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1948 Summer Olympics in London

Karel Reisko Co-Educational Grammar School of Saaremaa Form 10 A. 1948 Summer Olympics in London. The most interesting facts about London Olympics. Warning!. This presentation may cause a brain to overheat, because of the enormous amount of the information.

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1948 Summer Olympics in London

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  1. Karel Reisko Co-Educational Grammar School of Saaremaa Form 10 A 1948 Summer Olympics in London The most interesting facts about London Olympics

  2. Warning! This presentation may cause a brain to overheat, because of the enormous amount of the information. So please take a comfortable position and if you need something to drink, go and have it right away, because no one knows what might happen...

  3. Here we go... • The official name was “Games of the XIVOlympiad” • It began on the 29th of July and ended on the 14th of August • 59 nations participated • 4,104 athletes participated, including 3,714 men and 390 women • Official stadium of the games was Wembley Stadium

  4. Actually, the London Games were scheduled to 1944, but it was postponed because of the World War II • The games were the first ones after the 1936 Berlin’s Olympic Games • London was selected ahead of Baltimore, Lausanne, Los Angeles and Philadelphia to host the next Olympic Games

  5. The Opening ceremony: • 29th of July was brilliantly sunny day • The competitors entered the stadium in 50 minutes • The last team who entered was the UK-s team • At 4 p.m. 2500 pidgeons were set free to spread the peace-spirit of the games • Greece was the first one to leave the stadium, and UK-s team was the last one

  6. Overview of the sports events: • Athletics: 33 athletics events were contested; 24 for men and 9 for women. 4 of these were making their debut - the men's 10km walk, the women's 200 meters, long jump and shot put • Duncan White won the first ever medal for Sri Lanka in Ahtletics • Basketball: 23 nations entered the competition. The United States defeated France 65-21 in the final. Brazil was the third

  7. Football: 18 teams were contested. The shiniest medal was claimed by Sweden, who defeated Yugoslavia 3-1 in the final. Denmark won the bronze medal • Hockey: 13 nations participated. Surprisingly, the gold medal went to India, who won Great Britain. It was the first medal for India as an independent nation • Swimming: 11 events were contested, 6 for men and 5 for women. USA won 8 gold medals, and 15 medals in total

  8. London was the first Olympics to have a politican deflection: Marie Provaznikova, who won a gold medal with Czechoslovakian gymnastics team, refused to return home because the lack of freedom, effectuated by The Soviet Union • 14 countries made their debut: Burma, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Korea, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago and so on • It was the only time Korea performed as a united team

  9. Medals: • First: The United States with 38 gold, 27 silver and 19 bronze medals • Second: Sweden with 16 gold, 11 silver and 17 bronze medals • Third: France with 10 gold, 6 silver and 13 bronze medals • The host nation was placed on the 12th place with 3 gold, 14 silver and 6 bronze medals

  10. Thank You for your attention!! Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_1948 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6490421.stm http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic-art/972394/88012/Micheline-Ostermeyer-putting-the-shot-at-the-1948-Olympics-in

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