Paavo Nurmi, pacing himself to extraordinary victories with his famous gold watch, may have been outdated, as the self wind wrist watch was obsolete by 1924. Athletes' greatest boost may have Wheaties Cereal, the self-proclaimed "Breakfast of Champions", new on the shelves this year. Britain saw it's first labor government but the nation's Olympic champions were largely from the aristocratic class, like Lord Burghly and Oxford's Harold Abrahms. Iron Horse was big on the silver screen, but the world would have to wait almost 50 years for a cinematic recollection of the 1924 games -- the 1981 Academy Award winner, Chariots of Fire.