1. LONDON OLYMPICS
1908 AND 1948
Kaupo Tammemäe
Carl Robert Jakobson Gymnasium
9c
Supervisor : Marje Maasen
2012

2. LONDON OLYMPICS 1908
 Summer Olympics
 Officially the Games of the IV Olympiad
 Fifth modern Olympic games
 Opening Ceremony 27 April
 Officially opened by King Edward VII
 Closing Ceremony 31 October

3. GAMES OF THE IV
OLYMPIAD
 22 participating nations
 2008 participating athletes
 1971 men
 37 women
 110 events
 22 sports

4. WHITE CITY STADIUM
 Originally The Great Stadium
 Built especially for London Olympics 1908
 Closed in 1984
 Opened by King Edward VII
 The most modern stadium at that time

5. SPORTS
 22 sports
 Representing 24 sporting disciplines
 Excluded sports
 Tug of war (rope pulling)
 Figure skating first time ever on the summer olympics
 Jeu De Paume (tennis without racquets)

6. LONDON OLYMPICS 1948
 Officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad
 After 12-year hiatus due to World War II
 17 sports
 136 events
 4104 athletes participating
 3714 men
 390 women
 Officially opened by King George VI 29 July

7. WEMBLEY STADIUM
 Officially known as the Empire Stadium
 Built in 1923
 Closed in 2000
 New Wembley Stadium opened in 2007
 Most famous stadium in the world

8. NATIONS
 A record 59 nations
 Japan and Germany not invited due to World War II
 Russia didn’t send any athletes
 USA the biggest team with 300 athletes
 Many countries with 1 athlete
 Many athletes couldn’t participate due to World War II

9. STARS
 Fanny ‘’The Flying Housewife’’ Koen
• Mother of three children
• Winner of 4 gold medals
 Decathlonist Bob Mathias
• Became youngest gold medal winner ever
• 17 years old
 The most individual medals won - Veikko Huhtanen
• Three golds, one silver and bronze in men’s gymnastics

10. MOST SUCCESSFUL
COUNTRIES
1908
 1. Great Britain – 146 medals (host nation)
 2. United States – 47 medals
 3. Sweden – 25 medals
1948
 1. United States – 84 medals
 2. Sweden – 44 medals
 3. France – 29 medals
 The host nation - Great Britain 12th with 23 medals

11. ESTONIANS IN LONDON
OLYMPICS 1908 AND 1948
1908
 Georg Lind , a Marathon runner
 The first Estonian ever participating
 Representing Russia
 19th place
1948
 No Estonians participating due to World War II

12. REFERENCES
 http://shrt.st/2cl1
 http://shrt.st/2cl2
 http://shrt.st/2cl3
 http://shrt.st/2cl4