1940 Summer Olympics

The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as Games of the XII Olympiad, were not held.

The games were planned for Tokyo in Japan, but the Japanese organizers withdrew in 1938 because of the Second Sino-Japanese War.^[1]

The games were cancelled because of World War II.^[3]

1940 Summer Olympics Media

Twelfth Tokyo Olympics (1940 Summer Olympics) souvenir handflag, 1936 AD - Edo-Tokyo Museum - Sumida, Tokyo, Japan - DSC06952.jpg

Twelfth Tokyo Olympics (1940 Summer Olympics) souvenir handflag, 1936 AD - Edo-Tokyo Museum - Sumida, Tokyo, Japan,
Equipment made in Yleisradio's workshop at the end of the 1930's intended for broadcasting the 1940 Olympics, ca. 1940. (15301312367).jpg

Equipment manufactured by Yle, the Finnish broadcasting company, and AEG for the purpose of broadcasting coverage of the 1940 Games

↑ Organizing Committee of the XIIth Olympiad. (1940). Report of the Organizing Committee on Its Work for the XIIth Olympic Games of 1940 in Tokyo Until the Relinquishment, p. 177 [201 of 207 PDF];Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2012-7-25.
↑ Morin, Relman "Japan Abandons Olympics Because of War," The Evening Independent (US). July 14, 1938, p. 6; Organizing Committee, Introduction by Matsuzo Nagai, p. vi [9 of 207 PDF]; Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2012-7-25.
↑ 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 17 PDF]; retrieved 2012-7-25.

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