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1908 Summer Olympics

Host CityLondon
Size200
Nations Participating22
Athletes Participating2,008
(1,971 men, 37 women,)
Events111 in 22 sports
Opening Ceremony13 July
Closing CeremonyOctober 31
Officially Opened ByKing Edward VII
StadiumWhite City Stadium
Websitewww.london1908.com

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The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games. However, the Athens Games of 1906 have since been downgraded by the International Olympic Committee and the 1908 Games are seen as the start of the Fourth Olympiad, in keeping with the now-accepted four-year cycle. The IOC president for these Games was Baron Pierre de Coubertin.


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