Olympics: What Changed After the War?
Cameron Smith
2025-04-29 00:13:23
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The city hosted 4,099 contestants from 59 nations – around double the athletes of the first London Olympics in 1908. But the dark shadow of the war was still present. Germany and Japan were excluded from the Games and the Soviet Union decided to abstain. Yes, from 1912 to 1948, medals were awarded for Olympic arts too.
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