London 1948

2nd August 1948: 800 metre Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winners on the winners rostrum at the 1948 London Olympics at Wembley Stadium. Left to right Marcel Hansenne, Malvin G Whitfield and Arthur Wint. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

At the 1948 London Olympics, women's 80 metres hurdles silver medallist Maureen Gardner congratulates the winner of the event, Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands, 4th August 1948. (Photo by Topical Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1948: Triple Olympic boxing champion, Hungarian Laszlo Papp. Papp, a railway clerk, won Gold at Middleweight 1948 and at Light Middleweight in 1952 and 1956. With Teofilio Stevenson, he was the only man to win three Olympic boxing titles. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

13 AUG 1948: 20 YEAR OLD PAUL ELVSTROM OF DENMARK IS SEEN AT TORQUAY, DEVON AFTER WINNING THE FIREFLY CLASS OF THE OLYMPIC YATCHING COMPETITION. DENMARK CAME FIRST IN THE CLASS WITH A TOTAL OF 5,543 POINTS.(DA) Mandatory Credit: Allsport Hulton/Archive

The final stage of the men's 100 metre dash at the 1948 London Olympics shows USA's Harrison Dillard (furthest right) coming in first with 10.3 seconds. Also pictured are Norwood 'Barney' Ewell, Lloyd Labeach, Alistair McCorquodale, Melvin Patton and Emmanuel McDonald Bailey. (Photo by PNA_Rota/Getty Images)

2 Aug 1948: Olympic Games, London. Capt. W O G Grut of Sweden practises on the pistol range before the shooting discipline of the Modern Pentathlon at Bisley. Mandatory Credit: Allsport Hulton/Archive

LONDON-JULY: Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands crosses the line to win Gold in the Women's 200 Metres event of the 1948 Olympic Games held in London, England during July 1948. (Photo by Getty Images)

2nd August 1948: Malvin Whitfield (right) of the USA beats Arthur Wint of Jamaica to win the 800 metres at the 1948 London Olympics. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen during the final of the Olympic Women's 80 metres hurdles which she won. Maureen Gardner (Britain) was second and Shirley Strickland (Australia) third. In total she won four gold medals in these Olympics. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

3rd August 1948: The last round in the first heat of the 80 metres hurdles at the Olympic Games, Wembley, London, an event which Fanny Blankers-Koen, (No 692, Holland), went on to win, setting a new Olympic record with a time of 11.3 seconds. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

1948: Fanny Blankers-Koen of Holland clears a hurdle on her way to winning the womens 100m hurdles at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. The dark-haired athlete to her left is Maureen Gardner of Great Britain who won silver medal for this event. At the age of 30 and after the deprivations of war, she became the world's most famous woman athlete in 1948 when she won four gold medals at the London Games. Between 1938 and 1951 she set world records in seven different events: at Wembley Stadium in London her victories came in the 100 metres, 200 metres, 80 metres hurdles and the sprint relay. Mandatory Credit: IOC/Allsport

14th August 1948: Duncan White of Ceylon fixes his starting blocks to the track at the 1948 London Olympics. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4582 - Fastest Men On Earth - pub. 1948 (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

2nd August 1948: Dorothy Manley of Great Britain (left), who came second in the 100 metres final of the 1948 Olympic Games in London congratulates the winner, Francina 'Fanny' Blankers-Koen of Holland. (Photo by PNA Rota/Getty Images)

2nd August 1948: The finish of the women's 100 metres Olympic final at Wembley, London, won by Fanny Blankers-Koen of Holland. On the left, number 691, is silver medal winner Dorothy Manley. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)