What was the 1924 Chamonix event originally called?

The 1924 Chamonix event was originally called International Winter Sports Week. In French, its name was Semaine internationale des sports d'hiver, reflecting its status as a special winter-sports festival rather than a formally established Winter Olympics.

The event was organized in Chamonix, France, from 25 January to 5 February 1924. France had hosted the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, and the International Olympic Committee agreed that the country could stage a separate international week devoted to snow and ice sports.

The competitions included skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, figure skating, speed skating, ice hockey, bobsleigh, and curling. At the time, the IOC did not yet use the official title Winter Olympic Games for the gathering. In 1926, the committee retrospectively recognized Chamonix as the first Winter Olympics.

That history explains why some records describe the event differently. “Olympic Snow Week” and “World Winter Festival” are plausible-sounding names, but neither was the original official description. The later Olympic designation changed the event's historical status, not its original name.