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The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics held since the 1936 Games in ...
The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
A bronze medal from the 1980 Summer Olympics featuring a similar design on the obverse to that of the 1948 medals [12] This is the full table of the medal count of the 1948 Summer Olympics, based on the medal count of the IOC. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a nation.
Here's when the Games started, and how old they are ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics: How old are the Olympics? History, host cities of modern Games ahead of 2024 Paris Olympics
In honor of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, here are 100-year-old photos of the 1924 Olympics in the City of Light.
He began Olympika in 1992, the first peer-reviewed academic journal focused on the Olympic Games. [ 79 ] [ 80 ] The International Society of Olympic Historians was founded in 1991, which publishes the Journal of Olympic History .
The first time was in 1900, and the last time was a century ago in 1924. There are about twice as many sports at the 2024 Paris games as there were a century ago.
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: Spiele der XI. Olympiade) and officially branded as Berlin 1936, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then part of Nazi Germany.