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London 1948 Summer Olympics
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/London_1948_Summer_Olympics
GPTKB entity
Statements (59)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Olympic_Games
gptkbp:closed
1948-08-14
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currency
Pound sterling
gptkbp:firstOlympicAppearance
gptkb:Antigua_and_Barbuda
gptkb:Barbados
gptkb:Bermuda
gptkb:Ceylon
gptkb:Dominica
gptkb:Ecuador
gptkb:Grenada
gptkb:Guyana
gptkb:Hong_Kong
gptkb:Israel
gptkb:Jamaica
gptkb:Lebanon
gptkb:Malta
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Panama
gptkb:Puerto_Rico
gptkb:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis
gptkb:Saint_Lucia
gptkb:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:South_Korea
gptkb:Syria
gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago
gptkb:Venezuela
Burma
gptkbp:hostCity
gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
London 1948 Summer Olympics
gptkbp:logo
gptkb:Big_Ben_with_Olympic_rings
gptkbp:mainVenue
gptkb:Wembley_Stadium
gptkbp:mascot
nan
gptkbp:memberState
59
gptkbp:nextEdition
gptkb:Helsinki_1952_Summer_Olympics
gptkbp:notableAthlete
gptkb:Bob_Mathias
gptkb:Alice_Coachman
gptkb:Fanny_Blankers-Koen
gptkb:Emil_Zátopek
gptkbp:notableFor
Germany and Japan were not invited
First Olympics after World War II
First Olympics to be televised
Known as the 'Austerity Games'
No Olympic Village was built; athletes were housed in existing accommodation
gptkbp:numberOfAthletes
390
4104
3714
gptkbp:numberOfEvents
136
gptkbp:officialName
gptkb:Games_of_the_XIV_Olympiad
gptkbp:opened
gptkb:King_George_VI
1948-07-29
gptkbp:organisingCommitteePresident
gptkb:Lord_Burghley
gptkbp:previousOlympics
gptkb:Berlin_1936_Summer_Olympics
gptkbp:sport
17
gptkbp:torchRelayStartDate
gptkb:Olympia,_Greece
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Reign_of_George_VI
gptkb:King_George_VI's_reign
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7