The winners of the women's 400 metres freestyle event at the Empire Pool in Wembley during the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, UK, 7th August 1948....
American swimmer Ann Curtis and Danish swimmer Karen Harup , wearing a gown, after Harup had won the semi-final, with Curtis finishing third, in the...
The Olympic Torch is presented at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Mandatory Credit: Allsport/Allsport
Male athletes of the Korean team relaxing with a board game in their accommodation at an RAF camp in Uxbridge, London, England, July 1948. Dubbed the...
Male athletes of the Korean team talking with their hostel manager, in the background are three wardrobes and two flags , in their accommodation at...
The British women's swimming team taking part in the 1948 Summer Olympics, the XIVth Olympiad in London, England, 1948. From left to right, they are...
Mattresses being taken to one of two Royal Air Force stations - Uxbridge and West Drayton - which will accommodate over 2,000 Olympic visitors for...
Korean discus thrower Pak Bong-sik , the only female member of the Korean team in their accommodation at an RAF camp in Uxbridge, London, England,...
Male athletes from Ceylon settle into their accommodation, packing their clothes away into wardrobes at their quarters in an army camp in Richmond...
Jamaica athlete Cynthia Thompson , South African athlete Daphne Robb-Hasenjager, American athlete Mabel Walker, and Canadian athlete Millie Cheater...
Aerial view of the Empire Stadium, showing 100,000 spectators watching the events on the third day of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England,...
Three Korean chefs who have travelled with the Korean team attending the 1948 Summer Olympics to prepare food for their athletes, at the RAF camp in...
Camp commandant Captain A E Smith discussing catering details with chef J Brockie at a former army convalescent centre which will be home to Olympic...
Trinidadian athlete Wilfred Tull and Trinidadian weightlifter Rodney Wilkes outside the milk bar at the Richmond Park camp, the athletes'...
Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands wins heat 1 of the semi-finals of the Women's 200 Metre event at the Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, during...
French athlete Jeanine Toulouse, American athlete Theresa Manuel , British athlete Joan Upton, Chilean athlete Marion Huber, Dutch athlete Fanny...
Female members of the US Olympic swimming and diving team head to the Epsom baths to train for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, UK, 1948. They...
The US Olympic Team march into Wembley Stadium in London at the start of the Summer Olympics, the XIVth Olympiad, 31st July 1948. On a board in the...
Workers dismantle the trapeze bar following the postponement of the gymnastics events of the 1948 Summer Olympics, after heavy rain had fallen and...
Workman hanging the sign outside the National Provincial Bank in the former military convalescent camp which will be home to 1,500 Olympic visitors...
Group of African-American women athletes travelling from Southlands College in Wimbledon, where they are staying, to the Empire Stadium, Wembley...
Uruguayan boxer Basilio Alvez is carried on his supporters' shoulders to the judges' table after they awarded victory to his American opponent, Eddie...
View looking down onto the rack track from the new stand being erected for the 1948 Summer Olympics, for the track cycling events at the Herne Hill...
Arnoldus Koen, his grandson Jan Blankers-Koen, and wife Helena Koen listen to the radio, on which rests the family bible, as Fanny Blankers-Koen wins...
Gold winner of the Olympics 10000 meters Czech Emil Zatopek , Second French Alain Mimoun and third Swedish Bertil Albertsson pose on the podium...
Egyptian gymnast Mohamed Roushdi performs on the rings at the Empress Hall, Earl's Court, during the London Summer Olympics, 12th August 1948.
British gymnast Ken Buffin executes a flying backroll on the parallel bars at the Empress Hall, Earl's Court, during the London Summer Olympics, 12th...
Swiss gymnast Michael Reusch during the Free Exercises at the Empress Hall, Earl's Court, at the London Summer Olympics, 12th August 1948.
Colombian athlete Jaime Aparicio, Jamaican athlete Herb McKenley , Argentine athlete Guillermo Evans , Swedish athlete Rune Larsson , and Hungarian...
American high dive champion Sammy Lee with team-mate Juno Stover at the Empire Pool in Wembley during the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, UK, 6th...
American gymnast Clara Schroth performs a side horse vault during try-outs for the US Olympic team in Philadelphia, USA, 8th May 1948. She won a...
Indian athlete Baldev Singh competes in the qualifying trials for the long jump at the Empire Stadium in Wembley, London, during the 1948 Summer...
Women's Track and Field athletes of the US Olympic team leave New York on the 'SS America' for the 1948 Summer Olympics, the XIVth Olympiad, in...
The men selected to represent the United States in boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics, the XIVth Olympiad in London, after the try-outs in Boston,...
American driver Bruce Harlan hardly makes a splash as he enters the water as he completes a back dive in the men's 10 metre platform event of the...
United States Olympic women's gymnastics team pose for a group portrait ahead of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 1948.
British film producer Castleton Knight with air hostess Wendy McNicol checking the consignment of his documentary film of the Summer Olympic Games in...
Opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics at Wembley Stadium . The last torch bearer, John MARK, running in front of the VIP stand to the applause of...
American decathlete Robert Bruce Mathias throws the discus during the Summer Olympics at Wembley Stadium, London, 6th August 1948. He took the gold...
Swiss gymnast Emil Studer takes part in the Men's Individual Horizontal Bar event at the Empress Hall, Earl's Court, during the London Summer...
Cycle racing at Herne Hill velodrome in south London, showing motor cycle pacer and cyclist, circa 1945. Herne Hill velodrome would host the track...
San Francisco native Vicki Manalo Draves waits her turn in the high platform diving event in the National AAU women's competition, Shakamak State...
British track cyclist Tommy Godwin , UK, 1948. He won two bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Wembley, England- COCHRAN-AN OLYMPIC CHAMP IN TOP FORM. Roy B. Cochran, west coast hurdling star, is shown as he crossed the finish line in...
Wrestler B.S. Jernigan of the United States is shown being declared winner of the elimination match at the London Olympics as his opponent M. Raissi...
London, England- DUTCH HOUSEWIFE SETTING NEW RECORD AT OLYMPICS. Mrs. Fanny Blankers-Koen is pictured going over the hurdles during the 80 meters...
William Grut of Sweden, winner of the Gold medal for Modern Pentathlon at the 1948 London Summer Olympics Games on 7th January 1949 in London, Great...
Crowds watching the 1948 London Olympics in the 90 degree heat at Wembley Stadium. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4582 - Olympic Games - pub....
Section of the crowd watching the 1948 London Olympics in the summer heat at Wembley Stadium, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4582 -...
Veteran runner H J Bignall hands over the Olympic torch to Fred Prevett at Redhill, Surrey, during the flame's journey from Dover to Wembley Stadium,...
Undated picture shows Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen. Fanny Blankers-Koen was named "best athlete of the 20th century" in 1999 by the...
Summer Olympics: View of performers with a boat representing The Empire Windrush during representing historical groups of Britain at Olympic Stadium....
The new Wembley Stadium, opened in 2007, is the centerpiece of the London suburb of Wembley and at the 2012 Summer Olympics will host soccer matches....
Two spectators wear paper hats made from newspapers sitting alongside a man scratching his head as they attempt to keep cool in the high temperatures...
Spectator wears a knotted handkerchief and a vest as he attempts to keep cool in the high temperatures during the pre-Olympic trials at White City in...
American wrestler George Dole , British wrestler Stanley Bacon , British wrestler Con O'Kelly , British wrestler George de Relwyskow , American...
Serbian athlete Julija Matej wrapped in a blanket as she sits with unspecified competitors as she awaits her throw in the final of the women's discus...
The British Women's Gymnastics team for the 1948 Summer Olympics pose outside the National Training College of Domestic Subjects, at 55 Eccleston...