Summer Olympics 1948

E11221

Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The Summer Olympics 1948 were the first Olympic Games held after World War II, often called the "Austerity Games" due to postwar rationing and economic hardship.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
1948 Summer Olympics	30
1944 Summer Olympics in London	1
1948 Summer Olympics in London	1
1948 Summer Olympics opening ceremony	1
London 1948	1
Summer Olympics 1948 canonical	1

Statements (81)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olympic Games ⓘ Summer Olympic Games ⓘ multi-sport event ⓘ
alsoUsedVenue	Empire Pool ⓘ Henley-on-Thames ⓘ Herne Hill Velodrome ⓘ Torquay ⓘ surface form: Torbay
artCompetitionsFinalAppearance	true ⓘ
athletesOathBy	Donald Finlay ⓘ
cancellationReasonOf1944Games	World War II ⓘ
cauldronLighter	John Mark ⓘ
closingDate	1948-08-14 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
excludedCountry	West Germany ⓘ surface form: Germany Japan ⓘ
featuredSport	art competitions ⓘ athletics ⓘ basketball ⓘ boxing ⓘ cycling ⓘ fencing ⓘ field hockey ⓘ football ⓘ gymnastics ⓘ rowing ⓘ sailing ⓘ swimming ⓘ water polo ⓘ weightlifting ⓘ wrestling ⓘ
firstTelevisionCoverageBy	BBC ⓘ
gamesOfTheOlympiad	XIV Olympiad ⓘ
headOfOrganizingCommittee	Lord Burghley ⓘ
hostCity	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
hostCityBidYear	1944 ⓘ
hostCitySelectedBy	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
hostCitySelectedOn	1939-06-09 ⓘ
hostNation	Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
introducedSport	canoe slalom demonstration ⓘ
IOCPresidentDuringGames	Sigfrid Edström ⓘ
IOCSession	38th IOC Session ⓘ
mainCurrencyContext	postwar British austerity ⓘ
mainStadium	Wembley Stadium ⓘ
motto	Austerity Games ⓘ
nextEvent	1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ
nickname	Austerity Games ⓘ
nonInvitedEntity	Soviet Union ⓘ
notableAthlete	Bob Mathias ⓘ Emil Zátopek ⓘ Fanny Blankers-Koen ⓘ Karoly Takacs ⓘ
notableContext	first Olympic Games after a 12-year hiatus due to World War II ⓘ held during postwar rationing in Britain ⓘ
numberOfAthletes	4104 ⓘ
numberOfEvents	136 ⓘ
numberOfFemaleAthletes	390 ⓘ
numberOfMaleAthletes	3714 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations	59 ⓘ
numberOfSports	17 ⓘ
occurredAfter	World War II ⓘ
officialPosterDesigner	Walter Herz ⓘ
openingDate	1948-07-29 ⓘ
openingDeclaredBy	George VI ⓘ surface form: King George VI
originallyPlannedAs	Summer Olympics 1948 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1944 Summer Olympics in London
previousEvent	1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) ⓘ surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics
selectionSessionCity	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
selectionSessionCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
selectionSessionNumber	38 ⓘ
televisionCoverageRegion	United Kingdom ⓘ
torchRelayCountriesPassed	Belgium ⓘ France ⓘ Greece ⓘ Italy ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
torchRelayFrom	Olympia ⓘ
torchRelayTo	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
usedExistingFacilities	true ⓘ
year	1948 ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

London, England → hosted → Summer Olympics 1948 ⓘ

subject surface form: London

1936 Summer Olympics (Berlin) → followedBy → Summer Olympics 1948 ⓘ

subject surface form: 1936 Summer Olympics