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1,071 1948 Summer Olympics London Stock Photos & High-Res Pictures

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Picture taken in 1948 of the official poster of the London 1948 Summer Olympic Games.

OLY1948-LONDON-POSTER

Gunnar Gren scores Sweden's third goal against Yugoslavia from a penalty in the 67th minute of the football final at the Olympic Games, Wembley...

Olympic Football Final

Karoly Takacs of Hungary wins the rapid fire pistol shooting event with a score of 580 points. Mandatory Credit: Allsport/ALLSPORT

Mattresses being taken to one of two Royal Air Force stations - Uxbridge and West Drayton - which will accommodate over 2,000 Olympic visitors for...

1948 Summer Olympics - Preparations

Mandatory Credit: Allsport UK/ALLSPORT

Opening of the Olympic Games, London, 1948. Opening of the Olympic Games, London, 1948 Olympic Photo Association

Opening of the Olympic Games, London, 1948

One of the workmen with some of the direction signs to be put up at the Olympic Centre in Richmond Park, Surrey. The 'village' will be home to 1,400...

Players vie for the ball during the Great Britain v Yugoslav semi-final football match at Wembley Stadium. Olympic Photo Association Photo

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...

Olympic Opening

The Olympic Torch is presented at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Mandatory Credit: Allsport/Allsport

1948 Olympics Opening Ceremony

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...

1948 Summer Olympics - Olympic Village

French athlete Jeanine Toulouse, American athlete Theresa Manuel , British athlete Joan Upton, Chilean athlete Marion Huber, Dutch athlete Fanny...

1948 Summer Olympics - Women's 80 Metres Hurdles

Workmen put the finishing touches to a reading room at the Olympic village in Richmond Park, Surrey, 28th May 1948. This 20-acre development,...

Olympic Village

The Korean basketball team at the 1948 Olympics in London.

Korean Basketball

The opening day of the 14th Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium, North London.

Olympic Ceremony

Workman hanging the sign outside the National Provincial Bank in the former military convalescent camp which will be home to 1,500 Olympic visitors...

1948 Summer Olympics - Olympic Village

Olympic Games, London, England, Football, Medal Ceremony, Gold Medal: Sweden, Silver Medal: Yugoslavia, Bronze Medal: Denmark

1948 Olympic Games. London, England. Football. Medal Ceremony. Gold Medal: Sweden, Silver Medal: Yugoslavia, Bronze Medal: Denmark.

An American Olympic swimmer receives a last-minute piece of advice from her coach at the Wembley pool, London. The headline beneath reads 'Viscount...

The Last Lesson

Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands wins the Gold in the 200m during the XIV Olympic Games Circa August of 1948 in London, England.

Games of the XIV Olympiad

Basketball match at the 1948 Olympic Games in London.

Olympic Basketball

The Olympic flame carried by an Italian cadet through the streets of Bari on its way to London for the opening ceremony.

Olympic Journey

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...

British Olympic Gymnast

The Indian team attacks the Spanish goalmouth during preliminary field hockey matches at Chiswick, during the Olympic Games, London, 6th August 1948.

Weightlifter Rodney Wilkes, from Trinidad and Tobago, relaxes under a sun lamp at the Olympic village in Richmond, Surrey, during the London...

Wilkes Under Sun Lamp

Mohamed Ammi of France takes on Peter Brander of Great Britain in match 8 of the first round of the men's featherweight boxing competition at the...

Ammi Versus Brander

The teams on the podium after the water polo competition at the Empire Pool, Wembley, during the Olympic Games, London, 7th August 1948. The gold...

Water Polo Medalists

Picture taken on August 12, 1948 of the men's 2000m tandem semi final cycling event won by British Alan Bannister and Reg Harris against French...

OLY1948-LONDON-CYCLING

Scoreboard bearing a quote by founder of the modern olympics Pierre de Coubertin, at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Wembley Stadium,...

Coubertin Quote

Olympic Games, London, England, The Opening Ceremony, 5000 pigeons are released in a spirit of peace at Wembley Stadium

1948 Olympic Games. London, England. The Opening Ceremony. 5000 pigeons are released in a spirit of peace at Wembley Stadium.

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...

London Olympic Games 1948 - Field Hockey - Preliminary Rounds - India v Spain - Polytechnic Sports Ground, Chiswick

London, England- OLYMPIC GAMES, WEMBLEY STADIUM. DUTCHWOMAN WINS THIRD OLYMPIC TITLE. Photo shows Fanny Blanker-Koen as she becomes the first triple...

Fanny Blankers-Koen Crosses Finish Line

One of the spectators at the 1948 London Olympics shelters his programme from the rain using a newspaper at Wembley Stadium. Original Publication:...

Paper Protection

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,...

80 Metres Hurdles

The British team enters Wembley Stadium, London, during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Opening Ceremony

Competitors in Heat 2 of the 800 metres semi-final at the Olympic Games at Wembley, London. It was won by Ingvar Bengtsson of Sweden, , from Arthur...

Olympic 800 Metres

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...

Camera crew tracking round to follow a 1500 metres event at Wembley Stadium during the London Olympics, 4th August 1948.

BBC Olympic Coverage

King George VI greeting members of the International Olympic Committee during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics at Wembley Stadium, 29th...

King At Olympics

Cyclist Reg Harris of Great Britain wins heat eight of round two in the Men's Sprint at Herne Hill Velodrome during the Olympic Games, London, 7th...

Harris Wins Heat

Marian Barone of the USA on the balance beam at Empress Hall, Earl's Court, during the gymnastics events at the London Olympic Games, 12th August...

US Olympic Gymnasts

Radio commentators in the stands at Wembley Stadium during the London Olympic Games, August 1948.

Olympic Commentators

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...

British Women's Swimming Team

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...

1948 Summer Olympics - Olympic Village

Un homme prépare les panneaux de signalisation indiquant les différents itinéraires dans le village olympique en prévision des Jeux Olympiques à...

Installation des panneaux de direction au village olympique en 1948

Les nageurs olympiques mexicains, Alberto Isaac et Clemente Mejia, vêtus d'un pancho discutent sur le perron de leur pavillon au village olympique à...

Jeux olympiques 1948

Olympic Games, London, England, Men's 100 Metres Final, An aerial view of the race won by USA's Harrison Dillard at Wembley Stadium

1948 Olympic Games. London, England. Men's 100 Metres Final. An aerial view of the race won by USA's Harrison Dillard at Wembley Stadium.

Olympic Games, London, England, Swimming, Mexico's Angel Maldonado plays for Mexico's Diedrichtson and Australia's Margaret McQuade on a tiny violin

1948 Olympic Games. London, England. Swimming. Mexico's Angel Maldonado plays for Mexico's Diedrichtson and Australia's Margaret McQuade on a tiny violin.

The Press Centre at Wembley Stadium - the Cable and Telephone Room

Sport - Olympic Games 1948 - London

Workmen constructing a road to Wembley Stadium for the forthcoming Olympic Games.

Olympic Games - London 1948 - Preparations

Carpenters constructing seats in the stadium at Wembley

Olympic Games - London 1948 - Preparations

Frederick Richard 'Dick' Webster clears the bar for Great Britain during the pole vault.

London Olympic Games 1948 - Athletics - Pole Vault - Wembley

The finishing touches are added to the Olympic Torch at Wembley Stadium before the games begin

Olympics - Olympic Games Preparations, London 1948

London, England-Sammy Lee of the U.S., occupies the center and top spot on the Olympic Victor's Rostrum after he had won the high diving event for...

Sammy Lee Wins Gold Medal for Diving

Alice Coachman, of the US, along with the winner DJ Tyler , of Great Britain, and MOM Ostermeyer, of France, stand on a podium at Wembley Stadium to...

Women's Olympic Winners Standing for Awards

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...

American Gold Medal Winner with Medal

An Amateur Athletics Association hurdle race at White City in London. Left to right: P Freeman, E Abbott and J R Birrell, who is England's choice for...

Olympic medal ceremony at the Empire Pool, Wembley. Men's Platform Diving, Bruce Harlan second congratulates Joaquin Capilla Perez third and Samuel...

Jean Debus of France competes in the 1948 Olympic Light Heavyweight Weightlifting at Earl's Court, London, and comes in at fourth place with a load...

French Strongman

Stanley Stanczyk of USA lifts his way to victory at the 1948 Olympic Light Heavyweight Weightlifting in Earl's Court, London, with a load of 286.5 lb...

Light Heavyweight

Fanny Blankers-Koen, far right, of the Netherlands competes during the XIV Olympic Games Circa August of 1948 in London, England.

Games of the XIV Olympiad

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