Austerity Games

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Olympic_Games
gptkbp:commonName gptkb:1948_Summer_Olympics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:endDate 1948-08-14
gptkbp:firstOlympicAppearance gptkb:Ceylon
gptkb:Guyana
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:Jamaica
gptkb:Lebanon
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Puerto_Rico
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:South_Korea
gptkb:Syria
gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago
gptkb:Venezuela
Burma
gptkbp:firstTelevisedOlympics true
gptkbp:hostCity gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Austerity Games
gptkbp:logo 1948 Olympics logo
gptkbp:mainVenue gptkb:Wembley_Stadium
gptkbp:mascot nan
gptkbp:memberState 59
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1952_Summer_Olympics
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Austerity_Games
gptkbp:notableAthlete gptkb:Bob_Mathias
gptkb:Alice_Coachman
gptkb:Fanny_Blankers-Koen
gptkb:Emil_Zátopek
gptkbp:notableFor Soviet Union did not participate
No Olympic Village; athletes housed in schools and military barracks
First Olympics after World War II
First Olympics to use photo-finish technology
Food and housing shortages affected athletes
Germany and Japan not invited
No art competitions held
No new venues built due to post-war austerity
Rationing still in effect in Britain
First Olympics to use starting blocks in sprint races
First Olympics with a full athletics program for women
gptkbp:numberOfAthletes 4104
gptkbp:numberOfEvents 136
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Games_of_the_XIV_Olympiad
gptkbp:olympicOathBy Donald Finlay
gptkbp:opened gptkb:King_George_VI
gptkbp:paralympicCauldronLighter gptkb:John_Mark
gptkbp:previousOlympics gptkb:1936_Summer_Olympics
gptkbp:sport 17
gptkbp:startDate 1948-07-29
gptkbp:year 1948
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1948_Summer_Olympics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5