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]

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]

Related pages

List of IOC country codes

References

Countries at the 1948 Olympics

↑ ^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

Media related to 1948 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons

IOC page for the 1948 Summer Olympics

[Opening_and_Cauldron-1] 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.

[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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