President of the International Olympic Committee failure of the 1976 Montréal Games. Due to limited interest from potential hosts, the cities of Lake Placid, New York and Los Angeles, California were chosen to host the 1980 Winter Games and the 1984 Summer Games respectively, in the absence of any competing cities. Killanin resigned prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, after the massive political boycott of those Games, but retained his position until the Games were completed. Juan Antonio Samaranch (who was later created The 1st Marquess of Samaranch) was elected President of the IOC on 16 July at the 83rd IOC Session in Moscow,
Venues of the 1948 Summer Olympics Venues of the 1948 Summer Olympics A total of twenty-five sports venues were used to host the events of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. For the first time in the history of the modern Olympic Games, the diving, gymnastics, swimming, and water polo competitions were held indoors. These Games have since been nicknamed the "Austerity Games" for the tight control of costs at a time when the host nation was still under rationing, which resulted in a total expenditure of around £750,000. All of the venues were already in place and required only temporary modifications. The organizing