One hundred years on from the Paris Olympics of 1924, as the Games are set to return to the French capital in 2024, this book explores how the modernist culture of that vibrant city shaped the future of sport and the Games we know today. Through art, fashion, film, photography and sport memorabilia, Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body looks back on the pivotal moments when traditions and traiblazers collided, fusing the Olympics' classical legacy with the European avant-grade spirit. It was a breakthough that forever changed attitudes towords sporting achievement and celebrity, as well as body image and identity, nationalism and class, race and gender. Published alongside an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, this richly illustrated catalogue also highlights the extraodinary achievemnts of the Cambridge University students who won no less than 11 Olympic medals for great Britain that year, including the sprinter Harold Abrahams, whose story inspired the award-winning film Chariots of Fire.