![]() Programme for the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
Location | London, England |
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Nations | 22 |
Athletes | 2,008 (1,971 men, 37 women) |
Events | 110 in 22 sports (25 disciplines) |
Opening | 27 April 1908 |
Closing | 31 October 1908 |
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Stadium | White City Stadium |
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908.[2] The 1908 Games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome, but were relocated on financial grounds following the violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906, which claimed over 100 lives; Rome eventually hosted the Games in 1960.[3]
These were the fourth chronological modern Summer Olympics in keeping with the now-accepted four-year cycle as opposed to the alternate four-year cycle of the proposed Intercalated Games. The IOC president for these Games was Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
Lasting a total of 187 days (six months and four days), these were the longest Games in modern Olympics history.
Siamo nel 1901 quando il CIO si riunisce per decidere chi sarà la città ad ospitare la quarta edizione Olimpica. A contendersi questo onore ci furono Roma e Berlino, e ne uscì vincitrice la prima. Purtroppo, però, la nostra città italiana dovette ritirarsi qualche anno prima dei Giochi a causa dell'eruzione del Vesuvio
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