Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, was the 2nd Olympic Championship, also serving as the 2nd World Championships. The competition was held from Monday, January 28, 1924, to Sunday, February 3, 1924. Canada, represented by the Toronto Granites, defended its championship from the 1920 Summer Olympics. The United States and Great Britain took the silver and bronze respectively, while other contenders included Czechoslovakia, France, and Sweden.[1]

Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics
The Toronto Granites, representing Canada, won the gold medal
Tournament details
Host country France
DatesJanuary 28–February 3
Teams8
Venue(s)Chamonix (outdoors)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up  United States
Third place  Great Britain
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored310 (19.38 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Harry Watson 46 points
← 1920
1928 →

The Bergvall system used in the 1920 Olympics was discarded in favor of a two-level round-robin tournament. Qualifying teams were placed in pools for the opening round, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the final round. The medals were awarded based on the record in the final round. This format would remain in use until the 1992 Winter Olympics, when the final round-robin was replaced with a medal-round single-elimination tournament.

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Canada (CAN)
Jack Cameron
Ernie Collett
Bert McCaffrey
Harold McMunn
Dunc Munro
Beattie Ramsay
Cyril Slater
Hooley Smith
Harry Watson		  United States (USA)
Clarence Abel
Herbert Drury
Alphonse Lacroix
John Langley
John Lyons
Justin McCarthy
Willard Rice
Irving Small
Frank Synott		  Great Britain (GBR)
William Anderson
Lorne Carr-Harris
Colin Carruthers
Eric Carruthers
Guy Clarkson
Ross Cuthbert
Geoffrey Holmes
Hamilton Jukes
Edward Pitblado
Blane Sexton

Participating nations
See also: Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics – Rosters

A total of 82(*) ice hockey players from eight nations competed at the Chamonix Games:

(*) NOTE: Only counts players who participated in at least one game. Not all reserve players are known.

Final tournament

First round

Group A

The top two teams (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team GP W L GF GA
 Canada 330850
 Sweden3211825
 Czechoslovakia3121441
  Switzerland303253
28 Jan Sweden9:0
(3:0,3:0,3:0)		  Switzerland
28 Jan Canada30:0
(8:0,14:0,8:0)		 Czechoslovakia
29 Jan Canada22:0
(5:0,7:0,10:0)		 Sweden
30 Jan Canada33:0
(8:0,11:0,14:0)		  Switzerland
31 Jan Sweden9:3
(5:1,1:1,3:1)		 Czechoslovakia
1 Feb Czechoslovakia11:2
(4:0,3:2,4:0)		  Switzerland

Group B
Match between France and the United States

The top two teams (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team GP W L GF GA
 United States 330520
 Great Britain 3213416
 France312942
 Belgium303845
28 Jan United States19:0
(9:0,6:0,4:0)		 Belgium
29 Jan France2:15
(1:5,1:3,0:7)		 Great Britain
30 Jan Great Britain19:3
(8:1,6:1,5:1)		 Belgium
30 Jan France0:22
(0:12,0:1,0:9)		 United States
31 Jan France7:5
(3:3,3:1,1:1)		 Belgium
31 Jan United States11:0
(6:0,2:0,3:0)		 Great Britain

Final round
Canada and Great Britain in the final round.
The final game, between Canada and the United States.
Team GP W L GF GA
 Canada 330473
 United States 321326
 Great Britain 312633
 Sweden 303346

Note: The CAN v SWE and USA v GBR games were carried forward from the previous round.

The decisive match between Canada and the United States was refereed by Paul Loicq, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation.[2]

1 Feb Canada19:2
(6:2,6:0,7:0)		 Great Britain
1 Feb United States20:0
(5:0,7:0,8:0)		 Sweden
2 Feb Great Britain4:3
(0:1,2:2,2:0)		 Sweden
3 Feb Canada6:1
(2:1,3:0,1:0)		 United States

Statistics

Average age

Team Czechoslovakia was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 31 years and 5 months. Team Belgium was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 24 years and 1 months. Gold medalists Canada averaged 25 years and 2 months. Tournament average was 27 years and 11 months.[3]

Top scorer
Team GP G A Pts
Harry Watson 537946

Final ranking
The French national team.
1 Canada (CAN)
2 United States (USA)
3 Great Britain (GBR)
4 Sweden (SWE)
5 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
5 France (FRA)
7 Belgium (BEL)
7 Switzerland (SUI)

These standings are presented as the IIHF has them,[4] however the IOC does not rank the teams below 4th[5]

References
  1. "Ice Hockey at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  2. "Canadians Win Hectic Hockey Tussle". Evening Independent. Massillon, Ohio. 4 February 1924. p. 8.
  3. "Team Canada - Olympics - Chamonix 1924 - Player Stats". QuantHockey. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  4. IIHF Media Guide and Record Book (2011) p. 103
  5. IOC database of results
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