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"The important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part. The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well."
Baron de Coubertin's Olympic message before the flame is lit by British Athlete, John Mark to mark the official opening of the 1948 Olympic Games in Wembley Stadium, London
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Olympic Games 1948 London, England
The beacon is lit by a flame to mark the opening of the Olympic Games at Wembley.
29th July 1948.
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Wembley Stadium in London -The site at which the 1948 Olympic Games took place.
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Medals from the Olympic Games 1948
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Bob Mathias of the USA.
Decathlon winner of the 1948 Olympics is photographed practising the pole vault at Helsinki.
12th July 1952.
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H.S. Bignall (right) handing over the Olympic Torch to Fred Brevett at Redhill, Surrey during the flames progress from Dover to Wembley, London for the Opening ceremony of the Olympiad.
26th July 1948
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Swedish Athletes Lennart Strand and Eriksson
1948 Olympics
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Robert Mathias (USA) winning the Olympic decathlon at London Olympic Games 1948
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Olympic Training London
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The photo finish for the 100 metres final shows that Harrison Dillard (United States) bottom was the winner London Olympic Games 1948
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Swedish boxing team before trip to London for the 1948 Olympic Games - in front is Ahnelov, with Nilsson, who is carrying Karlsson.
20th April 1948
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Emil Zatopek wins the Olympic 10,000 metres at Wembley.
30th July 1948
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Olympic Games 1948 London, England
One of the most solumn and impressive moments at the opening ceremony at Wembley.
The athletes stand rigid as thousands of pigeons are released to signalise the opening of the games.
29th July 1948.
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Olympic Games 1948 London, England.
The british team is paraded at Wembley stadium during the opening ceremony of the 1948 games.
29th July 1948.
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Ilonka and Eva Novak of Hungary. The sisters seen with their coach Istvan Hunyadfi at a practice session at the Empire Pool in Wembley, London. It is the same pool that they will compete in for a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Ilonka in the 100m backstroke and Eva in the 200m breaststroke.
27th July 1948
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Olga Sicnerova, seen training just prior to the Olympic Games in London. The Czechoslovakia athlete is a possible for the 100m and 200m with times of 12.1 and 25.7 seconds.
17th June 1948
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Fortune Gordien, University of Minnesota, USA training for a bid at the Olympic gold medal in the discus.
Minneapolis playing field -
5th June 1948
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Mel Patton
1948 Olympic sprinter from the USA
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Danish swim champ Greta Andersen. 1948 Olympics Gold Medal winner in the 100 metre freestyle swimming event, went on to become one of the great women distance swimmers.
For the last five years the Scandinavian water wonder has been teaching the fine art of water propulsion to about 800 children a season in Long Beach, California. She starts some when they're only four months old. Others she takes all the way to the top.
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H H McWilliams of Port Elizabeth South, South Africa's only representative in the Olympic Yachting events at Torquay Entry in the Firefly class 3 August 1948
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Laszlo Papp (Hungary) 1948
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Egyptian International Football Team in training - Eric Keen, the former Derby County player and now coach of the Egyptian Olympic football team tosses the ball into the air for a spot of heading practice. Leaping for the ball are (l-r) Makkawy; Hanafi Madkour; and Galal, four of the Egyptian soccer team.
15th July 1948
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Prince Bertil son of the Swedish Crown Prince shaking hands with wrestler Franz Westergren as he meets the Swedish Olympic competitors in Richmond Surrey
26th July 1948
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Miss Robinson of Chicago high kicks to loosen up before attempting the hurdles. She also carried the American Olympic Flag at the open ceremony. 22nd July 1948
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The "Olympic Way" is opened to link Wembley Park station
to the Empire Stadium for the benefit of visitors to the
Olympic Games.
6th July 1948
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Harrison Dillard, the ebony streak from Baldwin Wallace College, who skimmed the 120 yard high hurdles, winning the world record. Here is he training for the Olympics.
30th April 1948
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1948 Olympic Games -Heat One of the 400m Women's swimming relay at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London -
4th August 1948
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British Olympics Wembley August 1948
Fannie Blankers-Koen (Holland)
Finishing the relay race
Pic supplied by Professional Sport
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Olympic Games 1948, London, England
A general view of the scene during the impressive opening ceremony at Wembley. The Archbishop of York, the Rt. Hon. and Most Rev. C F Garbett, D.D., is making the dedication address.
29th July 1948.
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Olympic skulling champion Gert Fredriksson is photographed with Prince Bertil of Sweden after he had received his gold medal as sportsman of the year.
Stockholm - 30th November 1949.
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Fanny Blankers Koen
1948 Olympic Games
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The Australian Water Polo team that will compete in the forthcoming Olympics. Bottom Row L to R, Burgle, Dailey, Doerner, King and French. Top Row L to R, Ferguson J, Ferguson L, Johnston, McKay and Cornforth.
9th June 1948
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US Olympic Swimmers in training (Left to Right)
Victoria Draves, Juno Stover, Zoe Olsen and Patricia Elsener, members of the US women's Olympic team seen in training at the Epsom Baths 22nd July 1948
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An aerial view of the impressive scene at Wembley during the preliminaries of the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games.The vast stadium is packed with over 80,000 people as the athletes file on to the green-swarded arena.
29th July 1948.
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Hungarian Olympic Games fencers
From left to right: coach Bela Bay; 1948 Olympic and 1951 World Champion Aladar Gerevich; 1950 World Champion Pal Kovacs; and Mrs Margit Elek, sister of Olympic Champion Ilona Elek.
23rd June 1952.
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Wembley box office staff dealing with applications for tickets
for the Olympic Games in July 1948
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Stong winds and heavy seas were responsible for many upsetts during the yatching events at Torquay. J J Herbulot (France) frantically baling out his Firefly class boat being to sink London Olympic Games 12 August 1948
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