"provaznikova" - 1 õppematerjal

1948 Summer olympics in London

The shiniest medal was claimed by Sweden, who defeated Yugoslavia 3-1 in the final. Denmark won the bronze medal Hockey: 13 nations participated. Surprisingly, the gold medal went to India, who won Great Britain. It was the first medal for India as an independent nation Swimming: 11 events were contested, 6 for men and 5 for women. USA won 8 gold medals, and 15 medals in total  London was the first Olympics to have a politican deflection: Marie Provaznikova, who won a gold medal with Czechoslovakian gymnastics team, refused to return home because the lack of freedom, effectuated by The Soviet Union 14 countries made their debut: Burma, Iran, Iraq, J amaica, Korea, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago and so on It was the only time Korea performed as a united team  Medals: First: The United States with 38 gold, 27 silver and 19 bronze medals Second: Sweden with 16 gold, 11 silver and 17 bronze medals