Karel Reisko CoEducational Grammar School of Saaremaa Form

Warning! This presentation may cause a brain to overheat, because of the enormous amount

Here we go. . . The official name was “Games of the XIV Olympiad”

Actually, the London Games were scheduled to 1944, but it was postponed because

The Opening ceremony: 29 th of July was brilliantly sunny day The competitors

Overview of the sports events: Athletics: 33 athletics events were contested; 24 for

Football: 18 teams were contested. The shiniest medal was claimed by Sweden, who

London was the first Olympics to have a politican deflection: Marie Provaznikova, who

Medals: First: The United States with 38 gold, 27 silver and 19 bronze

Thank You for your attention!! Sources: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/London_1948 http: //news. bbc. co.

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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. 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. . .

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

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

The Opening ceremony: 29 th 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

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 10 km 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

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

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

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 12 th place with 3 gold, 14 silver and 6 bronze medals

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