Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, nine events in gymnastics were contested.[1] Finland led all nations with six gold medals and ten medals overall.[2]
Men's events
Women's event
Shortly after the Czech team arrived in London, 22 year old team member Eliška Misáková was taken ill and confined to an iron lung. She died of infantile paralysis on the same day that her teammates competed.[3] When the Czech flag was raised at the medal ceremony, it was bordered with a black ribbon.[3]
Notes
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (5 nations) | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 |
References
- ↑ (ed.) Lord Burghley (1951). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad (PDF). London: Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. pp. 389–405. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ↑ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-11-18.
- 1 2 Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 323. ISBN 0140066322.
- ↑ Lord Killanin; Rodda, John (1983). The Olympic Games 1984. Willow. ISBN 0-00-218062-6.
- ↑ Greenberg, Stan (1996). The Guinness Book of Olympic Facts and Feats. Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-639-1.
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