1948 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Host city | London, England, United Kingdom | ||
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Nations | 59 | ||
Athletes | 4,104 (3,714 men, 390 women) | ||
Events | 136 in 17 sports (23 disciplines) | ||
Opening | 29 July | ||
Closing | 14 August | ||
Opened by | |||
Cauldron | |||
Stadium | Wembley Stadium | ||
Summer | |||
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Winter | |||
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The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were held at London in the United Kingdom.[2]
These were the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, because no Games were held during World War II.
In part, the games were thought to be a success because the Organizing Committee did not go into debt. The final financial report showed a ₤29,000 profit.[3]
Participating nations
[change | change source]A total of 59 nations sent athletes to compete at the London Games.[4]
Afghanistan
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bermuda
Brazil
British Guiana
Burma
Canada
Ceylon
Chile
Republic of China
Colombia
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
United Kingdom
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
India
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
South Korea
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
Related pages
[change | change source]References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games f the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 13 September 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ↑ Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1948 London Summer Games" Archived 2020-04-28 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-23.
- ↑ Zarnowski, C. Frank. "A Look at Olympic Costs," Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Citius, Altius, Fortius (US). Summer 1992, Vol. 1, Issue 1, p. 22 [7 of 14 PDF]; retrieved 2012-7-24.
- ↑ Taking part in the games for the first time were British Guiana (now Guyana), Burma (now Myanmar), Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Korea, Lebanon, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to 1948 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons