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
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gptkb:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis
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gptkb:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:South_Korea
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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