The Evening Star (February 14, 1946)
1948 Olympic Games to be held in London
LONDON (AP) – The 1948 Olympic Games will be held in London, Lord David Burghley, chairman of the British Olympic Council, announced today.
Burghley, himself an Olympic hurdles champion, said the exact dates of the world sports festival – first since the games were held in Berlin in 1936 – had not been decided. Both the 1940 and 1944 games, the latter scheduled for Tokyo, were called off because of the war.