Three years of global confrontation had ended, London was ready to give shelter to a new edition of the Olympic Games. (Remember that because of the Second World War, there was no Olympics in 1940 or 1944). The return of the Olympics is seen as distension necessary after such barbarity. But every war
sequelae.
Unlike previous Olympics, austerity was the keynote. The London Games lacked the new facilities in Los Angeles and Berlin at the time, but as the sports facilities of the British capital had survived the war in good condition, because it appealed to them.
(Neither Germany nor Japan, the defeated countries were invited to participate in the Olympic fair. The Soviet Union decided not to participate. In any case, were the first games to accommodate the Communist bloc itself decided to participate, such as Hungary, Yugoslavia and Poland).
status Wembley hosted the opening ceremony, there was no Olympic village, the women are housed in dormitories at Southlands Colllege while men were given lodging at an army camp in Uxbridge.
More than 4,000 athletes from 59 countries participated in the fun in the play bad weather and a muddy track and conspired against the achievement of good times: it was the fewest games in history Olympic records.
Competencies for women widened to 10 events with the addition of the career of the 200 meter dash, long jump and shot put.
The figure on this occasion was a 30 year old woman, a blonde Dutch-countries low-, mother of three children (two, says the Encyclopedia Britannica), who went by the name of Fanny Blankers-Koen, who was able to triumph in the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 4 x 80 m hurdles and 100 dash. (To make matters worse, he could not compete, because I was going to do ", in the long jump, by agreement with other evidence, despite being the favorite, since at that time held the world record).
In the men highlighted the Czech Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia, ahead of Finnish distance runners, winning gold in the 10,000 meter race, the first gold medal of four would get in his Olympic career. But also noteworthy is the American, Bob Mathias, who won the decathlon with only 17 years.
Read also: London 1908
sequelae.
Unlike previous Olympics, austerity was the keynote. The London Games lacked the new facilities in Los Angeles and Berlin at the time, but as the sports facilities of the British capital had survived the war in good condition, because it appealed to them.
(Neither Germany nor Japan, the defeated countries were invited to participate in the Olympic fair. The Soviet Union decided not to participate. In any case, were the first games to accommodate the Communist bloc itself decided to participate, such as Hungary, Yugoslavia and Poland).
status Wembley hosted the opening ceremony, there was no Olympic village, the women are housed in dormitories at Southlands Colllege while men were given lodging at an army camp in Uxbridge.
More than 4,000 athletes from 59 countries participated in the fun in the play bad weather and a muddy track and conspired against the achievement of good times: it was the fewest games in history Olympic records.
Competencies for women widened to 10 events with the addition of the career of the 200 meter dash, long jump and shot put.
The figure on this occasion was a 30 year old woman, a blonde Dutch-countries low-, mother of three children (two, says the Encyclopedia Britannica), who went by the name of Fanny Blankers-Koen, who was able to triumph in the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 4 x 80 m hurdles and 100 dash. (To make matters worse, he could not compete, because I was going to do ", in the long jump, by agreement with other evidence, despite being the favorite, since at that time held the world record).
In the men highlighted the Czech Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia, ahead of Finnish distance runners, winning gold in the 10,000 meter race, the first gold medal of four would get in his Olympic career. But also noteworthy is the American, Bob Mathias, who won the decathlon with only 17 years.
Read also: London 1908
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