1948 Summer Olympics medal table

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{{Infobox award
| name = 1948 Summer Olympics medals
| location = [[London]], {{flagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer}}
| award2_type = Most total medals
| award2_winner = {{flagIOC|USA|1948 Summer|84}}
| award1_type = Most gold medals
| award1_winner = {{flagIOC|USA|1948 Summer|38}}
|award3_type = Medalling NOCs
|award3_winner = 37
| previous = [[1936 Summer Olympics medal table|1936]]
| main = [[All-time Olympic Games medal table|Olympics medal tables]]
| next = [[1952 Summer Olympics medal table|1952]]
}}

[[File:Cabrera.png|thumb|right|alt=A black and white photo of a track athlete wearing the number 23 running.|[[Delfo Cabrera]] of [[Argentina at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Argentina]] winning the [[Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|marathon at the 1948 Olympics]]<ref name="official report"/>]]
{{1948 Summer Olympics}}
The [[1948 Summer Olympics]] (also known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad) was an international multi-sport event held from July 29 through August 14, 1948, in London, United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Johnston|first=Mindy|title=London 1948 Olympic Games|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/London-1948-Olympic-Games|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|date=12 August 2024|access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref> It was the first Olympic Games to take place in twelve years, due to the [[Second World War]] (and was known informally as "The Austerity Games" – largely due to countries having to bring their own food due to shortages in Britain), with London being chosen as the host city in May 1946.<ref>{{cite news|last=Elliott|first=Larry|title=London's 1948 Olympics: the real austerity Games|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/mar/30/london-1948-olympics-austerity-games|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=30 March 2012|access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=London 1948: Only two years to prepare and huge challenges|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/london-1948-only-two-years-to-prepare-and-huge-challenges|publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]|date=28 November 2011|access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref>

London had previously hosted the [[1908 Summer Olympics]], and was due to have hosted the [[1944 Summer Olympics|event in 1944]].<ref name="official report">{{cite web|title=The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/OR1948.pdf |publisher=The Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad |year=1948 |access-date=2011-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716035822/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/OR1948.pdf |archive-date=16 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A record 59 nations were represented by 4,104 athletes, 3,714 men and 385 women, in 19 sport disciplines. Following the Second World War, Germany and Japan remained under military occupation and had not yet formed their [[National Olympic Committee]],<ref name="findling111"/> and so were not invited.<ref name="findling103">[[#findling1996|Findling (1996)]]: p. 103</ref> The only major [[Axis power]] to take part in the Games was [[Italy at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Italy]].<ref name="findling111">[[#findling1996|Findling (1996)]]: p. 111</ref> The Soviet Union was invited to compete, but chose not to send any athletes, sending observers instead to prepare for the [[1952 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="findling104">[[#findling1996|Findling (1996)]]: p. 104</ref> Following the threats of a boycott from Arab countries should an Israeli team fly their flag at the opening ceremony, the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) excluded Israel from the Games on a technicality.<ref name="findling105">[[#findling1996|Findling (1996)]]: p. 105</ref><ref name="official report"/>

Several countries participated for the first time, including [[Burma at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Burma]], [[Ceylon at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Ceylon]], [[Lebanon at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Lebanon]], [[Puerto Rico at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Puerto Rico]] and [[Syria at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Syria]].<ref name=london1948>{{cite web|title=London 1948|url=http://www.olympic.org/london-1948-summer-olympics|publisher=Olympic.org|access-date=2011-08-28|archive-date=2016-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513002117/http://www.olympic.org/london-1948-summer-olympics|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Olympic medal]]s themselves were the standard ''[[Trionfo]]'' design used for the Olympic medals between 1928 and 1968.<ref name=medal>{{cite web|title=Winner's Medal for the 1948 Olympic Games in London|url=http://www.olympic.org/content/museum/museum-treasures/winners-medals/medal_london_1948/|publisher=Olympic.org|access-date=2011-08-28|archive-date=2023-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805010835/https://www.olympic.org/content/museum/museum-treasures/winners-medals/medal_london_1948/|url-status=live}}</ref>

It was not until 2010 that Belgian [[Eugène Van Roosbroeck]] received his gold medal for his part in the [[Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics|cycling]] road race as there was no podium for winners following the race and the team returned to Belgium two days after the event having received no medals.<ref name=belgianmedalcycling>{{cite news|last=MacLeary|first=John|title=Belgian cycling team finally receive gold medals for 1948 London Olympic Games|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/johnmacleary/100009133/belgian-cycling-team-finally-receive-gold-medals-for-1948-london-olympic-games/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611011626/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/sport/johnmacleary/100009133/belgian-cycling-team-finally-receive-gold-medals-for-1948-london-olympic-games/|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2010|access-date=20 September 2011|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 June 2010}}</ref>

==Medal table==
{{see also|Olympic medal table}}
[[File:1980 Summer Olympics bronze medal.JPG|thumb|right|alt=A bronze colored medal with a woman wearing a toga on the left side. On the right there is Cyrillic writing.|A bronze medal from the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] featuring a similar design on the obverse to that of the 1948 medals<ref name=moscow1980>{{cite web|title=Aleksandr Dityatin (USSR)|url=http://www.olympic.org/content/museum/museum-treasures/winners-medals/medal_moscow_1980/|publisher=Olympic.org|access-date=2011-08-29}}</ref>]]
This is the full table of the medal count of the [[1948 Summer Olympics]], based on the medal count of the IOC. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a nation. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This information is provided by the IOC. However, the IOC does not recognize or endorse any ranking system.<ref name=chinashow>{{cite news|last=Shipley|first=Amy|title=China's Show of Power|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/24/AR2008082400851_pf.html|access-date=2011-08-28|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2008-08-25|archive-date=2018-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003143840/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/24/AR2008082400851_pf.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the [[Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics|gymnastics events]] there were three athletes placed first for the men's [[pommel horse]], with [[Paavo Aaltonen]], [[Veikko Huhtanen]] and [[Heikki Savolainen (gymnast)|Heikki Savolainen]] all receiving gold medals for [[Finland at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Finland]] in the same event, while no silver or bronze medals were handed out. Meanwhile, in the men's [[Vault (gymnastics)|vault]], three athletes finished in joint third place and so were awarded a bronze medal each, resulting in five medals being handed out for that one event.<ref name="official report" />

[[Mexico]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Five moments when we said 'Viva México!'|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/five-moments-when-we-said-viva-mexico|publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]]|date=5 May 2020|access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref> [[Peru]] and won their first gold medal,<ref>{{cite web|title=Peru's Great Hope for an Olympic Medal After 32 Years|url=https://www.panamsports.org/en/news-sport/perus-great-hope-for-an-olympic-medal-after-32-years/|publisher=[[Panam Sports]]|date=22 April 2024|access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref> and [[India]] won its first medal as an independent nation.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sagar|first=Sunaadh|title=Every medal India has won at the Olympics|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/story/_/id/40554556/every-medal-india-won-olympics|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=14 July 2024|access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref>

*''Medal table does include [[Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics|art competition medals]]''
{{Medals table
| caption = 1948 Summer Olympics medal table<ref>{{cite web |title=London 1948 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/london-1948/medals |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |access-date=13 September 2024 }}</ref>
| host = GBR
| flag_template = flagIOC
| event = 1948 Summer
| team =
| gold_USA = 38 | silver_USA = 27 | bronze_USA = 19
| gold_SWE = 17 | silver_SWE = 11 | bronze_SWE = 18
| gold_FRA = 11 | silver_FRA = 6 | bronze_FRA = 15
| gold_HUN = 10 | silver_HUN = 5 | bronze_HUN = 13
| gold_ITA = 9 | silver_ITA = 12 | bronze_ITA = 10
| gold_FIN = 10 | silver_FIN = 8 | bronze_FIN = 6
| gold_TUR = 6 | silver_TUR = 4 | bronze_TUR = 2
| gold_TCH = 6 | silver_TCH = 2 | bronze_TCH = 3
| gold_SUI = 5 | silver_SUI = 12 | bronze_SUI = 6
| gold_DEN = 5 | silver_DEN = 8 | bronze_DEN = 9
| gold_NED = 5 | silver_NED = 2 | bronze_NED = 9
| gold_GBR = 4 | silver_GBR = 16 | bronze_GBR = 7 | host_GBR = yes
| gold_ARG = 3 | silver_ARG = 3 | bronze_ARG = 1
| gold_AUS = 2 | silver_AUS = 6 | bronze_AUS = 5
| gold_BEL = 2 | silver_BEL = 2 | bronze_BEL = 3
| gold_EGY = 2 | silver_EGY = 2 | bronze_EGY = 1
| gold_MEX = 2 | silver_MEX = 1 | bronze_MEX = 2
| gold_RSA = 2 | silver_RSA = 2 | bronze_RSA = 2
| gold_NOR = 1 | silver_NOR = 3 | bronze_NOR = 3
| gold_JAM = 1 | silver_JAM = 2 | bronze_JAM = 0
| gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 3
| gold_IND = 1 | silver_IND = 0 | bronze_IND = 0
| gold_PER = 1 | silver_PER = 0 | bronze_PER = 0
| gold_YUG = 0 | silver_YUG = 2 | bronze_YUG = 0
| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 2 | bronze_CAN = 2
| gold_POR = 0 | silver_POR = 1 | bronze_POR = 1
| gold_URU = 0 | silver_URU = 1 | bronze_URU = 1
| gold_CEY = 0 | silver_CEY = 1 | bronze_CEY = 0
| gold_CUB = 0 | silver_CUB = 1 | bronze_CUB = 0
| gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 0
| gold_TRI = 0 | silver_TRI = 1 | bronze_TRI = 0
| gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 2
| gold_PAN = 0 | silver_PAN = 0 | bronze_PAN = 2
| gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 1
| gold_IRI = 0 | silver_IRI = 0 | bronze_IRI = 1
| gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1
| gold_PUR = 0 | silver_PUR = 0 | bronze_PUR = 1
|gold_IRL=0|silver_IRL=0|bronze_IRL=1}}

==Changes in medal standings==
{{see also|List of stripped Olympic medals}}

;Key
{{Color box|#F7D9D3|<nowiki>※</nowiki>|border=darkgray}} Disqualified athlete(s)

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of official changes in medal standings
|-
! scope="col" align="center" style="width:10%" | Ruling date
! scope="col" align="center" style="width:13%"| Sport/Event
! scope="col" align="center" style="width:20%"| Athlete ({{abbr|NOC|National Olympic Committee}})
! scope="col" align="center" style="width:2%" |{{Gold1}}
! scope="col" align="center" style="width:2%" |{{Silver2}}
! scope="col" align="center" style="width:2%" |{{Bronze3}}
! scope="col" align="center" style="width:4%" |Total
! scope="col" align="center" class="unsortable" style="width:50%" |Notes
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=4 | 27 April 1949
| rowspan=4 | [[Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Equestrian]] [[Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Team dressage|{{nowrap|Team dressage}}]]
| style="width:10px; text-align:left;" style="background-color: #F7D9D3;" | <dl style="margin-bottom:0;">{{flagIOCteam|SWE|1948 Summer}}<dd>{{Nowrap|[[Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr.]]}} [[Henri Saint Cyr]] [[Gehnäll Persson]] ※</dd></dl>|| −1 || || || –1
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:left;"| The Swedish dressage team, which had originally won gold at the 1948 Games, was subsequently disqualified on April 27, 1949, by the [[Fédération Équestre Internationale]] (FEI) and with the approval of the IOC. [[Gehnäll Persson]] had been promoted to [[lieutenant]] three weeks before the competition. Just two and a half weeks after the competition, the [[Swedish army]] demoted him back to [[sergeant]]. According to the regulations at the time, only officers and “gentlemen riders” were eligible to take part, but not non-commissioned officers. Since Persson had only been promoted for the period surrounding the games, this was considered a violation of the rules. The incident led to the FEI modernizing its entry conditions, which were perceived as outdated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.fei.org/sites/default/files/1948_London.pdf |title=History of equestrian events at the Games of the XIV Olympiad |publisher=[[Fédération Équestre Internationale]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630161624/http://history.fei.org/sites/default/files/1948_London.pdf |archive-date=30 June 2018 |format=PDF, 208 kB |access-date=3 April 2024}}</ref>
|-
| align=left | <dl style="margin-bottom:0;">{{flagIOCteam|FRA|1948 Summer}}<dd> [[André Jousseaume]] [[Jean Saint-Fort Paillard]] [[Maurice Buret]]</dd></dl>|| +1 || −1 || || 0
|-
| align=left | <dl style="margin-bottom:0;">{{flagIOCteam|USA|1948 Summer}}<dd>[[Robert Borg]] [[Earl Foster Thomson]] [[Frank Henry]]</dd></dl>|| || +1 || −1 || 0
|-
| align=left | <dl style="margin-bottom:0;">{{flagIOCteam|POR|1948 Summer}}<dd>[[Fernando Paes]] [[Francisco Valadas]] [[Luís Mena e Silva]]</dd></dl> || || || +1 || +1
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of official changes by country
|-
!{{abbr|NOC|National Olympic Committee}}
! style="background-color:gold" | Gold
! style="background-color:silver" | Silver
! style="background-color:#c96" | Bronze
! Net Change
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{flagIOCteam|SWE|1948 Summer}}
|| −1 || 0 || 0 || −1
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{flagIOCteam|FRA|1948 Summer}}
|| +1 || −1 || 0 || 0
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{flagIOCteam|USA|1948 Summer}}
|| 0 || +1 || −1 || 0
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | {{flagIOCteam|POR|1948 Summer}}
|| 0 || 0 || +1 || +1
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{refbegin}}
* {{IOC games|games=1948 Summer Olympics }}
* {{cite web |title=1948 Summer Olympics |publisher=Olympedia.com |url=http://www.olympedia.org/editions/12 |access-date=24 February 2021 |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226035546/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/12 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |title=Olympic Analytics/1948_1 |publisher=olympanalyt.com |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1948%2F1 |access-date=2020-08-21 |archive-date=2022-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629191415/http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1948%2F1 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite news|title=A Map of Olympic Medals|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/04/sports/olympics/20080804_MEDALCOUNT_MAP.html|access-date=2011-08-29|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2008-08-04|archive-date=2018-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225173103/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/04/sports/olympics/20080804_MEDALCOUNT_MAP.html|url-status=live}}
* {{cite book|last=Findling|first=John E.|author2=Pelle, Kimberley D.|title=Historical dictionary of the modern Olympic movement|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Connecticut|isbn=978-0-313-28477-9|url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio00find|url-access=registration|ref=findling1996|access-date=19 September 2011}}
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