Games of the XIV Olympiad

E288073

Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

Games of the XIV Olympiad were the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, notable as the first Olympics after a 12-year hiatus due to World War II.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Games of the XIV Olympiad canonical	5
The Olympic Games of Peace	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Summer Olympic Games ⓘ multi-sport event ⓘ
athleteAccommodation	existing military camps and colleges ⓘ
broadcastMedium	radio ⓘ
canceledOlympiadsDuringHiatus	1940 Summer Olympics ⓘ 1944 Summer Olympics ⓘ
cauldronLighter	John Mark ⓘ
closingDate	1948-08-14 ⓘ
followedBy	Games of the XV Olympiad ⓘ
foodRationingInHostCountry	true ⓘ
germanyParticipation	excluded ⓘ
hiatusCause	World War II ⓘ
hiatusLength	12 years ⓘ
hostCity	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
hostCitySelectedBy	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
hostCitySelectionYear	1946 ⓘ
hostContinent	Europe ⓘ
hostCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
introducedEvent	women's 200-metre breaststroke in swimming ⓘ
introducedSport	canoeing for women ⓘ
iocSessionForSelection	IOC Session in Lausanne ⓘ surface form: 40th IOC Session in Lausanne
italyParticipation	allowed ⓘ
japanParticipation	excluded ⓘ
legacy	symbol of post-war recovery and international reconciliation ⓘ
mainStadium	Wembley Stadium ⓘ
motto	Austerity Games ⓘ surface form: The Austerity Games
nextSummerOlympicsYear	1952 ⓘ
nickName	Austerity Games ⓘ
notableFeature	first Olympic Games held after World War II ⓘ first Olympics after a 12-year hiatus ⓘ no new purpose-built athlete village due to austerity ⓘ
numberOfAthletes	over 4000 ⓘ
numberOfEvents	136 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations	59 ⓘ
numberOfSports	17 ⓘ
officialName	Games of the XIV Olympiad self-link ⓘ
olympiadNumber	14 ⓘ
olympicTorchRelayEndLocation	Wembley Stadium ⓘ
olympicTorchRelayStartLocation	Olympia, Greece ⓘ
openingDate	1948-07-29 ⓘ
openingDeclaredBy	George VI ⓘ surface form: King George VI
partialTelevisionCoverage	yes ⓘ
politicalContext	early Cold War period ⓘ
precededBy	Games of the XI Olympiad ⓘ
previousSummerOlympicsYear	1936 ⓘ
reasonForNickname	held under post-war economic austerity conditions ⓘ
shortName	Summer Olympics 1948 ⓘ surface form: 1948 Summer Olympics Summer Olympics 1948 ⓘ surface form: London 1948
sovietUnionParticipation	did not participate ⓘ
year	1948 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Games of the XI Olympiad → followedBy → Games of the XIV Olympiad ⓘ

XIV Olympiad → officialName → Games of the XIV Olympiad ⓘ

XIV Olympiad → motto → Games of the XIV Olympiad ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Olympic Games of Peace

Games of the XV Olympiad → previousSummerOlympics → Games of the XIV Olympiad ⓘ

Games of the XIV Olympiad → officialName → Games of the XIV Olympiad self-link ⓘ

Games of the XII Olympiad → followedBy → Games of the XIV Olympiad ⓘ