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Oct 2, 1948
A British ERA racing car, driven by G Ansell in mid-air during a crash
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Jul 31, 1948
Tebbs Lloyd-Johnson finishes third in the 50 kilometres walk at the 1948 London Olympics
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Jul 31, 1948
Herb McKenley leads the field in the 400m
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Jul 31, 1948
Britain's John Mark lit the Olympic Flame to open the Games
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Jul 31, 1948
The 3000-metres steeplechase is always a spectacular sight
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Jul 31, 1948
Fanny Blankers-Koen dashed through the rain to win gold in the 200m. She also won gold in the 100m, 80m hurdles and 4x100m
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Jul 31, 1948
The Guinness Sports Club Park Royal played host to the hockey
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Jul 31, 1948
Jamaica's Arthur Wint (122) took gold in the 400m ahead of team-mate Herb McKenley (90, silver) and USA's Mal Whitfield (136)
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Jul 31, 1948
Italy's Mario Ghella, pipped Britain's Reg Harris to gold in the men's 1,000 metres at Herne Hill
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Jul 31, 1948
Ibrahim Shams showed his class as he took gold in the the lightweight event
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Jul 31, 1948
Oivind Breiby showed his durability by taking this punch from Gerald Dreyer and still winning gold in the lightweight event
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Jul 31, 1948
The equestrian events were extremely popular
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Jul 31, 1948
The photo finish for the 1948 London Olympics 100-metres men's final in which Alastair McCorquodale (third from bottom) came fourth
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Feb 5, 1948
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Feb 3, 1948
Haydn Tanner
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Jan 3, 1948
Joe DiMaggio strikes a home run
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