First Olympics attended by People's Republic of China
First Olympics attended by Gold Coast (now Ghana)
First Olympics attended by Indonesia
First Olympics attended by Israel
First Olympics attended by Nigeria
First Olympics attended by Thailand
First Olympics attended by the Soviet Union
Emil Zátopek won gold in 5,000m, 10,000m, and marathon
Germany and Japan were not invited
United States led the medal table
Bob Mathias won decathlon gold for the second time
First Olympics broadcast on television in Finland
First Olympics with a pictogram system for sports
Hungary won football gold
Josy Barthel won Luxembourg's only Olympic gold
Soviet Union finished second in medal table
Last Olympics where South Africa participated before apartheid ban
First Olympics with an Olympic torch relay in Finland