Guardsmen marching round the perimeter of the track inside Wembley Stadium during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics. Original Publication:...
Camera films the proceedings at Wembley Stadium as King George VI takes the March Past of 6,000 athletes representing 58 countries, at the Opening...
Seventeen-year-old American Bob Mathias hurls the discus during the decathlon event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in London.
At the 1948 London Olympics, women's 80 metres hurdles silver medallist Maureen Gardner congratulates the winner of the event, Fanny Blankers-Koen of...
Karoly Takacs of Hungary wins the rapid fire pistol shooting event with a score of 580 points. Mandatory Credit: Allsport/ALLSPORT
Olympic Games, London, England, Men's 100 Metres Final, Photo-finish, USA's Harrison Dillard about to cross the line to win the gold medal followed...
The Olympic Torch is presented at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Mandatory Credit: Allsport/Allsport
Camera crew tracking round to follow a 1500 metres event at Wembley Stadium during the London Olympics, 4th August 1948.
Scoreboard bearing a quote by founder of the modern olympics Pierre de Coubertin, at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Wembley Stadium,...
Opening of the Olympic Games, London, 1948. Opening of the Olympic Games, London, 1948 Olympic Photo Association
Olympic Games, London, England, Women's 200 Metres Final, Holland's Fanny Blankers-Koen stands on the podium after winning the gold medal along with...
Spain goalkeeper Rafael Ruiz attempts to save from India's Grahanandan Singh during the group game. India won the match 2-0 and went on to win the...
British athlete John Mark lights the Olympic Flame at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium, London.
Weightlifter Rodney Wilkes, from Trinidad and Tobago, relaxes under a sun lamp at the Olympic village in Richmond, Surrey, during the London...
Sport, 1948 Olympic Games, London, England, An artists impression depicting the arrival of the Olympic torch at Wembley stadium during the opening...
Crowds watching the 1948 London Olympics in the rain at Wembley Stadium. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4582 - Olympic Games - pub. 1948
Silver medalist Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente of Argentina competes in the Men´s 25m rapid fire pistol event as part of the 1948 Olympic Games...
British athlete bears the Olympic Torch into the Empire Stadium at Wembley, London, and inaugurates the 1948 Olympic Games by lighting the ceremonial...
The 100 metre hurdles in the Olympic women's finals at Wembley Stadium. Right to left : Francina 'Fanny' Blankers-Koen 1st, Maureen A G Gardner 2nd,...
The US team marching past at the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium, 29th July 1948.
The two sides of a gold medal made for the 14th Olympic Games which are to be held in London. The medals are made from oxidised silver instead of the...
The start of the men's marathon at Wembley Stadium during the Olympic Games in London, 7th August 1948.
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...
Cissie Davies of Great Britain on the balance beam at Empress Hall, Earl's Court, during the gymnastics events at the London Olympic Games, 12th...
French athlete Jeanine Toulouse, American athlete Theresa Manuel , British athlete Joan Upton, Chilean athlete Marion Huber, Dutch athlete Fanny...
London, England- A girl who earned the cheers of the crowd competing in athletic events, France's Micheline Ostermeyer has gone on to further...
Tebbs Lloyd-Johnson of Great Britain finishes third in the 50 kilometres Road walk at the 1948 London Olympics, Wembley Stadium. At 48 years old he...
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...
Olympic Games, London, England, John Mark of Cambridge University lights the Olympic Flame in Wembley Stadium at the Opening Ceremony
The start of the 5th heat of the Men's 100-Metres Freestyle event at the Empire Pool, Wembley during the London Olympics, 30th July 1948. The winner...
Giacomo de Segni of Britain takes a left-handed punch from Donald Scott of Britain in the Olympic Light-Heavyweight Boxing quarter-finals at Wembley,...
Jamaican athlete Arthur Wint equalling the world record to win Olympic gold in the 400 metres event at Wembley Stadium in London, August 1948. Fellow...
Athletes parading during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4582 - Our Welcome To...
Players vie for the ball during the Great Britain v Yugoslav semi-final football match at Wembley Stadium. Olympic Photo Association Photo
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...
Popperfoto via Getty Images, The Book, Volume 1, Page 89, Picture 2, 1948 Olympic games in London, Modern Pentathlon, Individual, A picture of...
Olympic Games, London, England, Swimming, Women's 100 Metres Freestyle, Denmark's Greta Andersen who won the gold medal
Australian Mervyn Wood winning the Single Sculls Final at Henley on Thames during the London Olympics, 9th August 1948. Uraguayan Eduardo Risso came...
London, England- AMERICANS TAKE HIGH DIVING HONORS---IN A MILITARY MANNER. Every muscle taut- and with scarcely a splash -two of Uncle Sam's top...
London, England- Mal Whitfield of the US displays his Gold Medal after setting a new Olympic record of 1 minute 49.2 seconds in the Men's 80-meter...
Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands wins the Gold in the 200m during the XIV Olympic Games Circa August of 1948 in London, England.
Fanny Blankers-Koen of Holland clears a hurdle on her way to winning the womens 100m hurdles at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. The dark-haired...
Swimmers competing in heat 1 of the first round in the men's 100 metres backstroke event at the Empire Pool, Wembley, during the Olympic Games,...
Royal party at opening ceremony of Olympic Games, London, 1948. His Majesty King George VI opened the proceedings with a speech which was followed by...
Mexican crew filming Mexican wrestler Jose Luis Perez in training at a gym at the Olympic village in Richmond, Surrey, during the London Olympics,...
Some of the spectators at Wembley Stadium during the Olympic Games, London, 29th July-14th August 1948. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4582 -...
Members of the women's Swedish team warm up, in August 1948, during the London 1948 summer Olympic Games.
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...
The South African team marches past during the opening ceremony of the 1948 Olympic Games, Wembley Stadium, London, 29th July 1948.