The austerity olympics
Subtitle: when the games came to London in 1948
By: Janie Hampton ; foreword by Sebastian Coe
Contributors: Coe, Sebastian
Edition: Updated ed.
Publisher: Aurum Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781845137205
Subjects: Olympics; Economic aspects; Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England); Olympic Games. fast (OCoLC)fst01408249
Description: The 1948 Olympics took place in war-weary London during an economic crisis. Competitors brought their own towels, travelled to venues by bus and shared rationed food. Hampton tells the story of the "Make-do and Mend" Games, the most successful and inexpensive Olympics of the 20th century.
Notes: Originally published: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-333) and index.
Table of contents: title: The torchbearers; title: How the Games came to London; title: Organising on a shoestring; title: Who can join in?; title: They're on their way; title: Settling in; title: What is there to eat?; title: The Opening Ceremony; title: The first day of competition; title: Telling the world; title: The 100 metre dash; title: The gentler sex; title: The Empire Pool; title: Winners and losers; title: Time off for fun; title: Medals for artists; title: The end of the first week; title: The musclemen; title: Henley-on-Thames; title: Armed combat; title: Gymnastics; title: The velodrome and further afield; title: Torbay; title: The football competition; title: Let us be glad!; title: Tidying up; title: Afterword: What happened next.