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1948 Summer Olympics

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Sixteen wrestling events were held, eight Greco-Roman and eight freestyle. All were open to men only. Both categories were dominated by two nations. Turkey was the most successful nation with six gold medals followed by Sweden receiving 5 gold medals. These two teams claimed 24 total medals, in other
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of Finland, who took three golds, a silver and a bronze in men's gymnastics. The United States won the most gold and overall medals, having 300 athletes compared to the United Kingdom's 404. France fielded the second largest team, with 316 athletes and finished third in the medal standings. The host
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Empire Stadium was the venue for 33 athletics events at the Games; 24 for men and nine for women. Of these, four were making their Olympic debut – the men's 10 km walk, and the women's 200 metres, long jump and shot put. A total of 754 athletes from 53 countries participated in athletics.
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Thus were launched the Olympic Games of London, under the most happy auspices. The smooth-running Ceremony, which profoundly moved not only all who saw it but also the millions who were listening-in on the radio throughout the world, and the glorious weather in which it took place, combined to give
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and saw the president of the International Olympic Committee to discuss the question of London being chosen for this great event. As a result, an investigating committee was set up by the British Olympic Council to work out in some detail the possibility of holding the Games. After several meetings
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of the Netherlands, a 30-year-old mother of two children nicknamed "The Flying Housewife", won four gold medals, in the 100 metres, 200 metres, 80 metre high hurdles, and 4 x 100 metre relay. As world record holder in the long jump and high jump Blankers-Koen may have
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Eighteen nations fielded a team in these games, which were ultimately won by Italy, who were undefeated throughout. The tournament was conducted in a mult-tier bracket, with the best four teams from the group stages participating in a final round-robin bracket. Silver was claimed by Hungary, and
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event was contested, the five component sports– riding, fencing, shooting, swimming, and running- being held over six days. Scoring was by point-for-place system across the five phases with the winner being the athlete with the lowest combined ranking. The sport's international federation, the
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were introduced for the first time. There were twenty of them—one for each Olympic sport and three separate pictograms for the arts competition, the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony. They were called "Olympic symbols" and intended for use on tickets. The background of each pictogram
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Six events were contested, all for men only. These games marked the addition of the bantamweight class to the Olympic programme, the first change to the programme since 1920. The United States won four gold medals, and eight overall; the remaining two gold medals were claimed by Egypt.
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Your Majesty: The hour has struck. A visionary dream has today become a glorious reality. At the end of the worldwide struggle in 1945, many institutions and associations were found to have withered and only the strongest had survived. How, many wondered, had the great Olympic Movement
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had been a member of the Hungary's world champion pistol shooting team in 1938 when a grenade shattered his right hand – his pistol hand. Takács taught himself to shoot with his left hand and, 10 years after his injury, he won an Olympic gold medal in the rapid-fire pistol event.
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Nicknamed "relay of peace" due to crossing through several countries in Europe to represent their union after the Second World War, the torch relay for these games took place from 17 to 29 July 1948, with a distance of 3,160 kilometres (1,960 mi) and 1,416 torchbearers.
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Nine events were contested, eight for men, and one for women. In the men's pommel horse, a tie was declared between three competitors, all Finns, and no medals other than gold were awarded in this event. Finland won six gold medals overall, and Switzerland three.
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where cycling events were staged, was saved when a new 15-year lease was agreed meaning that repairs could take place. Campaigners and users of the track had feared that it would be forced to close as it was in desperate need of refurbishment.
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At 4 pm, the time shown on the clock tower on the London Games symbol, the King declared the Games open, 2,500 pigeons were set free and the Olympic Flag raised to its 35 ft (11 m) flagpole at the end of the stadium. The
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The 1948 Olympics came to be known as the "Austerity Games" due to the difficult economic climate and rationing imposed in the aftermath of World War II. No new venues were built for the games (with events taking place mainly at
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won three medals, two silver and a bronze, having previously won a gold medal in the 1936 Games. Throughout his career the Italian won 13 Olympic fencing medals and 27 world championship medals, both of which remain records.
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won gold the despite the Danish Olympic Committee having misgivings about sending him to compete as the 18-year-old could speak no English. This was the first of four consecutive Olympics with a gold medal for Elvstrøm.
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Thirteen nations participated in the field hockey competition. The tournament was ultimately won by India, who defeated Great Britain to claim the country's first gold medal as an independent nation under captain
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Seven rowing events were contested, all open to men only. Great Britain and the United States each claimed two gold medals. The events were held on the River Thames at Henley, over the same course as the
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competed as fully independent nations at the Olympic Games. Germany, and Japan, under Allied military occupations, were not allowed to send athletes to the games. Due to continuing labour shortages,
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the number of talented amateurs for teams to select from was reduced. The gold medal was won by Sweden, who defeated Yugoslavia 3–1 in the final. Denmark defeated hosts Great Britain, managed by
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Four events were contested, all open to both men and women, although all medals were won by men. In the 50 metre rifle, prone position, only two points separated the top three competitors.
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This was the first international football tournament ever to be broadcast on television, with the two semi-finals, the bronze medal match and the final all being shown live in full by the BBC.
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became the first woman of colour in the world and the first African-American woman to win a gold medal in track and field in the history of the modern Olympics with a jump of 1.68 m (5' 6
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Nine events were contested, eight for men and one for women. This marked the first time that a women's canoeing event had been contested in the Olympics. Sweden won four gold medals (two by
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After welcoming the athletes to two weeks of "keen but friendly rivalry", he said London represented a "warm flame of hope for a better understanding in the world which has burned so low."
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These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1948 Summer Games, ranked by number of gold medals won. The host nation was 12th, with 23 medals, including three golds.
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filming process – dubbed "Technichrome" – whereby hundreds of hours of film documented the events in colour, without having to use expensive and heavy Technicolor cameras.
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Of the live television coverage, only a small section of the opening ceremony broadcast still exists in the archives. However, various filmed reports shot for the BBC's
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Categories: sports-related architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture. These Olympics were the last time art competitions were considered Olympic events.
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of the United States. He became the youngest ever Olympic gold medallist in athletics and when asked how he would celebrate he replied: "I'll start shaving, I guess."
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of Great Britain passed him, with Cabrera winning the gold medal and Richards obtaining the silver. Gailly managed to recover enough to cross the line for the bronze.
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events. No women's cycling events were contested. France won three gold medals and Italy two, while Great Britain captured five medals overall, but none were gold.
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Eleven events were contested, six for men and five for women. The United States won eight gold medals, including all six men's events, and 15 medals in total.
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Basketball made its second appearance as a medal sport, appearing as an indoor competition for the first time after poor weather disrupted the matches at the
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on behalf of all competitors. The National Anthem was sung and the massed athletes turned and marched out of the stadium, led by Greece, tailed by Britain.
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Four diving events were contested, two for men, and two for women. The events are labelled as 3  metre springboard and 10  metre platform by the
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was named Chairman of the Organising and Executive Committees. The other members of the committees were: Colonel Evan Hunter, General Secretary of the
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Lacrosse was an exhibition sport at these Olympics. An English team composed of players from various universities played a U.S. team represented by
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Games". Athletes were given the same increased rations as dockers and miners, 5,467 calories a day instead of the normal 2,600. Building an
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became the youngest male ever to win an Olympic track and field gold medal at the age of seventeen. The most individual medals were won by
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Eighteen teams entered the football competition at these Olympics. Due to the rise of the professional game during the 12 years since the
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became the first Jamaican to win an Olympic gold medal, in the men's 400 metres; he also won silver in the men's 800 metres.
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had been provisionally planned for London. This was the second time London hosted the Olympic Games, having previously hosted them in
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Objects and photographs from the collections of the Museum of London, London Transport Museum, Jewish Museum and Museum of Croydon.
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and all other venues were adapted. For the first time at the Olympics swimming events were held undercover, at the 8000 capacity
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won the first medal for Iran in an Olympic games, winning bronze in the featherweight division; gold medal was won by Egyptian
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1948 Summer Olympics Poster map showing with the flags of the nations expected to be in the Summer Olympics of that year.
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with impressive Olympian good looks. Mark ran a lap of the track – created with cinders from the domestic coal fires of
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was invited but they chose not to send any athletes, sending observers instead to prepare for the 1952 Olympics.
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The 1948 Summer Olympics featured 136 medal events, covering 23 disciplines in 17 different sports and in arts.
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birth to a spirit which was to permeate the whole of the following two weeks of thrilling and intensive sport.
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been able to win further medals but, at this time, female athletes were limited to three individual events.
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In June 1946 the IOC, through a postal vote, gave the summer Games to London and the winter competition to
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was deemed too expensive, and athletes were housed in existing accommodation. Male competitors stayed at
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The Games of 1944 had been allocated to London and so it was that in November 1945, the Chairman of the
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The torch was designed by Ralph Lavers. There were three types of torches: the standard one made of
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in Helsinki. A record 59 nations were represented by 4,104 athletes, 3,714 men, and 390 women in 19
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of Belgium, exhausted and nearly unable to run. While he was struggling, Argentinian athlete
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The Games opened on 29 July. Army bands began playing at 2 pm for the 85,000 spectators in
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during the war in Britain; because of this the 1948 Olympics came to be known as the "
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A total of 59 nations sent athletes. Thirteen made their first official appearance:
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won the first medal for Trinidad and Tobago in an Olympic games, winning silver and
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was founded during the Games, on 3 August 1948. Sweden won two medals in the event;
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In the list below, the number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.
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woman to win a medal, winning bronze in a track and field event. A few days later
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The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948
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The opening ceremony and over 60 hours of Games coverage was broadcast live on
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were used for the construction of the facilities for the games, in particular
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At the time of the Games, food, petrol and building were still subject to the
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The marathon saw a dramatic finish with the first man to enter the stadium,
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Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees (by highest to lowest)
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Working Lives: Gender, Migration and Employment in Britain, 1945-2007
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Delfo Cabrera crossing the finish line to take gold in the marathon
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The cities and towns visited by the Olympic flame were as follows:
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should be invited to apply for the allocation of the Games in 1948.
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London was the first Olympics to have a political defection.
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1948 London Olympic medals being minted at the works of
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Bids for the 1948 Summer Olympics
The Palace of Westminster, a Gothic architecture building with two towers, sits behind the Olympic rings. The words "XIVth Olympiad" is written across the top in a semi-circular shape, while the words "London 1948" is written at the bottom of the logo.
London
Nations
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King
George VI
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Wembley Stadium
Berlin 1936
London 1944
Helsinki 1952
Garmisch 1936
Cortina 1944
Oslo 1952
1948 Summer Olympics
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