The first Summer Olympics after World War II were the 1948 London Games (29 July–14 August 1948), sometimes called the “Austerity Games” [1]. The first Summer Olympics after World War 2 brought the world together with a bit of normalcy after the deadliest conflict in human history. A LOOK BACK AT THE FIRST SUMMER OLYMPICS AFTER WORLD WAR 2 Taking place just three short years after the end of the Second World War, when much of London and indeed, much of Europe was still rebuilding after the devastation of the 20th century’s most cataclysmic conflict, the 1948 London summer Olympics were the first since the 1936 Berlin Games.
Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1948 summer Olympics in London. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes. Following a twelve-year hiatus caused by the outbreak of World War II, these were the first Summer Olympics held since the 1936 Games in Berlin. The 1940 Olympic Games had been scheduled for Tokyo and then for Helsinki, while the 1944 Olympic Games had been provisionally planned for London.
summer olympics after ww2, Fifty-nine nations sent athletes to the London Games, including fourteen that had never before participated in the Olympics. Some of these first-time participants were former colonies that had won their independence from European empires after World War II. Summer or summertime is the hottest and brightest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, daylight hours are the longest and darkness hours are the shortest, with day length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice.
