Olympic Games 1924. Participation medal Chamonix and Winner medal I Olympic Winter Games 1924 Chamonix: in bronze from the first ever Olympic Winter Games (R. Bénard). There were only 258 participants in the games, and this was the first and only time that the participation medals were also used for the Olympic 3rd place bronze medal. Size 5.5 cm, in bronze. EF. Hallmarked "bronze." Condition: A