1948 Summer Olympics 1908, forty years earlier. The Olympics would again return to London 64 years later in 2012, making London the first city to have hosted the games three times, and the only such city until Paris and Los Angeles host their third games in 2024 and 2028, respectively. The 1948 Olympic Games were the first of two summer Olympic Games held under the IOC presidency of Sigfrid Edström. The event came to be known as the Austerity Games, because of the difficult economic climate and rationing imposed in the aftermath of World War II. No new venues were built for the
2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament 2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament for the boxing tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will be held between April 9 and April 17, 2016 in the Mustafa Dağıstanlı Sports Hall at İlkadım, Samsun, Turkey. The top three boxers will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The top three boxers will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The top three boxers will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The top three boxers will qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The top three boxers will