Talk:1948 Summer Olympics

Contradiction
This article says "The 1940 games had been scheduled for Tokyo, and later Helsinki as WWII started; no plans were made to hold games in 1944." However, according to the 1944 Summer Olympics page, "They were to have been held in London, United Kingdom by a decision of the IOC in June 1939."

Which is right? rst20xx 18:56, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Image
Is there any type of main image anyone can get for this to make this look similar to the other pages of the Olympic Games?

A program cover, official logo, etc.?

Participants
Iran is not blue in this map. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.56.52.30 (talk) 10:40, 13 December 2006 (UTC).

Taiwan should be green. In 1948, the Republic of China has sovereignty over the island of Taiwan. During the events of the Chinese Civil War, the island would soon become the only territory over which the Republic of China retained practical sovereignty.157.127.124.15 17:26, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Alaska should possibly remain grey until 1960. It only has territorial status until 1959. For that matter, Oklahoma is not a state until 1907. Arizona and New Mexico are not states until 1912. 157.127.124.15 17:31, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Art competitions
Is it worth mentioning 1948 was effectively the last year for Art competitions at the Summer Olympics? Medallists for art competitions in general are listed at List of Olympic medalists in art competitions, and are listed for 1948 at http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=12&sp=ART —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Lumpish Scholar (talk • contribs) 23:22, 26 January 2007 (UTC).

Fair use rationale for Image:Olympic logo 1948.gif
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Essay
This article sounds like a personal essay, particularly the beginning where it asks questions of the reader. This is hardy encyclopedic style and needs to be revised by someone with sources on the subject. I have tagged it as of 28 January 2008. --JonRidinger (talk) 06:51, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

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Iran is wrong colour in map
This was their first Olympics, but they are coloured as not being new. Kaiser matias (talk) 05:51, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Dead link
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Torch relay controversial?
Given that the torch relay was essentially a Nazi creation adpoted in 1936, was there any kind of discussion on whether to repeat it in 48? -- 92.226.26.35 (talk) 03:52, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

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Television
The opening states that these were the first Games broadcast on television. But weren't the 1936 games broadcast on TV? Didn't the Nazis make a big deal about that "technological advancement"?--Bellerophon5685 (talk) 17:49, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

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Inconsistency with infobox & navbox
The infobox has the 1936 games as these games predecessor, yet the navbox has the cancelled 1944 games as these games predecessor. GoodDay (talk) 08:24, 23 February 2018 (UTC)

South Korean flag at these Games
Hello! Can you correct the mistake regarding the South Korean flag at both the Winter and the Summer Games in 1948. That year they used the flag until 1948 until they changed flag in October of that year. The flag seen here from 1948 until 1949 isn't the right one. Yours sincerely, Sondre --80.212.169.236 (talk) 13:38, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

1948 Olympics Sports Calendar
Can a sports calendar of the 1948 Olympics be created at all? (MOTORAL1987 (talk) 12:39, 27 August 2021 (UTC))

Arts competitions
Hello,

Some information is missing in the 1948_Summer_Olympics section, when counting the number of medals and disciplines.

The introduction sentence does mention that there are medals and disciplines in arts, but in the list bellow, there is no mention of it, although there is a sub section later.

Shouldn't these disciplines be accounted? If the article gives this information: "These Olympics were the last time art competitions were considered Olympic events.", I think they should.

Best, --Daehan (talk) 09:22, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Categories
I have included the article in both Category:July 1948 sports events/Category:August 1948 sports events and Category:July 1948 sports events in the United Kingdom/Category:August 1948 sports events in the United Kingdom as that as a truly international event (and arguably seen by most people as the biggest sporting event of the year) it is probably the case that people using categories to search would expect to find the games in the parent category for sporting events by month as well as the sub-sub categories (which being held in the UK it seems logical for it to be included in). Dunarc (talk) 22:53, 11 July 2022 (UTC)