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The 1948 London Games produced a handful of unforgettable performers whose achievements cut through the austerity and wartime disruption: Fanny Blankers-Koen’s four sprint golds, Emil Zátopek’s gutsy ...
The United States led the 1948 London Games with 84 total medals and the most golds, anchoring a dominant showing in swimming and diving . Individual standouts included Fanny Blankers-Koen (4 golds in...
The Games produced a small group of athletes who stood out by winning more than one Olympic gold: foremost among them was sprinter with four golds, while other multi‑gold winners included Finnish gymn...
Bob (Robert) Mathias of the United States won the Olympic decathlon at the first Summer Games after WWII (London 1948) at age 17, scoring 7,139 points and later repeating in 1952 . Fanny Blankers‑Koen...