1948 Summer olympics in London
to 1944, but it was postponed because of the
World War II
The games were the first ones after the 1936
Berlin's Olympic Games
London was selected ahead of Baltimore,
Lausanne, Los Angeles and Philadelphia to
host the next Olympic Games
The Opening ceremony:
29th of J uly was brilliantly sunny day
The competitors entered the stadium in 50
minutes
The last team who entered was the UK-s team
At 4 p.m. 2500 pidgeons were set free to spread
the peace-spirit of the games
Greece was the first one to leave the stadium,
and UK-s team was the last one
Overview of the sports events:
Athletics: 33 athletics events were contested; 24
for men and 9 for women. 4 of these were making
their debut - the men's 10km walk, the women's
200 meters, long jump and shot put
Duncan White won the first ever medal for Sri
Lanka in Ahtletics
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