One particularly popular athlete at the Games was Dutch sprinter Fanny Blankers-Koen, known as "The Flying Housewife", who won 4 gold medals as a thirty-one year old mother of two children. These Games were the first to be attended by Hungary, Yugoslavia and Poland. ![]() ![]() 59 countries participated, although Germany and Japan were not invited to attend. These were the first Olympic Games held in the summer since the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. The 1948 Olympics were held in London from July to August following a twelve-year hiatus due to World War II.Cast alloy crown, with pierced Olympic rings and embossed "XlVth Olympiad 1948 Olympia to London with thanks to the Bearer", set on a solid turned alloy shaft and complete with burner retaining shaft,
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