Some features of the site may not work correctly. Britain was still suffering the after effects of the war. Rationing was in operation. Bomb sites remained throughout London and other major cities. Yet London took on the Games and staged them very successfully. There was no election of London as the chosen venue. The idea had first been raised in by Lord Burghley that London should hold the Games in Save to Library Save.
Preview — The Olympics by Bob Phillips. The Olympic Games were the first of the postwar era. Britain was still suffering the after effects of the war.
Rationing was in operation. Bomb sites remained throughout London and other major cities. Yet London took on the Games and staged them very successfully. There was no election of London as the chosen venue.
The idea had first been raised in by Lord Burgh The Olympic Games were the first of the postwar era. The idea had first been raised in by Lord Burghley that London should hold the Games in Of course no new facilities were built. This was the make-do-and-mend Olympics. Athletes were housed in barracks and schools and were given tickets for the underground to make their own way to the stadium. Those British athletes who lived in or near London stayed at home.
The book tells how London came to be awarded the Games, how they were managed, and their economic, political and social significance. Each of the sports are described, but this is no endless list of dry statistics. Get A Copy. Hardcover , pages. More Details Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. She had participated in the Olympics, but the cancellation of the and Olympics meant that she had to wait 12 more years to get another shot at winning. Blankers-Koen, often called "the Flying Housewife" or "the Flying Dutchman," showed them all when she took home four gold medals, the first woman to do so.
On the other side of the age-spectrum was year-old Bob Mathias. When his high school coach had suggested he try out for the Olympics in the decathlon, Mathias didn't even know what that event was. Four months after starting training for it, Mathias won gold at the Olympics, becoming the youngest person to win a men's athletics event.
As of , Mathias still holds that title. There was one major snafu at the Games. Though the United States had won the meter relay by a full 18 feet, a judge ruled that one of the U. Thus, the U. The medals were handed out, the national anthems were played. The United States officially protested the ruling and after careful review of the films and photographs taken of the baton pass, the judges decided that the pass had been completely legal; thus the United States team was the real winner.
The British team had to give up their gold medals and received silver medals which had been given up by the Italian team. The Italian team then received the bronze medals which had been given up by the Hungarian team.
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