1940 Summer Olympics
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The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad, was a planned international multi-sport event scheduled to have been held from 21 September to 6 October 1940, in Tokyo Cit
Poster for the 1940 Games, when they were scheduled to be held in Tokyo
Souvenir flag (1936)
Equipment manufactured by Yle, the Finnish broadcasting company, and AEG for the purpose of broadcasting coverage of the 1940 Games
Helsinki Olympic Games 1940 poster competition in 1938
1964 Summer Olympics
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The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVIII Olympiad and commonly known as Tokyo 1964, were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo ha
1940 Summer Olympics
…Japan, and were the third games to be cancelled due to war. Helsinki would eventually host the 1952 Summer Olympics. Tokyo would also later host the 1964 and 2020 Summer Olympics, the latter being postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The campaign to choose a city for 1940 began in 1932, with…
Yoshinori Sakai running toward the Olympic cauldron.
Marathon winner Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia
Competitor medal awarded to Irish yachtsman Eddie Kelliher at the games
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, designed by Kenzo Tange