When were the Olympics last held in the UK?

Answer 1

The Summer Olympics were scheduled for Tokyo in 1940, but by mid-1938, Japan was at war with China and withdrew as host. The IOC immediately transferred the Games to Helsinki and the Finns eagerly began preparations only to be invaded by the Soviet Union in 1939.

Eager to come back after two dormant Olympiads, the IOC offered the 1948 Games to London. Much of the British capital had been reduced to rubble in the blitz, but the offer was accepted and the Games went on–successfully, without frills, and without invitations extended to Germany and Japan. The Soviet Union was invited, but chose not to show.

The United States reclaimed its place at the top of the overall medal standings, but the primary individual stars were a 30-year-old Dutch mother of two and a 17-year-old kid from California.

Fanny Blankers-Koen duplicated Jesse Owens' track and field grand slam of 12 years before by winning the 100-meter and 200-meter runs, the 80-meter hurdles, and anchoring the women's 4x100-meter relay.

And Bob Mathias, just two months after graduating from Tulare High School, won the gold medal in the decathlon, an event he had taken up for the first time earlier in the year.

Top 10 Standings
Gold Silver Bronze Total Pts
1 USA 38 27 19 84 187
2 Sweden 16 11 17 44 87
3 Italy 8 12 9 29 57
4 France 10 6 13 29 55
5 Hungary 10 5 12 27 52
6 Great Britain 3 14 6 23 43
Finland 8 7 5 20 43
8 Switzerland 5 10 5 20 40
9 Denmark 5 7 8 20 37
10 Holland 5 2 9 16 28
Turkey 6 4 2 12 28

Leading Medal Winners
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right.

No Sport G-S-B
5 Veikko Huhtanen, FIN Gymnastics 3-1-1
4 Paavo Aaltonen, FIN Gymnastics 3-0-1
3 Jimmy McLane, USA Swimming 2-1-0
3 Humberto Mariles, MEX Equestrian 2-0-1
3 Mal Whitfield, USA Track/Field 2-0-1
3 Barney Ewell, USA Track/Field 1-2-0
3 Michael Reusch, SWI Gymnastics 1-2-0
3 Josef Stalder, SWI Gymnastics 1-1-1
3 Ferenc Pataki, HUN Gymnastics 1-0-2
3 Walter Lehmann, SWI Gymnastics 0-3-0
3 Edoardo Mangiarotti, ITA Fencing 0-2-1
3 János Mogyorósi, HUN Gymnastics 0-1-2

Answer 2

the last time the Summer Olympic Games was held in Great Britain was in 1948 in London. ironically, the city will host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Answer 3

Winter Olympics :
Never

Summer Olympics :
14th in 1948 at London
previously 4th were also held in 1908 at London
next time London shall be hosting 30th in 2012

Answer 4

achieveable at your age, in spite of the undeniable fact that, there is yet another threat insofar that London is on a quick checklist which will settle for the video games at short observe if a city won't be able to fulfill the IOC specs, or the city incur a organic disaster and would not get well in time. that's relating to the only way Britain could get the Olympics lower back, different than that, by using rotation - 60 years.

Answer 5

Summer Olympics: 1948 in London
Winter Olympics: Never so far.

Answer 6

The family olympiad of Schoolhouse islands on the mouth
of the Thames area was a very successful setting. The bicycle, boating, kite sailing, and field were strong and drew well
over 10 thousand a day. This was in mid nineties.

Answer 7

1948 and before that 1908. england football team won gold at both so bar the world cup win in 1966 they are englands only other successes