Paris 1924

As the Summer Olympics returns to Paris in 2024, a century on from the last time they were held there, The Athletics Museum looks at the legacy of those games and some of the famous names who emerged from them.

The 1981 film Chariots of Fire, tells the story of athletes Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams and is based on events leading up to and at the Olympics of 1924.

Students from Eric Liddell’s former school took on a gruelling 680 mile run from Paris to St Andrews to mark 100 years since Liddell’s feats in Paris 1924 and raise money for charity.

Professor Ian Stone tells the story of Alec Nelson, a professional trainer and coach at the Paris Olympics – a professional in an amateur age.