Postwar Era 1948-1964

London, UK. The Austerity Games, staged with rationed materials and no new venues...

Helsinki, Finland. The USSR appeared for the first time as Zatopek won his unique triple...

Melbourne, Australia. First Games in the Southern Hemisphere, with equestrian in Stockholm...

Rome, Italy. Cassius Clay won gold as Bikila ran the marathon barefoot...

Tokyo, Japan. First Games in Asia, beamed worldwide by satellite...

St Moritz, Switzerland. First postwar Winter Games, with Germany and Japan excluded...

Oslo, Norway. First Winter Games in a capital city, lit by a flame from Morgedal...

Cortina, Italy. First televised Winter Games as the USSR debuted on top...

Squaw Valley, USA. A resort built from scratch for the Games...

Innsbruck, Austria. Snow shortage forced the army to haul winter to the Tyrol...

Stockholm, Sweden. The equestrian half of Melbourne, held five months earlier...

Aylesbury, England. Archery on a hospital lawn grew into the Paralympics...