler Carl August Kronlund (1865-1937), Swedish curler Carl Wilhelm Petersen (1884-1973), Swedish curler Ture Odlund (1894-1942), Swedish curler Victor Wetterstrom (1884-1956), and Swedish curler Erik Severin (1879-1942). The British team (gold medal) comprised British curler William K Jackson (1871-1955), British curler Robin Welsh (1869-1934), British curler Thomas Murray (1877-1944), British curler Laurence Jackson (1900-1984), British curler TS Robertson-Aikman (1860-1948), John McLeod, British curer William Brown, and British curler Delaval Astley (1868-1951). The Winter Games were staged from 25th January to 5th February. (Photo by Bob Thomas/Popperfoto/Getty Images)