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Host nation: GBR Great Britain
Opening date: 29 July 1948
Closing date: 14 August 1948
Olympic flame lit by John Mark
Olympic oath taken by Donald Finlay
Other candidate cities: Baltimore (USA); Lausanne (SUI); Los Angeles (USA); Minneapolis (USA); Philadelphia (USA)
Number of athletes: 4104
Number of non-participating athletes: 30
Index of athletes
Athletes by sport
Athletes by nation
Medallists
Medallists by sport
Medallists by nation
Results
Records
Medal Table
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||
| USA | United States of America | 38 | 27 | 19 |
| SWE | Sweden | 16 | 11 | 17 |
| FRA | France | 10 | 6 | 13 |
| HUN | Hungary | 10 | 5 | 12 |
| ITA | Italy | 8 | 11 | 8 |
| FIN | Finland | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| TUR | Turkey | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| TCH | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| SUI | Switzerland | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| DEN | Denmark | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| NED | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| GBR | Great Britain | 3 | 14 | 6 |
| ARG | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| AUS | Australia | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| BEL | Belgium | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| EGY | Egypt | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| MEX | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| RSA | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| NOR | Norway | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| JAM | Jamaica | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| AUT | Austria | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| IND | India | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PER | Peru | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| YUG | Yugoslavia | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| CAN | Canada | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| POR | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| URU | Uruguay | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| CUB | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ESP | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SRI | Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TTO | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| KOR | Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| PAN | Panama | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| BRA | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| IRI | Islamic Republic of Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| POL | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PUR | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 |