London 1948 -- Games of the XIV Olympiad
London, Torquay, XIV Olympiad, 13 August 1948. Dane Paul ELVSTROM pictured after winning the Firefly class of the yachting competition. Denmark came first in the event with a total of 5,543 points. Credit: Getty Images/Hulton Archive
London, Wembley, 4 August 1948: the competitors in action during the 80m hurdles event: (R-L) Francina BLANKERS-KOEN from Netherlands, 1st, Maureen GARDNER from Great Britain, 2nd, and Shirley STRICKLAND-DE LA HUNTY from Australia, 3rd. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections
London 1948: Francina BLANKERS-KOEN from the Netherlands with four gold medals, welcomed by the people of Amsterdam. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections
London, 13 August 1948, Games of the XIV Olympiad. Medals ceremony for the men's middleweight boxing: (L to R) Ivano FONTANA of Italy, 3rd, Lazlo PAPP of Hungary, 1st, and John A. WRIGHT of Great Britain, 2nd. Credit: Getty Images/Hulton Getty
London, 1948. Games of the XIV Olympiad. Men's Athletics, 5000m. Emil ZATOPEK from Czechoslovakia (2nd), Swede Erik AHLDEN (4th), Gaston REIFF from Belgium (1st), and Willem SLIJKHUIS of the Netherlands (3rd) during the race. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections
London, August 1948, Games of the XIV Olympiad. Men's athletics, decathlon: eventual winner Robert MATHIAS of the United States throwing the discus. Credit: Getty Images
London, 4 August 1948, Games of the XIV Olympiad. Women's athletics, 80m hurdles final (L to R) Libuse LOMSKA-GEISLEROVA of Czechoslovakia 6th, Shirley STRICKLAND-DE LA HUNTY of Australia 3rd, Yvette MONGINOU of France 4th, Maria OBERBREYER-TRÖSCH of Austria 5th, Maureen GARDNER of Great Britain 2nd and Francina BLANKERS-KOEN of the Netherlands 1st. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections
London, 2 August 1948, Games of the XIV Olympiad. Women's athletics: the competitors at the finish in the 100m final: Francina BLANKERS-KOEN of the Netherlands 1st followed by Dorothy MANLEY (nb 691) of Great Britain 2nd and by Shirley STRICKLAND-DE LA HUNTY of Australia (nb 668) 3rd. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections
London, 4 August 1948, Games of the XIV Olympiad. Women's athletics, medal ceremony for the 80m hurdles: Shirley STRICKLAND-DE LA HUNTY of Australia 3rd, Maureen GARDNER of Great Britain 2nd and Francina BLANKERS-KOEN of the Netherlands 1st. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections
London, Wembley Stadium, 29 July 1948, Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XIV Olympiad: John Mark lights the cauldron containing the Olympic flame. Credit: IOC/Olympic Museum collections
London, Wembley Stadium, August 1948: officials, spectators and competitors at the starting line of the men's 10000m during the Games of the XIV Olympiad. Credit: IOC, Olympic Museum collections/Collection Paul Martin
London, Wembley Stadium, 29 July 1948: from the Royal Box His Majesty King George VI waves to the flag-bearers during the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XIV Olympiad. Credit: IOC/Olympic Museum collections
London, Wembley Stadium, 29 July 1948, Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XIV Olympiad: general view of the stadium with the delegations and the release of the doves. Credit: IOC/Olympic Museum collections
London, Wembley Stadium, August 1948: Medals ceremony for the 62kg freestyle wrestling by IOC President Sigfried Edström at the Games of the XIV Olympiad. On the podium are Swede Ivar Sjolin 2nd, Turk Gazanfer 1st and Swiss Adolf Muller 3rd. Credit: IOC/Olympic Museum collections
London, August 1948, general view of the men's eights (with cox) rowing at the Games of the XIV Olympiad. At the finish line, in front of the spectators: USA 1st, Great Britain 2nd and Norway 3rd. Credit: IOC/Olympic Museum collections
Games of the XIV Olympiad, London 1948. Men's 59kg weightlifting, medals ceremony: Englishman Julian Creus 2nd, Joseph de Pietro from the USA 1st and Richard Tom from the USA 3rd. Credit: IOC/Olympic Museum collections
Games of the XIV Olympiad, London, August 1948. Men's artistic gymnastics. Swiss Michael Reusch, 1st in the parallel bars final, in action before the audience. Credit: IOC/Olympic Museum collections
London, August 1948. Women's foil at the Games of the XIV Olympiad. Austrian Frienerike Wenisch-Filz 5th and Danishwoman Karen Lachman 2nd, on the left. Credit: IOC/Olympic Museum collections/RÜBELT Lothar
Tor Bay. 10 August 1948. A sailing regatta, 6m category, at the Games of the XIV Olympiad. In the first row, Belgian sailor Lalage, 6th, with Louis Franck, Emile Hayoit, Willy Huybrechts and Henrik Van Riel. Credit: IOC/Olympic Museum collections
London, Wembley Stadium, August 1948. Men's athletics, 3000m steeplechase during the Games of the XIV Olympiad, Swedes no. 355 Erik Elmsäter, 2nd, and no. 357 Tore Sjöstrand, 1st, followed by Frenchman no. 347 Roger Chesneau, 10th. Credit: IOC/Olympic Museum collections
