1948 Summer Olympics

Games of the XIV Olympiad
Host city	London, England, United Kingdom
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	King George VI
Cauldron	John Mark
Stadium	Wembley Stadium
Summer
Winter

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were held at London in the United Kingdom.^[2]

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Delfo Cabrera became notable when he won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1948 games

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

A total of 59 nations sent athletes to compete at the London Games.^[4] <div style="-moz-column-count:

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1948 Summer Olympics Media

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1948 London Olympic medals being minted at the works of John Pinches in Clapham
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The XIV Olympic Games opens in London, 1948
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Start of the 50 km walk
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Delfo Cabrera crossing the finish line to take gold in the marathon
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Gold medalist William Grut of Sweden (foreground) competing in the running component of the modern pentathlon.
Poster promoting the 1948 Olympics
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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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Number of athletes per country

Related pages

List of IOC country codes

References

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Countries at the 1948 Olympics

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 International Olympic Committee (13 September 2013). "Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games f the Olympiad". Press release. https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf. 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

Media related to 1948 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

IOC page for the 1948 Summer Olympics

Olympic Games

Summer Games: 1896, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1912, (1916), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028
Winter Games: 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, (1940), (1944), 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022
Athens 2004 — Turin 2006 — Beijing 2008 — Vancouver 2010 — London 2012 — Sochi 2014 — Rio 2016 — Pyeongchang 2018 — Tokyo 2020 Games in italics will be held in the future, and those in (brackets) were cancelled because of war. See also: Ancient Olympic Games

Youth Olympic Games

Summer Games: 2010, 2014, 2018
Winter Games: 2012, 2016
Singapore 2010 — Innsbruck 2012 — Nanjing 2014

[Opening_and_Cauldron-1] 1.0 ^1.1 International Olympic Committee (13 September 2013). "Factsheet – Opening Ceremony of the Games f the Olympiad". Press release. https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

[2] Sports Reference.com (SR/Olympics), "1948 London Summer Games" Archived 2020-04-28 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-7-23.

[3] 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.

[4] 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.

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